Researchers have identified a strange side effect to a treatment for Parkinson's disease: excessive gambling.
Some patients taking medications known as dopamine agonists developed the problem within six months of starting treatment, even though they had previously gambled only occasionally or never at all. "This is a striking effect," remarks J. Eric Ahlskog of the Mayo Clinic, a co-author of the new study. "Pathological gambling induced by a drug is really quite unusual."
The Company renowned for outrageous advertising is at it again. GoldenPalace, the Internet casino that helped turn eBay into the ultimate online advertising vehicle, has spent $10,000 to permanently tattoo their website address on a woman’s forehead.
Using eBay’s “Buy It Now” option, GoldenPalace won the privilege of placing a permanent ad tattoo on Karolyne Smith’s forehead, making her the first female to have the casino’s brand mark her for life. Brent Moffatt AKA “The Human Pincushion” has already allowed GoldenPalace to make a lasting impression on him.
Marie from Illinois had only been a Kiwi Casino player for two days when she struck gold on the Gold Rally slots. After just nine spins of the reels she turned a $16 bet into a $295,000 win.
“I was so shocked I could not believe my eyes when I won the progressive,” said Marie, “I had to call my son and my best friend to come and see what I won since I could not believe my eyes!”
Slot machines featuring comedians Paul Rodriguez and George Lopez and tennis star Andre Agassi will appear in casinos this summer. Drew Carey's machine recently was launched. Pamela Anderson and Donald Trump hit the Atlantic City Boardwalk to inaugurate her Playboy machine at the Trump Taj Mahal, following its premiere earlier this year in Las Vegas.
Some celebs have had slot machines for a few years: Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Taylor and The Gambler himself, Kenny Rogers. And actors appear on slots with TV or movie tie-ins such as Star Wars, The Addams Family and Saturday Night Live.
A group of US businessmen will start building “Euro Las Vegas” in 2006. It will be the first European casino complex in the style of Las Vegas and it will have hotels, stores and restaurants for 35,000 people. According to the mayor of the village, it will be a unique opportunity which will employ around 12,000 people.
This small and forgotten village, with 1,500 inhabitants, was chosen by a group of investors who dream to build a center of hotels, casinos, stores and restaurants with a 35,000 people capacity.
Mahjong Mania, a trading name for gaming software developer Mahjong Systems Limited is pleased to announce a major software agreement with online casino leader, Gambling Federation. The deal will have Mahjong Mania provide its industry-leading Mahjong software to Gambling Federation for use within its online gaming suite.
Gambling Federation’s CEO Flaviano Fogli commented, “We are very pleased to work with Mahjong Mania to increase the scope of our gaming suite.
Virgin Games, billionaire Richard Branson’s winning online gambling website, announced its addition of Virgin Online Bingo. Branson held a launch party at the Roof Gardens in the Kensington borough of London.
Virgin Bingo will target a primarily British audience and will use the UK 90-ball bingo system. Cards will be priced from 5p to £1 and jackpots will start at £5,000. Branson hopes that low buy-ins will attract players from all walks of life, and make Virgin Bingo into the UK’s most popular online bingo site.
The World Poker Tour has awarded more than us$ 100 million cumulatively through its first three years.
Keeping the momentum in high gear, the World Poker Tour (WPT) launched its Season IV at The Mirage with another record-setting tournament. More than 317 players turned out for the us$ 3,074,900 event, which will boast a first prize of us$ 1,128,278.
The term online casino has become synonymous with gambling and winning huge sums of money. The majority of people would never associate an online casino with giving to charity. As it so happens, there are numerous online casinos that donate a portion of their revenues to various charities, regularly.
One of the most successful online casinos in the UK called Getminted is hosting a celebrity online poker tournament, which will be held tonight, the 24th of May at 8 pm (GMT). The online casino hopes to raise money for a non-profit organization called Sport Aiding Medical Research for Kids, or SPARKS in short.
Star Wars followers may know what happens in the final installment of the highly anticipated Star Wars prequel, but Sportsbook is offering fans a chance to wager on something they don’t know: the film’s gross for the opening weekend.
Opening in theatres May 19, the movie is expected to dominate at the box office this summer, though it is not expected to approach the opening weekend record gross of $114,844,116 set by Spider-Man in 2002.
