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Toronto Casino Plan Nixed by City Council
Canada’s biggest city won’t be getting a new casino any time soon. The Toronto City Council has voted against a plan to build a new casino in the city, dashing the hopes of many major...
WSOP Europe Schedule to Include New High Roller Event
The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) began as a sideshow to the main WSOP in Las Vegas, but has grown over the years to become a big event in its own right. Today, WSOP...
You Can Always Go Downtown Las Vegas
An old Petula Clark song from the 1960s extolled the virtues of going downtown, where you could "just listen to the music of the traffic in the city/Linger on the sidewalk, where the neon signs...
Judge Rules Against PokerStars in Atlantic Club Dispute
We’ve all taken bad beats at the poker table – but few will ever be nearly as big as the one suffered by PokerStars recently. PokerStars’ parent company, the Rational Group, is out $11 million...
Not all Granted VISA’s Green Light for Gambling Transactions
It was so simple for awhile: since April 2011 (and for many companies, even before) and the U.S. Department of Justice's clear manifesto that online gambling transactions were not to be handled by banks on...
It’s Not Just for Gambling Anymore: Atlantic City Aims for “Destination Resort” Status
Poor old Atlantic City: it lost the race to be the first U.S. gambling Mecca to offer legal online gambling; it's still recovering from the ravages of last year's Hurricane Sandy; and its revenue stream...
Oneida Indians and New York’s Cuomo Agree to Casino Deal
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been looking to expand casino gambling in his state. The Oneida Indian Nation has long wanted to settle land claims and build a new casino in Central New York....
The Rich Get Richer as George Soros Makes Bank Again (or Could Own One)
George Soros, the Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist, was reported recently to have wagered $1 billion on the foreign exchange market, with the insight that the rates would be cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia....
British Punter Beats 11 Million to One Odds to Win Big Payday on William Hill
People often say that money won is sweeter than money earned. Well, one lucky punter's sweet tooth must have imploded recently as a series of accumulator bets saw him take away over £200,000 (more than...
Strict Punishments Proposed to Curb Turkish Online Gambling
Turkish authorities are not exactly behind the spread of online gambling that many countries around the world are leaning towards, as proposed legislation is looking to curb the trend by introducing stiff fines to Turkish...
