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Melco Crown Delists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Melco Crown Entertainment, a major casino operator with holdings in Macau and throughout Asia, has announced that they plan to delist their share from the Hong Kong stock market. According to the company, the move is being made because there is little...
Bwin.party to Sell Social Gaming Business Win
Bwin.party has announced the imminent sale of its loss-making social casino gaming arm, Win, to an as-yet-unnamed company. Despite the meteoric rise of the social gaming sector, which has become a multi-billion-dollar global industry in just a handful of years, Win has...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Calls For Fourth NY State Casino License
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has written to his state’s Gaming Commission to suggest bidding should be reopened for a fourth casino gaming license, to encompass the Southern Tier area of upstate New York. The area was overlooked by the Gaming Commission...
Macau Junket Operators Under Scrutiny as Area’s Revenues Freefall
Macau junket operators, once the darlings of the gaming region's casino industry, have been slammed recently as part of a broader corruption crackdown in the gambling hub. Macau’s lucrative junket industry will face tighter controls, following the news that the Gaming Inspection...
Paul Phua Not 14K Triad, Says Malaysian Government
Paul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player and businessman accused by the FBI of operating an illegal World Cup sports betting ring out of three luxury villas at Caesars Palace this past summer, is not a 14K Triad member, as has been...
The Top Celebrity Gambling Scandals of 2014
Celebrities like to gamble just like everyone else. In fact, given that they're usually not short on funds, they're often found at high-stakes tables or in exclusive games that most of us will never be allowed into. That inevitably leads to the...
The Year in Asian Gambling
Asian gambling markets have become the hottest gaming centers in the world. Whether it's the established powerhouse that is Macau, hot properties like South Korea and the Philippines, or untapped markets such as Japan, Asia is the biggest target for all of...
The California Gambling Circus Of 2014
California's economy is larger than that of most nations, so it's no surprise that it has become a major target of gambling interests. From Native American tribes that want to market their products across the state to online gambling companies that see...
Match Fixing Scandals in 2014
For fans, organizers, and bettors alike, there's nothing more important in sports than the integrity of the outcome in each contest. For your typical fan, the important thing is knowing that you're watching a real battle between two teams or players that...
The Year in Poker 2014
Poker saw a number of amazing storylines develop in 2014. From amazing feats at the table to battles over offering the game on the Internet, poker showed that while it may not be as strong as it was at the height of...
