Joseph Ogundu called it a blunder at the craps table. Greektown Casino and the police who work there called it cheating, and had the 46-year-old West Bloomfield resident charged with a felony and a misdemeanor. In July, 11 months after the incident at the Detroit casino, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury acquitted Ogundu. On Monday, Ogundu returned to Wayne County Circuit Court -- this time, to file a lawsuit against the casino, a State Police officer and an unnamed Detroit cop.
New York (Reuters) - New Jersey's Atlantic City casinos could lose 12.3 percent of their "gross gaming revenues" once New York and Pennsylvania install their planned video lottery terminals, a new report said on Wednesday. The report, commissioned by the New Jersey treasurer, also analyzed how much revenue New Jersey might generate if it allowed the addition of video lottery terminals at the state's three race tracks: Meadowlands Racetrack, Monmouth Raceway and Freehold Raceway.
Gamblers can bet until 6am after councillors agreed to extend two casinos' opening hours. Stanley Casinos had applied for extended licences at casinos on Dundee Street and Ocean Drive. The licensing board dismissed several complaints from residents living nearby. Licensing agent Archie McIvor, acting on behalf of the Leith casino, said: "The casino has been there for many years.
Shares in Tabcorp rose as much as 2.1 per cent today after it reached a deal with the NSW Government to remain the sole owner and operator of a casino in NSW. The company owns the Star City casino in Darling Harbour, Sydney. “NSW remains a one-casino state,” NSW Premier Morris Iemma told reporters. By mid afternoon, Tabcorp was up 1.3 per cent at USD 15.31 in a broader market down 0.4 per cent.
Sydney, Australia - Australian firms Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. and Macquarie Bank Ltd. Tuesday extended their AUD 1.37-billion takeover offer for Canada's Gateway Casinos business. It was the fourth extension of the bid due to delays in gaining Canadian regulatory approvals. Shareholders in Gateway Casinos Income Fund, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, now have until Nov. 14 to decide on the offer from New World Gaming Partners Ltd., the investment bank's 50-50 joint venture with PBL.
Bis auf den letzten Platz belegt waren das Casino-Restaurant Sommergarten und der Amerikanische Saal als am Freitagabend fast 700 Besucher den Thailändischen Abend im Casino Baden-Baden besuchten.
The NSW Government is poised to announce its plans for a second casino within days, with James Packer's PBL frontrunner to snare another gambling cash cow. It is believed the Iemma Government has warned Star City operators Tabcorp that it needs to pay more tax on its poker machines or face competition from a new rival. Industry insiders have said Tabcorp baulked at the higher tax regime -- which would bring it to the level of regular clubs and pubs -- and the Government has now got its trigger for a second NSW casino.
SugarHouse Casino asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to cut through what it called "obstructionist" political opposition in Philadelphia and allow its USD 550 million project to move ahead. In suing the administration and City Council, SugarHouse joined the city's other planned casino, Foxwoods, in forsaking the political process for the courts. Foxwoods Casino has also asked the Supreme Court to require the city to approve its project. (Virtually all issues connected with the licensing, planning and zoning of the state's nascent slots industry go directly to the highest court, by law.)
New Zealand casino operator Sky City Entertainment Group confirmed its full-year profit guidance and said it had halted the possible sale of one its casinos pending the outcome of a takeover process. The company said on Friday it was still comfortable with its previously announced forecast of a net profit of between NZD 108.2 million and NZD 110.2 for the year to June 2008, compared with a net profit NZD 98.4 million in the previous year.
Hong Kong - It all started with a stroll in a virgin highland jungle 5,900 feet above sea level 43 years ago for Lim Goh Tong. On that site, he built his first casino and resort, modeled on the hill stations constructed by British expatriates who could not stand the tropical heat of their Asian colonies. From that resort, Genting Highlands, Lim built a vast gaming and tourism empire, the Genting Group, the largest company of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Washington (AP) - Aiming to rein in the booming Indian gambling industry, the government is trying to make sure electronic bingo machines at tribal casinos can't masquerade as Las Vegas-style slots. Slot machines are more lucrative for tribes and more attractive to players, but they are subject to state approval and limits. Video bingo isn't. The basic difference between the two is that slot machines involve a gambler interacting only with a single machine, whereas video bingo requires gamblers to play each other over a linked network.
Gegen 12:00 Uhr am Freitagmittag zauberte das Gewinnbild eines Automaten der Spielbank Potsdam ein strahlendes Lächeln auf das Gesicht einer Berliner Besucherin. Mit einem Einsatz von nur 20 Cent gewann die Glückliche, die gerne gelegentlich einen Ausflug nach Potsdam unternimmt, 36.579,25 €.
