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Casinos Had Best Month Ever in March, Winning $5.3B
ATLANTIC
CITY, N.J. (AP) — Inflation may be soaring, supply
chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won’t
go away, but America’s casinos are humming right
along, recording the best month in their history in
March.
The
American Gaming Association, the gambling industry’s
national trade group, said Wednesday that U.S. commercial
casinos won more than $5.3 billion from gamblers in
March, the best single-month total ever. The previous
record month was July 2021 at $4.92 billion.
The
casinos collectively also had their best first quarter
ever, falling just short of the $14.35 billion they
won from gamblers in the fourth quarter of last year,
which was the highest three-month period in history.
Three
states set quarterly revenue records to start this
year: Arkansas ($147.4 million); Florida ($182 million),
and New York ($996.6 million).
The
numbers do not include tribal casinos, which report
their income separately and are expected to report
similarly positive results.
But
while the national casino economy is doing well, there
are pockets of sluggishness such as Atlantic City,
where in-person casino revenue has not yet rebounded
to pre-pandemic levels.
“Consumers
continue to seek out gaming’s entertainment options
in record numbers,” said Bill Miller, the association’s
president and CEO. He said the strong performance
to start 2022 came ”despite continued headwinds
from supply chain constraints, labor shortages and
the impact of soaring inflation.”
The
trade group also released its annual State of the
States report on Wednesday, examining gambling’s
performance across the country.
As
previously reported, nationwide casino revenue set
an all-time high in 2021 at $53.03 billion, up 21%
from the previous best year, 2019, before the coronavirus
pandemic hit.
But
the report includes new details, including that commercial
casinos paid a record $11.69 billion in direct gambling
tax revenue to state and local governments in 2021.
That’s an increase of 75% from 2020 and 15 percent
from 2019. This does not include the billions more
paid in income, sales and other taxes, the association
said.
It
also ranked the largest casino markets in the U.S.
in terms of revenue for 2021:
The
Las Vegas Strip is first at $7.05 billion, followed
by: Atlantic City ($2.57 billion); the Chicago area
($2.01 billion); Baltimore-Washington D.C. ($2 billion);
the Gulf Coast ($1.61 billion); New York City ($1.46
billion); Philadelphia ($1.40 billion); Detroit ($1.29
billion); St. Louis ($1.03 billion); and the Boulder
Strip in Nevada ($967 million).
The
association divides most of Pennsylvania’s casinos
into three separate markets: Philadelphia, the Poconos
and Pittsburgh. Their combined revenue of nearly $2.88
billion would make them the second largest market
in the country if judged as a single entity. It also
counts downtown Las Vegas, and its $731 million in
revenue, as a separate market.
Seven
additional states legalized sports betting and two
more added internet gambling in 2021.
The
group reported many states saw gamblers spending more
in casinos while visiting them in lower numbers compared
to pre-pandemic 2019.
The
average age of a casino patron last year was 43 1/2,
compared to 49 1/2 in 2019.
Americans
bet $57.7 billion on sports last year, more than twice
the amount from 2020. That generated $4.33 billion
in revenue, an increase of nearly 180% over 2020.
Internet
gambling revenue reached $3.71 billion last year,
and three states — New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Michigan — each won more than $1 billion online.
West Virginia’s internet gambling market reached
$60.9 million in revenue in its first full year of
operation, while Connecticut’s two internet casinos
reported combined revenue of $47.6 million after launching
in October.
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News Media: Sydney, Australia; UK, Fiji, Macau, California, U.S - 7th August 2012 Crown
Limited Does Deal With Barangaroo In Sydney... In
big news today, James Packer’s Crown Limited (ASX: CWN) has struck a deal
to build a $1 billion hotel development at Barangaroo, on Sydney’s foreshore.
Crown signed an agreement with the developer, Lend Lease Limited (ASX: LLC) earlier
today, but said it will only go ahead if Crown gains approval to including VIP
gambling facilities (in other words – a casino). Just yesterday, Crown announced
that it was spending up to $568m to build a six star hotel at its Burswood casino
in Perth.
Work on Fijis first ever Casino to begin...
Work
on Fiji’s first casino will begin this month as investors will meet to give
contracts to local companies in Denarau this week. One
Hundred Sands – the company behind the project has managed to raise $400million
for construction. However
the initial projections for phase one of the project which will see the construction
of a convention center, casino and resort is $290m. Managing
Director Larry Claunch says overseas investors are often given misconceptions
about Fiji’s investment potential by local private sectors. “There
has been a lot of criticism if we could raise the money in a timely fashion –
we have, criticism and comments if we can finish on time – we will –
its going to be probably a fastest development anybody has ever seen and it going
to be fun to watch.” Claunch
says the current government played a vital role for this investment. “I
didn’t come to Fiji with a though of developing a casino or anything for
that matter – I really just came here to eat fresh fish – but after
seeing the vision of this government I knew everything was possible and I was
all in.” Five
hundred locals will be employed during the construction and around 600 to 850
will be employed at the casino. The
new casino is expected to begin operation from September next year.
Aspers Casino looks forward to end of Games...
Though
it’s happening right on the doorstep of his company’s flagship casino,
Richard Noble is looking forward to when the 2012 London Olympic Games finish. The
chief operating officer of Aspers Group – a joint venture between the Australian
Securities Exchange-listed Crown and the Aspinall family, which operates Aspers
Casino at Westfield Stratford City next to Olympic Park – says weekly takings
and average visitor numbers are down about 20 per cent in the first week of the
Games. When Aspers
at Westfield Stratford City, the country’s largest casino, opened on December
1 last year, Noble told The Australian Financial Review it was immediately popular.
“In our first three days we had 30,000 visitors which was about 100 per cent
above our business case. After that we were averaging 25,000-30,000 visitors per
week. But in the last few months we’ve seen the three carparks here at the
Westfield get cut down to one and now it is none, so we have been adversely affected.” There
have been restrictions placed on visitor numbers to Westfield Stratford by the
London Olympic Games Organising Committee (LOCOG). These include only Games ticket
holders being allowed access to Westfield between 8.30am and 5pm on Friday and
Saturday. Noble
says this cut down on the ability of regular Aspers patrons to visit the casino.
He said it also affecting the numbers of people in the local area attracted to
Westfield during the Games, who could have potentially visited the casino for
the first time. LOCOG is also likely to institute another similar “lock-out”
later this year due to fears about congestion at the mall, which is between Olympic
Park and public transport links. With
the Olympics not providing the boost in business once hoped, Noble says Aspers
will now concentrate its marketing efforts on the post-Games period. “On
the 18th of September, after the Olympics and then the Paralympics are over,
we will be having a huge relaunch.” Noble
says the casino concentrates on a high volume of customers who spend relatively
little. It has a catchment area of 4.1 million people. “And
that is just in the east and the area around, north to Luton and east to Southend,”
he said. “But
what’s been surprising and also delightful is that we’ve managed to
get a lot of visitors from the west of London as well.” A
change to British gaming laws in 2007 allowed for the casino to be built without
previous restrictions that meant patrons had to become members. Aspers also owns
casinos in Newcastle, Swansea and Northampton and is planning to open a new venue
in Milton Keynes in 2003. Overall,
he says Aspers is pleased about how the Stratford business has performed given
it has already expanded since its December 2011 opening. It now has 57 gaming
tables, the highest number in Britain, up from 38 when it opened. It has room
to accommodate 80 tables. There are also now 138 electronic gaming terminals,
up from 92. The site will soon feature a bespoke poker room to go with the sports
bar, VIP bar and terrace, which has been hired out to corporate clients for the
Games. But Noble,
who is otherwise enjoying the Games, can’t wait until September. “Some
of our patrons are not able to get here at the moment but that will change once
all this is over.” (The Australian Financial Review)
Police detain 150 in Macau casino raids amid fears of new gang war...
HONG
KONG (Reuters) - Police detained more than 150 people in weekend raids on casinos
and hotels in Macau after a recent spate of killings raised fears of a new gang
war in the world's largest gambling destination. The
former Portuguese territory was gripped by gang wars in the late 1990s and the
recent murder of three people in two weeks, thought linked to the gambling industry,
comes just months ahead of the release from jail of triad boss "Broken Tooth"
Wan Kuok-koi, who wreaked havoc at that time. About
1,300 people were rounded up on Friday and Saturday in Macau and 150 of those
were taken in for questioning in the operation codenamed "Thunderbolt". "This
operation is an annual exercise to maintain public security. It is a joint exercise
undertaken by police in Guangdong province, Macau and Hong Kong to crack down
and prevent crime in this region," a Macau police spokeswoman said. In
Hong Kong, police raided 21 locations on August 2 as part of the joint operation
and arrested 130 people on suspicion of various crimes including money laundering
involving HK$300 million (24.77 million pounds), illegal gambling and prostitution. Police
also seized cash, watches and cars worth more than HK$11 million. The
Macau raids came just weeks after a Chinese woman was found murdered in a residential
area minutes away from the cavernous gambling halls of gaming magnate Sheldon
Adelson's Venetian casino. That
followed the murders of two Chinese nationals at the five-star Grand Lapa hotel
in Macau, a one-hour ferry ride from Hong Kong, and an attack at the end of June
on a senior figure in Macau's junket industry, which extends credit to rich gamblers. By
contrast, only five homicide cases were recorded between June 2011 and May 2012,
according to Macau police statistics. Macau,
which like Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, has boomed since
the 1999 handover from Portugal, with Las Vegas moguls including Adelson and Steve
Wynn setting up glitzy casino hotels. That
growth, however, has slowed significantly in the past three months, forcing junket
operators into more aggressive debt-collecting tactics. Many
of the smaller junket companies, which collect gambling debts in exchange for
a commission from casino operators, are struggling to stay in business.
IGT partners with California casino...
American
computerised gaming equipment designer and manufacturer International Game Technology
(IGT) has signed a deal that will see the Golden Acorn Casino and Travel Center
in California host an online casino application from its Double Down Interactive
subsidiary. Las
Vegas-based IGT purchased the casual games developer in January and revealed that
the Golden Acorn Casino is set to utilise its technology in order to offer casino
players free-play gaming experiences. “Golden
Acorn recognises the opportunity to provide gaming entertainment to its players
across various channels,” said Eric Tom, Global Sales Executive Vice-President
for IGT. “This
solution is allowing it to grasp an opportunity to evolve as the landscape of
gaming also changes permitting it to drive engaging gameplay directly to its casino
guests and fans of the Golden Acorn Casino and Travel Center brand.” IGT
stated that the revenue sharing partnership will see Golden Acorn use its own
website in order provide players with a ‘truly convergent gaming experience’
that is to include access to a ‘full-casino-style offering of games in one
convenient place’. “Offering
the same game titles on the web that we offer inside our casino gives us the unique
opportunity to deliver fun and engaging casino-style experiences to our players,”
said David Baggerly, Marketing Director for Golden Acorn Casino and Travel Center,
which is located 47 miles from downtown San Diego near the Mexican border. “This
is an incredible chance to drive interactive slot culture to our players while
allowing them to stay connected to our brand.” Guests
at the Golden Acorn will be able to enjoy online social versions of Texas hold‘em
poker in addition to some of IGT's top-performing slot titles including Da Vinci
Diamonds and Cleopatra. New games are to be added automatically while first-time
users will receive one million dollars in virtual chips.
Development agreement for Bally and High 5 Games...
Bally
Technologies has entered into a multi-year agreement with games developer High
5 Games to publish a substantial number of new H5G games under the Bally brand
for the worldwide land-based, mobile and online business-to-business casino gaming
markets. “We’re
excited to partner with a game creator that has such a world-class track record
of developing high-performing and engaging game content,” said Jean Venneman,
Vice President of Product Management and Licensing at Bally Technologies. “We
look forward to leveraging H5G’s newest game content to help casino operators
across the world drive revenues and delight players.” Ramesh
Srinivasan, Bally's President and Chief Operating Officer, added, “The partnership
with H5G reflects our commitment to delivering best-of-breed, cross-platform game
content to our customers. This promise is reflected in the more than 25 game studios
we have established across the globe, augmented by relationships with proven game
developers like H5G that enable us to deliver a diverse array of creative, interactive,
and exciting game content.” “We
are delighted to partner with Bally Technologies, a long-time leader in the casino
gaming industry,” said Anthony Singer, Chief Executive Officer of H5G. “With
Bally’s sophisticated new ALPHA 2 game platform, and a new Bally Interactive
division committed to mobile, online, and social business-to-business game content,
we believe that the sky is the limit for this next generation of H5G games.”
Bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc : The bearish trend should continue...
07/18/2012
Opinion : Bearish under 115.5 GBp
Target price : 83.4 GBp
Stop loss:
115.5 GBp
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE Bwin.party
(BPTY) was formed from the merger of bwin Interactive Entertainment AG and PartyGaming
Plc in March 2011 to create the world’s largest listed online gaming. Incorporated
and licensed in Gibraltar, the Group has over 2,700 employees across Europe, India,
Israel and the US. It commands leading market positions in each of four product:
online sports betting, poker, casino and bingo with some of the world’s biggest
online gaming brands including bwin, PartyPoker,
PartyCasino and
Foxy Bingo. A
month ago, we forecasted a downtrend with a target price at GBp 102. This target
was reached and we reiterate our opinion. In a bearish trend, BPTY continues to
decline. From
a fundamental viewpoint, the group is in a bad financial situation. Analysts have
recently downgraded their forecasts for earnings per share. This indicator is
often a precursor of a declining profitability and a worsening climate of investor
confidence. Even if the company has a lot of cash, it is overvalued : BPTY’s
PER for 2012 is 38.9x and 16.3x for 2013 and growth rates are low. From
a technical viewpoint, prices are in a downward trend. Moving averages are trending
down and put pressure on the stock, which confirms this downward momentum. This
trend may continue toward the GBp 95 support. Moreover, the security is testing
a pivot point at GBp 102.6 in weekly data and the significant breakdown of this
level would be a new bearish signal. Taking
into account fundamental and technical elements, investors can initiate a short
position in BPTY with a first target price at GBp 95. If the security crosses
this level, the second target price will be the long term support at GBp 83.4.
A return towards GBp 115.5, the short-term resistance area, will invalidate the
bearish strategy, which justifies a stop loss. (4 Traders) News
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News Australia
Day Special, by Greg Tingle - 26th January 2011 G'day
and Happy Australia Day everyone. Ok, we know some of you punters, journos, high
rollers - casino whales, entertainment news junkies, politicians, insiders, outsiders
and legal eagles are from across the globe are not Australia, nor have ever been
down under, but you get the idea. Did you know that some indigenous Australia's
call Australia Day 'Invasion Day'! That's because most history books show that
Captain James Cook and his crew invaded Australia on this day in 1988. They are
known by a new names including the First Fleet, while some aborigines will always
think of them and murderous mongrels, who stole their land and pride. It's easy
for many of us to get the point of the blackfellas (affectionate). Media
Man and Gambling911
with a bush tucker bag full of Australian gambling, casino, poker, media and sports
news. Fair winds... Queensland
Banana Bender State: Pub Pokies And Online Pokies Becoming More Popular?... One
armed bandits are maintaining their popularity in 'The Sunshine State'. It's understand
that punters might have only a 1 in a million chance of winning really big, lotto
- millionaire style, but they just keep coming back for more. Yep, throw another
dime in the pokie baby. Queenslanders "invested" close to $2 billion
last year as the punters passion for the slots maintained its fever pace. The
total pokies expenditure of $1.81 billion was slightly down on the previous year,
it was the third year consecutively the number exceeded $1.8 billion. We're also
learned that the 2008 figure of $1.83 billion was an all-time record. Now, this
is important - those numbers Do Not take into account the rabid take up and roll
our of online poker or sports betting. You know, betting over the global medium
- the internet. Overall, Queenslanders spent $7 million less on pokies than last
year and $28 million less than in 2008, but it still works out at in excess of
$150 million every month down the slots August was the year's biggest month for
slot gamblers, who put close to $170 million in the throats of the one armed bandits.
August was also the biggest month for gamblers in 2008, with more than $173 million
lost. Pokies remain by far the most popular games for punters in Australia, bringing
in most of the estimated $17 billion spent on all forms of gambling down under
each year. Some insiders think that the reduction in official spending was more
a sign of the increased popularity of internet and sports-based gambling. Concentrating
on pokie figures, it appears Queenslanders gambled more at the height of the global
financial crisis two years ago than they did throughout 2010. Tassie
'Devil' Gambling Tycoon Devilish Quotes... David
Walsh from Tasmania was such a big hit with the readership we thought we would
dig up a few more of the red hot 'The Devil's' quotes, that are too good not to
share. First a refresher...Art and gambling do mix, at least that's the experience
of Brits Damian Aspinall, Phil 'Tuffers' Tufnell, Australian artist Gina Sinozich,
Media Man (bodypaint and burlesque "fetish")
and Tasmanian gambling whale - tycoon, David 'Wicked' (satire) Walsh. You will
pick up on Dave's affectionate nickname by us later. We like you David, ok mate.
Tasmania's most famous or infamous gambling figure, millionaire, David Walsh yesterday
gave us a peak into his art exhibit...the biggest (and weirdest) private art gallery
in Tasmania, if not the Asia Pacific. The $110 million Museum of Old and New Art
is nestled on the banks of Hobart's Derwent River. Quotes
By The Tasmanian Devil!... "FUCK
the art, let's rock'n'roll." "I
think formal curation is a form of mental masturbation." "I'm
not really that interested in a bunch of big names. Most of the works are by people
most people haven't heard of and still won't have heard of because there's no
wall labels." "I
don't want to lose control (or) something that ends up looking like a pale version
of the National Gallery of Victoria". "Subversive
adult Disneyland". "Please
see reception if you are planning a pool party or a ritualistic orgy." "It's
the opportunity to mess with your head. I like the idea of people having a couple
of beers and looking at the art, having a couple more and changing their mind." "Just
a privileged guy with a megaphone" "It’s
like a rich man’s soap box. I’m standing on my soapbox and I’m
shouting my views like they mean something." "I’ll
take all the popular stuff out. And if you go to the toilet two or three times
we’ll recommend a good urologist." “My
brother once said about me that I’d rather be outside a barrel pissing in
than inside the barrel pissing out. I’m anti this idea that we know what
we’re doing with certainty. I kinda think that most things that are good
happen to people largely by accident, but then they start looking for explanations.
You see the views of rich, successful people on television, and they tell you
why they got rich and successful; they don’t interview all the people who
went through the same process and didn’t. I think most things are complete
crap. I want to show that you can be fortunate without believing that your fortune
was anything other than fortune." "There
are so many things we do that we hide from. We hack open cows and eat their guts
but we compartmentalise that away from our lives so we can pretend it’s not
happening. And on a larger, more important scale, if each of us acted individually
to say ‘OK, we f…ed up the atmosphere, it is our personal responsibility’,
humanity would behave in a very different way." "One
of the things about having money is that … I feel a bit of guilt and a level
of privilege, and it seems to be an obligation to do something, and since art
is what I’ve been doing....but it wasn’t really like that. It was: I
bought this small gallery, bought a bigger one, and gradually it became something
of this scale. It’s become a lot more serious endeavour than I intended it
to be. There’s a bit of thumbing my nose at the establishment and trying
to bypass academia, but mainly I just wanted it to be a bit of fun. And it is.
And it will be." "The
gambling is all a computer thing that is going on right now". Website Museum
of Old and New Art Queensland:
Cairns Reef Hotel Casino Poised To Raise Big Bucks For Flood Relief On Australia
Day... Punters,
let's all spare a thought for those who have been attacked by the floods on Australia
Day. Numerous events are being planed around Australia, from 'Sound Relief' to
and initiative from the Cairns Reef Hotel Casino 'Bring on the Sun' It will be
one of the biggest events on the Australia Day calendar for the city and all funds
raised will go to the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. There's a good old fashioned
sausage sizzle, competitions and female performers including the Marlins’
cheer squad. "The whole idea is slanted towards the female performer,"
entertainment manager Bruce Stewart said. "We’ve got an eclectic blend
of female artists coming to perform as well." Cazalys, El Mundo Tapas Bar
and the Marlin Coast Bowls Club will also host events to raise money for flood
victims. Cairns Regional Council will hold events across the region, including
the ever-popular celebrations on the Esplanade. Mayor Val Schier said the council
was expecting a good attendance as usual with residents keen to get outside and
celebrate our sunburnt country in the green and gold. "Even last year when
it poured, a huge number of people came to the Aussie breakfast; we expect the
same will happen this year, rain, hail or shine. It is one of those days where
people can come together as a community and help celebrate why it is great to
be an Australian. We live in a fantastic country and it is good for people to
get out and enjoy it." Pubs and clubs will also get into the Aussie spirit
with a number of activities on offer. Paradise Palms Resort and Country Club has
a patriotic, fun-filled day planned with activities that pay homage to Australia’s
heritage such as the much-anticipated pie-eating competition. "Everybody
is welcome to come along and have some fun while tucking into our Aussie selection
of meat pies, icy beers, lamingtons and classic Australian music by DJ Danny from
Millennium Sounds," director of sales and marketing Darlene Holdsworth said. Events Join
the celebrations Paradise
Palms Resort and Country Club Australia Day celebrations
What’s on: Australian
menu served from noon in Restaurant 59, pie-eating and thong-throwing competitions
start at 1.30pm. Pies, icy beers, lamingtons and classic Australian music on offer
at the resort.
Time: 12pm. Entry free.
Bring on the Sun at Cairns
Reef Hotel Casino
What’s on: Entertainment, sausage sizzle, raffles,
jumping castle and more with all proceeds going to the Premier’s Flood Relief
Appeal.
Time: 2pm. Entry free.
Shane Warne And Poker Mates Get VIP Star Treatment At Australian Open Tennis Sunday
Night...
The
spinner got there at 8pm hoping to get star VIP treatment for 14 of his closest
mates. In the mix was was Joe Hachem, who he had earlier caught up with at the
launch of the Aussie Millions Poker Tournament at Crown Casino. Warne requested
an escort (no, not that type silly) when he arrived and posed mostly for photographs
with his sunglasses on. He also spent time in Andy Roddick's player's box during
his loss to Swissman Stanislas Wawrinka. It been a big couple of days for "poker
her" for the legend, playing rendezvous with Liz Hurley in LA. He is expected
to play in the second round of the poker tournament and could face off against
Gary Ablett Jr and Jeff Fenech tomorrow. Blett made it through to the second round.
Australian Financial Review Goes Gaga For Lady Gaga; Gets Facts Wrong (We Think)...
It
took us a few months of going through newspapers but we finally found the AFR
to make a slip up, and its a doozy....An article reads "the complex will
have a few upmarket bars, including one on the roof, and an events theatre to
house live acts – think Lady Gaga – as well as awards nights."
With Gaga's level of popularity she would require a much larger venue than Star
City. Earlier this year, she - they played two concerts at the Sydney Entertainment
Centre, capacity 12,000 or thereabouts. Do the math. Australia's
Kylie Minogue To Do The Colosseum At Caesars Palace Las Vegas: Aphrodite Live... Mark
is down Kylie fans the word over. She's doing Ceasers Sunday May 22, 2011 8pm
Melbourne: Aussie Joker Comedian Performs At Packer's Crown; Raises Cash For Flood
Relief...
Melbourne
folks at Crown Casino recently enjoyed 'The Jokers Comedy That Rocks' at Crown
Casino. James Packer's casino donated all proceeds from last Friday night’s
show to Queensland flood victims. Organiser William Leitch has happy with the
way things went and showcased an evening with some of the city’s top stand-up
artists, including Brad Oakes, Christine Basil and Greg Fleet. It's understood
he got close to 150 people to come along, and he may be invited back on upcoming
Friday nights.
Top 100 ASX Listed Companies Respond To Flood Cry For Help; Gambling And Gaming
Industry Steps Up; Mining Firms and Banking Bastards Lead Charge...
1.
BHP Billiton: $1.3 million (in addition, matching employee donations) 2.
CBA: $1.35 million 3.
Westpac: $1 million 4.
ANZ: $1 million 5.
NAB: $1 million 6.
News Corp: $500,000 and Blue Ribbon campaign 7.
Rio Tinto: $1 million ($700,000 to Premier Relief, $300,000 to Emerald community) 8.
Wesfarmers: $7.5 million (plus $3.5 million from Coles customers) 9.
Telstra Corp: up to $1 million by matching staff contributions (so far $338,000;
is also supplying phones and free calls to people affected) 10.
Woolside Petroleum: $122,395 (corporate + employees) 11.
Woolworths: $6.9 million (matching customer donations in Woolies, Big W, Dick
Smith dollar for dollar) 14.
Fortescue Metals: Matching staff donations dollar for dollar 15.
CSL: $250,000 16.
QBE Insurance: not releasing a statement 17.
Origin energy: $1 million 18.
Macquarie Group: $200,000 (combined staff and company effort with fundraising
activities continuing both here and overseas) 19.
AXA Asia Pacific: No response 20.
Santos: $500,000 plus use of helicopters and vehicles for clean up. Also $50,000
for flooding in WA 21.
Coal and Allied Industries: (see Rio Tinto) 22.
AMP: $250,000 + matching employee contributions to WA flood appeal up to $250,000 23.
Suncorp Group: $100,000 (staff and customers have donated $1.5million) 24.
Foster's Group: $500,000 25.
Brambles: No response 26.
Leighton Holdings: No response 27.
Orica: No response 28.
Oil Search: No response 29.
Stockland: Donated $250,000 to the Premier's flood relief appeal, another $30,000
to the Mayoress Rockhampton regional flood appeal and are matching employee donations
dollar for dollar 30.
Coca. Cola Amatil: No response 31.
Amcor: No response 32.
Westfield Retail Trust: No response 33.
IAG: No response 39.
Crown: Donation tins in Crown complexes and have committed to matching all donations
as well as staff contributions 52.
Tabcorp Holdings: $1 million 78.
Tatts Group: Going to run a dedicated lottery for the Queensland flood appeal
where all profits will go to the Premier's Flood Appeal. They ran the same thing
in Victoria after the Black Saturday bushfires. It will run on Wednesday 2 Feb
in Queensland and is expected to raise $200,000. In addition, another donation
will be made from the unclaimed prizes fund of an as. yet undecided amount 79.
Fairfax Media: Matching staff donations 100.
Seek: Reported it had made a donation to the Premier's Flood Appeal but chose
not to disclose how much Brisbane:
Flood Relief Money Gets Spend On Pokies, Vice - Piss Up At Pubs... It's
been reported in a number of Queensland newspapers that the $1000 flood relief
grants that went to many good folks in Granville are being used to feed slots
and buy piss (beer) rather than food and necessities. Two Maryborough publicans
say that in some instances the answer to that is yes, and they are disgusted.
One of the publicans was so incensed by the misuse of flood relief money she telephoned
Fairfax Media to complain. "A man came in bragging about how he’d got
the $1000 payout because he told Centrelink he was stuck in Granville – but
he was here the whole time. It makes me sick that people are openly admitting
they’ve got the money for nothing, while there are people who’ve died
or lost everything." She said Centrelink should have screened the applications
more carefully to make sure only people who were genuinely in need received the
cash. Another pub owner said his one armed bandits had not stopped buzzing since
the grants became available. "We were quiet during the actual floods but
this week’s been totally different. The pokies and the bottle shop have been
going non-stop." Yeah, Aussie continue to love a punt, rain, hail, shine
or flood! Aussie
Millions Game 8 Results... The
London based chap took down the $1,100 8 game mixed event title at Crown Casino
in Melbourne adding AUD$23,800 to his almost $1.2 million in career tournament
earnings. He entered the final table as the short stack, but managed to grind
his way to victory and nudge away Australia's Bruno Portaro for the victory. The
event marked Ashby's 8th final table appearance at the Aussie Millions that includes
a side-event win back in 2005 and a seventh-place finish in the main event in
2009. Ashby also won his first WSOP bracelet this summer in the $1,500 7 Card
Stud event and went well in the $10k H.O.R.S.E. for his biggest career score of
$378,027. The 2011 Aussie Millions $1,100 8-Game Mixed event drew 68-players and
paid the final 7. Here
are the results:
1 Richard Ashby AUD$23,800
2 Bruno Portaro AUD$16,320
3 Casey Kastle AUD$10,880
4 Daniel Ospina AUD$6,800
5 Oliver Gill AUD$4,760
6 Dane Coltman AUD$3,400
7 Paul Ravesi AUD$2,040 Aussie
Main Event Day 1b: PartyPoker And Full Tilt Poker Players Feel The Pain... PartyGaming's
PartyPoker and Full
Tilt Poker's powers that be likely won't be celebrating. Ok, they got news coverage
and exposure, but its because their players are out. Yep, history maties. Full
Tilt went well on Day 1a but Day 1b was rooted. Many of the big name pros went
down for the count as locals stepped up. 209 players entered the Crown Poker room
but after 7 levels of play, 80 remained. David Oppenheim, Annette Obrestad, Carlos
Mortensen, David Benyamine, Andrew Feldman, Steve Yea, Andy Bloch and Gus Hansen
were some of the Full Tilt players who died. Other casualties included Luke Santo,
Raj Ramakrishnan, George Moussa, Michael Pedley, Graeme Putt, Martin Comer, Dennis
Huntly, Jamie Pickering, Bruno Portaro, Casey Kastle, Ben Savage and Tim Marsters.
2005 World Champion Joe Hachem (tweeting he struggled with jetlag following a
recent trip to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.) Defending champ, 2010 Aussie
Millions Main Event winner Tyron Krost (PartyGaming's PartyPoker
pro went down too). A new champ will be crowned in 2011 with plenty of Aussies
still in contention. The field kicked off with Jeff Rossier in the lead with 154,900,
closely followed by Michael Ottobra (143,400) and Martin Drewe, After winning
the Opening Event last week and going deep in another event, Drewe is now set
in the chip leaders in the Main Event after getting to 136,100. Jay “SEABEAST”
Kinkade did nicely with 128,700, Haibo Chu (113,900), Manny Stavropoulos (85,600),
Sorel Mizzi (74,400), Michael Egan (61,100), Kent Hunter (56,400), Jeff Lisandro
(55,000), Eric Assadourian (50,300), Scott Montgomery (49,200), Chris Ferguson
(45,400), Lee Nelson (30,200), Neil Channing (28,800), Roland de Wolfe (26,100),
Aleks Brkovic (24,600), Jackie Glazier (21,900), Grant Levy (18,300), Gary Benson
(10,500) and Mel Judah (7,200) amongst those who will return on Day 2. The 3rd
and final flight of the 2011 Aussie Millions Main will commence Tuesday with another
strong field and a few big names expected. Even Van Marcus will front up. Van,
is your Red Ferrari safe this time mate? We're looking for more good fodder to
write about. How about do a publicity stunt and make world wide headlines ago.
Maybe someone at Crown Casino - Crown Limited might be open to it. Stanger things
have happened... like Ferrari's getting stolen on site, casino fights and a man
getting stuck in the Crown Casino kitchen grease vacuum. Aussie
Millions Event #9 Day 1b: Rossiter In Front... It
was down to business with players investing AUD$10,600 to buy in all with the
goal of becoming the 2011 Aussie Millions Champion. 7 seven levels of play, and
the 209-player field went to 80. Jeff Rossiter is in front with 154,900. Martin
Drewe, 2011 Aussie Millions Event #1 winner with 136,100 - now 3rd on the leaderboard.
Australian Jay Kinkade is on 128,700, and European Poker Tour mainstay Jeff Sarwer
sits 5th with 120,500. Randy "nanonoko" Lew has 110,000 and Gavin Griffin
101,700 in 9th ninth and 10th place. Sorel Mizzi, Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Assadourian,
Team Full Tilt's Chris Ferguson, Full Tilt Poker Red Pros Scott Montgomery and
Roland de Wolfe, Neil Channing, and Lee Nelson have also all made it to Wednesday's
Day 2, but it was touch and go for some of them, testing the skill VS luck debate.
Full Tilt Poker $25,000 Shootout Invitational winner David Oppenheim, Annette
Obrestad, Carlos Mortensen, Andy Bloch, David Benyamine, Andrew Feldman, Gus Hansen,
Joe Hachem, and David Steicke all had to say goodnight nurse. PartyGaming's -
PartyPoker Tyron
Krost was eliminated in a hand VS Gavin Griffin where his Ace-Queen couldn't best
Griffin's Aces. The 3rd and final Day 1 flight commences Tuesday in Melbourne,
Australia at 12:30 p.m. local time. Getting
board of poker yet? If so, try your luck er skill at Baccarat or Craps. If your
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and World Poker
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online casino brand in Australia despite big efforts by the likes of 888. Marvel
slot games are forecast to be some of the most popular of this year with Captain
America and Thor
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