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No Love for Ladbrokes in Sweden

British betting giant Ladbrokes, one of the most aggressive bookmakers fighting in foreign courts for the right to operate across Europe, suffered a defeat in Sweden last month when the country's Supreme Administrative Court rejected the company's appeal to acquire a betting license. The company applied for a license in Sweden in 2003 following the European Court of Justice's decision in the Gambelli case...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - July 14, 2005

Happy Friday, and welcome back to Rebecca's Recommendations! So I have finally recovered from the BoDog.com conference in Vegas, and now I have to move into a new apartment. Awesome. Anyway, today I wanted to tell you about one of the most refreshing promotions I have ever seen in the online gaming word...read more

Living the High Life, Trump Style

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The idea of owning a Las Vegas casino has been a 20-year fascination for Donald Trump. But in the end, the New York real estate developer decided to stick with what he knows best. After a brief ceremony Tuesday to launch construction of the $500 million Trump International Hotel & Tower, Trump said the 1,282-unit, 64-story project behind the New Frontier fits into his current construction portfolio, which includes residential projects in New York City and Florida, a 92-story tower in Chicago and a golf course and residential development outside of Los Angeles. "I'm involved with nine buildings right now, but what I do better than anybody else is to build luxury, luxury, super luxury apartments," Trump said...read more

With Project's Start, Trump's Time Has Come

Donald Trump is finally getting his famous name in lights high above the Strip. The New York developer, star of "The Apprentice" on NBC television, will break ground this morning on the $500 million, 2 million-square-foot Trump International Hotel & Tower, completing a 20-year flirtation with Southern Nevada. "I've always liked Las Vegas and I like the people there," Trump said...read more

World Series of Poker Hits Big at Rio

The ace-king suited that Harrah's Entertainment drew when it purchased the World Series of Poker a year ago has turned into a royal flush. As competitive poker's premier tournament winds toward its conclusion Friday when the 2005 world champion is crowned, the numbers coming out of this year's 45-event competition have surprised Harrah's officials. More than 29,000 players -- double last year's record total of 14,054 players -- have participated in World Series events at the Rio...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - July 8, 2005

Welcome back to Rebecca's Recommendations! I have a couple of important things to share with you today. First, I just returned from Las Vegas after attending a sports and poker marketing conference sponsored by BoDog.com. What an amazing experience...read more

Biggest World Series of Poker Begins

"With a first place prize jackpot of roughly $7.5 million awaiting the winner, the World Series of Poker kicked off its nine-day championship run Thursday at the Rio with the first of three preliminary rounds. "With each player (or sponsor) paying a $10,000 buy-in, the World Championship no-limit Texas hold'em event is expected to have the richest prize pool in the tournament's 36-year history. "Entries for the game are expected to exceed 6,000, so World Series of Poker officials decided the opening day will be stretched over three days, with roughly 2,000 players for each session...read more

Poker Popularity: Let's Make A Deal

Nearly two decades ago, when Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson and the late Stu Ungar were the undisputed kings of the poker tables, fans of the game coveted owning a tough-to-come-by, limited edition World Series of Poker jacket, emblazoned with the event's familiar logo, the Binion's Horseshoe trademark and a price tag of more than $300. Nowadays, fans can purchase any number of World Series of Poker logo items, including shirts, hats, coffee mugs, hand-held games, and gaming chip sets, with prices ranging from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars. Yes, those still popular jackets are also available. Harrah's, owner of the World Series, set up a makeshift general store just outside of the tournament's 60,000-square-foot home in the Rio convention center for fans' souvenir shopping needs. Sales have been brisk since the World Series opened in early June...read more

Casinos, Lottery Scratch Together Alliance

A Las Vegas-based lottery and casino game designer has developed a scratch-off game that lets the two competing gambling disciplines serve the same customer. While the game, LottoSino, is working in New Mexico under a four-month contract, its developer believes the idea could work in Nevada, which is one of only nine states without a state lottery. The $3 scratch-off ticket, developed by Vegas Games, offers lottery customers 11 different ways to win money with a top prize of $30,000...read more

World Series of Poker: Downtown Dealt Out

On a pleasant weekday afternoon, the ABC Store on Fremont Street had its usual array of shoppers looking to buy a cold drink, grab a snack or purchase an inexpensive Las Vegas souvenir. But assistant store manager Sol Cagauan said something was missing from the Hawaiian-themed convenience market popular with the island residents who frequent Boyd Gaming Corp.'s downtown casinos. Poker players and their growing legion of fans have been nowhere in sight. The World Series of Poker, nearing the end of its six-week, 45-event run, moved this year from the aging Binion's gambling hall to a 60,000-square-foot room inside the Rio's recently expanded convention center, leaving downtown Las Vegas for the first time in its 36-year existence. "It was a nice, big and fun event and it brought people downtown," Golden Gate Casino owner Mark Brandenburg said...read more