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Pennsylvania Bringing in Big Casino Cash

UncleGeenoo — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:08:55 +0000

http://www.50states.com/

Over the past 10 years Pennsylvania has molded its laws to attract Vegas-style gambling, and the results have been very good.

There are three main hot-spots in Pennsylvania (PA) for gaming revenue, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and the Poconos. All three of these cities rank in the top 20 for gaming revenue in all the [...]

U.S. Gaming Industry Sees Best Post-Recession Revenue Gains

UncleGeenoo — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:58:54 +0000

http://www.ophupic.com/

The U.S Casino Industry earned $37.3 billion in gaming revenues in 2012. This is a 4.8 percent increase from the previous year.

This growth is the largest the industry has seen since 2008, according to the American Gaming Association. Frank Fahrenkopf, the AGA President and Chief Executive said “After three years of increasing [...]

BetCruise Promotions

UncleGeenoo — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:25:42 +0000

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Cherokees Help the Homeless

UncleGeenoo — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:13:52 +0000

http://www.oklahomascasinos.com/

Recently, employees from the Cherokee Casino – Fort Gibson, volunteered their time to serve their local community.

The employees handed out hot meals to homeless people in Tulsa, General manager Willie Whitekiller said, “The volunteer spirit is running rampant at this property. You can’t help but catch it.” He also added, “It’s [...]

Phil Ivey Sues Crockfords Casino

UncleGeenoo — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:59:32 +0000

http://www.coinflip.com/

Legendary Nine-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey won £7.8 million, but nobody paid him.

Months of negotiations and agreements concluded with Crockfords refusing to pay Ivey his winnings. So Ivey decided to take it to court and file a suit on May 7th.

Ivey said, “I am deeply saddened that Crockfords has left [...]

Caesars loses $200 million in First Quarter

UncleGeenoo — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:57:12 +0000

http://www.casinoenterprisemanagement.com/

In the first Quarter of 2013, Caesars Entertainment cut its losses, but still saw its revenue fall 2.9 percent.

Caesars, which operates 13 Nevada casinos, including 8 in Las vegas, said income fell 13.2 percent. They reported a net loss of $1.74 a share. During the same quarter last year, Caesars reported a [...]

Las Vegas Sands earns $572 million

UncleGeenoo — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:49:29 +0000

http://images.forbes.com/

A record-setting performance by the Las Vegas Sands has produced a $572 million profit for the 1st quarter.

Accelerated by incredible growth in Macau, the Las Vegas Sands first-quarter revenue increased by 19.5 percent (69 cents/share) to $3.3 billion, which yielded a profit of $572 milion. That figure is higher than last year [...]

Boxing’s New Frontier: China

UncleGeenoo — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:49:05 +0000

http://a.espncdn.com/

The numbers from the far east have been incredible when it comes to gambling, boxing, and sports in general.

Bob Arum, one of Boxing’s most important men, has been setting up fights from Cowboys stadium to the O.B. (Orange Bowl), to South Africa, to a pasture in Gardnerville, Nevada. It is safe [...]

Profit Warning Issued by Ladbrokes

UncleGeenoo — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:12:33 +0000

http://www.gaming-awards.com/

One of Britain’s largest bookmakers blames poor performance on online gaming and horse racing.

Ladbrokes has issued a shock warning after the second largest bookmaker in Europe was going to be short of the expected annual operating profit. This caused the shares to slip by 8%.

The reasons for this was due to [...]

Scientific American Debates Skill vs. Luck

UncleGeenoo — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:12:40 +0000

http://www.imapokerhustler.com/

The popular publication “Scientific American” on their website wrote an article questioning the skill versus luck argument.

The author, Jennifer Ouelette looks at the debate from an interesting point of view. Ouelette begins by talking about the latest ruling in a federal court about a man from Staten Island that ran a “game [...]