The premiere issue of Gambling.com Magazine debuts in style this month. A full-colour lifestyle glossy publication, the only independent VIP magazine written for online high-rollers is targeting the 50,000 most active Platinum Members of the self-same titled Gambling.com website. With an intended readership of over 100,000, editor Michael Caselli says, “With high production values, it’s […]
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As reported by the UK News & Star: “Plans to bring a casino to Carlisle have won the backing of the council. “?Councillors meeting last night voted to put Carlisle’s name forward as a venue for one of 17 new casinos to be opened as the Government relaxes gambling laws. “?A report from the council’s […]
Station Casinos opens its Red Rock Resort next month, but its nearest competitors aren’t quaking in their boots. The $925 million casino at the intersection of the Las Vegas Beltway and Charleston Boulevard has been touted by those who have toured it as being not only clearly better than all other locals casinos, but as […]
Supporters of an Internet gambling ban may try this week to add the prohibition to lobbying reform legislation on the Senate floor. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., on Tuesday, said he may offer an online wagering ban amendment as early as today. Online gambling revenues reached $10.9 billion in 2005, according to the research firm eMarketer. […]
As reported by the Philadelphia Daily News: “When Boyd Gaming Corp. announced its intention to build a slots parlor in this township just across the border from Chester County, residents were left with many questions about the project and its effect on the community. “Two months later, most of those questions have not been answered. […]
As a host of older hotels are torn down in the coming years to make way for the biggest building boom in Las Vegas history, the longtime landmarks will yield to taller, glitzier and much more expensive casino resorts. For many Strip workers employed at the current hotels, enthusiasm over that renaissance is mitigated by […]
Global Casinos, Inc. (OTCBB:GBCS) has announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005. Casino revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2005, were $944,549 compared to $999,577 for the 2004, a decrease of $55,028 or 5.5%. The revenue decrease is primarily attributed to the completion of certain construction work […]
As reported by the Delaware State News: “New gambling machines could be coming to Delaware casinos in the fall. “The state lottery office is soliciting bids from companies to provide multi-player machines offering electronic versions of games such as poker or blackjack. “Unlike the traditional card games legal in places such as Atlantic City and […]
As reported by the Kansas City Star: “Yet again, Kansas lawmakers have delayed introducing a bill to expand state-run gambling that would include a casino for Kansas City, Kan. “Leaders in the Senate said last week they would take the weekend to work out the kinks in the plan. They are also working to ensure […]
A ‘material lack of qualified labor in Las Vegas over the next several years’ threatens new casinos and high-rise condominiums being developed here, a Deutsche Bank study found. “Despite the phenomenal growth of Las Vegas, the construction talent pool is not deep enough to provide the needed labor to build all currently announced projects,” Deutsche […]
With an estimated $65 billion in annual expenditures, American homosexuals are one of the world’s most sought-after leisure travel submarkets. And Las Vegas, like other cities, aims to snag a larger slice of that pie. Promoting this city to gays and lesbians requires a different approach than those favored by many competing destinations. But armed […]
Peter Morton, owner of the Hard Rock Hotel, surely is getting just what he wanted — a bevy of would-be buyers barking at his heels. As the tale falls into place, it seems Morton was approached by an investor, probably Station Casinos, that failed to meet his terms. Still, talks convinced him of the value […]
As reported by the Boston Herald: “For gambling tycoons, the ultimate prize may not be another towering casino complex on the Vegas Strip. “Rather, it may be cracking one of the most lucrative and so far elusive potential gambling markets in the country – Massachusetts. “Some of the world’s top gambling magnates have long dreamed […]
After years of heady campaigns to spread legal, commercial gambling to new jurisdictions in the United States, proliferation has ground to a halt in 2006. Deutsche Bank analyst Andrew Zarnett called current chances for proliferation in the near term “nominal to nonexistent.” “Within the U.S., there’s very little proliferation except for Pennsylvania, where slots at […]