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Who is Sheldon Adelson? If you’re asking yourself this question, you must have little or no interest in online poker, or gambling over the internet in general. Adelson is the billionaire casino tycoon that owns Las Vegas Sands Corp, and the man behind a several-year long campaign to get online gambling blanket-banned across the...

Earlier this year, it was announced that New Jersey was looking into setting up an international compact to merge its online gambling operations with overseas networks, specifically in the UK. Such a shared liquidity deal could increase the Garden States’ current player base tremendously. Now, the first real sign of evidence towards that goal...

Is Macau playing favoritism these days? Some might say so – particularly Las Vegas-based casino tycoons Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson, respective owners of Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands Corp, who recently learned they’ve been approved for a lot less table games at their Macau properties than rival Australian casino owner, James Packer,...

Who doesn’t love a classic love story? Well I’ve got a fantastic one, and wouldn’t you know it, the fate of this incredibly lucky couple was left in the hands of a single spin on the fruit machines. Let’s just say, destiny was emphatically weaving its wily web on this one. It all started...

Many forms of gambling are legal in South Australia. You can play the pokies at Adelaide Casino or just about every local pub, club and hotel in the state. You can bet on the ponies or athletic sporting events, online or at one of the many retail bookmaker shops in the region. One thing...

The Hippodrome Casino is one of the most famous gambling destinations in London – in all of the UK, for that mater. It has just about everything a gaming fan could want, from slot machines and table games, to a massive PokerStars branded live poker room, and even an online casino for their stay-at-home...

Everyone has a different perception of what the best casino games are, where they should be played, and whether internet-based casinos are better than the brick-and-mortar variety. One thing a lot of advanced players have noted time and again is that its better to play pokies online, while blackjack is better in a live...

Penny slots are easily the most popular reel spinners in Las Vegas and beyond. We all know that it will cost more than a penny to spin those reels, but even a max bet tends to fall well within a casual gambler’s bankroll budget. For one woman from Oahu, Hawaii, a mere $3 play...

Promising to give a large group of influential people what they want, then taking it away at the last minute, is not the way to gain popularity in a major, global business. PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, should know that by now. But it didn’t stop them from altering a player-preferred payout...

In 1991, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe opened the first Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minnesota. Now, 25 years later, the tribe held it’s grand opening of the second Shooting Star Casino, just outside of Bagley, MN. They’re not done yet, though, with plans already in the works for another new casino in Dent,...