As reported by the Billings Gazette: “Poker players are becoming the 21st-century version of campus jocks, said Montana State University-Billings sophomore Dustin Swensgard. “.More than half of male college students interviewed last summer in a national survey had gambled on card games at least once a month, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center of […]
Monthly Archives: May 2006
As reported by the (Irish) Sunday Business Post: “Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has vowed to bring the country’s gambling clubs to their knees. For decades, Irish gambling clubs have operated in a legislative grey area because, unlike every other country in the EU, Ireland has no law specifically governing casinos. “Gambling is illegal in […]
As reported by the (British) Daily Express: “The family of a British tourist missing for more than a week in Australia are celebrating the news she had been found safe and well. “Frances Embleton, 24, walked into a police station in Sydney following an extensive appeal to trace her. “She disappeared just hours before she […]
As reported by Globes: “Recognition of tourism as a priority industry, a target of 11 million tourists in 2011, a casino in Eilat and later in Mizpe Ramon and at the Dead Sea, and more designated carriers, are among the recommendations of the national task force headed by Dan Hotels chairman Michael Federman that examined […]
A day after local labor leaders and casino executives said workers could do more for immigration reform by going to work, rumors were circulating that any workers staying away would be fired. Whether gaming and hospitality employees will stay away from their jobs to participate in the planned Day Without Immigrants protest was anyone’s guess. […]
The board of directors for the casino industry’s top lobbying group agreed unanimously this week to call for a one-year study of Internet gambling by a federal commission. The action Wednesday by the American Gaming Association in Las Vegas is likely to hinder efforts in Congress to ban Internet gambling. Association President Frank Fahrenkopf said […]
Nonunion Station Casinos isn’t encouraging its immigrant employees to come to work if they want to stay home and support Monday’s Day Without Immigrants protest. But there will be activities at all company casinos for workers who do decide to stay on the job. Station Casinos’ 14,000-person work force is about 35 percent immigrants, corporate […]
George W. Bush may be the worst president in American history. At least that’s what some Washington talking heads are now saying. Bush has accepted resignations from two senior Administration officials in the past few weeks but many Republicans and Democrats believe that much more needs to be done in order to salvage his lame […]
Las Vegas-based Harrah’s Entertainment said Thursday that with hotel-casinos that were once part of Caesars Entertainment now under its corporate banner, the company can turn its attention toward expanding its presence as a casino industry giant. Driven largely by contributions from the former Caesars properties and the integration of gamblers from those casinos into Harrah’s […]
Spectre Gaming, Inc. announced today that it has received certification, from an independent testing lab, that its AWP devices meet the widely used “Application of Skill” test. D. Bradly Olah, President of Spectre Gaming stated, “I congratulate our engineering team and our compliance staff in completing this critical certification for Spectre and its AWP games.” […]