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A woman stands at the closed doors of a casino as reading sign "Casino is closed" in downtown Moscow, Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
(photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Russia closes down casinos
The Times Of India
| 2 Jul 2009, 0153 hrs IST, REUTERS               Text: MOSCOW: Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work. | The July 1 ban shut gaming halls, f...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin opens the Cabinet meeting in Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced plans Wednesday to set up a new anti-crisis body and put one of his top deputies in charge as Russia battles with its worst financial crisis in 10
(photo: AP / RIA Novosti,Alexei Druzhinin, pool)
Putin tells Russian casinos to cash in their chips
Syracuse
| (AP) - MOSCOW - Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry-a symbol of the glitz and excess of Russia's oil-fueled boom. | It's all part of a Kremlin crusade to clean up a ...
All Bets Off for Russia's Casinos?
ABC News
By ALEXANDER MARQUARDT | MOSCOW, July 3, 2009 | In one fell swoop this week in Russia, more than 400,000 lost their jobs and joined the of unemployed as the country's deepened. A men guards a casino in Moscow July 1, 2009. The door plates read: "Casi...
Champions Online: July "State of the Game" promises twitter and more
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print | Image: Cryptic Studios | Yesterday, Champions Online posted a dev blog looking at the state of the game for the next month. It might have passed beneath the radar, except for one thing: Champions Online is going to offer twi...
Only 12 Hours Left in 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Online Balloting
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | NEW YORK (Map) - NEW YORK, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The last 72 hours of the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Online Ballot on MLB.com have further tightened each League's closest races and left many ...
Gambling tables are set inside the casino during the opening ceremony of the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007. Casinos like the Wynn and Sands have already helped this southern coastal Chinese city surpass the Las Vegas Strip as the world's most lucrative gambling center. American billionaire Sheldon Adelson aims to take a step further with the US$2.4 billion (euro 1.8 billion) Venetian scheduled to open Tu
AP / Kin Cheung
Casino gambling at Kentucky racetracks is splitting horsehairs
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print | (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower) | The issue of whether or not to allow "casino-style" gambling or video slots at Kentucky’s horse racing tracks...
High-end shops can be seen along a street near hotels and casinos in Atlantic City
AP / Mel Evans
Casino backers submit signatures
Business Journal
| Backers of a billion-dollar proposal to build four casinos in Ohio made another step toward the November ballot Thursday, delivering more than 850,000 Ohioans’ signatures t...
city casino
WN / Hana Kotulanova
Casino proposed in Delmar
The Examiner
Comments DELMAR, Del. (Map, News) - A developer has proposed plans to build a casino on 131 acres off Route 13. | Wilmington developer James Rostocki says the proposed complex woul...
Casino operators: Table games in Pa. would narrow budget deficit
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
| Legalized table games in Pennsylvania casinos would create thousands of well-paying jobs and narrow the state's crippling budget deficit, but taxes on them must be lower than those on slot machines, two Pittsburgh-area casino operators said Wednesd...
Russia bans all gambling and shuts casinos
China Daily
| MOSCOW: Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work. | The July 1 ban shut gaming halls, from gaudy casinos crowned by extravagant neon str...
Majesco Entertainment and Sandlot Games Announce 'Cake Mania 3' for Nintendo DS(TM)
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | EDISON, N.J. (Map) - Third Edition of Best-Selling Franchise Features All New Mini-Games, Bakeries and Customization | EDISON, N.J., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Majesco Entertainment Com...
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New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera delivers the last pitch
(photo: AP / Kathy Willens)
Yankees to stream games online locally
Sporting News
| The New York Yankees will become the first MLB team to have its games streamed live online within its home market, thanks to a landmark carriage deal YES Network signed with Cablevision earlier this spring. | The streamed games will begin later this season and will be available via subscription to Cablevision's TV and broadband customers who subs...
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British actress Kate Winslet, right, and U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio
(photo: AP / Edmond Terakopian)
DiCaprio in a film about online casinos
The Times Of India
| 16 Jun 2009, 1621 hrs IST, ANI               Text: Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in an untitled film centring on the world of online casinos based in Costa Rica. | The Paramount project hails from scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien, whose previous works include Rounders, The Girlfriend Experience a...



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