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Baccarat is a popular game with Asian visitors to Las Vegas casinos.
Big-time gamblers, primarily from Asia, are flocking to Sin City to play baccarat and providing a big boost to the city’s casino revenue in the process.
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Ameristar Casinos has agreed to pay $16 million for 41 acres of land in Springfield, Massachusetts, where it plans to build a casino resort, in anticipation of legalised casino gaming in the state, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
Earlier this month, lawmakers in the US state approved legislation to legalise casino gambling.
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Are you feeling as though the experience of playing poker – whether online or in person – has gotten a little stale? Have you forgotten why you even started gambling in the first place?
Many of us were first inspired by watching Hollywood movies about the casino world and were drawn to the atmosphere, the glitz, the glamour, the characters – and films are still the best way to get psyched up for a big game. Here are our picks for must have casino movies that can get your groove back.
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The first casino in New York City opened on Friday at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens to packed crowds of eager gamblers.
Some people waited for hours to get inside the new Resorts World Casino, which hit its full capacity almost immediately after opening.
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Hurricane Irene, which lashed through the Caribbean, U.S. East Coast and as far north as Atlantic Canada, cost the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa a massive $10 million in revenue.
The casino, as with all the others in Atlantic City, had to shut down for three days in late August as the storm hit the New Jersey coast.
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An 8,500-gallon margarita was created by Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Casino in Las Vegas on Friday, breaking the Guinness World Record for largest margarita set in Vegas last year.
The two-storey margarita – called ‘Lucky Rita’ – took three days and over 300 man-hours to be concocted.
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The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, owned by American business magnate Donald Trump, is offering $25,000 worth of plastic surgery to a winner from a player’s card contest.
The winner will have the option to mix and match surgical procedures including breast enhancements, tummy tucks, liposuction and face-lifts, until the total hits the $25,000 prize.
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According to the results of an opinion poll released on Wednesday, New York state voters support legalised casino gambling by a 56-37 margin.
The US state of New York currently allows casino gambling on Native American lands and electronic slot machines at horse racing tracks where pari-mutuel wagering – or pool betting – is allowed.
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Wynn Macau Ltd – the casino operator behind the luxury resort and casino Wynn Macau – has announced it has signed a land deal with the Macau government to build a second casino-resort in Macau.
Wynn Macau said it signed the land concession contract last Friday for 20.64 hectares of reclaimed swampland in Macau’s Cotai district in order to build a resort with a hotel, casino, shopping, restaurants, entertainment, spa and convention space.
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One lucky online casino player from Essex in the UK has managed to hit a $100,000 progressive jackpot prize.
The winner, identified only as ‘Julie from Colchester’, hit the mega progessive jackpot while playing an online slot in the comfort of her own home, and is reportedly shocked and overjoyed by her life-changing win.
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