At least two major casino-based leisure and convention resorts had been building in Singapore. The resorts are developed by Las Vegas Sands and Malaysia’s Genting Group. One of them opened today, signaling the opening of the joint venture in Singapore’s gambling industry. The resorts are calculated to contribute up to 1.7 percent to Singapore’s GDP [...]
Disgraced internet betting website BetOnSports.com gets probation plus a $28.2 million dollar fine. Lawyers on both sides agree that the fine will likely never get paid. The founder of BetOnSports.com, Gary Kaplan, was given a 51 month prison sentence last month and will have to give up $43.65 million dollars. In August Mr. Kaplan plead [...]
I hoped I’d have something to say today about Derren Brown’s latest TV stunt: How to Take Down a Casino. The idea was that he would predict live on TV the next number to be spun on a roulette wheel in an actual casino somewhere in Europe by placing a bet of £5,000 using money [...]
