Aspers Casino Opens in Westfield Stratford Shopping Centre
Aspers opened its doors in Stratford today- in the Westfield shoping centre, and is proving a big hit with punters with the first day betting numbers set to hit £500,000. Aspers Casino is now the UK’s biggest casino. More than...
If you have never heard about the Ho family, you will do. Stanley Ho is the head of the family, and is basically the guy who started Macau. But he is slowing handing the reins over to his empire...
Restrictions on where casinos can place their businesses in the UK may be eased if attempts by the casino industry to alter the licensing laws are successful. According to the 1968 Gaming Act in the UK, there are only...
MGM Resorts and BWin Party Gaming Line Up U.S. Agreement
Well, it looks like the big players are lining themselves up for a move on the US online gambling market, if it ever gets to the position that it becomes legal (when they really need to get the deficit...
How Many People in the UK Gamble? How Many British Casino Punters Are There?
One of the things we are keen to highlight here at Online Casino King, is that casinos are not suitable for everyone. Some people, are by their nature, adictive gamblers. (Around 0.7% of the population actually). One of the...
Packer & Ho Looking to Invest $1 Billion in Manila Casino
Australian billionaire James Packer, son of the late Kerry Packer (media tycoon and high roller) and Lawrence Ho, son of Macau gambling taipan Stanley Ho, are looking at investing at least $1 billion in a Manila casino. Melco Crown...
This is surely the casino industry “news” story that has been breaking for what seems like eons. You know, the one that goes “mobile casinos are about to explode this year”. There have been so many false dawns on...
Rank Group Bowing to Pressure on £586m takeover by HK-based Guoco Group
Rank has been trying to defend itself from a £586m buyout by Hong Kong-based Guoco Group. Yesterday- it effectively threw in the towel and advised shareholders to accept the last offer of 150p per share. Goldman Sachs advised the...
Macau has set a new revenue record for the 4th consecutive month. The former Portuguese colony, now a Special Administrative Region in China, recorded a new record high revenue mark in May. Gambling turnover reached 24.31b Macanese Patacas (US$3.03b),...
With all the recent developments in the US market, where more poker domains have been seized by the DOJ (Department of Justice) including Doyle’s Room, it’s easy to start thinking that it’s game over for online gambling in the...
