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Top Gambling News, September 23th, 2008

Posted by Nicolae on September 23rd, 2008 under Bingo, Blackjack, Blogs, Bonuses, Business, Casinos, Celebrities, Companies, Gambling Media, Gambling addiction, Gambling industry, Las Vegas, Legislation, News, Online Gambling, Poker, Politics, Sports Betting, Studies, Reports & Survey, Top Gambling News, UIGEA, United States, online poker
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Get real on web gambling
Kansas City Star, MO
Rick’s Gambling & Tourism column in today’s Star Business Weekly looks at the US’s untenable position in the worldwide on-line gambling industry. …
State cracks down on Net gambling
Kentucky.com, KY
By Jack Brammer FRANKFORT — Kentucky is commandeering 141 domain names of Internet gambling sites in [...]

Charity gambling

Posted by Nicolae on August 29th, 2008 under Business, Casinos, Gambling addiction, Politics, Society
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Charity gambling is the practice where typical gambling ‘games’ such as bingo, roullette, lotto, slot-machines, etc. are overseen by a charity or group of charities. The profits from the venture go to the charity or group of charities, rather than to a municipality or private casino. Sometimes this occurs as a [...]

The Howard Hughes Corporation

Posted by Nicolae on July 5th, 2008 under Business, Companies, Las Vegas, Summerlin
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The Howard Hughes Corporation is a major real estate development and management company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, which was founded by Howard Hughes. Later sold to the Rouse Company, it is now a subsidiary of General Growth Properties.
History
Formation as Summa Corporation
Originally known as Summa Corporation, Howard Hughes Corp. was formed [...]

Predictions for the gambling industry

Posted by Nicolae on June 18th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, European Union, Gambling industry, Investments, Las Vegas, Macau, Online Gambling, Predictions, Research, Sports Betting
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Gambling revenue will grow to $155 billion in 2012 from a 2007 revenue of $114 billion with an annually rate of 6.5 percent per year, says PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in a report released this week.
Asia, and especially Macau, will be the world’s fastest growing gambling region.
In accordance with this report, the US revenue [...]

Poker Stars operates a poker room in Macau

Posted by Nicolae on May 25th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, Events, Gambling industry, Investments, Macau, Poker
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Poker Stars started a new experience, beginning to operate a poker room in Cotai Strip (Dubbed PokerStars Macau), at Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino (25 tables, 250 players, cash games and tournaments).
The poker room was launched this week with a No-Limit Texas Hold’em Charity Poker tournament, for the victims of [...]