The Mayor of Guaymallén, Alejandro Abraham, has expressed his concern over the fate that five-star hotels and casinos planned near a shopping center in his department will have.
He asks for the proscription of the law banning the installations of new casinos or a special decree to proceed with the project in a shopping mall. His complaint is shared by many mayors who see this ban undermine future efforts in their departments.
The deputy of the province of Santa Fe, Enrique Marín, introduced a bill that aims to take measures to prevent and treat gambling addiction- gambling addiction as a disease known in the cities where there are casinos and bingo.
At his initiative, the law establishes a series of points that are related to the recovery of a minimum entrance at casinos, the creation of a fund managed by the Ministry of Health for a professional team in hospitals to meet on people suffering from gambling addiction and the banning of automatic teller machines
The Spanish government is preparing to regulate the issue of online casino games in the country, where there is a legal hole about this matter. This announcement comes by specific request of ONCE (the Spanish National Organization for the blind), after a meeting held between the president of this institution, Miguel Carballeda, and Minister Mariano Fernández Bermejo.
In the meeting, ONCE’s president explained the need to fill the legal gap about this issue, specially referring to raffles and the usual games that can be found on the streets.
The exponential growth of the Gambling industry in Estonia in the last few years has unexpectedly turned this Baltic nation into a paradise for those who just love to bet their money and have some fun in the casinos, gaining a reputation as “Eastern Europe’s Las Vegas”.
The explanation for this phenomenon dates back to 1991, after the country declared its independence from the Soviet Union. It was then when the government started giving away licenses for the establishment of casinos with few controls over them.
Hollywood celebrities obtain huge profits thanks to complementary business besides their artistic careers. It’s common for stars to own restaurants, cafés or bars in Los Angeles and that is the reason why Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria have assured they are willing to start a joint venture.
The actress of Desperate Housewives and David Beckham’s wife are thinking big: they intend to open a casino. Their taste for gambling and spending money has driven Eva and Victoria to start this project, which they are still developing. The casino is expected to include the restaurant Beso II.
The online casino site 888 never seizes to surprise us with its continuous expansion of a wide variety of casino games. It signed a deal a month ago with Cryptologic and is already doing business with Dynamite Idea, a major online casino operator.
Gabi Campos, the Senior Vice-President of 888, regarding the strategic move, says: “The amount of new customers that has arisen from games such as bingo and sports book is expanding continuously. Therefore we expand our repertoire among these activities in order to build brand loyalty in our casino.”
The antismoking ban, which has been progressively applied since last January in Germany, is threatening the business of several casinos and favoring illegal gaming rooms. Matthias Hein, the spokesperson for the Federation of German Casinos, said that in the next three years between three and five large casinos will close in the country.
“Four out of five casino habitués smoke. Smoking and betting are inseparable,” Hein commented and he added that, in view of the smoking prohibition, the industry is experiencing a surge of illegal gaming venues.
Casino tycoon, Harrah’s Entertainment, which has a wide net of casinos all over the world, has settled its interest in Ireland and is already in negotiations with the government of this country for the development of the necessary legal frame that allows the construction of a large scale casino in Irish territory.
According to the information released these days, the executives of Harrah’s Entertainment and members of the Irish government are in conversations to speed up the landing of Harrah’s in the country.
Holland Casino registered a total of 7.5 million visitors in 2007. This means a 7.6 per cent more than in 2006 and makes of Holland Casino an extremely popular entertainment venue. The increasing number of visitors, however, did not represent better operational results, in terms of profits.
The net income of the company in 2007 was 85.6 million euros, 4.1 per cent less than in 2006 and the money spent per visitor was 104 euros compared to 101 euros in 2007. The decrease in the company’s profits is also due to taxes, which in 2007 represented 268.2 million euros.
Apart from its virgin forests, elevated mountains, mystic valleys, exuberating green landscapes and spectacular mountain rivers, the Himalayan kingdom prepares itself in order to receive visitors with world first class casinos that include avant-garde technological equipments.
The representative of the Tourism Department in Sikkim, Sr. Upadhyaya says: “The project will surely end this year. The legalization of casinos resulted in an increase in the tourism section. The state can expect to come across tourists that will not hesitate to spend large amounts of money in one go.”
