The seeds of discontent about the role Casino Niagara and Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort play in their host city appear to be taking root just days after city council pointed them out. But the casinos' spokesman said they have always been committed to helping Niagara Falls, but have to make sure their business is profitable first.
Former television actor Max Baer Jr. plans to build a Jethro Bodine's casino just outside Carson City using his character rights from "The Beverly Hillbillies." As a result, the vacant former Wal-Mart where his last project was shot down could finally find a tenant.
The Minister for Territories, Jim Lloyd, says re-opening the Christmas Island Resort without its casino is the best way forward for tourism on the island. The resort casino closed in 1998 because of financial difficulties. Sydney businessman David Kwon bought the resort and tried to reopen the casino, but the Federal Government made it illegal to have casino operations on the Island in 2004.
Conservative leader David Cameron has vowed to support the Government if it brought proposals for casinos in Solihull and Wolverhampton back to Parliament. Mr Cameron said his party had offered to back plans for 16 new casinos across Britain, but they should be considered separately from the proposed super-casino in Manchester, he said. Labour's plans for new casinos were thrown into turmoil when they were rejected by the Lords last month.
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Icahn agreed to sell the Stratosphere, three other Nevada casinos and 17 acres on the Las Vegas Strip to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s real estate funds for USD 1.3 billion. Goldman's Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds will buy the Arizona Charlie's Decatur and Boulder casinos off the Strip and the Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin, Nevada. Icahn's American Real Estate Partners LP will see a gain of USD 1 billion from the sale of the properties he began buying just eight years ago, the Mount Kisco, New York-based company said today in a statement.
The Kansas Lottery Commission on Wednesday unveiled timetables for what happens next in the creation of an unprecedented state-owned casino industry. Many questions remain unanswered, including whether the seven-casino plan signed last week by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will survive a constitutional challenge. But it’s clear the roulette ball in Kansas has started to roll and is gaining speed.
Foreign casinos along Chinese borders have either been forced to shut down or go underground because of crackdowns by police and their collaboration with foreign counterparts. The number of such casinos has shrunk from 149 - many of them illegal - in 2005 to 28 now. Of those still in business, nine are in the southwestern border area with Myanmar and Vietnam and the remaining along the northern border with Russia, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Taipei (CNA) - The government will come up within six months with a decision on whether to allow the opening of casinos, Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Chairwoman Ho Mei-yueh said Tuesday. Ho made the remarks while fielding questions at the Legislative Yuan from main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Chao Erh-chung.
Mit einer außergewöhnlichen Live-Demonstration machte die Spielbank Hamburg den aktuellen James Bond-Thriller „Casino Royale“ hautnah erlebbar. Sie präsentierte dazu an zwei Original-Casinotischen Poker und Black Jack live in der Hamburger Filiale von SATURN. Das Elektronik-Handelsunternehmen sowie der Entertainment-Konzern Sony-BMG machten damit vor Ort auf den Verkaufs-Start der neuen DVD „Casino Royale“ aufmerksam.
Wir freuen uns, Ihnen die Lancierung unseres neuen Spiels mitteilen zu dürfen. Nach einer gut einjährigen Vorbereitungszeit können wir nun die Dampfkessel des Cash Express in Betrieb nehmen.
Miss Austria Wahl 2007 live auf www.live.casinos.at. Schönheiten am laufenden Band präsentieren sich heuer am 31. März im Casino Baden, wenn das Finale zur Miss Austria ausgetragen wird.
Austin - Big resorts with full casinos, shops and restaurants could be built in up to a dozen Texas cities under legislation proposed today by two high-profile senators and backed by major gambling interests. Voters ultimately would have the say on the proposed constitutional amendment legalizing casino gambling. A main selling point of the plan, the legislators contend, is a provision that would dedicate USD 1 billion per year to a fund to pay for eligible Texans to attend a community college or public university.
