Sands Raises Liquidity by Selling Retail Malls
International News Brief: Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) is going to sell the retail malls in Macau as prompted by its falling profit, which the company said was attributed to higher junket commissions and lesser high end players.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
iPhone and iPod Card Counter Download on Watch by Nevada Agents
Users of iPhones beware -- state gaming agents are watching you. California gaming authorities tipped off their Nevada counterparts to a blackjack card-counting program that can be used on either the Apple iPhone or the Apple iPod Touch portable music player.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Bad Beat Jackpot Hits Big at Absolute Poker
Online poker players at Absolute Poker have a whole bunch of reasons to be looking at life with a much rosier outlook today after sharing in $813,341.85 when HDCOWBOY, a 65-year-old resident from Pennsylvania, 'lassoed' the latest Bad Beat Jackpot on the eve of Valentine's Day.
Monday, February 16, 2009
UltimateBet Celebrates a Decade of Success with New Tournaments
UltimateBet spring boards its landmark 10th Anniversary festivities with the launch of its hotly-anticipated satellites for the 2009 World Series of Poker and the debut of STEP Tournaments, giving online poker players a shot at qualifying for this year's $10,000 buy in WSOP Main Event in ten simple steps, and for a tiny investment of ten cents.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Devilfish Casino Jackpot Reaching €2 million
DevilfishCasinos.com today announced the arrival of a MegaJackpots version of Cleopatra, combining one of the world's largest online progressive prizes with one of the best slot machines around. The Cleopatra slot, popular with online and offline players, is packed with all the entertainment features found in the best loved casinos.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sin City Brewing Company Opens Second Location Inside The Flamingo Las Vegas
Sin City Brewing Co. will open its second Las Vegas location inside The Flamingo Las Vegas in March. The Las Vegas-based microbrewery’s new outpost at the Flamingo offers a full-bar experience while featuring all four of Sin City’s custom brews on tap.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
British MPs Motion to Ban Google Gambling Advertisements
Google should stop advertising online gambling firms, according to 40 MPs, who have signed an early day motion. The MPs backed a warning by the Church of England warning that the search engine's actions were irresponisible.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Carbon Poker Alpine Package Promotions
Poker News and Carbon Poker have teamed up to give PokerNews players exclusive access to three $7,800 packages to the 2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
New Poker Channel Show Premiering on Valentine's Day
This Valentine's Day, Saturday 14th February, poker fans will be able to indulge their love for cash game poker with the online premiere of the Cash Game Master Class (6 x 30') online. The series is the first 'how to' series of its kind on cash game strategy and features expert insight from poker professionals Eric Liu and Albert Iverson.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Fleet Street Players Accepted by PokerStars
PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, has come to the rescue of thousands of poker players after fleetstreetgames.com was forced to close down.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Bellagio Hosting March Millions Premier Slot Tournament in Las Vegas
Guests will have the unique opportunity to win prizes ranging from $1,000 in slot freeplay to $500,000 cash upon entering the exclusive March Millions Slot Tournament at Bellagio. The one-of-a-kind, high-end tournament, to be held Friday, March 20 & Saturday, March 21, will offer a prize pool totaling more than $1.8 million.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Massachusetts Gambling Supporters Gain Political Advantage
Casino supporters felt like they hit the jackpot yesterday after a staunch foe, state Rep. Daniel E. Bosley (D-North Adams), was ousted as chairman of the House committee that oversees gambling.
Friday, February 13, 2009
New eBay Video Slot Brings to Life Everyone's Favorite Internet Marketplace
IGN creates stunning new eBay video slot machine. With five vertical, 40-inch big screen reels this video slot is sure to establish a powerful presence.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Las Vegas Still Upset Over Obama's Comments
President Barack Obama might have to hold a Cabinet meeting in a gondola at The Venetian to settle this Las Vegas kerfuffle. Obama's recent swipe at corporate excess that used Las Vegas for rhetorical flourish has politicians and tourism boosters from the Potomac to the fountains at Bellagio clamoring to defend Sin City's honor.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
PokerStars Celebrates 25 Billionth Dealt Hand
PokerStars is close to hitting another milestone and is inviting everyone to the bash. The world's biggest poker site is about to deal its 25 billionth hand and is hosting the "25 Billion Bash" to celebrate the achievement.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
CelebPoker Hosting Online Tournament
European licenced poker-room CelebPoker.com is proud to announce the International Championship of Online Poker (ICOP) - a series of tournaments running over 7 days (9th March-15th March 2009), with a guaranteed prize-pool of €600,000.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Dream Team Poker Hires New Director of Business Development
Dream Team Poker today announced the hiring of Katherine Kowal to be the company's new director of business development, adding another industry veteran to their impressive executive team. Kowal will be charged with further advancing Dream Team Poker's casino presence and enhancing brand recognition among poker players.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Thunder Valley Casino Fires Top Management During Halted Expansion
The top managers of Thunder Valley Casino were fired and the casino's general manager, Scott Garawitz, was placed on administrative leave. Day-to-day management of the casino will be taken over by Las Vegas-based Station Casinos, the management company that has operated the casino for the tribe during construction and the opening of the casino in June 2003.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Class-action Lawsuit Against Venetian on Overtime Pay
A Las Vegas attorney has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of current and former banquet servers who claim the Venetian resort failed to pay them all of the overtime wages they are due.
Attorney Leon Greenberg filed the suit Jan. 29 in Clark County District Court on behalf of former Venetian server Steven Csomos and potentially more than 100 other employees.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Obama's Comments on Las Vegas Receives Criticizm
In late October then-candidate Barack Obama told an audience of 18,000 people in Las Vegas he wanted to help, "not just the folks who own casinos but the folks who are serving in casinos." Now President Obama is under fire for remarks some say undermine that pre-election promise.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tropicana Seeks Image Makeover
Can the firm that helped Starbucks launch the Frappucino-the Coke of blended coffee drinks-help the owner of the Tropicana hotel and casino? Tropicana Entertainment, which has some work to do in the image department, hopes so.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Katy Perry Performs Live at Wasted Space Las Vegas on Valentine's Day
Katy Perry will rock Wasted Space Saturday, Feb. 14 at 8:45 p.m. for a special private Valentine's Day concert following her performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
'We Love Slots' Portal Hosting $75K Valentine's Tournament Promo
Online slots specialists We Love Slots has launched a huge range of Valentine's Day Slots specials. Designed to be played individually or with a special friend, the games featured can be played online at slots site weloveslots.com this Valentine's Day.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Casino Plex Announces Release of Six New Games
Online Casino Plex is thrilled to announce the release of 6 brand new casino games to its already extensive list of online games. The new games include 5 new slot machines, increasing the total to 55, and the launch of the very popular French Roulette.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Bad Beat Jackpot Reaches $500,000
Just in time for Valentine's Day, players at UltimateBet and Absolute Poker are falling "head over heels" for the Bad Beat Jackpot on the CEREUS Poker Network as it swells to over $500,000 as of Tuesday evening.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009