Archive for January, 2010

Singapore’s first casino opened on Sunday to a bit of frustration on the part of its customers. The casino was expected to attract many foreign visitors, moving the country along towards a more “service-based economy”, and so it did, though service had to cope with a number of teething problems right off the bat. There [...]

A man was shot by police with a stun gun at the Grand Pequot Casino in Connecticut, America. New Yorker Waymond Brady got into a violent argument with another New York citizen, Judy Hollington. When police tried to split them up Brady threatened violence towards the police and was promptly subdued with a stun gun. [...]

Kith Thieng, a Cambodian business tycoon with stakes in the hotel and restaurant businesses, a television channel, a bank, and a mobile phone operator, is launching a $100 million dollar (773M Rand) casino complex near the country’s Vietnamese border. Though most gamblers will be Vietnamese, the casino hopes to attract many more foreign visitors. a [...]