5353 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Evenly Matched Super Bowl Promises Excitement for Bettors and Books
For a long time – especially in the 1980s and into the 1990s – the major complaint about the Super Bowl was that the games rarely managed to be super. Mismatches and blowouts were common, and there was little last-minute drama: either...
Suffolk Downs Plans with Mohegan Sun Blasted for Environmental Issues
It’s starting to look like opponents and supporters of the Mohegan Sun casino plan in Revere, Massachusetts will be fighting tooth and nail at every opportunity over whether the project can move forward. The strange thing is that it looks a lot...
Borgata Winter Open Event #1 Cancelled When Fake Chips Detected
They say that all you need to win a poker tournament is a chip and a chair. Of course, having a few extra chips will improve your odds – and some players don’t seem to care where those chips come from. Regulators...
US Casino Expansion Continues to Pump Up in 2014
It might be hard to believe, but it wasn’t that long ago when casino gambling in the United States was confined to Las Vegas, Atlantic City and a few outposts in the south such as Biloxi. Now it might seem like there’s...
Poker Blogger Jay Newnum Gets Probation After Foxwoods Tip Box Theft
When you're a poker blogger/reporter hired to cover a good-sized tournament at a major land casino, probably making a move on the dealer's tip box is not your best decision ever. Apparently, not everyone grasps that reality, and now from the "what...
Old-School Style Bermuda Casinos Likely Coming Soon
Dust off your 007 tuxedo or chiffon evening wear: Bermuda is close to finalizing plans for classic casinos - with the look and feel of those James Bond classic movies - and they're aiming for predominantly upscale table games, and the appropriate...
Suicide on Hoover Dam Bridge Shines Light on Las Vegas’ Dirty Secret
Beyond the endless glare of the bright neon lights and the sounds of slot machines, cocktail glasses and sexy encounters, lies a much, much darker and grimmer reality in Sin City: a seldom-reported fact - and one that many hotels go out...
Possible Mob Ties to Chinese Illegal Gambling Den Explosion
At least 15 were killed in a major explosion in the Guizhou Province in southern China - and many more pretty shaken up - following a blast that occurred late afternoon earlier this week at a hillside illegal gambling den, tucked away on...
Penn National Partners with Jamul Indian Village for California Casino
Penn National Gaming is moving into the California market with a new casino project in partnership with Jamul Indian Village, about 20 miles east of San Diego. The $360 million development still needs the blessing of the National Indian Gaming Commission for...
Poker Site 888 Wants Hakeem Nicks to Add an 8 to His Jersey
In the overcrowded arena of ways to get your name out there, sometimes you just have to think outside the box. That's the thinking, apparently, of the marketing geniuses at 888.com, an online poker site now licensed in the newly launched New...
