BetFred is The Latest to Launch its Casino on Mobile

Well, we have been predicting this for a while, but it seems we really have hit the “tipping point” as far as mobile casinos go. There’s been a slew of launches on smaller screens recently, be it Android phones, Ipods, iPads, Blackberries and Windows phones. I suppose everyone is gearing up for the Christmas mobile [...]

Singapore’s casinos Should Rake In S$9 billion next year’

With so much doom and gloom in Europe (zzzz….), we thought we’d put things into perspective with a look at what’s happening in Asia, and in particular Singapore. Because as far as the casino industry is concerned, there ain’t much doom and gloom. Singapore’s casinos are expected to pull in close to S$9 billion next [...]

Aspers Casino Opens in Westfield Stratford Shopping Centre

Aspers opened its doors in Stratford today- in the Westfield shoping centre, and is proving a big hit with punters with the first day betting numbers set to hit £500,000. Aspers Casino is now the UK’s biggest casino. More than £500 grand is expected to be bet at tables and on slots today at Britain’s biggest [...]

Lawrence Ho Steps Up to The Plate

If you have never heard about the Ho family, you will do. Stanley Ho is the head of the family, and is basically the guy who started Macau. But he is slowing handing the reins over to his empire (if he hasn’t officially already), and in the meantime his clan continues to be busy in [...]

Casino Restrictions To Be Eased in The UK?

Restrictions on where casinos can place their businesses in the UK may be eased if attempts by the casino industry to alter the licensing laws are successful. According to the 1968 Gaming Act in the UK, there are only 53 ‘areas’ for casinos, including central and west London and towns such as Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol [...]

MGM Resorts and BWin Party Gaming Line Up U.S. Agreement

Well, it looks like the big players are lining themselves up for a move on the US online gambling market, if it ever gets to the position that it becomes legal (when they really need to get the deficit down in the US. Maybe Greece could get some tax drachmas – I mean Euros- from [...]

How Many People in the UK Gamble? How Many British Casino Punters Are There?

One of the things we are keen to highlight here at Online Casino King, is that casinos are not suitable for everyone. Some people, are by their nature, adictive gamblers. (Around 0.7% of the population actually). One of the important things to highlight, for everyone in this area, is that there ARE problem gamblers around. [...]

Packer & Ho Looking to Invest $1 Billion in Manila Casino

Australian billionaire James Packer, son of the late Kerry Packer (media tycoon and high roller) and Lawrence Ho, son of Macau gambling taipan Stanley Ho, are looking at investing at least $1 billion in a Manila casino. Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (MPEL), Packer and Ho’s casino joint venture is analysing the move. The Philippines gave [...]

Mobile Casino Games Come of Age in 2011

This is surely the casino industry “news” story that has been breaking for what seems like eons. You know, the one that goes “mobile casinos are about to explode this year”. There have been so many false dawns on this front, that we have lost count. WAP casinos on your Nokia phone anyone? Playing tennis [...]

Can you Earn A Living Gambling? Is it a Career? Are there Professional Gamblers?

This is a question that keeps coming up time and time again- we feel we at least have to put our point of view across on this one. We’ll go into more detail below on the reasons behind our thinking, but if you can’t be “bovered” to read the text below, our 2 point summary [...]

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