Atlantic City’s predicament started when it persuaded customers to stay on after the weekend. The dilemma started since many customers were stuck inside the casino since Monday.

The coastal town has been hit by a severe snow storm on Sunday, compelling authorities to impose a travelling ban. As a result this has left many patrons stuck in their hotels. The majority stated that it was all part of their trip. Ray Slabin, a local from Dumont, Bergen County, who walked with his spouse, Abbie, on the vacant, snow-covered Boardwalk on a cold and frosty Monday morning. “One could not have been trapped in a better place than Atlantic City; we enjoyed the picturesque views, swimming at the heated indoor pool at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort.

“The weather is not going to dampen our spirits,” said Cindy Auger, who visited from Barnegat Township with her daughter and already spend …

The $5.5 billion Marina Bay Sands casino opened its offices for business in Singapore in April and generated revenues which exceeded its investors’ wildest dreams. Only the experience and expertise of Company President Michael Leven brought a sense of calm to the corporate operation.

The Nevada Supreme Court ignored the $60 million verdict in November that a Clark County jury had to pay a Hong Kong businessman after a lengthy trial which started in 2008.

Before 2008 Adelson 77, was one of the richest men in the U.S. As a result of the poor economy stocks have dropped by more than $140 per share to less than $2 in Las Vegas Sands and compelled the company to avoid total bankruptcy by means of a total shake-up of its corporate balance sheet.

By the fall of 2010 Adelson climbed 13 positions on Forbes magazine’s list of the 400 richest Americans. He …

Logic dictates that after a very tiring year spent combating the U.S’ appalling economy as well as competition from other states, Atlantic City’s casinos would think twice before hosting a lavish New Year’s Eve party, this is not the case…

Atlantic City’s casino will enter 2011 with a bang indicating no signs of the current recession whatsoever. “To us New Year’s Eve is very important,” mentioned Mark Giannantonio, who is the president of Tropicana Casino and Resort. “To be honest New Year’s Eve is by and large our busiest day of the year. We’ve decided to take the bull by the horns and try our best not to concentrate on the recession; everybody aims to have a fantastic time.”

Giannantonio said they expect approximately 10,000 tourists at the Tropicana this holiday season, greater than the population of most New Jersey towns. Tropicana and Atlantic City’s 10 other casinos are fully …

A couple of online gambling sites have been sold for millions of dollars, therefore owners of domain names that are not in use have high hopes. Gambling Invest is a segment of Domain Invest limited and considered to be “the first marketplace for gambling domains” Internet auctions of gambling sites are held on a monthly basis. Its goal is to enable webmasters and internet gambling companies to scout for suitable domain names for their internet gambling sites”.

Gambling Invest will be auctioning off approximately 2,000 gambling domains. Domain names will cover all the most important sectors within the internet casino industry, the likes of sports betting, horse racing, poker and casino. Gambling sites will be sold by means of an internet auction. A couple of domain names have been recognized by Gambling Invest, they are: bettingexchange.us, igaming.us, picks.us, bookmakers.mobi, jackpotnews.com and tennispicks.com.

The founder of Gambling Invest Pierluigi Buccioli said, …

One of the premier internet gaming software developers for interactive slots, better known as i-slots, recently added a new casino game to its line of internet casinos. This new slot game’s name is “Japan-O-Rama”, it illustrates the diversity and richness of Japanese culture on its reels.

To been honest, the different symbols have been chosen well. A Ninja warrior in his black fighting outfit looks menacing. A modern depiction of a Japanese boy is the “Anime”. Japan-O-Rama accentuates and highlights contemporary Japan. The mobile phone used by virtually every individual on the planet today was invented in Japan. Japanese technological innovations are highlighted by Robots and the stereo player. The Bullet Train is arguably one of Japan’s technological marvels today is also showcased on the reels. Japan’s tourism ambassador “Hello Kitty” waves out. Last but not least Japanese cuisine to the world is Sushi.

Characterized by Rival Gaming internet slots are four …

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. has decided to test the waters elsewhere by means of starting an internet poker site in Europe. Recently it concluded a contract with an Italian internet casino to promote internet and offline poker tournaments under the banner of its World Series of Poker brand.

The company that has its base in Las Vegas said that it came to terms with Microgame; this company operates and manages the biggest internet poker network in the newly controlled and legalized Italian market. However, the nature of the deal has not been made public as yet. “We can honestly say that we can take a lot of positive aspects from this deal on condition we execute it properly,” Seth Palansky, a spokesman with Caesars Interactive, said Wednesday.

The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union, paved the way to the Italian internet gambling market to accept …

Having recently announced a new software creation development corporation in India, Betsson exited one of its current markets by selling off its Turkish database.

Real Entertainment based in Malta stated that it would purchase Betsson’s Turkish database for €1.9m (£1.6m) and simultaneously signing a five-year B2B deal with this Swedish internet casino’s Business Solutions, to provide a comprehensive gaming portal once Realm has secured its internet gaming license on the island.

In spite of leaving the Turkish market, the gaming portal set up by Betsson’s conformity with Realm will be translated into Turkish, English, Dutch, German, Spanish and Greek, poker would be included too, casino and sportsbook services. Under the terms of the agreement Realm will be the first internet casino to go live on Betsson’s new gaming platform and it also introduced its B2B arm in February.

Betsson’s CEO Pontus Lindwall, mentioned that they would spend more time on the technical …

The $1.5 million in casino chips stolen at the Bellagio casino recently reads like a Hollywood movie script. It just took a few minutes for a helmeted motorcyclist to stroll into the glamorous Las Vegas Strip resort, wield a firearm and stole chips to the value $25,000 from a craps table before hitting the road again.  Ladies and gentlemen you just been introduced to “Robin Hood”, who offers a handsome amount of cash to someone who has any information relating to this robbery…

The chip stealer claims he is a modern version of the folk hero from Nottingham. Has the Vegas strip got a new hero?

The 14th of December Bellagio robbery ignited an outcry for the high-roller blackjack player who goes by the nickname “Robin Hood 702,” there is a reward of $50,000 offered for the arrest of this casino bandit. The Sun decided not to divulge the Robin Hood 702’s identity. The …

Current 41% taxation of brick-and-mortar casinos in Denmark will not be applied to the much anticipated internet gaming tax rate of 20%. The chairman and chief executive of Danish Danske Spil said in an interview.

“The tax rate has never been lowered in Denmark’s history,” Hans Christian Madsen said, while also announcing that the monopoly has been divided into three separate divisions ahead of the proposed market opening in 2011.

December the 15th eGaming Review reported that the European Commission (EC) investigated Denmark’s proposed tax rate for internet casinos and came to the conclusion that it would give them a head start over their land-based counterparts in the country.

Publicized in November that the market opening was planned for January 2011, won’t take place until next summer subsequent complaints by the Danish land-based casinos and slot machine association, irrespective of the claims made by the Danish Minister of Taxation that …

2010 is done and dusted and I’d be amazed should the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube not enjoy centre stage in most internet gambling operators’ marketing campaigns in 2011. Surprisingly very few gambling sites make use of social media today.

Let’s have a look at internet casinos that presently exploit the advantages of social media sites.

Paddy Power has paved the way and led from the front with regards to promoting and effectively using social media. Numerous social media icons are displayed on their website and marketing warranty for some time now.  Paddy Power has learnt to properly market its business via the social media platform and it works really well for social reasons.

Betfair is yet another grand example; its Youtube football channel is captivating. Taking into consideration the number of football teams partnered with internet casinos nowadays. Betfair’s business venture with Manchester United has seen distinctive content …