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The Nevada Gaming Control Board has released its casino gambling figures for February, revealing a 5.7% increase in revenue to $932.2 million compared to the same period last year. Nevada’s encouraging casino results come on the back of January’s impressive... 

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has released its slots gambling figures for March, revealing an 8.5% rise in gross revenue to $233.1 million compared to the same month last year. The first two months of 2012 have now seen Pennsylvania’s casinos generate... 

New Jersey may have been overtaken by Pennsylvania as America’s second biggest gambling resort, but the East Coast state looks to be ahead of its neighbour when it comes to the matter of legalized internet gambling. This week, New Jersey’s ‘Senate... 

Full Tilt Poker was closed in the U.S. on April 15th, 2011, followed by the rest of the world on June 29th. Since then the troubled poker room has been trying to get its operation back up with numerous rumours circulating over the past year. The latest information... 

Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has released the Chinese enclave’s casino gambling figures for March, revealing a 24% increase in revenue to 25 billion patacas (USD $3.1 billion) compared to a year earlier. Helping to drive up Macau’s... 

Six years after opening for business, Poker Nordica has announced it is soon to shut its doors for good. Despite the imminent closure of the poker room, a visit to the site will reveal no public notice with the information instead having been communicated by e-mail... 

The world’s biggest listed online gambling company Bwin.party, has released its financial figures for the year ended 31st December 2011 revealing its total revenue flat at €816 million compared to €814 million in 2010. In addition, Bwin.party’s... 

As owners of Foxwoods Resort Casino, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe had been living in luxury for over two decades, with its 900 members regularly receiving shared revenue stipends of around $100,000 annually per person. A quick glance around the Pequot’s... 

UK online gaming firm SportingBet had operated in the US between 1998 and 2006, but then pulled out of its online betting market after president George Bush introduced the UIGEA. In September 2010 the company then admitted attempting to disguise payment to US players... 

Online gambling business 888 Holdings has released its financial figures for 2011, revealing a 26% increase in revenue to $331.1 million, while company profits were also up by 94% to $55.6 million. At the end of 2010, 888 reached a crisis point after its pre-tax...