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Marina Bay Sands Sues High-rollers For $5.78 Million
Written by B. Solomon | Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) in Singapore is suing five of the casino’s exclusive Paiza Cub members for S$7.5 million (US$5.78 million) over alleged outstanding gambling debts. The case has been filed in the High Court, against the five high-rollers consisting... 

Detroit Casinos Hit Record $1.4 Billion 2011
Written by S. Taylor | Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

The city of Detroit in Michigan may be in the grip of one of its worst financial crisis, but one industry that is bucking the trend is its casinos which are now on track to reach a new annual revenue high of $1.4 billion by the end of 2011. The Michigan Gaming... 

Lost $10k Casino Winnings Returned By A Good Man
Written by S. Taylor | Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Over the years, a number of stories have been written about gamblers being robbed outside of casinos, or people keeping envelopes of money found lying around a casino’s floor. Therefore, it was heart-warming to read a story recently full of Christmas cheer,... 

Woman Wins $100k Casino Jackpot From Abandoned Dollar
Written by S. Taylor | Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

After a year and a half of stress and uncertainty, an Australian woman has finally been paid the $100,000 jackpot she won at the Adelaide Casino, in South Australia. Cecilia Cubillo won the huge sum after playing a dollar credit left in a  slot machine by another... 

Mississippi Casinos Down 8% To $165.8m In November 2011
Written by B. Solomon | Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Mississippi has just announced its casino gambling figures for November revealing a nearly 8% fall in revenue to $165.8 million, down from $179.6 million for the same month last year. November’s revenue was the one of the worst recorded in almost 11 years,... 

Gambler Denied €43 Million Slots Jackpot To Sue Casino
Written by M. Rhodes | Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

A Swiss gambler who though he had won a casino’s slots jackpot for €43 million ($62 million) only to be informed it was a “software error,” is now suing the casino with the first hearing scheduled for January 10th. Behar Merlaku, 26, is a Kosovar-Albanian... 

Atlantic City Casino Revenue Down 6% To $245m In November 2011
Written by B. Solomon | Monday, December 12th, 2011

Atlantic City has just released its casino gaming figures for November, revealing a 6% fall in revenue to  $245.1 million compared to $261.7 million for the same month a year ago. Overall, Atlantic City slots revenue was down 5% to $173.2 million in November,... 

Macau Casino Revenue Up 33% To $2.9Bn In Nov 2011
Written by B. Solomon | Thursday, December 1st, 2011

The Chinese enclave of Macau has just posted its gambling revenue figures for November, showing a 32.9% increase in revenue to 23 billion patacas ($2.9 billion) compared to the same month last year. Despite the increase in revenue, the figure was down 14% compared... 

Hells Angels Casino Murder After Truce Broken
Written by S. Taylor | Friday, November 25th, 2011

On September 23rd, San Jose Hell’s Angels President Jeffrey “Jethro” Pettigrew, 51, was gunned down at John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino in Nevada, Sparks. The violence erupted on the sidelines of a yearly weekend-long festival known as Street Vibrations and... 

Canadian Wins $1.86 Million On Slots At Casino Lac-Leamy
Written by A. Mitchell | Monday, November 21st, 2011

A Canadian man has experienced the best possible shock, after scooping $1.86 million playing a slot machine at the Casino Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec. On Saturday at around 9 p.m, William Brownlee was playing the $5 Monte Carlo slot machine, and on the third...