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Friends Star Matthew Perry Lifts Lid on Early Morning Casino Session
- March 26, 2015 By Nemanja L. -
Friends actor Matthew Perry has moved to reveal the reasons behind last week’s much publicised visit to an LA Casino that took place in the early hours of morning. Popular celebrity website TMZ last week published pictures showing the famous actor playing poker at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, which wouldn’t be such a […] Continue Reading
New York Opens Bidding for a Fourth Upstate Casino
- March 25, 2015 By Oliver Young -
There has been an announcement by the New York Gaming Commission this Monday that it will open bidding for a fourth casino licence. In the past year the New York Gaming Commission awarded only three licences, but there has been demand for at least another licence which would help the struggling economies in the area. […] Continue Reading
Optimal Payments to Buy Skrill Group for $1.2 Billion
- March 23, 2015 By Oliver Young -
Optimal Payments Plc, a London stock exchange listed company, announced that it is buying the Skrill Group for an enterprise value of $1.2 billion (about €1.1 billion). Skrill Group is the maker of one of the most popular casino payment methods – the Skrill e-wallet. This wallet is also considered to be the biggest competitor […] Continue Reading
The Philippines Enjoy Huge Increase in Casino Profits
- March 19, 2015 By Nemanja L. -
Philippines’ hopes of establishing themselves as one of the largest gaming hubs in the world have suffered a major boost as the nation’s biggest casino announced huge profits in 2014. Bloomberry Resorts, the parent company of the Solaire Resort and Casino, revealed that revenues in 2014 doubled to PHP 24,122 billion ($536 million) from 2013, […] Continue Reading
bwin.party and Manchester United Launch First Club Based Casino App
- March 18, 2015 By Oliver Young -
One of the most popular online gambling operators in the industry, bwin.party has took its partnership with the football club Manchester United to a higher level after they launched the first club based casino application. Manchester United is one of the best known English Premier League teams and its partnership with bwin.party started back in […] Continue Reading
Player Scoops Biggest Baccarat Tournament Winnings and Sets World Record
- March 16, 2015 By Oliver Young -
The casino game of chance highly popular among high roller casino players, baccarat, has lived up to its name when a player from Hong Kong won the world record for 100 million Hong Kong dollars or $12,890,500 / £8,565,880 this past weekend at the World Series Baccarat Championship. The event that made history took place […] Continue Reading
Trump Name Stays On Taj Mahal’s Facade
- March 11, 2015 By Oliver Young -
Taj Mahal Casino and Donald Trump have a history of disagreements after the most successful businessman in the United States sued the casino in order to make it remove his family name of the facade. However, today it seems that Carl Icahn, the billionaire who saved Taj Mahal Casino, and Trump have reached an agreement […] Continue Reading
Connecticut is Fighting Back
- March 10, 2015 By Samantha A. -
With bolstering competition booming in the nearby states of Rhode Island and New York, Connecticut has seen a severe loss of casino revenue. The gaming facilities in New York and Rhode Island have been attracting more and more customers for quite some time now, and the two luxurious Connecticut casinos- Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun- having […] Continue Reading
Finland Set for Crackdown on Remote Gambling Operators
- March 10, 2015 By Nemanja L. -
Finland’s leading gaming companies want the government to take a resolute action against remote gambling operators targeting Finnish gamers, according to the latest reports. The country’s gaming industry is worth around €1.7 billion per year, with around €130 million of that amount wagered on foreign gambling websites. However, it is believed that the number of […] Continue Reading
US Casinos against IRS Proposal to Lower Win Reporting Threshold
- March 9, 2015 By Oliver Young -
The American Gaming Association and the US land casino companies are strongly against changing the tax code in the United States. These statements came after IRS proposed lowering the win reporting threshold, something that casinos believe would have a negative impact on the whole gambling industry. “This would have a very negative impact on business,” […] Continue Reading