UK - As the UK’s largest casino opens at Westfield Stratford City today LondonlovesBusiness.com can reveal that one in six London managers spends at least £500 a month on gambling. Our exclusive survey of 500 London mid-managers reveals that gambling is still very much a part of the capital’s social fabric. One in 14 managers visits [...]
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One in six London managers spend £500+ a month on gambling
Thursday, December 1st, 2011High level of crime at Edgewater casino
Monday, November 28th, 2011CANADA - More criminal incidents such as assaults, cheating and thefts took place at the Edgewater Casino in Vancouver than at any other casino or gambling centre in the province between 2005 and 2010, according to data obtained by The Vancouver Sun. The Edgewater, with annual revenues of more than $110 million and 3,000 to 5,500 [...]
Pathological gambling: More aggressive programme needed
Monday, November 21st, 2011MACAU – “Don’t bother. Just let them enter,” sighs Sam, a 43-year old casino security officer in Macau, who generally ignores the current problem gambler self-exclusion programme. “The implementation that heavily relies on us simply goes nowhere. It sounds like an impossible mission,” he says. Sam, together with three to four more officers at most, [...]
Gambling ban sinks cruise tourism in Bermuda
Monday, November 21st, 2011BERMUDA - Gaming appears to lie at the heart of the decision by cruise lines to cut their trips to Bermuda. The firms lose money every day their ships are docked here because they cannot open their onboard casinos. Consequently, some cruise ships inquired about locating offshore at night in order to allow their passengers to [...]
Failing gambling proposals: An annual rite of Springfield
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011US - State lawmakers — faced with budget problems, looking for ways to create some jobs, hearing the pleas of the suffering horse racing industry — have turned toward more slot machines and casinos to try to heal all those wounds at once. But they’ve found it increasingly difficult to construct the right combination of [...]
Gambling industry is selling an illusion
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011US - The gambler always thinks he’s going to win. The gambler always thinks this time he’s got his game on, that he’s holding a lucky hand, that the move he’s about to make is the one to save him from the losing streak. That’s the illusion the gaming industry sells. It’s the same brand of [...]
Biggest foe of expanded gambling in Florida: Disney
Monday, November 7th, 2011US - The biggest challenger standing between Miami and casinos is a mouse. Walt Disney World, the giant resort near Orlando whose four theme parks draw more than 45 million visitors a year, has made preventing “destination” casinos a top priority. And few, if any, businesses carry as much weight in Florida as Disney, which employs [...]
Bosses send foreign workers to gamble
Monday, November 7th, 2011SINGAPORE - Some foreign workers are being sent to gamble at the Resorts World Sentosa casino on behalf of their employers.The Straits Times reported today that some employers hand their workers cash, notebooks and mobile phones and dispatch them to the casino. Dressed in company polo T-shirts and jeans, these ‘proxy gamblers’ try their hands at [...]
World Series of Poker 3 will play for $8.72M in Las Vegas
Monday, November 7th, 2011US – Three card professionals from Germany, the Czech Republic and Las Vegas will finish a marathon battle for $8.72 million after battling through a gauntlet on Sunday at the final table of the World Series of Poker main event. Washington Post.
Russia shuts down 4,000 illegal casinos
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011RUSSIA – As part of a crackdown on illegal casinos, Russian authorities have closed down about 4,000 illegal casinos and over 25,000 gambling parlours, RIA Novosti reported. Times of India.
