Southport's iconic Kingsway nightclub has been destroyed by 80ft flames, in a blaze that lasted more than 12 hours. Fifty firefighters tackled the huge inferno through the night while crowds gathered to watch on the Promenade and cars packed into Morrisons car park. The blaze started at the derelict building at around 8pm on Monday (September 6). Seven fire engines and two aerial units were called, and high pressure hoses were used to beat back flames.
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News from 09.09.2010
The Indiana Gaming Commission has found that one of its staffers hid dozens of gamblers' complaints against the state's 13 casinos for a year or more, the agency said. The commission found the misconduct after questions from The Times of Munster prompted an internal review about why 56 of 154 complaints made against the casinos during 2009 had gone unanswered. Commission Deputy Director Jennifer Reske told The Times that the staffer, whom she wouldn't identify, faced disciplinary action. The newspaper published its story Sunday.
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News from 09.09.2010
Although major U.S. casino companies see a potential gold mine in legalizing Internet gambling, some operators of small, neighborhood casinos in Nevada — which make up most of the properties in the world's largest concentration of gambling halls — see problems. One of them is Greg Lee, whose family owns the Eureka casinos in Las Vegas and Mesquite.
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News from 08.09.2010
With the bankruptcy reorganizations of Station Casinos and Herbst Gaming winding down, analysts and industry observers have turned their focus toward other casino operators. Speculation abounds on whether companies will follow Station and Herbst into filing bankruptcy-court-administered plans of reorganization to wipe cumbersome debt loads off the books and create more manageable businesses.
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News from 08.09.2010
Russians are no longer confronted by a dazzling abundance of casinos and gambling dens on their city streets or slot machines at supermarkets. In the past 12-plus months since the enactment of a nationwide gambling ban, some gambling establishments have gone deep undercover, while others have changed their name and become lottery clubs. Technically speaking, gambling is legal in just four gambling zones, including Azov City, where the Orakul (Oracle) casino has already opened to the public and the Shambala casino is scheduled to open on September 3.
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News from 06.09.2010
Las Vegas - A man claiming to have a bomb around his chest prompted an evacuation of a Las Vegas casino for several hours. The Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun report that the threat Saturday turned out to be a hoax and the man was arrested after the incident at Arizona Charlie's Hotel and Casino. Police say the man apparently wanted to commit "suicide by cop." His name wasn't immediately released.
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News from 06.09.2010
The Singapore government took a long time to decide that casino gambling would be good for the national economy. Now that the casinos have arrived, the government is warning their own residents about the dangers that could come from creating a gambling habit. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke over the weekend of how Singapore residents should leave the gambling to tourists from other county's.
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News from 03.09.2010
The Commission of Public Finance of Guadalajara approved to increment the charges that the City Hall will be able to demand, on local licenses required by casinos from 2011, which would increase to USD 22,178 annually, unlike the current charges, which are around USD 2,345. The head of the Local Treasury, Hugo Alberto Michel Uribe, said that this increment does not seek to "ban” or "inhibit” such activity...
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News from 03.09.2010
Tony Blair launched an astonishing attack on Gordon Brown's decision to scrap plans for the super-casino in Manchester branding it ‘the worst form of puritanism' in his new book. The former PM said his successor's decision to ditch the project, which would have created 3,500 jobs in the deprived east of the city, was a ‘partisan' and ‘ineffectual' gesture under pressure from the church and right-wing press.
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News from 03.09.2010
Pickstown - Fort Randall Casino and Yankton Sioux tribal officials kicked off a USD 10 million expansion project Monday aimed at making the casino a family destination resort. Tribal council member Jody Zephier, of Wagner, said afterward that American Indian casinos have gained visitors compared to Las Vegas casinos because more visitors want to stay closer to home.
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News from 02.09.2010
Singapore, which once took a puritanical view of casinos and the evils of gambling, is now profiting handsomely from it. The number of tourist arrivals in a single month exceeded one million for the first time in July and the lure of casinos is believed to have had much to do with the record figure. One million arrivals is equivalent to one fifth of Singapore's total population – and that in a single month.
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News from 01.09.2010
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - A divisive plan to build a casino near the site of the Civil War's tide-turning Battle of Gettysburg is in the mold of many other communities that have successfully meshed gambling with historical tourist destinations, the developer told state regulators Tuesday. With opponents enlisting Hollywood power as they rally around the cry of "Save Gettysburg,"...
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News from 01.09.2010
The Ministry of the Economy is planning to send a bill to Chile's Congress that would allow cruise ships to operate their casinos while in Chilean waters. This would repeal a section of the 2005 Casinos Act that requires all cruise ships to shut down their casinos when they pass within 13.8 miles of Chile's shoreline. Economy Minister Juan Andrés Fontaine said the 2005 law had been a major factor in the decreasing number of cruise ships docking at Chilean ports.
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News from 30.08.2010
Gamblers lost USD 17.5 million in July at Pennsylvania's newly-open gaming tables, but Sands and Mount Airy were among the early winners among casinos statewide. While three casinos near Philadelphia and Pittsburgh led the pack in table games revenues, Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem and Mount Airy in Monroe County posted the best revenues of any casinos outside the state's two largest population centers.
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News from 30.08.2010
Few things raise the hackles of loyal blackjack fans more quickly than casinos cutting back on what they pay gamblers for hitting 21. But an increasing number of casinos are quietly doing that, reducing blackjack payouts by 20 percent. One reason: The casino has to pay for that pretty woman dancing on the little stage in the blackjack pit. Welcome to the next generation of blackjack player, the trendy younger crowd that wants to play cards in "party pits,” where the furniture has been rearranged to accommodate dancers.
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News from 30.08.2010
(AFP) - A Singapore company has banned its management from the country's two new casinos following reports a local businessman lost a fortune at the gaming tables, its founder said Friday. Mohamed Salleh, chief executive officer of retail and property firm Second Chance, said he had applied for casino exclusion orders for himself and six of his top personnel using a system designed to keep gambling addicts out.
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News from 30.08.2010
Friday, 10. September
Historic Kingsway nightclub is destroyed in blaze
Indiana casino commission: Staffer hid complaints
Will Russian cities get their casinos back?
Singapore government warns residents to leave gambling to tourists
A proposal to increase casino taxes was presented in Guadalajara
Chile Looks to Relax Casino Laws to Cater Cruise Ship Tourism
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