Italy is to press on with plans to open 1,000 new gambling arcades despite mounting national anguish over the spread of pathological gambling in what until recently was a nation of frugal savers....
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3 Jan 2013
Macau's casino industry put in a stronger-than-expected performance in December, ending the year with record gross gaming revenue both in annual and monthly terms.
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2 Nov 2012
Gambling revenue in Macau rose 3.2 per cent last month year on year to a record high, buoyed by an eight-day National Day holiday during which mainland gamblers flocked to bet in the world's...
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2 Nov 2012
Gambling revenue in Macau rose 3.2 per cent last month year on year to a record high, buoyed by an eight-day National Day holiday during which mainland gamblers flocked to bet in the world's...
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8 Oct 2012
One of the world's top professional poker players has been denied £7.3 million (HK$91.32 million) in gambling winnings from Britain's oldest gaming club, reports said, as it investigates possible...
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21 Sep 2012
Gaming mogul Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands plans to stake US$2.5 billion in new investment to expand its growing gambling empire in Macau.
The new project, to be called The Parisian,...
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A US-based website which pledged to lift the lid on organised crime in Macau's casinos has been shut down after just seven months. Casinoleaks-Macau.com said it would expose "dangerously weak"...
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Gaming revenue in Macau grew 5.5 per cent last month over the same month last year and was up from July's 1.5 per cent year-on-year growth, which was the slowest pace since the effects of the...
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Three murders, hammer-wielding heavies, and a high-profile police swoop have raised concerns that Macau, the world's casino capital, may be backsliding to the bad old days of the late-1990s. And...
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How did Stanley Ho Hung-sun, Steve Wynn and all the other casino kingpins get so rich? You may think it's because their casinos have overwhelming odds against the gamblers. In fact, the casino's...
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Casino pit bosses are often depicted as villains in movies - or at the very least the willing henchmen of villainous casino owners.
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Gambling is such a popular pastime in the Pearl River Delta that shops selling casino equipment and various punting aids have opened up on some of Guangzhou's busiest streets.
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