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| Playboy Club at Palms Casino Resort. Photo courtesy of John Phelan. |
With the
construction of the proposed Playboy Mansion in Macau in doubt, the Playboy Club at the
Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
will close in June, officials said.
Sands
China Ltd says the MOP3 billion (US$375 million) lawsuit filed by Asian
American Entertainment Corporation Ltd. over how Sands was awarded its Macau
gaming license is “meritless”.
A new
citizens group unveiled Wednesday has vowed to fight plans by a US gaming giant to build a Las Vegas-style
casino strip in Spain
that promises to create over 250,000 jobs. Las Vegas Sands, owned by US billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is in talks with
Spain ’s two biggest cities, Madrid and Barcelona ,
to build the complex which reportedly will have six casinos, 12 hotels, nine
theatres and three golf courses.
DES
MOINES — Online poker enthusiasts appear to have run out of luck. The Iowa
House doesn’t plan to take up the bill, which the Senate approved 29-20 earlier
this week. The legislation would legalize online poker and bring it under state
regulation.
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| Aqueduct Racetrack aerial view in 2010. Photo from Wikipedia |
Two days
after receiving a letter from Gov. Cuomo’s office expressing concern over the
number of horse fatalities this year at Aqueduct, New York Racing Association
president Charles Hayward said NYRA is taking steps to address the potential
cause of what he acknowledged is “a big issue,” while also moving ahead on the
governor’s request that NYRA form and fund an independent investigation into
the breakdowns.
Genting UK ’s
major casino project at the Birmingham NEC took a step closer to reality
following the latest meeting of the local council’s planning committee.

