5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Gambling Ex-Wife of Sultan of Brunei Accuses Bodyguard of £12m Theft
In a tale worthy of any great novelist's plotlines, Miriam Aziz - the 59-year-old ex-wife of the Sultan of Brunei - has fessed up in court to some major gambling arrears played out in London's toniest casinos, and the subsequent sale of £1million ($1,652,593)...
New Jersey Lawmaker Suggests Casinos for State’s Poorest Cities
What’s so special about Atlantic City? That’s been a question on the minds of New Jersey lawmakers for a while, as proposals for expanding casino gambling away from the seaside resort town have been floated around for years. Most of those proposals...
Bitcoin Prices Plunge After Mt. Gox Exchange Halts Withdrawals
The history of Bitcoin has been a lot like a rollercoaster: breathtaking highs and terrifying lows around every corner. Sometimes, it even feels like the whole market has been turned upside down. And after the latest move by a major marketplace, the...
Caesars Entertainment Picks Cromwell as Casino Name Amid Controversy
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, the great Bard said. The same, however, may not hold true for Las Vegas Strip casinos. Once slated to be called The Gansevoort - already an off-beat enough name, albeit a recognized...
Aspers Casino in Northampton Projects Raunchy Ad onto Church
You know what they say: sex sells. And with that in mind, one UK casino in Northampton thought that projecting the image of a model might draw a little attention to their operation and create some buzz around the city. Unfortunately, the...
Florida Faces Battle of the Bulging Wallets by Warring Casino Factions
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson sometimes lobbies for casinos and sometimes lobbies against them (as in his massive anti-online campaign for the past year); but whatever he does, he does it with gusto and lots and lots of cash. So it...
Toronto Man Wanted After Failure to Pay $12.9M to Las Vegas Casinos
There are a few things that can get you nominated for "World's Dumbest Criminal": robbing a bank with surveillance cameras everywhere, trying to steal a police car, and most certainly at the top of that list would be skipping out on major...
New Hampshire Grapples with Impact of Possible Land Casino
New Hampshire may have a reputation as a quiet, relaxed state where bed and breakfasts and a little skiing are about the most exciting happenings around, but that image may be about to change. With everyone else in the region building up...
MGM Spearheads New Coalition Aimed at Countering Anti-Online Attacks
For months now, Sheldon Adelson, his Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG), and its allies have been lobbying for a bill that would ban Internet gambling throughout the United States. There has been an effort to combat those efforts, but they’ve been pretty...
Australians Still World’s Most Prolific Gamblers, New Study Says
In the past, many surveys, estimates and studies have told the world what Aussies already know: Australians love to gamble. And just in case anyone thought that might be changing, a new study from the Economist and H2 Gambling Capital confirms that...
