A group opposed to the development of a Lehigh Valley slots parlor isgearing up to monitor plans to build a casino on the former site ofBethlehem Steel Corp. The Bethlehem Defense Fund last week announced plansto hire attorneys, engineers and traffic consultants to keep an eye on theSands BethWorks Gaming LLC plan to build a […]
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A 40 minute debate raised by a Brit Labour MP in the House of CommonsThursday on football shirt sponsorship, mobile gambling and the absence ofprosecutions for breaches of current gambling regulations, grabbed theheadlines the following day. During the forty minute sitting, also attendedby Minister for Sport Richard Caborn, Labour MP Ben Chapman said that he […]
Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. shares fell sharply Friday after the company’sbid for a Singapore gambling license was rejected, crimping plans foroverseas expansion. Isle of Capri, based in St. Louis, watched its sharesplunge $1.14, or 3.8 percent to $28.91 in midday trading on the New YorkStock Exchange. Volume was heavy. Earlier Friday, Singapore awarded itssecond […]
SPONSORSHIP deals between online gambling companies and football clubs couldbe banned in the UK if it is decided that they encourage children to gamble.The news comes after the Gambling Commission announced that it willinvestigate whether shirt sponsorship deals – such as those at Middlesbroughand Tottenham Hotspur – unfairly expose young fans to online casinos orgambling […]
It doesn’t exactly look like Casino Royale, tucked into a far corner of ahardly glamourous shopping centre far from Singapore’s glitzy Orchard Road.The smell of fat used by cheap food stalls lingers in the air, and the arrayof shops offer kitsch and knick-knacks at bargain prices. But behind thethick glass door and past wood-panelled walls […]
Casino bosses have met Luton’s faith leaders as they seek to pave the way toa large, new gambling den at the former Vauxhall site. Grosvenor Casinos’chief Paul Armitage held talks with the town’s Council of Faiths andChurches Together as a way of smoothing community relations for its bid torun one of the nation’s new wave […]
The first settlement in New York Harbor was established by Dutch fur tradersin 1613 and was called New Amsterdam. These early traders were adventurers,gamblers, willing to take big risks for big profits. One particularly shrewdplayer, Peter Minuit, convinced the resident Native Americans to sell himManhattan Island and Staten Island for about $24 worth of goods. […]
In the 17th century, ancestors of the Pequot Tribal Nation lost theirposition as the dominant culture along New England’s Atlantic Coast. Today,the Pequots – now owners of the world’s largest casino – aim to secure aposition along Philadelphia’s Delaware riverfront to build a $560 millionslots palace. If Foxwoods Development Co. wins a license Dec. 20 […]
It’s been a little over two weeks since the first legal slot parlor inPennsylvania opened at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs racetrack. Three moreslots parlors are expected to open at other racetracks within the next threemonths. Ultimately, 14 parlors are expected to open in Pennsylvania,bringing in what is hoped will be sufficient additional revenue […]
It could also prove the defining event in his personal corporate andbusiness development — cementing his commitment to a Pacific and thenglobal gaming future. For the first time, we can reveal the full detail ofthis extraordinary resort casino proposal, dubbed “Harry’s Island”, onSingapore’s Sentosa Island. Ostensibly, the “Harry” is mid-20th centuryHoward Hughes-style adventurer Harry O’Brien, […]
State regulators and lawmakers eagerly have been counting the take from theMohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, the first slots parlor in the state. It isabundantly clear already, in this new era of gambling as a primary source ofstate revenue, that the state government cares little about the negativeaspects of the new industry – so little […]
Good news! The proceeds from new table games at the state’s racetracks willgo to help the elderly and infirm stay at home instead of being trundled offto nursing homes. What a relief. I thought the cash was headed for gamblingoperators and political pork projects. Gov. Joe Manchin suggested this weekat a press conference that if […]
A multi-year study has given the first glimpse into the impact of increased casino gambling in Surrey and Langley The socio-economic impact study being conducted for the provincial government is tracing the effects on local residents of the spring 2005 opening of the Langley Cascades casino and of slot machines at Fraser Downs racetrack in […]
As a black man born and raised on the Hill, I applaud poet-scholar Kimberly Ellis for her courage and love for our people and her opposition to Isle of Capri Casinos putting a casino on the Lower Hill. I remember as a child of 8 how I came home from school and saw a notice […]