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According to a brief report by TheHill.com, major players on both sides of the online gambling battle in the United States have acquired more troops. Both Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) and Amaya Services Ltd., a division of PokerStars parent Amaya, have hired new lobbyists. The...
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Os 11 casinos portugueses tinham dito adeus à crise no ano passado, mas os da Madeira e Figueira voltaram a perder receitas este ano. O sector facturou 71,8 milhões de euros no primeiro trimestre, mais 6,1% do que há um ano. Casino da Figueira, da Amorim Turismo, até investiu...
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The BBC’s Daily Politics has discussed how betting shops are the safest places to gamble in the UK. Chief Executive Malcolm George reported on the issue for the programme’s “SoapBox” feature, before debating with MP Kwasi Kwarteng and Baroness Prosser. In the film, Malcolm noted that anyone can buy...
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William Hill called for investors to attend a trading update and online review on 23 March. The results at Cheltenham had been awful, the worst in living memory according to James Henderson, William Hills Chief Executive. Then the surprise: social responsibility measures had caused the company to see 3,000...
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As receitas do jogo VIP nos casinos de Macau caíram 19,35% no primeiro trimestre do ano, comparando com os mesmos meses de 2015, segundo dados oficiais divulgados hoje. Os grandes apostadores (jogo VIP) continuam a ser a origem da maioria das receitas dos casinos de Macau e tiveram um...
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David Baazov, the CEO of Montreal-based Amaya, the world’s largest online gambling company, announced Tuesday morning he will take a voluntary indefinite paid leave of absence from the company after he was charged with insider trading by Quebec’s securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). The charges are tied to the Amaya’s $4.9-billion...
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Macau on Tuesday (Mar 1) posted its best monthly gambling revenue performance since October last year and the smallest drop in growth in 20 months as an increase in Lunar New Year tourists boosted the world’s largest casino hub. Macau’s economy, which relies on the casino industry for over...
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The company that owns Sydney’s Star casino does not think it would make sense to extend the city’s controversial lockout laws to the venue, given its standing as a major tourist attraction. “I think that would make no sense at all,” Star Entertainment Group’s chief executive, Matt Bekier, said...
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No início do ano passado, o braço-direito de Stanley Ho em Portugal criou em Cascais, juntamente com outro sócio, uma empresa chamada “China Global Well”. A entidade pretendia fazer “investimentos nas áreas de exploração, administração e gestão de imóveis para comércio, habitação, estabelecimentos hoteleiros, empreendimentos turísticos e similares, bem...
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A former gaming analyst from Denmark has started what he says is the world’s first online gambling site for betting on share movements. And the government is keen to jump into the venture as stock-market watching goes mainstream. …“We are highly committed to following new trends in the gaming...
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A receita nos casinos subiu em 2015 para 288 milhões (+8%) após um ciclo sempre a cair A retoma chegou aos casinos. Após um ciclo de perdas sucessivas, o jogo nos 11 casinos portugueses entrou em 2015 em modo de prosperidade. A receita apurada foi 288 milhões de euros...
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Responding to a resident’s comment that “gambling is 90 percent a scam”, newly appointed Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said that the government would do its best to minimise any possible negative impact that the gaming industry may have on civil society. The director,...
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Yet another blow to the city’s gambling junket industry Police in Macau are probing the theft of HK$99.7 million from a VIP gaming room at one of the city’s casinos. The company’s executive director Angela Leong On-kei reported the alleged theft from SJM Holdings’ L’Arc Macau casino to police...
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Those that play at the PokerStars Casino may notice a new tab at the top of the client. In addition to Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat and other table games, Video Poker is now available in select markets and presumably will be rolled out further in the near future. PokerStars first...
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As G Force burst through to win the prestigious Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock, I began celebrating my biggest priced winner of the flat season, having backed him at odds of 25-1. But my joy at such a profitable day’s gambling was soon tempered by the realisation that yet...
According to a brief report by TheHill.com, major players on both sides of the online gambling battle in the United States have acquired more troops. Both Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) and Amaya Services Ltd., a division of PokerStars parent Amaya, have hired new lobbyists. The...
Os 11 casinos portugueses tinham dito adeus à crise no ano passado, mas os da Madeira e Figueira voltaram a perder receitas este ano. O sector facturou 71,8 milhões de euros no primeiro trimestre, mais 6,1% do que há um ano. Casino da Figueira, da Amorim Turismo, até investiu...
The BBC’s Daily Politics has discussed how betting shops are the safest places to gamble in the UK. Chief Executive Malcolm George reported on the issue for the programme’s “SoapBox” feature, before debating with MP Kwasi Kwarteng and Baroness Prosser. In the film, Malcolm noted that anyone can buy...
David Baazov, the CEO of Montreal-based Amaya, the world’s largest online gambling company, announced Tuesday morning he will take a voluntary indefinite paid leave of absence from the company after he was charged with insider trading by Quebec’s securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). The charges are tied to the Amaya’s $4.9-billion...
Macau on Tuesday (Mar 1) posted its best monthly gambling revenue performance since October last year and the smallest drop in growth in 20 months as an increase in Lunar New Year tourists boosted the world’s largest casino hub. Macau’s economy, which relies on the casino industry for over...
The company that owns Sydney’s Star casino does not think it would make sense to extend the city’s controversial lockout laws to the venue, given its standing as a major tourist attraction. “I think that would make no sense at all,” Star Entertainment Group’s chief executive, Matt Bekier, said...
A former gaming analyst from Denmark has started what he says is the world’s first online gambling site for betting on share movements. And the government is keen to jump into the venture as stock-market watching goes mainstream. …“We are highly committed to following new trends in the gaming...
Responding to a resident’s comment that “gambling is 90 percent a scam”, newly appointed Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said that the government would do its best to minimise any possible negative impact that the gaming industry may have on civil society. The director,...
Those that play at the PokerStars Casino may notice a new tab at the top of the client. In addition to Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat and other table games, Video Poker is now available in select markets and presumably will be rolled out further in the near future. PokerStars first...
