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Let’s All Bet On Famous People To make 2021 More Interesting

Nich Moore December 21, 2020 20:24:58

We all like to bet on famous people, their successes, their failures, and so we take a look at some of the outside chances for the year ahead.

This Week in Pictures: September 5th – 9th

Nich Moore September 13, 2016 10:16:25

There was no shortage of big news stories last week so we take another glance at the stories from around the world that hit the headlines. In the United States both of the Presidential hopefuls, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, attended a commemoration of the 2001 September 11th attacks at Ground Zero last week. Almost […]

This Week in Pictures: December 8 – December 14, 2015

Nich Moore December 15, 2015 13:11:03

Last week saw some huge news stories break around the world so we revisit some of the most important of the last seven days In Paris COP21, the 2015 United Nations Climate Change conference, concluded with the first agreement between all parties to limit emissions to prevent warming of the planet by more that 2 […]

The Week in Pictures: September 22 – September 28, 2015

Nich Moore September 29, 2015 12:29:09

With so much having gone on over the last week perhaps we should take a moment to look back over some of the big stories to hit the headlines. In Saudi Arabia the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca which ended on Saturday was marred by the deaths of some 769 people, and injury of 934 […]

Atlantic City Casinos Face Tough Times

Nich Moore June 30, 2014 17:42:12

The Showboat is closing, the Revel is bankrupt and the Mayor of Atlantic City is looking to a multi-facetted future. With some of the best online casinos for US players being set up by those states forward thinking enough to award licences and properly regulate gambling’s future it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the physical world […]

Crown Gets Approval for Sri Lanka Resort But Not for Casino

Tom S. January 28, 2014 17:27:11

Crown’s plans to obtain a casino license in Sri Lanka may have failed. It’s good news and bad news for James Packer, as the chairman of Crown Resorts Limited got the green light for his Sri Lanka resort, but without any mention of a casino in the written approval. The project is worth $400 million, […]