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Casino revenues soar as Macau shakes off global recession
Casino gambling revenue in Macau, the Chinese offshore gambling destination, almost doubled last month, according to a report from the Bloomberg business news agency. Gambling revenue for the city’s casinos in May 2010 rose to about 17 billion patacas (US$2.12 billion) from 8.8 billion patacas a year earlier, according to unidentified sources. The total for [...]
May 30th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling News -
Holloway Suspect Sought in Peru Killing: Was Set to Play in Poker Tour
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway, is being sought in the Sunday killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel. Van der Sloot was in Peru taking part in a poker tournament, presumably the Latin American Poker Tour (or LAPT), which was kicking off this week in [...]
May 30th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling NewsTags: poker -
American Gaming Association invested $430k in Q1 lobbying
According to mandatory filings regarding its quarterly lobbying expenditure, the American Gaming Association, a trade group representing the interests of US land casino operators, invested a further $430,000 in government lobbying in the first quarter of 2010. Reporting on the expenditure, the Associated Press news agency revealed that the target for the funds was once [...]
May 25th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling NewsTags: gambling -
Spanish EU Presidency calls for common definition of illegal gambling
Trying to bring clarity to the increasingly complicated European online gambling legislative scene this week, the Spanish EU Presidency has urged that a common definition of illegal gambling is vital to the coordinated and effective regulation of gambling throughout the trading bloc. These conclusions were presented to the EU Competitiveness Council this week, underlining the [...]
May 25th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling NewsTags: gambling -
Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics
Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics Monday, 8:35 pm Eastern – ESPN The Boston Celtics will try and eliminate the Orlando Magic on Monday night as they play Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics have dominated the Magic in the first three games of the series and with [...]
May 20th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling News -
Tradition Casino owners take parting shot at Rival
Online gambling has proved to be a short life and an unhappy one for the unidentified owners of the Tradition online casino, a venture that launched only last year on July 20th, powered by Rival software. The operation is one of 24 similarly powered online casinos listed as owned by Rival’s UK-based Silverstone Overseas Limited, [...]
May 20th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling NewsTags: gambling -
PokerStars Acquisitions a Death Knell to Affiliates?
Neil Mitchell of eGaming Review Online this week wrote an interesting piece regarding the number one online poker room, PokerStars, recent purchase of various poker news portals. "Is this the start of an increase in such activity across the board?" he asks. Gambling911.com is learning that next week’s i-Gaming Affiliate Super Show in Prague will [...]
May 15th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling News -
Rand Paul Wins Kentucky Primary
The son of online gambling supporter and former US Presidential candidate Ron Paul, Rand Paul, has decisively won the Kentucky Republican Primary and is widely being hailed as the first big winner representing the Tea Party movement. Paul is believed to share many of the views of his father, a staunch Constitutionalist. Rand Paul wins [...]
May 15th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling NewsTags: gambling -
Paddy Power Chicken Dance Promo!
Help Paddy Power Casino celebrate national chicken dance day and you could win an amazing £500 worth of holiday vouchers in their instant casino! That’s right, you didn’t read that wrong, in honour of this American national holiday paddy power is offering you a little something extra in their casino. Just sign up and log [...]
May 10th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling News -
Daniel Tzvetkoff Answers Money Laundering Charges
Australian online gambling payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff is scheduled to appear in court for the first time Friday where he will answer money laundering charges according to the Gold Coast News. Tzvetkoff is facing a maximum sentence of 75 years. Another payment processor in the sector, Canadian Douglas Rennick, faced similar charges and learned this [...]
May 10th, 2010 | Filed under Gambling NewsTags: gambling

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