New Jersey governor ends weeklong govt shutdown
Governor Jon S. Corzine issued an executive order early yesterday that ended a weeklong state government shutdown, bringing slot machine bells noisily to life as Atlantic City casinos reopened.
The governor acted minutes after lawmakers approved a $30.9 billion state budget that increases the state sales tax, ending the stalemate.
“I now feel comfortable we can begin […]
Jackpot slot
Gamblers raked in nearly half a million dollars over two days on a slot machine that multiplied by 10 the amount of money that players put in, then paid out vouchers without playing, a newspaper reported. Caesars Indiana lost $487,000 before a player notified officials of the problem with the machine, The Courier-Journal of Louisville, […]
...read moreUrmila and the Nepalese Casino
Bollywood star Urmila Matondkar has been roped in to promote the Shangri-La, Kathmandu’s seventh casino that is to be opened today. Urmila will be chief guest at the launch ceremony of the casino, which aims to attract high-class South Asian tourists, especially from India and Bangladesh.
The actor, who arrived in Kathmandu yesterday, had been […]
New York: Gambling ring busted
More than two dozen people, including a former professional baseball scout and a high-stakes poker player, were charged in connection with a $1 billion-a-year gambling ring that rivaled casino sports books.
The massive illegal betting scheme was orchestrated through a site called Playwithal.com, run by the poker player, James Giordano, 52, of Pine Crest, Florida, Police […]
Kuala Lumpur: Casino operator plans expansion
Malaysia’s sole casino operator, the Genting Group, is bolstering its efforts to expand overseas amidst an ever-more competitive casino market in Asia by staking a claim in Britain. Genting, which started as a casino resort, but diversified to include leisure and power operations, set Malaysian markets buzzing last week, announcing it would acquire British […]
...read morePoker king
Australian poker king Joe Hachem has pocketed nearly $3 million after winning the world’s second biggest poker tournament. His victory at the Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, earned him $US2.2 million ($2.8 million), according to reports. “He’s very emotional, very humble and over the moon,” brother Tony Hachem said. The 39-year-old from Melbourne shocked […]
...read moreMacau: Teenager wins casino jackpot
A casino in Macau has been ordered to pay out nearly $100,000 (£51,000) in prize money won by a 16-year-old girl who was too young to enter the casino.
The Sands Casino had said the win was invalid because the girl was underage. But gambling authorities in the Chinese territory said the rules only specified a […]
Casino robbed
Armed robbers stole $1.1 million dollars from a casino in Brussels, authorities said. The robbery took less than five minutes, prosecutor Eric Dehon said, adding that no one had been injured in the heist. Shortly after 4:00 am, four men dressed in black and wearing hoods entered the casino in the centre of Brussels brandishing […]
...read morePartyGaming in talks to buy Empire gambling sites
Internet gambling group PartyGaming is in advanced talks to buy the gaming assets of smaller rival Empire Online in a deal industry sources valued at around $40 million.
Sector leader PartyGaming said yesterday it was in talks to buy part of Empire, which confirmed it was selling gaming assets to become an investment company.
“It’ll include Empire’s […]
Kuala Lumpur: Bookie jailed for soccer bets
A Malaysian soccer bookmaker was sentenced to two years in prison and fined a million ringgit ($286,000, §207,000) for accepting bets on European matches, reports said yesterday.
Ong Seh Sen was accused of running an illegal gambling operation on matches played in English, Spanish and Italian soccer leagues, and became the first Malaysian bookie convicted under […]