Europe Unleashes Online Gambling to Fill Coffers The New York Times | PARIS — Across Europe, cash-strapped governments looking for ways to reduce yawning budget gaps are embracing online gambling, a source of revenue they once viewed with wary skepticism. | While U.S. opposition to Internet betting has centered on concerns about gambling addiction, European po...
New owners approved for 3 Trump casinos in AC Newsday | July 14, 2010 WAYNE PARRY (Associated Press Writer) | (AP) — Investors in the three Trump casinos in Atlantic City are taking the reins of the struggling company that owns the resorts. | The New Jersey Casino Control Commission gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a group of bondholders ...
Two Online Gambling Operators in Europe to Merge Herald Tribune | Two of the biggest European operators of Internet betting sites, PartyGaming and Bwin Interactive Entertainment, said Thursday that they planned to merge, forming the world’s largest publicly traded online gambling company. | The deal comes ...
Two Online Gambling Operators in Europe to Merge Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Two of the biggest European operators of Internet betting sites, PartyGaming and Bwin Interactive Entertainment, said Thursday that they planned to merge, forming the world's largest publicly traded online gambling company. | The deal comes at a ti...
PhillyDeals: Online gambling could become legal, thanks to Barney Frank Philadelphia Daily News | By Joseph N. DiStefano Internet poker and other online gambling could soon go from being mostly banned in the United States to being legal, licensed, taxed - and casino-controlled. | Thank powerful Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.), who pushed H.R. 226...
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Harrah’s Chester names new casino chief Philadelphia Daily News | Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack announced today that Ron Baumann has been named senior vice president and general manager of the casino. He replaces Vince Donlevie, who ret...
Mass. senators again discuss smoking in casinos The Examiner Comments BOSTON (Map, News) - Some senators are trying to overturn a ban on smoking in proposed casinos as the Massachusetts Legislature continues debate on expanded gambling. | Th...
Hopes fade for quick restart on Harrah's casino The Press Democrat | "Odds that this project gets built in the next five to 10 years are slim to none," said Joel Simkins, senior vice president of Macquarie Capital USA. | When announced in 2007, Ma...
PartyGaming to merge with online gambling rival The Guardian | PartyGaming says deal with Bwin will create world's biggest publicly listed internet gambling firm PartyGaming says the deal with Bwin will create a group worth $3.3bn. Photograph: Graham Turner | PartyGaming and its Austrian-based rival Bwin today...
Nintendo slumps to loss as game sales fade Siliconvalley online TOKYO — Nintendo, maker of the Wii home console and DS handheld, slumped into the red last quarter as sales faded amid a strong yen and a lack of new game titles. | ...
Online betting firm bwin plans Partygaming merger Breitbart | A man plays poker on an internet gaming site from his home. Austrian online... | Austrian online betting company bwin announced Thursday it had signed a merger agreement with British rival PartyGaming. | The move, giving bwin a 51.6-percent stake i...
