5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Goa’s Beached Floating Casino Could Be Written Off for Not Floating
Then M V Lucky 7, a vessel that was destined to be Goa, India’s sixth floating casino until it became beached on a sandbank last month, is in danger of being declared “a nuisance” by authorities and written off for good. The...
China Just Saying No to Investment in Global Sex and Gambling Industries
The Chinese government’s crackdown on “irrational” overseas investment includes telling investors from China that their yuan have no business getting in bed with international sex and gambling businesses. The new restrictions came in a statement from Beijing on Friday, in connection with...
Las Vegas Trying to Win Big on Solar Eclipse Both Inside, Outside
Las Vegas is cashing in on Monday’s solar eclipse with everything from luxury jet trips to proposition bets on the public’s fascination with the astrological phenomenon. The last total solar eclipse visible in the United States was in 1979 from the Pacific...
DOJ to Release $33.5 Million in AP/UB Online Poker Player Paybacks
The final financial fallout from online poker’s Black Friday in 2011 is starting to settle, with former players at Absolute Poker (AP) and Ultimate Bet (UB) set to receive $33,500,000 in account refunds. According to absolutepokerclaims.com, the Department of Justice’s Money Laundering...
MGM CEO Jim Murren Tells Employees Company Will Match Anti-Hate Donations
MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren condemned "hate mongers and white supremacists" in a letter to his more than 77,000 worldwide employees last Friday, and encouraged them to donate to anti-hate groups by explaining contributions would be matched. Following last week's deadly terror...
Many in Las Vegas Felt Impact of Jerry Lewis
Comedian Jerry Lewis might not have been the most famous celebrity to call Las Vegas home, but his contribution to the city rivals anyone who ever lived in Southern Nevada. Lewis, who died Sunday at the age of 91, influenced many that...
Casino Owner Icahn Quits Advising Trump Hours before Unseemly Conflict Exposed
Carl Icahn, the billionaire corporate raider and casino owner, resigned as special advisor to President Donald Trump on Friday, just hours before the New Yorker published an article that questioned whether he had used his position to pursue an energy policy that...
Japan’s First Casino Policy Hearing Scarcely Attended in Tokyo
Japan is set to unveil its integrated casino resorts plan later this year, but before the National Diet does, the government is embarking on a countrywide tour to explain its thinking to the public. However, just 100 people attended the first stop....
Impatient Russia Touts Investment in Primorsky Krai Gaming Zone
Russian officials are talking up the Primorsky Krai special gaming zone in the country’s far east, as they seek to attract new global investors, and preferably ones that don’t drag their feet. The government has become frustrated by the slow development of...
Gaming and Sports Magnate Frank Fertitta Buys $70 Million NYC Two-Story Penthouse
Station Casinos and Red Rock Resorts Chairman and CEO Frank Fertitta is New York City's newest premium coop owner. The news came to light after property records revealed that he's the mystery buyer of one of two duplex Manhattan penthouses at the...
