2006 September 04 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Billionaire Stephen Wynn will make one of his biggest gambles this week when he opens a sleek $1 billion hotel-casino in Macao - the booming Chinese territory that could soon bump off Las Vegas as the world’s gaming capital.

Betting college football is no easy task. With 119 Division 1-A teams, and 12 different conferences, determining which games to play can be a challenge all by itself. And to make matters even more confusing, teams can completely change th…

Casino operator Stanley Leisure has received a takeover approach, believed to be from Malaysian group Genting.

Response: We are socially responsible; and we’ll be sponsoring a Tory conference meeting too, says Michael Riddy.

GREG NICHOLS ended four turbulent years as chief executive of the British Horseracing Board (BHB) with an emotional speech and a standing ovation. Now, three months on, he is returning to Britain in a role few would have envisaged taking a key position with the leading betting exchange, Betfair.

A South Jersey couple faces child neglect and child abuse charges after their baby was left alone for hours in a casino parking garage.

LAS VEGAS A new center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, funded with the state’s first earmarked dollars for gambling addiction opened this summer.

MACAU American billionaire Stephen Wynn will make one of his biggest gambles this week when he opens a sleek billion-dollar hotel-casino in Macau.

Panaji, Sept 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party today strongly opposed the policy of the government to allow a maximum of 10 off-shore casinos in the state and said that the decision would not only worsen the already deteriorated law and order situation in Goa, but also introduce other related vices like sex trade, money laundering, Hawala transactions and rampant use of weapons.