There will be no casino in Foxborough, Massachusetts – at least, not anytime soon. The plans to bring a $1 billion casino resort to the New England city have been halted after Tuesday’s election showed strong anti-casino backlash. On Tuesday, Foxborough voters elected two members of the board of selectmen who opposed the casino plans. Selectman Lorraine Brue was re-elected while Virginia Coppola, a former state representative, was elected for the first time. Both not only opposed the casino, but made it part of their election platform. As a result, there may not be enough support in the board of [ Read More ]
One of the Las Vegas Strip’s more venerable casinos is closing its doors on April 30, with O’Sheas three decade run coming to an end as it moves to the new Linq project. O’Sheas had carved out a niche for itself with cheap drinks and low minimum wagering at its blackjack and craps tables but it will temporarily close with its current location demolished before returning with a new look and location as part of the $500 million Linq project that Caesars is building on the Strip. The Linq project will create an entertainment district next to the Flamingo casino [ Read More ]
Some of the women busted in Cyprus during a gambling raid two years ago are finally being hauled into court, including a 98 year-old woman as well as forty other women in total. most of the women are in their 70s and would gather once a week for an afternoon of poker and bridge for very small stakes. The raid occurred in November 2009 but the women are just now being required to appear in court; unfortunately two of the women have since died with several others now in a nurse home, according to the daughter of the 98 year-old [ Read More ]
It seems that everyone is one Facebook now. Heck, even Gambling Review is on Facebook (so look us up). It’s gotten to the point that someone saying they’re not on Facebook is the new someone saying that they don’t own a TV. You don’t believe them and think they’re a jerk for trying to sound superior. The online gambling industry was admittedly a little slow to jump on the Facebook bandwagon. The industry seemed to be waiting out, seeing if it was a fad that would soon end, like most social networking websites. With over 750 million users and counting, [ Read More ]
GamblingPlanet visitors will have the chance to cash in on an exclusive slots tournament running at Europa Casino from January 23-26, with €1,000 in free prizes handed out to the top finishers. Competing in the contest couldn’t be easier, as you simply have to sign up and deposit at Europa and then play any of its hundreds of slots games — including the Beach Life slots progressive with a jackpot of $7.2 million — and you’ll accumulate leaderboard points based on your play for the tournament standings. Leaderboard standings will be published and updated so you can see exactly where [ Read More ]
While one anonymous online slots fan is rejoicing, thousands of others were dejected to log onto their favorite onlne casino to see that the record jackpot at Beach Life slots had been hit over the weekend to the tune of $8,211,488. Beach Life had soared past its previous record high of $4.8 million (which was hit in July 2007) and cracked the $8 million mark for the first time before the jackpot was hit on Sunday, February 12. The winner’s details have yet to be revealed, including which casino powered by Playtech software they were playing at; popular casinos using the [ Read More ]
An ongoing spat between CEO Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts and Japanese gambling mogul Kazuo Okada has turned into a very public fist-fight, with Wynn accusing Okada of fraud and forcibly buying back the 20% stake Okada owned in Wynn Resorts at a deep discount. Okada has denounced the move as “outrageous” and is threatening legal action of his own and asking for new oversight of the board of directors for Wynn Resorts — a surprising turn in a friendship and partnership between the two billionaires that had stretched out for more than a decade. This escalation of tensions between [ Read More ]
The state of Florida is one step closer to possibly building three huge casino resorts after a bill cleared its first legislative hurdle, gaining approval from a committee to move on to the next step of the process. The Senate Regulated Industries Committee approved the bill by 7-3 vote, gaining passage after an amendment was added to give residents of Florida counties the final say via referendrums as to whether or not a casino will be built in the county they live in. Republican sponsors introduced the bill, which is designed to set the stage for three huge resort casinos [ Read More ]
Social games developer Zynga has made an about-face in regards to moving into the real money online gambling market, announcing last week that it was in fact seeking out partners to offer online poker or casino games for real money. As recently as a few months ago the company had stated that it had no plans whatsoever to dabble in the real money gambling market, content to use its tried-and-true business model of monetizing its games by selling advertising and offering players the chance to buy additional add-ons and items within its games. The company released the following statement about [ Read More ]
A Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to more than 3 years in prison and ordered to repay $650,000 that he embezzled to fuel his video poker play at various Las Vegas casinos. Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe had admitted to embezzling parish votive candle, prayer, and gift shop funds for eight years from his northwest Las Vegas parish in order to support his video poker habit, claiming that he suffered from gambling addiction. He’d asked for probation so that he could continue to seek help for his gambling problem and to continue practicing as a priest and pay restitution to St. [ Read More ]
