Increasing numbers of women in Scotland are turning to online gambling as a "coping mechanism" to block out failed personal relationships and depression, a new study claims.
The study, by an academic at the University of Dundee, also says easy access to gambling is likely to be a hidden cause of homelessness.
Women are being tempted online to enjoy the thrill of casino-type games such as roulette and blackjack by off-shore internet firms offering free practice sessions and personal chatrooms.
Casinos report table games back in style.
Las Vegas casinos report that younger gamblers are taking an interest in table games.
Industry analysts believe that many 20- and 30-somethings like playing blackjack and similar games because they can socialize at the tables, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports.
The return of table games was one of the topics discussed at the G2E Training & Development Institute, which preceded the annual Global Gaming Expo.
Analysts credited the fad for poker, saying it has spilled over to other games, and the popularity of television shows that depict gambling, including 'Las Vegas.'
Mobile games specialist Werd Interactive is set to shake the mobile games industry, today with the launch of the first titles in its new, entry level, casual games brand Neo Retro, which are being sold directly to consumers through the Werd's website.
The launch titles for the Neo Retro range are all simple, accessible, fun and cheap enough to encourage everyone to pick them up and play. The first games to hit the market are:
Neo Blackjack - A simple, fun and easy-to-play Blackjack game.
Neo Poker - The world's most popular card game is back.
A vacation home by the beach alone doesn't cut it anymore. These days, millionaires and billionaires want estates in England, condos in New York, pied a terres in Paris and chalets in Gstaad--plus the beach house and more.
Thanks to the relatively new phenomenon of private membership clubs, they are getting them--along with staff to run them, and yachts and private jets to take them there.
"Fractional resort real estate has emerged as the fastest growing--and very often most profitable--segment of the resort real estate industry in North America," says Jon Peterson, president of the Washington-based Peterson Economics, a real estate consulting firm.
In the booming world of online poker, anyone can win. Especially with an autoplaying robot ace in the hole. Are you in, human?It's late one Wednesday afternoon, and CptPokr is logged on to an online casino and ready to play. Onscreen, the captain exudes a certain brash charisma - broad shoulders, immaculate brown hair, restless animatronic eyes. He looks like he should be playing synth in Kraftwerk. Instead, he is seated at a virtual table with nine other avatars, wagering on limit Texas hold 'em.There's plenty at stake. An estimated 1.8 million gamblers around the world ante up for online poker every month. Last year, poker sites raked in an estimated $1.4 billion, an amount expected to double in 2005.
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A Las Vegas casino host, who was president of a Midwestern slot distributor linked to criminal activity in the early 1990s, isn't going to get a state gaming license but will be able to keep his job at the Venetian.
After a nearly-four-hour hearing, the state Gaming Control Board Wednesday voted to refer the application of Jeffrey A. Ross back to its staff and not take a vote whether Ross should be licensed as a key employee as vice president of player development.
Ross was president and chief executive officer of the publicly-traded International Game Management, which supplied slot machines to Indian casinos.
It won't be long before gamblers are shooting dice while queued up to see their favorite comedian. Or playing poker and roulette under a poolside umbrella. Even a trip to the buffet will no longer keep casino patrons from playing slots.A law signed last month by Gov. Kenny Guinn made Nevada the first U.S. state to approve the use of wireless, handheld gambling devices at its hotel-casinos.It's a step forward for casino companies aching to offer Internet-based gambling -- a business that federal law bars them from entering, even as offshore competitors reap huge profits.
The most expensive homes in the world are, for the most part, pretty much what you would expect: opulent, private and capable of making the neighbors sick with jealousy. What is surprising, however, is that in some parts of the world, they can be relatively modest, and even a bargain.
Forbes Magazine has compiled the first comprehensive list of the priciest residences on the planet—the top five per continent, excluding Antarctica, to be precise. We combed through thousands of property listings, compared hundreds of homes and contacted dozens of brokers and owners in our quest.
At its heart, “Casino” is really a love story. As Sam “Ace” Rothstein (Robert DeNiro) says in the film: “When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? And, for a while, I believed that's the kind of love I had.”
The movie centers around the heyday of Las Vegas casinos during the 1970s, when the mob was skimming money from every operation and people caught cheating at blackjack weren’t just tossed out: they usually had a few fingers broken first.
