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Caesars Focuses on $1 Billion Philippines Casino Project
Caesars Entertainment is hoping to build a $1 billion casino complex in the Philippines in an attempt to become the first major international gaming brand to build in that country. While the...
James Packer Blames Crown Punters for Massive Profit Loss
James Packer’s Crown Resorts in Australia has been hit by some negative variance at the VIP tables, it seems. Packer told fellow shareholders at the company’s AGM (annual general meeting) last week...
Prize-Linked Savings Accounts Aim to Emulate Lottery Wins
Prize-linked saving accounts, a new concept that hopes to work with the often big dreams of the mostly working classes, may bridge the gap between fantasy and reality for many players. After...
High Stakes Gambler Peter Tan Hoang Shot, Killed in Sydney
Peter Tan Hoang, a mysterious Vietnamese-Australian high-stakes gambler with alleged links to organized crime, has been shot dead in a street in Sydney. Hoang, 36, who also used the name Peter Minh...
Packer Sydney Casino License Docs Kept Secret from Public
The James Packer Sydney casino certainly received a lot of scrutiny, both from the New South Wales government and the Australian public. With so much attention paid to the development of the...
Nova Scotia to End My-Play Monitoring System
Nova Scotia's My-Play System has been helping players track and control their spending on video lottery terminals (VLTs) since 2010, and have been mandatory since April 2012. The idea was to give...
Ex Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon Dethroned at Crown Casino
It was some embarrassment this week for Paul Lennon, retired Australian Labor Party politician and former Premier of Tasmania, who was 86'd from Melbourne's Crown Casino after reportedly acting up at the...
James Packer Tackling Las Vegas, Again
Australian casino mogul James Packer has had rough experiences investing in the American gaming market in the past. But that hasn't dissuaded the dynamo from Down Under from placing another bet in...
James Packer Earns License for Sydney Casino
There really wasn't any drama left in the process, but Australian casino magnate James Packer is be breathing a sigh of relief. That's because the NSW government has finally made the official...
European Commission Calls for Online Gambling Health Warnings
These days, everyone is familiar with the ubiquitous warnings found on packages of cigarettes. They're a little different from country to country, but they remind consumers of the well-known health problems that...