Posts Tagged ‘Asia’
Posted by Nicolae on September 19th, 2008 under Dice games Guide, Rules, games
Tags: advantage, Asia, banker, bets, big and small, bowl, Casinos, China, dice, gamblers, gambling, game, high points, house, low points, luck, Macau, no skill, plate, players, Rules, Sic bo, table, three, winners, winning, zones •
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Big and small is a dice game of pure luck. It is a popular gambling game in China and is still offered in some casinos in Asia, notably in Macau. A variation is the common casino game Sic bo.
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The game is played with three dice. Traditionally, the dice are placed on a [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 26th, 2008 under Lottery Guide
Tags: Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia, Canada, countries, Europe, France, frauds, gambling, governments, links, lottery, national lottery, payment, prize, prizes, probability of winning, scams, United States •
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A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Some governments forbid it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments.
The first signs of a lottery trace [...]
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
Tags: Africa, Asia, Europe, gambling, gas, industry, Las Vegas, Macau, Middle East, mortgage crisis, Online Gambling, Predictions, price, PricewaterhouseCoopers, report, revenue, Sports Betting, travel, tribal casinos, US •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on May 25th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, Events, Gambling industry, Investments, Macau, Poker
Tags: APPT Macau, Asia, cash games, charity, Cotai Strip, Dubbed PokerStars Macau, Events, Grand Waldo, Macau, no-limit, participants, players, Poker, poker room, Poker Stars, texas hold'em, Tournaments •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on February 14th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, Companies, Investments, Las Vegas, Macau, Projects, United States
Tags: A380, Airbus, Asia, baccarat tables, casino, China, David Velupillai, flights, flying casinos, Francois Chazelle, gaming, Hong Kong, hotel, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Sands, Lockheed Martin, Macau, Nevada, passenger planes, planes, properties, resort, Singapore, superjumbo, VIP charter •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on January 23rd, 2008 under Asia, Football (Soccer), Legislation, Sports Betting
Tags: , 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, arrests, Asia, Australia, Austria, bets, China, conferences, criminals, Euro 2008, football, gambling, games, Hong Kong, illegal, Interpol, Macau, Malaysia, Michel Platini, operations, presidents, raids, Ronald Noble, Singapore, soccer, SOGA, sports, Switzerland, teams, Thailand, Union of European football Association, Vietnam •
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Interpol had last year in October a very large operation involving Australia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam to stop the illegal soccer gambling which resulted in 423 arrests in 266 raids across the region, 272 underground gambling dens shut down and $680 million US worth of illegal bets. Now, Interpol is [...]
Posted by Nicolae on December 22nd, 2007 under Asia, Casinos, Gambling industry, Legislation, Macau, Projects, Studies, Reports & Survey
Tags: Asia, Casinos, China, City of Dreams, Cotai Strip, economy, Far East Consortium Complex, Four Seasons Hotels, Galaxy Cotai Megaresort, Galaxy entertainment, gambling, gaming, gaming law, Grand Hyatt, Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, Macao, Macau, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Melco-PBL, MGM Grand Macau, MGM Grand Paradise Limited, MGM Mirage, Oceanus, Ponte 16, tourism, Venetian Macau, Virgin Group, visitors, weather, Wynn Macau, 澳門 •
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MGM Grand Macau officially opened its doors these days to thousands of guests eager to experience the burgeoning gaming destination’s latest grand resort. With 600 rooms, MGM Grand Macau resort casino marks the powerful partnership’s first venture into the rapidly growing Macau gaming market, setting a new standard of luxury [...]
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