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1882 |
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Casino opened next to the Conservatory of Flowers. In 1896 it was purchased and moved 20 blocks to the corner of 24th Avenue and Fulton St. Links: USA, SF, Gambling 
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1896 |
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Casino, opened in 1882 next to the Conservatory of Flowers, was purchased and moved 20 blocks to the corner of 24th Avenue and Fulton St. The spot was demolished for housing in 1922. Links: USA, SF, Gambling
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1902 |
Tahoe city's first casino was built by Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin, who owned a big chunk of east Los Angeles and built the prominent Santa Anita horse track in 1907. Massive lakefront estates followed for decades, including one used for the filming of “Godfather II." Links: USA, California, Gambling
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1938 |
Gambling and bookie joints became illegal in San Francisco this year. Links: USA, SF, Gambling
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1984 May 15 |
Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, began operating as Harrah's at Trump Plaza. Five months after opening, the name was changed to simply Trump Plaza. Operations continued until September 16, 2014. Links: USA, New Jersey, Gambling
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2018 Jun |
Sports betting began in New Jersey, generating $16.4 million in bets during its first two weeks. Links: USA, New Jersey, Gambling
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2018 Jul 20 |
Japan's parliament approved a contentious law allowing up to three casino resorts to open in this wealthy nation and possibly lure more foreign visitors. Links: Japan, Gambling
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2018 Jul 25 |
Dr. Richard Jarecki (b.1931), the scourge of European casinos in the 1960s and early 1970s, died at his home in Manila. He had develped a system to beat roulette wheels based on minute mechanical defects and reportedly accumulated more than $1.2 million before manufacturing techniques improved the wheels. Links: Philippines, Gambling
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2018 Aug 8 |
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte said there would be no new casinos set up during his presidency, a day after abruptly shelving Landing International's $1.5 billion integrated casino project in Manila. Links: Philippines, Gambling
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2018 Aug 19 |
China's official Xinhua news agency reported that police have busted a 7.8 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) online gambling ring and arrested 56 suspects. Fifty suspects in the online gambling case were arrested in Shanghai, Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong, while another six returned to China from the Philippines and handed themselves in. Links: China, Gambling
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2018 Oct 9 |
Albania's PM Edi Rama said that by Dec. 31 all casinos, including shops taking bets on sports and animal races, will need to be closed and move to city outskirts especially in Tirana. Links: Albania, Gambling
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2018 Oct 15 |
Gambia swore in an 11-member commission tasked with shedding light on summary executions, disappearances, torture, rape and other crimes under ousted dictator Yahya Jammeh. Links: Gambling
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2018 Oct 23 |
The live-betting esports platform Unikrn had its wagering license approved by the Isle of Man, clearing the way for users to legally gamble on competitive video games. Unikrn had previously only been licensed to provide real-money betting on esports in the UK and Australia. Links: Isle of Man, Games, Gambling
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2018 Nov 5 |
France gave 30 million euros ($34 million) of aid to Gambia as part of efforts to support its democratic transition and ensure stability in a region Paris deems vital to its interests. Links: France, Gambling
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2018 Nov 14 |
The British government says it will cut the maximum stake on electronic slot machines from 100 pounds ($130) to 2 pounds ($2.60) in April — reversing an unpopular decision to delay the move. Links: Britain, Gambling
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2018 Nov 30 |
A court in northern Vietnam jailed two former police generals for protecting a multimillion-dollar online gambling ring as the Communist government steps up its crackdown on graft. Former national police chief Phan Van Vinh and former head of hi-tech crimes police department Nguyen Thanh Hoa were sentenced to nine and 10 years respectively. Links: Vietnam, Corruption, Gambling
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2019 Jan 21 |
It was reported that Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has ordered authorities to stop issuing and renewing licenses to betting firms in a bid to crack down on gambling. Links: Uganda, Gambling
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2019 Mar 28 |
Kosovo banned all gambling for the next decade in a bid to crack down on crime after two casino staff were murdered last week. Links: Kosovo, Gambling
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2019 Apr 27 |
In Vietnam state-run media said police this week broke up an online gambling ring that had handled more than $1 billion in bets and arrested 22 people, in what is believed to be the largest-ever internet betting operation in the communist country. So far a total of 22 people have been arrested including 12 organizers. Links: Vietnam, Gambling
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2019 Jun 23 |
In Massachusetts the new $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor casino opened in Everett, becoming the state's 3rd casino. Links: USA, Massachusetts, Gambling
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2019 Jul 18 |
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said that two casinos passed this week's tests to begin operating online gambling portals 24 hours a day for patrons statewide who are at least 21 years old. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Gambling
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2019 Aug 18 |
Cambodia said it is banning online gambling, which helped propel a wave of Chinese investment in casinos in the country, saying that the industry had been used by foreign criminals to extort money. Links: Cambodia, Gambling
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2019 Sep 4 |
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said that while he was not a fan of online gambling he was unwilling to ban the business, as China has called for, because of the harm that would do to the country's economy. Links: Philippines, Gambling
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2019 Sep 16 |
Philippine immigration agents and government troops arrested 324 Chinese accused of involvement in illegal online gambling. A week earlier agents arrested 277 Chinese in a raid on an online investment scam syndicate that defrauded hundreds of people in China. Links: China, Philippines, Gambling
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2019 Oct 12 |
In NYC four men were killed and three people wounded early today in a shooting at an unlicensed gambling club in Brooklyn. Links: USA, NYC, Murder, Gambling
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2020 Feb 4 |
Officials in the Chinese city of Macao asked its 41 casinos to close for half a month to help the stop the coronavirus. Links: China, Microbiology, Macau, Gambling, COVID-19
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2020 Jun 26 |
The Federal Trade Commission approved Eldorado Resorts Inc acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corp. The $17.3 billion buyout will create the world's biggest casino company. In July New Jersey regulators agreed to the deal. Links: USA, New Jersey, M&A, Gambling
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2020 Jul 2 |
In New Jersey casinos reopened in Atlantic City following a 108-day closure due to the coronavirus. Gamblers wore facemasks and di without smoking and drinking. Links: USA, New Jersey, Gambling
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2020 Oct |
In Bangladesh brothers Sajjad Hossain and Imtiaz Hasan faced charges of money laundering. They had headed the local branch of the ruling Awami League and over the last 7 years had acquired more than 300 hectares of land at rock-bottom prices. A recent criminal investigation had found that some $340 million had passed through the brothers' 49 accounts. Links: Bangladesh, Govm't Scandal, Gambling
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2021 Feb 17 |
In New Jersey the shuttered Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City was demolished by implosion. Links: USA, New Jersey, Gambling
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2021 Aug 28 |
A spokesperson said Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a moratorium on casino operations in Boracay, the country's top holiday island, to generate taxes for its COVID-19 pandemic response. Duterte also lengthened coronavirus restrictions in the capital region and some provinces, as the Southeast Asian nation logged a new record in daily COVID-19 infections. Links: Philippines, Gambling, COVID-19
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2021 Nov 26 |
Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou said their investigation had found that Alvin Chau, the founder of junket operator Suncity, had formed a junket agent network in the mainland to help citizens engage in offshore and cross-border gambling activities. Links: China, Macau, Gambling
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2021 Dec 1 |
Macau-based Suncity Group announced in a statement that CEO Alvin Chau had resigned from all his positions in the company. All of its VIP gaming rooms in Macau, the world's largest gambling hub, were closed after the company's CEO was arrested. Links: Macau, Gambling
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2022 Jan 17 |
Shares of Macau's top casino operators racked up as much as HK$65.53 billion ($8.42 billion) - or 15% of their market value - as the government of the world's largest gambling hub retained the limit on casino licenses to six. Links: Macau, Gambling
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2022 Jan 25 |
Hotel and casino operator Wynn Resorts said it will build a luxury resort in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates with a "gaming area," potentially paving the way for gambling to be allowed in the Muslim Gulf state. Links: UAE, USA, Gambling
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2022 Jan 30 |
Police in Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, said they had arrested two men for alleged illegal gambling and money laundering. Macau Legend Development, a company that owns and operates a casino resort in Macau, said its chief executive Chan Weng Lin had been arrested and detained by police. Links: Macau, Gambling
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2022 Jun 21 |
Legislators in Macau approved a landmark casino bill, the biggest reforms in more than two decades, ahead of an expected casino license bidding process in the world's biggest gambling hub. Links: Macau, Gambling
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2022 Aug 26 |
Macau said it has fixed a limit of 6,000 gaming tables and 12,000 gaming machines for new casino operators early next year, as well as minimum income levels for each operator. The territory's six licensed operators, Sands China, Wynn Macau, Galaxy Entertainment, MGM China, SJM Holdings and Melco Resorts have to rebid for their spots. Links: Macau, Gambling
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2022 Sep 26 |
A justice ministry official said the Philippines will stop operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport about 40,000 Chinese workers, part of a crackdown on the notoriously opaque online gaming industry. Links: China, Philippines, Gambling
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