5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Game On: Sands, MGM Vow to Spend Billions for Japanese Casinos
It’s Sheldon Adelson’s favorite phrase: the casino magnate has pledged that he will spend “whatever it takes” to gain a foothold in Japan, should the country legalize land-based casinos, as is expected to be approved in time to have casinos in...
Prepaid Gambling Debit Cards Get Regulatory Thumbs Up in Nevada
Nevada has joined Atlantic City in approving the introduction of prepaid debit cards for use in its gaming devices, a move that is being praised by promoters of responsible gambling and casino operators alike. The cards - which are tied to a...
Nevada and Delaware Sign First Online Interstate Poker Compact
Nevada and Delaware have this week signed America’s first Interstate online poker compact, paving the way for citizens of both states to play online poker with and against each other. It seems that while the federal government tiptoes and pussyfoots around the...
Today’s Revere, Massachusetts Vote to Decide Casino’s Fate
To build or not to build? That is the question before the voters of Revere, Massachusetts today, as the city will decide whether or not to approve a proposed casino at the Suffolk Downs racetrack. The vote will be coming at the...
Few Pennsylvania Bars Taking Advantage of New Tavern Gambling Laws
When the state of Pennsylvania decided it wanted to expand its gambling options, it considered many possibilities – including online gambling – but ultimately went with allowing bars to offer small games of chance. The state wanted it. The gambling industry wanted...
Betfair Tries Snapchat to Send Exclusive Odds to Bettors
If you’re familiar with Snapchat, you probably know it best as the service people use to send rapidly self-deleting photos to others. For many, that’s an incentive to loosen their inhibitions: after all, if that embarrassing photo of yourself will only be...
Winning the Lottery Can Turn Lefties Into Right-Wingers, Study Finds
From where, or whom, do we acquire our political leanings? It’s a question that has intrigued us at casino.org since we were just another cyber tadpole floating around in the primordial Internet swamp of the mid-1990s. Is it nature, nurture, or...
Las Vegas Wranglers Hockey Team to Ice Plaza Hotel Downtown
What could be more surreal than ice-skating in the desert? How about ice-skating on the roof of a very tall building in the desert? Yep, that’ll do it. Vegas has long been a center of major sporting arenas - from championship...
Nevada Senator Dean Heller to Introduce Anti-Online Gambling Bill
Federal legislation to prohibit all forms of online gambling except poker will be introduced “within the month or so”, U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-Nev) told sources this week. Heller has been working with his colleague Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev) to restore the...
South Point in Las Vegas Kicks Off Online Poker with RealGaming.com
Step by step and inch by inch, the online poker industry in the US is returning. Following the launch of Ultimate Poker and WSOP.com in Nevada last year, a third operator has now made the leap to begin offering real-money gaming in...
