Using her Web site to alert the world, Britney Spears confirmed yesterday that she's pregnant. Spears, 23, married dancer Kevin Federline, 27, last September.
Their announcement was as brief as one of her outfits but not necessarily revealing:
"The time has finally come to share our wonderful news that we are expecting our first child together. There were reports that I was in the hospital this weekend.
Donald Trump's cash-strapped casino empire played its cards right and received court permission Tuesday to emerge from bankruptcy.
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, which operates three casinos in Atlantic City and a riverboat casino in Indiana, filed for Chapter 11 in November because of a crushing $1.8 billion in debt.
Chapter 11 allows a business to hold off its creditors and continue operating as it tries to put its finances in order. It was the second time Trump casinos filed for bankruptcy.
A Macedonia couple has taken a gamble by opening a school to train dealers in such games as poker, blackjack, craps and roulette in a state that doesn't allow casino gambling.
But Vince Conforte and Cherie Dimmerling said the demand for professionally trained dealers is so high that they already have casinos knocking on their door for graduates, even though the Ohio Gaming College only opened March 4.
The school, which is the first in Ohio, is in a two-room suite in a Macedonia office building off state Route 82.
The blue baize of the roulette tables is spotless. Poker slot machines flash enticingly. Only the Israeli gamblers are missing — but they will flock back to the ancient city of Jericho at the first opportunity.
The Oasis Casino in this West Bank city was one of the intifada’s first casualties when violence forced it to shut.
However, with Jericho set to become the first city returned to Palestinian control today under the stuttering Sharm el-Sheikh peace plan, the hope is that the gaming venue could also be part of the revival.
Mpthrill.com have announced that they have finished developing the Linux Powered Online Casino ranking system. The demo site takes the largest casinos and ranks them for online gamblers.
John Glenn, Manager of the Casino Games Ranking system said, 'The demo website is up and running and the servers work around the clock to utilize Statistics, Payouts, Reports and news regarding All the large available Online Casinos.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- MGM Mirage Inc.'s chairman and chief executive said Tuesday the company expects within two weeks to sell one of two casinos in Detroit.
Terry Lanni's comments came as Nevada gambling regulators recommended approval for MGM Mirage to buy rival Mandalay Resort Group and create one of the world's largest gambling companies.
MGM Mirage owns the MGM Grand casino in Detroit, and Mandalay is majority owner of the city's MotorCity Casino. Michigan law requires casinos to be owned separately.
Online casino Golden Palace hit the international media jackpot last year when it agreed to pay $28,000 for a grilled cheese sandwich with an uncanny likeness to the Virgin Mary. Today in Boston, it will put its name on what it hopes will be an equally visible prize: the FleetCenter.
The online casino -- licensed in Canada, run from Antigua, with a chief executive based in the United Kingdom -- bid $35,099 to win an eBay auction to rename the center for a single day.
Britain's minister in charge of modernising 40-year-old casino laws rebuffed accusations that the planned reforms are biased against British operators. Minister for Gambling Regulation Andrew McIntosh also signalled the government might be flexible on controversial new caps on casino expansion.
The draft gambling bill, which would regulate internet gambling and allow new Las Vegas-style super-casinos, has angered newspaper commentators, anti-addiction campaigners and casino operators alike. Current laws limit gambling to small, members-only clubs.
Today´s popular culture is shaped by some of the most fashionable trends in our society. There is no doubt that the online casino is one of them. This is apparent in the overflow of online casino related activities and entertainment that exist today in pop culture.
There are a number of popular TV shows, publications and events that revolve around some of the most popular games you can find at the online casinos.
If you could fire a six-shooter over the Internet, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer might have been a dead man. Two years ago, the future World Series of Poker champion was playing a Hold 'Em variation called Omaha Hi-Lo online. Facing two players, one with few chips who appeared to be betting too strongly, Raymer sensed weakness. He raised to draw in that dead-money player, hoping to scare off the potential threat from the player in the middle. But the middle player didn't back down. Raymer won a huge pot.
