Lottery players and vendors in Ireland had a good year last year. Data from Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), the official lottery operator, shows that both took home more money than they did a year earlier.
An unidentified man living in Canberra, Australia won Australia’s Powerball Lottery jackpot totaling more than AU$60 million (US$40.77 million).
Live! Casino Maryland celebrated its 10-year anniversary this week by gifting 100 of its Anne Arundel County workers a 15-minute shopping spree at Costco.
Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) is one of the dominant operators locals-oriented casinos throughout the Las Vegas Valley and it’s looking to cement that status with the addition of a new gaming venue downtown.
A financial advisor in Australia who was supposed to be helping a client turn her income into life-saving earnings used it instead to feed his alcohol and gambling lifestyle. He’ll go to jail for his crimes, according to The Guardian. But that won’t help the client recuperate the AU$363,000 (US$230,000) she lost.
The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index is off 25% year-to-date, and gaming stocks are among the drags on that benchmark. But at least one research firm sees shares of casino operators as the best bets in the consumer cyclical space.
A partial look at Russia’s Red Square. The future of the country is in doubt as commercial entities pack up following the invasion of Ukraine. (Image: PlanetWare)
Philippine banknotes, pictured. FATF said that the country’s efforts to follow dirty money trails was improving, but not enough to lose its gray-list status. (Image: The Business Times)
An estate once rumored to be home to an underground casino run by associates of Al Capone looks out over the Intracoastal Waterway. The Florida mansion comes with an asking price of $13.9 million. (Image: Sotheby’s International Realty)
Paddy Power has been forced to tone down its provocative ads, such as the one above during the 2016 US presidential election, in the face of impending gambling reforms in the UK. (Image: Paddy Power)