LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) --
After spending two shuttered
years living up to its name,
the Castaways hotel and
casino went out with a bang
Wednesday morning.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The
late Australian media
magnate Kerry Packer was a
brilliant businessman with a
talent for high stakes
gambles, who was still
negotiating massive deals
even as he knew his death
drew nearer.
WASHINGTON — A California congressman
who accepted campaign cash from
disgraced ex-lobbyist
Jack Abramoff and used his sports
box for a fundraiser interceded on
behalf of two American Indian tribes
that were represented by Abramoff's
firm, documents show....
UNITED STATES - Many governmental
entities have turned to legalized
gambling as a revenue source preferrable
to tax increases on the residents of a
particular area. Gambling revenues are
used to finance continually growing
demand for government services.....
US - When Chris Moneymaker won the
televised 2003 World Series of Poker
after first wagering $39 in an online
tournament, wannabe pro gamblers across
the country turned to their own
computers in hopes of repeating
history....
MACAU - The best opportunities may lie
in providing services--shipping,
finance, legal--to facilitate mainland
exports through Macau to the rest of the
world, and conversely inflows of goods
and investment to the mainland. Gambling
tourism is also an important area of
potential economic growth and foreign
exchange earnings.
