5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Online Poker Rivalry Between Stations Casinos and Caesars Interactive Like a Boxing Match
It's sort of a Celebrity Death Match: the new wam-bam verbal spat between Stations Casinos and Caesars Interactive in Nevada. Not long ago, World Series of Poker executive director Ty Stewart gleefully noted, "I think the market is ready for a first-class...
Internet Users Increasingly Leaning on Mobile Devices for Gambling (and Everything Else)
A new study by Pew Internet, which has analyzed all its 2012 data, points clearly to mobile technology as the usage platform for the future, including for gambling site operators. According to the study, 31 percent of all adult mobile Internet users...
Two Out of Four Canadian Winning Lottery Tickets Claimed by One Man
We all know life isn't fair, and now we just have more proof of that: a Canadian man has produced two of the four winning tickets in a recent record-setting Canadian lottery jackpot. Harry Black, from Surrey, British Columbia, decided if one...
Pair Found Guilty in New Zealand Roulette Scam
Two gamblers were found guilty of participating in a scam that earned them $7,000 in winnings at the SkyCity Casino in Hamilton, New Zealand. The two players colluded with a dealer using a twist on a classic scheme that allowed them to...
UK Pubs May Double as Bookies with Controversial New Law
There is certainly no shortage of critics to new planning laws which allow bookies to set up shop within Britain's pubs, in what has been dubbed a "free for all" on the high streets around the UK. Pubs as Bookies The new...
British Illusionist Banned from Betting at UK Casinos
British illusionist and mentalist Derren Brown was banned from a Birmingham casino recently, amid fears that he would use his powers for ill gain, and take the casino operators for all they’re worth. Persona Non Grata Brown and friends decided to roll...
Adelson Wants Smoking Allowed for EuroVegas Spain Casino Complex
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson wants to bring one of the world’s largest casino resorts to Spain. Known as EuroVegas, the complex would include casinos, conference centers and hotels, and would immediately become one of the largest construction projects in Europe,...
Macau Casino Features $1.6 Million Minimum Bet
We all know casinos make much of their money off of a fairly limited number of high rollers – whales that will spend thousands or more on every bet they make in the casino. But at one Macau venue, even most high...
Dinner in the Sky is the Next Big Vegas Attraction
What can Vegas possibly do for an encore after a few decades of volcanic eruptions, Bulgarian acrobats and ersatz odes to New York and the Pharaohs? How about Dinner in the Sky? No, we're not being metaphoric, and no, it's not in...
Nevada Lobbyist Blames Gambling Industry for Lack of Federal Online Poker Bill
"It's your own fault!" That's the message to the gambling industry from lobbyist Jon Porter, formerly a representative for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District for three terms, and now a finger-pointer at the gaming industry at large for the lack of a federal...
