Latest Casino News – May 2015
Playing online casinos is great fun but we don’t just bring you details for the best USA online casinos and casino bonuses, we also like to give you a little news too, albeit casino-related! Here we take a look at some of the big casino news from the last week or so from across the world…
Department of Defense Blows $1m in Casinos!
Oh how we all might dream of having a $1m bankroll to play our favorite online slots and casino games. Well, it may come as a shock to many that a recent report by the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Defense showed that in a one-year period the department spent a cool $952,258 on government credit cards in casinos. Of course, after a little bit of gambling some folks like a little “adult” entertainment and the same report shows that a further $96,576 was spent in “adult entertainment establishments”.
The spending, more than 5,000 transactions in total, came between July 2013 and June 2014, with one individual said to have spent more than $16,000 in casinos on his government issued card.
Two Ohio Casinos Fined
Two Horseshoe casinos have been fined $175,000 in total for surveillance coverage at tables that was deemed unsatisfactory. Cincinnati was hit with a charge of $125,000, with Cleveland fined $50,000 following a settlement. Proper credit controls were also not implemented, with customers at the Cincinnati casino having extensions authorized without the correct procedures.
Baton Rouge Continues to Profit
It’s not all bad news though, at least not unless you’re a customer at one of BR’s three riverboat casinos. Combined winnings for April this year were up 6.2% on last year – a healthy $24.1m. I wonder how much of that was from the Army, Air Force or Navy?!
Boost for UK Casinos
On the other side of the Atlantic a number of casinos and online gambling firms received a boost when the Conservative Party won the recent General Election. The opposition Labour Party had been expected to introduce tougher gambling legislation that would have hit online casinos and sportsbooks but now share prices are up and the mood is positive.
Moreover, the idea of “super-casinos”, which never really got going in the UK, could be revived, after some industry chiefs said that new mega casinos would boost the economy and help encourage responsible gambling.
