In the News: Casino Headlines
by Bodog Casino | May 31 2010
The Casino biz is in the headlines more than you think. Here are all the casino related stories that went down last week.
Antoine Walker Owes Harrah's Money
Sometimes professional athletes can take casino gaming fun way too far. Former NBA All-Star Antoine Walker has filed for bankruptcy. And among his $12 million debt is a long list of bills from the casino giant Harrah's Entertainment.
Walker has been popping up in the news all year with his financial issues. The NBA vet made $100 million over his 14 year career but can't seem to rub two money stacks together anymore.
Walker recently avoided criminal prosecution on almost $800,000 in unpaid gambling debts by agreeing to make payments to the Las Vegas District Attorney's Office, but looks like he's dodged that by filing.
Phil Ivey Room Opens at Aria
Phil Ivey is a giant in the poker room, and it looks like the Aria resort and Casino have taken notice.
The new casino on The Strip decided to pay tribute to Ivey by opening an exclusive high limit poker room that will be named after him last week, and it will be the spot for the highest of high limit games in Sin City.
To celebrate the grand opening of the new casino, Aria hosted a celebrity tournament with a $250,000 cash prize for the tournament winner.
Oddly enough Ivey was knocked out by poker pro Chino Rheem, Rheem got an extra $100,000 for the upset.
Don't fret, Ivey returned in the final to face tourney winner Larry Linto heads up and won.
Slot Delivers Huge Jackpot in France
A French couple hit the slots and got the biggest jackpot in France history, winning $9.6 million on a slot in the Pyrenees Mountains.
The coolest part was they were celebrating their 13th wedding anniversary.
The casino was specifically in the southwestern Bagneres-de-Bigorre, and is part of a network of 100 casinos that are hooked up to offer mega-jackpots.
The last French record for a slot machine jackpot before this was just over three million Euros.
Casino Gaming Still Growing in the East
The East Coast of the United States has been adding new gaming palaces seemingly every couple of months and it doesn't look like they are about to slow down.
Although Atlantic City is still struggling, new spots in places like Delaware and Pennsylvania are taking in steady customers. Because of that the East Coast Gaming Congress feel there's customers still to be had throughout the East as long as they bring gaming to them; they need to expand.
Speakers at the conference said the new markets could include Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York and Long Island.
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