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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 [...]

Gambling in Vietnam à la Las Vegas

Posted by Nicolae on May 24th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, Companies, Gambling industry, Investments, Las Vegas, Projects
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$4.5 billion Canadian investment in casino-resort project (”Ho Tram“) in the South of the Vietnam, the theme highlighting the lush natural beauty of the area while showcasing Vietnamese and Asian culture.
The most important investors in this project are Asian Coast Development Ltd. from Toronto and Harbinger Capital LLC [...]

The flying casinos

Posted by Nicolae on February 14th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, Companies, Investments, Las Vegas, Macau, Projects, United States
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Airbus is in discussion with more clients interested to use the world’s biggest passenger plane, Airbus superjumbo A380, into a flying casino.
David Velupillai, marketing director for Airbus’s executive and private aviation division, said a fully-fitted casino could be delivered as early as 2012.
The gambling “is clearly a growing business in Asia [...]

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 [...]

Gambling predictions, 2008

Posted by Nicolae on January 2nd, 2008 under Asia, Atlantic City, Business, Casinos, Dubai, European Union, Gambling industry, Gran Scala, Las Vegas, Macau, Online Gambling, Predictions, Projects, UIGEA, United States
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It seems that it is very hard to make predictions on gambling, this year even more difficult than the other years, and online gambling much more difficult than the classical gambling.
2008 will be a very good year for the land casinos. Las Vegas has some big problems that will allow to other [...]