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Smile, You’re on Candid Surveillance Cameras on the Las Vegas Strip

Looking forward to your next visit to Sin City? The bright neon lights, the exciting casinos, the crazy parties? Oh, and don't forget the 37 surveillance cameras that will be watching you through it all, up and down a four-mile stretch of...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 5, 2013

Foxwoods Submits $1 Billion Massachusetts Casino Plan

The Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut is one of the largest casinos in the United States and one of the most successful Native American casinos in the country. Still, after recent failures in Pennsylvania and the struggles of their new MGM Grand...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 5, 2013

Legislators Vote to Ban Kiosk Wagering in Nevada Bars and Taverns

The Nevada Assembly has voted unanimously to ban wagering kiosks in the state's bars and taverns, as well as any other properties that hold restricted gaming licenses. The 41-0 vote was a show of support for the casino industry, who obviously would...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 4, 2013

Colleges, Private Businesses Offer Training for Massachusetts Casino Jobs

It’s not news that Massachusetts is planning for a major casino expansion. In the years to come, there will be three new resort-style casinos and a slots parlor added to the Bay State, all of which should attract plenty of steady revenue...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 4, 2013

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 3, 2013

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 3, 2013

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 2, 2013

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 2, 2013

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 1, 2013

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...

Casino.org Staff Writer June 1, 2013