Panaji: Once having resisted offshore casinos tooth and nail as a moralistic opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government in its budget has both slapped and caressed the increasingly powerful casino lobby in Goa. In his budget speech, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday reduced the entry fee to offshore casinos from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500, clearly paving the way for increased footfalls to the gambling hubs, but...
12:14 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Indicating signs of possible funds related to crime and terror trickling into the Indian casino sector, a government report has said that more than 7,000 instances of suspicious transactions have been detected in the elite gaming business during the last financial year. A total of 7,006 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) during the 2010-11 fiscal have been reported by the casino business and allied payment operators to the Financial...
12:59 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: Asia will surpass the United States as the world's largest casino gaming market in 2013 on account of the region's robust economic growth and growing people interest for gambling, says a report by PwC. The global gaming outlook report said Asia is expected to generate revenue of $ 79.3 billion in 2015, up from $ 34.3 billion in 2010 with a compound annual growth rate of 18.3 per...
05:37 PM, Dec 09, 2011
Panaji: The World Gaming Festival (WGF) has begun on India's biggest off shore gaming facility - Casino Royale - here with more than 100 people participating in five different games. "This is happening for the first time in the world that five games are part of such a high profile tournament," Narinder Punj, Managing Director, Highstreet Cruises and Entertainment Pvt Ltd told reporters ahead of the tournament, which kicked off...
01:30 PM, Sep 24, 2011
London: Actor Daniel Craig, who has featured as British spy James Bond in "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace", does not think it would be a good idea for him to appear in a romantic comedy. "I'm not about to do a rom-com. It would be a disaster. Good movies aren't just funny. Good movies aren't just sad. Good movies aren't just serious. They're all of those ... things," contactmusic.com...
09:16 AM, Aug 09, 2011
California: Linda Christian, the Hollywood starlet of the 1940s who married heartthrob Tyrone Power and went on to become the first Bond girl, has died. Her daughter, Romina Power, said Christian died on Friday in Palm Desert after battling colon cancer. She was 87. Born in Mexico, Christian pursued an acting career in Los Angeles and eventually signed a contract with MGM. She made her film debut alongside Danny Kaye...
07:35 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Panaji: Casinos may soon be out of bounds for Goans. The leader of opposition in the state assembly Friday moved a bill seeking to amend the Goa Public Gambling (Amendment) Bill 2011 which bans locals from entering the numerous onshore and offshore casinos in the state. "Only those not residing within the state shall be allowed to enter the casinos for the purpose of gambling," the bill moved by Bharatiya...
11:14 AM, Mar 26, 2011
Singapore: Singapore's Marina Bay Sands will open the world's first ArtScience museum in February, the latest attraction at its $5.5 billion gambling complex built by US casino giant Las Vegas Sands. With a form reminiscent of a lotus flower designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie, the science museum is due to open on February 17 at 1:18 pm, "as advised by our feng shui master," a Marina Bay Sands spokeswoman...
05:20 PM, Dec 29, 2010
'Casino Jack' is ready for release. Actor Kevin Spacey speaks on his new movie. ...
11:53 AM, Nov 04, 2010
Offshore casinos are not illegal in Goa. ...
02:58 AM, Nov 17, 2009
The enquiry has been ordered into the controversial party by four SPs. ...
08:22 PM, Nov 14, 2009
A casino firm has accused ex-CM of pandering to the casinos. ...
12:20 PM, Jun 22, 2009
Sikkim now owns the only land-based live gaming casino in the country. ...
04:18 PM, Apr 08, 2009
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday signed up four domestic players, including two from Bengal, for the upcoming IPL season five, starting on April 4. Debabrata Das and Iresh Saxena from Bengal, Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Kerala's Sanju Samson have joined the Knight Riders squad, a KKR release stated. The 25-year-old Das, an aggressive middle-order batsman and a part time wicketkeeper, had represented the franchisee in the 2008 season also....
08:43 PM, Apr 29, 2008
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