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Jimmy Buffett (singer, businessman) Jimmy Buffett began his public career as a singer in the sixties, but his enterprise has expanded far beyond music in the past three decades. In 1985, Buffett opened a retail store in Florida and named it "Margaritaville"...
While it's true that Las Vegas and Atlantic City are two of America's hottest casino epicenters, people across the United States can and do enjoy gambling in local Native American casinos. Approximately half of all Native American groups in the U.S....
Casino fans enjoy the slots, the tables, the exciting atmosphere of the gambling world. Sometimes it's also fun to sit back and watch other people live in that world. The past decade has seen many gambling-themed movies, often with star-studded casts....
Since 1986, Megabucks has been disbursing multimillion dollar payouts to Nevada citizens. Megabucks is a progressive slot machine game that is designed, manufactured, and distributed by International Game Technology, or IGT. In addition to the Megabucks...
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov Over 30 defendants were arraigned on Friday, April 19, 2013 for gambling-related crimes including illegal sports betting and money laundering. Judge Jesse Furman set a trial date of June 9, 2014 for the suspects who are thought...
Gamblers who like the taste of salty sea air and the sound of ocean waves crashing beneath their feet can enjoy one-day casino cruises in several areas of the United States, including Florida. At port, gambling may still be against the law, but once a cruise...
Gambling opportunities have spread like wildfire in the United States in the last few years. Ohio recently opened four new casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo. Massachusetts has its eye one three new casino construction opportunities....
Florida's recent ban on Internet cafes, which employ sweepstakes prizes as an incentive for buying online computer time (read more), resurrected an issue that has been tugging at the minds of politicians for years: if gambling outside of government-approved...
15th International Conference on Gambling Risk Taking In May 2013, over 400 professionals took part in a week-long gambling conference at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. That conference was the International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, a world-renowned...
A double standard exists at all casinos: it's okay for proprietors to videotape and photograph guests, but guests are not permitted to videotape or photograph anything inside a casino. There's a practical reason for this: a person using a camera...
Baccarat is the game of choice for many Asians. China's Macau, the largest gambling center in the world, took in $38 billion in revenue from the game in 2012. As Macau gears up to add new resorts under the sponsorship of Wynn, MGM, and other big name...
The Great Seal of the State of Utah The United States is progressing toward more permissive gambling laws, including the legalization of online gambling in Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware. In this forward-moving nation of nearly fifty gambling states,...
Nine defendants were arraigned in Manhattan on July 9, 2013 for their involvement with the Bonanno family crime ring in New York. After two years of investigation, which included undercover loan shark monitoring and the secret interception of numerous...
When laundry is dirty, it can be washed clean. When money is dirty, meaning it has been acquired through illegal means, it can also be washed clean. This is done through an illicit act called “money laundering.” Money laundering is a way for criminals...
Research illustrating a positive correlation between high risk gambling and feelings of social isolation were explored at the American Psychological Association (APA) annual meeting in Honolulu recently. Researchers conducted numerous experiments which...
A questionable reality TV show that follows the career of sports gambler Steve Stevens will premiere in September on CNBC. The network describes the show as a “docu-soap,” a dramatic documentary of the professional lives of Stevens and his affiliates...
Youth in the country of Ghana have become notorious for their participation in "sakawa," a type of cyber crime in which slick emails are sent to foreigners in hopes of scamming the gullible for money. Many poor, unemployed young people in this...
Zynga headquarters (San Francisco, CA) Zynga, the social gaming company which gave birth to popular Facebook apps like FarmVille and Words With Friends, has had a change of heart regarding real-money online gaming. The high-profile company which once...
Ladbrokes, the largest retail bookmaker in the world, is a London-based company that allows people to wager money on a multitude of issues. The company owns more than 2,400 retail betting shops across the UK, Ireland, Spain, and Belgium, as well as the famed...
Administrators at a Singapore-based entertainment website recently discovered a new and effective method of shaming delinquent gamblers into paying their debts. The identities of 70 gamblers who owe money to various Asian casinos were recently published...
Japan may soon be able to list casinos from MGM, Caesars, and Sands to its long list of major tourist attractions. Except for pachinko, takarakuji, and racing bets, gambling is currently illegal in Japan. That will soon change if certain bills are passed...
Stardust Resort and Casino, Las Vegas (1958-2006) Once upon a time, the Stardust Resort and Casino was a hopping place in Las Vegas. Checkered by a history involving organized criminal activity like skimming, the controversial facility closed its doors...
American casinos offer more than great gambling opportunities. Many of them offer gourmet cuisine from some of the best chefs on the continent. Some celebrity chefs, such as Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse, have fared well in the casino restaurant world...
Online Casinos Elite is a website devoted to informing and teaching beginners and novice about many aspects of the adult online gaming industry. The site focuses on the latest trends in Internet gambling, including information about popular online games...
Gaming is a broad umbrella term for a number of types of play or activity. It includes gambling in many of its contexts, but the term can be broadly applied to non financial transactions in this respect also. It can for example include online video games...
Casino Jack (2010 - Director: George Hickenlooper) One of the most exciting and watchable film, Casino Jack has launched in Canada in the year 2010. The story of the movie is based on crime and thrill, drama and politics. The producers of the movie...
