Archive | August, 2010

Gambling tycoon, Dennis Gomes, has given a boost of confidence to the struggling Atlantic City gaming industry by announcing plans to purchase Resorts Atlantic City. This iconic casino was the very first to open in Atlantic City in 1978 and holds a special spot in the hearts of many gamblers who frequent the area. In [...]

After much fanfare, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation announced that it would be re-launching the troubled PlayNow.com gambling site on Thursday. Just to recap, the site launched last month already, with BCLC claiming that this was the first legal online casino site in North America. However, only several hours after the launch, the site was [...]

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick came under fire this week as he was blamed for the stalemate reached with regard to the advancement of gambling laws in the state. Patrick has refused to budge from his stand regarding gambling laws, resulting in the collapse of negotiations to form one common law and pass it through the [...]

Two payment processors belonging to the same man have opted to forfeit millions of dollars in a bid to end a legal battle with the US Department of Justice. Allied Systems and Allied Money were charged with acting as illegal payment processors for online poker sites such as Poker Stars and transferring winnings made by [...]

At the beginning of July, Florida saw a number of significant changes in its gambling laws, especially those affecting poker. For the first time, local poker players could enjoy uncapped games and the state’s poker rooms are currently enjoying long lines of people waiting to enjoy this type of entertainment. For the first time, too, [...]

Within a few short years, Harrah’s Entertainment has done a complete turnaround regarding its attitude to online gambling. The United State’s largest gambling group, Harrah’s has a huge presence in the land based industry through its casinos in prime locations such as the Vegas Strip. Where once Harrah’s opposed the legalization of online gambling in [...]

It was only a matter of time that all Canadian provinces jumped on the internet gambling bandwagon in a bid to grab some of the revenue generated by this lucrative industry. The latest province to announce its ‘interest’ in online gambling is Alberta, which said that the idea has actually been under revenue for some [...]

The Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee announced this week that nearly 4,500 new jobs had been created in less than a month, after table games such as poker were allowed in state casinos for the first time. Jobs were created for table game dealers, but opportunities also spilled over for supervisors, clerks and security personnel [...]