Mike Blake Real estate magnate Steve Wynn stepped down Saturday as the finance chair of the Republican National Committee. Wynn has been accused of widespread sexual misconduct, including assault. Wynn, a prolific Republican donor, became the RNC’s finance chair after President Donald Trump’s election. Billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned Saturday as the Republican National […]
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Fire engulfs Florida casino boat, forcing 50 to jump overboard (VIDEOS)
A Sun Cruz Casino shuttle boat has caught fire off the coast of Florida, forcing dozens of people on board to jump for their lives into the water and swim for shore. Fifty people were on board the vessel when it caught fire at around 16:15 local time while in the Port Richey canal some […]
Game Boss interview: How Huuuge is taking on the giants in social casino games
Huuuge Games came late to social casino games, launching its Huuuge Casino in late 2015. But the company has carved out a niche in the $ 4 billion global market. Anton Gauffin, CEO of the Palo Alto, California-based company, said in an interview that the company will hit about $ 150 million revenues in 2017. That puts […]
‘Nobody stopped me’ at the casino: Ontario self-exclusion program fails to keep gambling addicts out
Despite promoting responsible gambling, the Ontario government’s program to help addicts stay out of casinos is failing to do so, an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate has found. CBC | Health News
How Aristocrat’s $990 million Big Fish deal will shake up social casino games
Billion-dollar game deals are pretty rare, but one slipped by last week without much attention. Australian gambling machine maker Aristocrat Leisure announced last week it is buying social casino games maker Big Fish Games in Seattle for $ 990 million. It was the second deal in a relatively short time for Big Fish. Churchill Downs, […]
Life on the Casino Floor: 17 Questions For a Ritz-Carlton Hotel Manager
An Interview With Louella Brezovar, Hotel Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site […]
UK orders shutdown of online casino games aimed at kids
Have you ever seen a gambling machine or website that was all too conspicuously aimed at children? British regulators certainly have. The country’s Gambling Commission and advertising overseers have ordered over 450 gambling sites to “immediately” remove casino games they say are targeting the under-18 crowd. The cartoonish graphics, cute characters and even game names […]
Las Vegas casino security may never be the same after Monday’s massacre (MGM, WYNN, LVS, BYD)
Sky News NEW YORK/CHICAGO, Oct 2 (Reuters) – A year ago casino magnate Steve Wynn warned that Las Vegas was a “target city” and disclosed a raft of new security measures, including invisible metal detectors and specially trained guards, designed to prevent a large-scale attack. Whether those measures would have prevented Sunday’s rampage on the […]
Panic, chaos after multiple gunshots heard at music fest near Mandalay Bay Casino
The shooter appeared to be using an automatic weapon, according to witness reports. “There was blood everywhere,” one witness said. “People were hit within 20 feet of us,” witness Rick Messick, who said he was in the front row of the concert, told CBS2. “There were several people laying in the parking lot … they […]
New casino game lets you bet real money on Pac-Man
Back in like the 1890s, a slot machine was probably the coolest entertainment device anyone had ever seen. In 2017, though, despite a lot of advances in slot technology, those flashy one-armed bandits just aren’t drawing in “the youngs” who all have access to both Candy Crush Saga and Internet porn on a magical device […]