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April 1st, 2010

All bets off at Sinatra’s casino

Another story from the BBC:

The roulette wheel has stopped spinning and there is no more blackjack at Frank Sinatra’s former casino.

Plunging numbers of gamblers mean operations have been halted at the Cal Neva Lodge, one of Nevada’s most fashionable casinos in the early 1960s.

The venue was once popular with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, before the rise of the Las Vegas Strip.

Its owner hopes to reopen, but analysts fear the landmark attraction has seen the last throw of the dice.

Posted by casino man in Gambling News at 2:43 PM BST

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March 12th, 2010

IT staff in Â£33,000 casino theft

Another story from the BBC:

Two IT contractors have admitted using their insider knowledge to cheat casinos out of thousands of pounds by printing false winning betting slips.

The pair stole more than £33,000 by infiltrating software controlling remote betting machines which covered roulette wheels at four London casinos.

Andrew Owen Ashley, 30, Nimesh Bhagat, 31, both from London, admitted theft between July and September 2007.

They received 12 month suspended prison sentences at Croydon Crown Court.

Posted by casino man in Gambling News at 7:43 PM GMT

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February 20th, 2010

Russian police battle illegal gamblers

Another story from the BBC:

BBC News, Moscow

Illegal gambling has spread rapidly across Russia since a new law came into force last July banning casinos and slots machines in towns and cities, according to a senior police officer in an exclusive interview with the BBC.

Col Oleg Bolderov of the economic crimes department of the Russian police said they had carried out thousands of raids over the past eight months.

"We have closed down 70 casinos and 4,000 slot-machine arcades… and have brought 600 criminal cases against those trying to organise this (illegal gambling)," he said.

Posted by casino man in Gambling News at 9:43 AM GMT

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December 18th, 2009