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...
Bitcoin Users Scramble as Major Exchange MtGox Goes Offline
Imagine waking up one morning and finding out that Wall Street had simply vanished into thin air. That’s somewhat akin to what happened in the world of Bitcoin earlier this week, when Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange MtGox seemingly disappeared on Tuesday after reports...
Mohegan Sun Casino Proposal with Suffolk Downs Wins Revere Referendum
It's official: the race is on for the most lucrative gambling license in Massachusetts. The plan to build a casino at the Suffolk Downs racetrack in Revere was approved by a wide margin on Tuesday, setting the stage for the racetrack and...
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...
A Decade Later, Macau Casinos Reconsider Using Junket Operators
Casinos are used to fighting each other for the biggest whales – those customers who might drop millions of dollars on a single night, or even at a single table - in a casino. But now, the Macau casino operators find themselves...
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...
