Author: Andy Tucker

The UK certainly does appear to have an ingrained gambling culture, and being a country that has some fairly relaxed gambling laws and regulations, there are certainly plenty of online sites and land based venues for people to gamble at. In fact, as a report just released by the UK Gambling Commission indicates, revenues in the gambling sector in the…

When people think of gambling destinations, often places such as Macau, Las Vegas and Atlantic City come to mind. Possibly the last place you would think of is a small town in Cambodia. However, it is time to think again, for there is one town in Cambodia which is quickly becoming synonymous with gambling, and to date some 30 plus…

It is something of an open secret that Caesars Entertainment Corp have been looking to expand, as they are currently playing catch-up with many of their much bigger rivals, but if rumours swirling around Vegas are to be believed Caesars may be about to merge with Golden Nugget Casinos. It is the owner of Golden Nugget Casinos, Tilman Fertitta, who,…

It is always the case that when a casino changes hands, there will be some major and some subtle changes made to the newly acquired venue by the company that has taken it over, and that is something that is certainly happening over at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin. A raft of new opening hours have been announced regarding…

In Spain you are going to find a mix of fairly large land based casinos and some much smaller mini casinos, the latter of which are comparable to amusements arcades in the UK. There has been a large increase in those salon de juegos, as they are known, over the last few years, and they offer games such as slot…

You can now travel to the Rising Star Casino in Indiana in style, thanks to the launch of the MS Lucky Lady, which will whisk passengers and up to ten cars at a time across the river. This offers a unique alternative than taking the longer detour by road. On the first day of the ferry service a total of…

The excessive heat has often played a part in the drop in revenue and the reduced footfall in Vegas based casinos each August. However, it would appear that this August has been a terrible month for all Vegas Strip based casinos as figures finally released have shown. Collectively those properties have seen a 12.4% drop in their revenues for August,…

There is a lot of discussion in industry circles as to whether the soon to open Encore Casino in Everett will retain its gambling license, due to the fall out and disclosures announced in regards to the founder of Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn and his subsequent resignation from the company. The casino as you may know has already been built,…

It has been an innovation that many people have been extremely wary of using, however tech savvy online casino players have been warming to the digital currency that is Bitcoin in very large numbers and many of them are now using it as their preferred payment method. Storing your funds on a blockchain and being able to access those funds…

There are just six land based casinos operating in Maryland, however it would seem that the majority of those venues have been very busy of late, for five of them have reported some significant increases in regards to their income. Whilst those five casinos had cause to celebrate their improved popularity, it was the Horseshoe Casino that saw its revenue…