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Casino City CEO Runs For Charity At GIGSE

Montreal, QC -Casino City CEO Michael Corfman is finally ready to put his stunning loss at the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) Velcro Drag Races behind him, vowing, "Just wait until next year." After months of training for his match against Ken Driefach, the former Chief of the Internet Bureau for the New York State Attorney General's Office, Corfman traveled to Montreal seeking victory...read more

Column: Goodlatte Bill Lacks Backbone

Shame on Bob Goodlatte. For the fourth time in 10 years, the Virginia congressman is pushing legislation that he says will curb Internet gambling in the United States. He has passionately pursued the legislation since he introduced the first iteration in 1997 and has made it a cornerstone of his legislative agenda. While Goodlatte might finally get his wish and see the bill become a law, the legislation that moved through the U.S...read more

Gaming Outside Nevada: Singapore Picks Sands

LAS VEGAS AND SINGAPORE -- The news from Singapore was coming and Las Vegas Sands Corp. prepared for the worst. The casino company learned late Thursday night that the Singapore government was about to award the right to build a potentially lucrative hotel-casino complex in the city-state's marina district...read more

Investors May Turn to Sahara

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- After a two-month, multibillion-dollar bidding war that focused all eyes on the south end of the Strip, attention has now reversed field 180 degrees north. The Tropicana is off the market, claimed by Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex Corp...read more

Gambling Beyond Nevada : Just Like Vegas, Half a World Away

The first time he saw China's planned Cotai Strip development four years ago, Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson thought the Chinese government was banishing him to some faraway no-man's land. Much of the Cotai Strip was submerged under several feet of water...read more

Robert Varkonyi: WSOP and Extreme Poker Champion

Every tournament poker player has wanted to run from the table at some point, but they usually want to do so after busting out of a tournament. Robert Varkonyi recently had to get up and run just to be able to keep playing. Varkonyi won InterPoker's Extreme Poker Challenge on the frozen Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland in late March...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - May 26, 2006

I am home. I am never drinking again. Well, at least I'm not drinking until the English Harbour, Nine.com and VIP Poker Costa Rica affiliate appreciation trip in two weeks. God help us all. In all seriousness though, my last two conferences were a huge success, both professionally and personally...read more

Stratosphere Planning Nightclub Way, Way Up

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Stratosphere is approaching the city about building a nightclub atop its centerpiece tower in place of the roller coaster, which was shut down in December. Stratosphere executives were to present a site plan to the Las Vegas City Planning Commission on Thursday night...read more

House Committee Passes Goodlatte and Leach I-Gaming Legislation

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee today approved Rep. Bob Goodlatte's, R-Va., HR 4777, "the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act" as well as Rep. James Leach's, R-Iowa, HR 4411, "the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006." Both bills will proceed to the full House of Representatives for further consideration. The committee began the morning with the markup of Goodlatte's bill...read more

Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Set for Full House Review

The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act proposed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) was marked up and approved by the full Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and is now expected to be reviewed by the full House sometime next month...read more