World Casino Gaming News

The World Casino News section contains our recent articles and headlines written by the international team. The worldwide group focuses on reporting news from Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Canada, South Africa, and Central America. Most of the action takes place over in Europe in areas like the UK, Spain, France, and Germany. The next hot bed for international casino news is the Caribbean and Central America. Costa Rica, Antigua, the Bahamas, and several other island nations consider online gaming an economic bread-winner, with support for full legalization, thus a tremendous amount of news to report on. Finally, we always keep a close eye on the tiny island of Macau over in China, a place which claims to have triumphed over Las Vegas as the gambling capital of the world. The news coming from Macau is pretty much non-stop, as are the destination revenues.

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Recent Headlines

1. Russian Casinos Prefer Foreign Locations to Gaming Zones
   By Brian Chan on July 2, 2009
   Russian casino operators are choosing to move to Europe rather than accept exile to Siberia and other desolate gaming zones....
2. MGM Mirage Says Avoiding Collapse Now a Safe Gamble
   By Lance Burkhart on June 24, 2009
   After several months of teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, MGM Mirage filed a report saying the casino gambling operator is no longer in short-term trouble....
3. Holocaust Memorial Murderer Linked to Online Gambling
   By Lance Burkhart on June 12, 2009
   A man who started firing at the national Holocaust Museum in Washington, killing one and injuring two others, has been tied to online gambling advertising....
4. Churches Urge Bahamas to Limit Casino Gambling to Foreigners
   By Brian Chan on May 30, 2009
   Religious leaders in the Bahamas are voicing opposition to any effort to loosen gambling laws before such ideas can gather steam....
5. UK Television Stations to Carry Interactive Gambling
   By Brian Chan on May 26, 2009
   British regulators gave commercial television operators permission to run more profitable late-night programming to fund prime-time shows, including interactive gambling....
6. Bermuda Official Urges Rejection of Port Gambling
   By Lance Burkhart on May 25, 2009
   A Bermuda bill which would allow cruise ship gambling to continue into port and while docked is being opposed by some government officials....
7. Red Flush Online Casino Birthday Fiesta Marks a Year of Success
   By Lee Rockwell on May 21, 2009
   It's Fiesta Time for this online casino who celebrates their 1st birthday in June 2009....
8. Bahamian Leader Calls for National Dialogue on Gambling
   By Brian Chan on May 18, 2009
   Political leaders in the Bahamas, facing a booming black market gambling industry, are considering ways to legalize gaming for residents currently barred from casinos....
9. Russian President Brooks No Delays in Exiling Gambling
   By Lance Burkhart on May 13, 2009
   Russia's regulations eliminating gambling anywhere but in four zones begin soon, and President Medvedev is committed to keeping it that way....
10. Bodog Owners Recover Online Casino Domains
    By Lance Burkhart on April 22, 2009
    Bodog, the online gambling operator, came to terms with First Technology to settle a legal patent infringement case, allowing Bodog to recover its Internet casino domains....
11. Online Gambling Comes to Nintendo Wii
    By Brian Chan on April 21, 2009
    Online gambling and video gaming are two popular forms of entertainment that may be about to meld into one....
12. Another Casino Gaming Company Collapses
    By Brian Chan on April 19, 2009
    Washington Gaming became the latest casino gambling company to fall into bankruptcy....
13. Casino Slot Machine Error Costs Patron Millions
    By Brian Chan on March 18, 2009
    Casino officials in Ontario won't pay a winner his $43 million jackpot because they say the slot machine malfunctioned....
14. Possibility of Problem Gambling Rise Disturbs US Military
    By Brian Chan on March 12, 2009
    Army officials are watching soldiers based overseas carefully to detect patterns of problem gambling....
15. Problem Gambling a Cultural Danger to Asian Americans
    By Lance Burkhart on March 10, 2009
    Problem gambling may be a plague on Asian Americans, but both convincing victims to seek help and then finding it are far more difficult than in normal US culture....
16. Australia Considers Adopting Failed US Casino Gambling Cards
    By Brian Chan on March 8, 2009
    In an effort to protect problem gamblers from themselves, Australian gaming regulators are thinking of using casino gambling identification cards....
17. Responsible Gaming Reps Make Irresponsible Gambling Statements
    By Lance Burkhart on February 28, 2009
    Some scientists are refuting bold statements by problem gambling councillors in Canada, saying scare tactics just lose the people who might need help....
18. Australian Gambling Regulators Party on Taxpayer Dollars
    By Brian Chan on February 24, 2009
    Members of an Australian government agency responsible for monitoring local gambling and casinos have been taking luxurious trips around the world to gambling paradises on public funds....
19. NBA All-Star Props Lead Sunday Sports Gambling
    By Brian Chan on February 15, 2009
    Online casinos are featuring a long list of proposition bets for the NBA All-Star game tonight....
20. Gaming Stock Drops Hits Crown Casinos
    By Lance Burkhart on February 15, 2009
    Crown Casinos of Australia announvced it was writing down almost $300 million lost in the declining value of US gambling operators....