South Florida – Dania Casino & Jai Alai opens to the public at 9 p.m. Thursday. The newly renovated casino will have 550 state-of-the-art slot machines, a 12 table glass walled poker room, simulcast, a bistro and lounge bar and live jai-alai. Celebrities in attendance will include Miss Deco Drive and Argentinian talk show host and actress Susana Giménez. The original Dania Jai Alai was opened in 1957, and workers are refurbishing the building, while opening about one-fourth of it for slots and poker. The casino, at 301 E Dania Beach Blvd., is comprised of Ondiss Corp. 75%, formed by…

Card Player – Some lawmakers in the state of New Jersey want casinos in Atlantic City to beef up their security. According to Press of Atlantic City, a recent case of assault in a stairwell at a casino there has prompted a legislative initiative that would require casinos to have plenty of surveillance in parking garages, including their stairwells. Some already do, though. The report stated: “Assemblywoman Celeste Riley has sponsored the legislation arguing that stairwells should be monitored with the same degree of attention as the heavily watched gambling floors overseen by thousands of cameras. The legislation would give…

Las Vegas Review Journal – Someone claiming to be the hackers who knocked Las Vegas Sands Corp. off the Internet for nearly a week has posted an 11-minute video purporting to show stolen internal company information and taunting the international casino operator. The video was emailed to several media outlets and was posted to YouTube.com late Monday. However, YouTube removed the video from the website before 3 p.m. Tuesday, “as a violation of YouTube’s policy on depiction of harmful activities.” The video begins with images of news coverage of the hacking, which began on Feb. 11. A few minutes in,…

Grimsby Telegraph – I AM WRITING in response to the article printed on Monday, February 10, in the Grimsby Telegraph: “£34 million – the shocking amount poured into fixed odds betting machines dubbed; The crack cocaine of gambling.” At the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB), we were very disappointed that the Grimsby Telegraph made reference to the unfounded statistic that “£34m was spent on gambling machines in betting shops across North East Lincolnshire” and that £34.3 million in cash was poured into the machines. Such figures are inaccurate estimates of turnover on B2 machine content (e.g. roulette games) and provide a…

Daily Finance – Gambling in Asia has been the highlight of the world gaming industry over the last decade. With the industry seeing rising profits in Macau and Singapore over the last few years, companies and investors have been rewarded heavily by gaming growth in Asia. Las Vegas Sands investors would agree that Asian profits have provided a nice portfolio boost as Sands’ share price has grown more than 2100% in the last five years. The growth of Asian operations continues, with both Sands and Wynn Resorts posting huge income increases for the fourth quarter of 2013 with 40% and…

Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Fifty-five million Americans play poker, but now the Supreme Court could weigh in on whether your basement poker game is a federal crime. Under Georgia law, betting on hands of poker, even around your kitchen table with friends, is illegal. Robert Costner regularly hosts poker parties for as many as 100 people in Virginia, a state where it’s legal to play for cash at home. “Why does the federal government care?” said Costner. “It’s not organized crime. It’s not the mob, it’s just some guys getting together having fun.” But the Supreme Court could soon step in….