The Isle of Man government will be using its high profile presence at January’s ICEi to promote its position as a leading jurisdiction of choice for the world’s remote gaming operators. Isle of Man e-gaming ambassador Bill Mummery enthused: “We are investing in a major public/private sector presence at ICEi. Our stand space has doubled year-on-year and we will be amongst the biggest exhibitors within ICEi.
The American owner of the world-famous Caesar's Palace casino in Las Vegas has swooped on the rapidly liberalising UK gambling market, striking a deal to buy smaller operator London Clubs for GBP 293.3 million in cash. The deal, backed by the board at London Clubs, gives Harrah's Entertainment, which also operates the Horseshoe brand, access to six existing casinos and licences to develop a further five.
Council tax payers are paying for the owners of the Millennium Dome to fill jobs at their planned supercasino, it emerged last night. A senior official from Greenwich Council is working part-time at U.S. billionaire Philip Anschutz's firm AEG to help the company recruit staff for the vast gambling complex at the Dome.
A far-flung correspondent finds he’s not in Las Vegas anymore, the best efforts of Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson notwithstanding. If you spend enough time inside Steve Wynn’s newest billion-dollar resort, it’s easy to convince yourself you’re actually still in Las Vegas. All the trappings of what we’ve come to expect from a top casino-hotel are here on the south China province of Macau.
The row over John Prescott's stay at a US tycoon's ranch will not influence an inquiry into the siting of the UK's first super casino, its head insists. Stephen Crow, of the Casino Advisory Panel, was speaking at a public meeting on a bid to build a Las Vegas-style casino at the Millennium Dome. The site is currently the frontrunner in the race to secure a licence.
Los Angeles (Reuters) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday signed agreements allowing two of the state's Indian tribes to nearly quadruple the number of slot machines they operate to a maximum 7,500 each. The new terms sharply increase California's share of net revenue from the tribes' existing slots and gives the state 15 percent of revenue on the first 3,000 additional slots and 25 percent on the next 2,500 machines.
Biloxi, Mississippi - The Beau is back. In a symbolic ceremony led by U.S. Senator Trent Lott, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway and MGM MIRAGE executives, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino opened its doors for business today, ushering in nearly 4,000 employees and continuing the era of hope and recovery for the Gulf Coast.
London (Reuters) - Britain launches a public examination on Wednesday to decide the future location of a controversial Las Vegas-style supercasino amid a barrage of criticism from the media and anti-gambling campaigners. Prime Minister Tony Blair originally envisaged 20 to 40 giant casinos for Britain, bringing thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of overseas investment.
Germany's state lottery operators must allow more competition from private companies after the Federal Cartel Office ruled that their behaviour infringed German and European Union laws. The competition watchdog, based in Bonn, said the 16 state lottery operators could no longer wield an effective monopoly over the market by placing restrictions on the sale of tickets via commercial lottery agents at shops and petrol stations.
The company seeking to turn the Millennium Dome into a supercasino has had to apologise for misrepresenting the views of local religious leaders. Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) had claimed in documents posted on a government website that the Greenwich Peninsula Chaplaincy welcomed “the creation of 4,600 jobs” by the planned casino.
Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd has welcomed a decision by the Victorian and Western Australia gambling regulators to approve its Macao casino development joint venture with Melco International Development Ltd. PBL said today the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation and the Gaming and Wagering Commission of Western Australia said that after their investigations they had no objections to the joint venture.
The Harrah's casino in Reno expects to see one of its regulars in the next few days. But this man won't receive the typical welcome when he walks through the door. Instead, a Harrah's casino manager will approach him and bring up an unpleasant topic: recent comments the man made to a casino host about refinancing his house and gambling with his retirement money.
