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Big drop in US gambling revenue

Posted by Nicolae on July 11th, 2008 under Atlantic City, Casinos, Companies, Gambling industry, Investments, Las Vegas, Online Gambling, Politics, Predictions, Projects, Slots, Studies, Reports & Survey, United States, games
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US gambling revenue dropped  15% in May. In Las Vegas, the percentage is 16.4%. As for Atlantic City, the casinos gambling revenue down 11% in June, comparing with the same month of the last year (a single casino shows an increase in revenue, Harrah’s Resort Casino). In Illinois, gambling revenue was [...]

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 [...]

Who Owns the Internet?

Posted by Nicolae on May 9th, 2008 under Companies, Legislation, Online Gambling, Predictions, Software, UIGEA, United States
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An already tested method to defeat the online gambling companies started to act again, after Bodog.
1st Technology made a complaint against several companies including Digital Gaming Solutions SA, Costa Rica International Sports, Action Poker Gaming Enterprises and SBG Global; two Norwegian companies: Playsafe Holding AS and eCom Enterprises; and Digital Gaming [...]

Finland strategy to ban online gambling

Posted by Nicolae on January 16th, 2008 under European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling, Predictions
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The new borders of the Internet started with the online gambling. Internet meant, at its beginning, freedom of information, products and services. Now, it keeps from less to less this initial meaning.
I am a fun of the online gambling, especially online poker, but now I see it like an animal in a [...]

My predictions come true: a new Las Vegas in Russia

Posted by Nicolae on January 10th, 2008 under Casinos, Gambling industry, Las Vegas, Predictions, Projects, Russia
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My predictions about the boom of the gambling industry in Russia come true sooner than I expected. Russia’s Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov set up a gambling zone, Azov-City, in the Scherbinovsky district of Krasnodar area and the Azov district of Rostov region. A budget of about 18 billion [...]