The US has broken off its negotiations with Antigua over that nation’s successful WTO challenge of US restrictions on cross border trade in gaming services. From Yahoo News: “Unfortunately we were not able to reach a settlement,” despite several meetings over the past four months,” said Richard Mills, a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative’s […]
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news about gamblingSome casinos chase high rollers, which can be risky–a lucky weekend for them can turn into a quarterly loss, something that shareholders hate to see. The Hard Rock casino (right down the street on Harmon Ave.), apparently burned once too many times by lucky whales, or mega-high rollers, has decided to stop catering to the
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news about gamblingI missed this in August, but picked up on the Drudge Report today. You can apparently have your cat cloned, if you’ve got an extra $20,000 to spend. Check out this release from PRweb: ForeverPet, a division of Geneticas Life Sciences, today announced the launch of the ForeverPet cat cloning service for cat owners. Priced
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haphazard worldI must have missed this when it first broke, but apparently presidential candidate John Kerry went into Philly a few weeks ago and ordered a cheese steak–with swiss cheese. Read about some more inane campaign trail faux pas from Slate: If John Kerry loses the election, a reporter once told me, we’ll probably be able
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haphazard worldWhen I first read about this, I thought it was a joke. The Westward Ho, long a favorite of low rollers on the Strip, is adding a locals-oriented expansion on Industrial Road. It will be styled “The HO: Your Get Lucky Casino.” Click the link if you don’t believe me. This is all happening in
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life in vegasI’m back from my conference on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and really buried by work. Still, I took the time to add some content on the right–let me know what you think. I’ve got to say that I really liked the Gulf Coast. I got a great idea for a novel that might be my
I gave my paper this morning here in Mississippi. I think it went well. I’m hurrying back to a session in a minute, so I can’t speak in great detail, but globalization is really an interesting issue that I think has been anticipated by the gaming industry in many ways. According to our lunchtime speaker,
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gambling & cultureAnytime I get to reference a Thelonious Monk composition, it’s good news. In any event, I am writing this from Mississippi–more precisely, in the library of the University of Southern Mississippi, on the ground floor, facing northeast (again, something for fans of The Wire to appreciate). I’m about a block away from the beach, which
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news about gamblingA very quick entry here, as I sit on the sixth floor of Bunche Hall on the UCLA Campus, my feet facing east (that’s funny for those of you who watch The Wire, otherwise, trust me, it’s funny). Due to a strange set of circumstances, I drove down here for the day, and am then
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what's newParliament has published plans of Great Britain’s overhauled gambling bill. From BBC News, courtesy of David McDowell: The new law, if approved by Parliament, will allow casinos with up to 1,250 slot machines and unlimited jackpots. It would ban slot machines from fast food outlets and minicab offices, restrict internet gaming and introduce a new
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news about gamblingEvery week, I get several emails asking me, “What are the rules of the World Series of Poker?” Obviously, these emailers are oblivious to the fact that I don’t work for Harrah’s and in fact don’t even play poker. But, as I live to inform, here are the Rules for the World Series of Poker
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news about gambling“Those who bring cell phones to church are not committed to God,” Escobedo said. “It’s very distracting to be praying and suddenly hear birds chirping or techno music.” Source: Wired News: Word From on High: Jam Cell Calls
As if the whole Neopets controversy isn’t enough, how about this article from Canada.com? Internet wagering is a growing phenomenon among adolescents because they love the thrill of risk and are comfortable with interactive games, gambling experts said yesterday. “There are more kids gaining access to Internet gambling because there are more and more teens
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UncategorizedI haven’t said much about the Local 54 strike in Atlantic City here, mostly because I’ve been giving you fun stories about hard-up Swedes and gambling Neopets. Today, I read a great article in the Philly Inquirer: It’s a good thing Borgata bosses inked a contract with casino workers last year. If they hadn’t, those
The conventional wisdom has been that Nordic countries, with their long, dark winters, mean plenty of time for two things: drinking and sex. But the conventional wisdom may be wrong. According to a recent study, Swedes might be turning to online gaming as a substitute for sex. From the Local: Despite the international reputation for
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gambling & cultureAs if eating the food there wasn’t bad enough for kids, the folks at McDonalds are now apparently encouraging kids to gamble online…sort of. From Austrailian seven.com.au: A McDonalds toy giveaway linked to a website that features gambling games has outraged parents, an anti-pokie campaigner and a psychologist. For decades McDonalds has sold soft drinks,
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gambling & cultureFor the past two days, most of the cable news networks have been playing up President Bush’s retorts to Senator Kerry’s remarks about terrorism. Here is the original quote from CNN: ”We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they’re a nuisance,” the
There is an interesting article Forbes about the expansion of casino gaming: California is not the only state where gambling is on the ballot in November (indeed California alone has two initiatives), and it is not the only place where racetracks want to salvage their flagging business, which is based on one kind of gambling,
Tons of articles about G2E 2004. Here’s a few: GLOBAL GAMING EXPO: Experts take ideas for a spin Marketers eye young crowds, branding Slot makers feel celebrities’ pull at expo Gambling expo highlights glitz Survey: Casinos shifting to younger designs BusinessWire news archive for entire show I haven’t seen anything specifically about the Wire Act
The much-anticipated “Legal Limbo” panel at G2E 2004 is now history. I’m blogging from the expo floor, so this will be quick–look for an update tomorrow with links to any media coverage. Bascially, I said hello, then introduced Bob Blumenfeld, who spoke about the Wire Act and the “March Madness” prosecutions of March 1998. Bob