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The media has been filled with all the dirty little secrets that Mr Woods would have liked to have kept under wraps, and it seems that gambling is another to add to the growing list. The golf pro did have a somewhat clean cut image up until a few months ago, and it has since descended into a bit of a shambles for the PGA star. Tiger Woods really came into the spotlight with his record breaking win in the 1997 Masters Golf Tournament. He has been named Athlete of the Decade and has drawn the largest TV audiences in …

A new bill that would advance the legalization and regulation (and taxation) of online gambling in the United States on a national scale has been introduced to U.S. Congress by Senators Judd Gregg and Ron Wyden. The bill, S3108, or the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, is, on the surface, an ambitious effort to overhaul a great deal of tax laws and regulations in the United States. Described by the media as a call to dramatically lower taxes on big corporations, which would result in cutting corporation tax from by 11 percent to a flat rate of 24 percent …

The city of Deadwood has seen its twentieth anniversary role round last November the 1st. Has it really been twenty years since the town legalised gambling? The city back in 1989 was at the mercy of a recession and the town had high unemployment and was in need of funds. In a bid to change what seemed like a futile situation, local law was changed to allow gambling in the city. No one could really have forecast the dramatic effect the change had on the town over the next 20 years! The city began to see casinos opening and the …

We have all heard about the losses that casinos have been suffering due to the economic downturn. The news has been filled with tales of woe for giant operators who have had near empty slot floors. Everyone knows that as people cut back in spending that usually the first things to go are luxuries like holidays and gambling. But it seems that, just like in Macau, the casinos seem to be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel where business is concerned. News is coming in from Sands casino in south Bethlehem that they have had their best …

As Flu season is on us again and people panic regarding the health scares concerning dangerous bugs. Casinos are trying to fight back against the bugs by adding appropriate protection measures to keep their players fighting fit. Although a bit of gambling fever in the casino is always a good thing (or at least the casinos think so!), they don’t want their gamblers getting into a sweat with bugs and sneezes. Iowa casinos are taking the threat to business and health extremely seriously. Ameristar Casino workers now all carry a bottle of hand sanitizer that is used throughout their shift …

The Palms Casino Resort has decided to settle with the Nevada gambling regulators concerning a dispute dating back to 2007. The Palms casino held two poker tournaments inside their casino that were actually licensed to an independent operator outside of the Palms Group. The two poker tournaments in 2007 ended up in dispute after the funds promised for payout took some time to be paid. One tournament was a charity tournament and the benefiting charity had to wait four months for the money to arrive. The second tournament left the winners waiting for their cash for some time. This of …

The last twelve months have been difficult for everyone financially, but none more so than the American Casino industry. When times are tough people tend to cut back on luxuries and two of the top luxuries to go are holidays and gambling!  People in the tourism trade in Vegas would rather erase the past twelve months from their memory as the economic downturn has hit them hard. “In 28 years in the industry I have never seen anything like it,” says Bobby Baldwin, chief design and construction officer of the MGM Mirage.  As you walk around the city you can …

The neon city of sin continues to suffer in August as the latest figures came in and paint a clear picture of the effect the US recession is having on the strip. For the 15th month running now, visitor numbers have fallen. In total the numbers over the past 20 months have shown that tourism has taken this hit 18 times. There was high hopes that the summer months would see a reversal of the trend for hotels and casinos operating in Las Vegas and several campaigns were launched in the hope that they would attract people back to the …

Ok, so online full tilt poker is a way of life, but there’s still something very sacred about a place of gambling, something you can’t quite explain about the grand halls of a casino. I don’t know about you but I love old buildings, they are fascinating, old buildings that have been left to rot, are both sad and beautiful. What we have done is searched high and low for the best images of old Casinos that we could find and here they are. Some of you might find these images upsetting. 1. This old casino is now a post …