Casino & Betting Features

You would think that server-based gaming is a casino industry-inspired acceleration in technology, judging by the fixation with the development evident in Las Vegas in November of last year.
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As the glorious thematic casinos of yesteryear continue to bow under the pressure generated by a new breed of cool, sophisticated multi-purpose venues, it seems a line has finally been drawn under a tradition that started in Las Vegas more than 40 years ago. Yet although it is clear that there are profound superficial differences between the family-orientated Circus Circus, which first opened its doors in 1968, and the sleek US$2.7bn Wynn resort, do any fundamental aspects of their design remain the same?
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While tourism continues to boom in Argentina and casinos are built all over the country with relatively little fanfare or controversy, the issue of casinos has proved once again to be an utterly divisive issue in the country's capital.
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Though the tropical rainstorms may have tried their level best to cloud the atmosphere on the opening day of the SAGSE Gaming and Amusement Expo, which took place in Panama City in June, the Central American gaming show attracted a diverse mix of exhibitors and delegates.
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What is now being billed as "the most important gaming event in Asia" took place in Macau from June 3-5.
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The fourth annual European Gambling Briefing opened its doors on May 13 at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam, Netherlands. James Walker takes a look at the highlights...
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