Ivana. Marla. Melania. These are the names of his wives. But the melodrama Friday was strictly scripted for Donald Trump.
Never one to hide his light beneath a bushel, the consummate dealmaker and master showman jumped from "real" reality television to the more traditional fictionalized version.
Yes, the star attraction of General Electric's NBC smash The Apprentice is appearing on a soap opera.
The word "bingo" tends to conjure up images of smoky halls and throngs of seniors armed with ink-filled card-dabbers, but the traditional parlours are coming under pressure from the Internet.
Oakville, Ont.-based Parlay Entertainment Inc., which has been in the business of developing gambling software for on-line casinos for almost a decade, is quietly capitalizing on the trend. Competing with firms such as the Globalcom network, Chartwell Technology Inc. and Playtech Cyprus Ltd., it's the leading developer and licensor of Internet bingo systems.
The last time George Clooney scored big in Las Vegas, he played a character who ripped off a casino in the movie "Ocean's Eleven." This time, instead of taking oodles of cash out of a megaresort, the actor's putting a sizable chunk of his own money into one.
Clooney has invested an undisclosed amount in a proposed $3 billion development called Las Ramblas to be built just east of the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.
GoldenPalace.com, the online casino famous for turning eBay into the ultimate advertising vehicle by acquiring several outrageous items is at it again. They have paid $18,000 to shave a woman's head and permanently tattoo `GoldenPalacePoker.com', the website of the popular online poker room, on her bare cranium.
The eBay seller, Molly Demers, will be wearing the casino's brand on the top and back of her bald head for one year.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has given the United States until April to clarify its laws permitting Internet betting on horse racing but banning all other types of online gambling.
Washington hopes the clarification will end the long-running trade dispute with the tiny Caribbean island nation of Antigua, which is attempting to rebuild its hurricane ravished economy with online casinos.
Don't bet on it being resolved anytime soon, experts say.
The NBA has selected Las Vegas to host the 2007 All-Star Game, according to Terry Jicinsky, senior vice president of marketing at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), which has been bidding for the event.
Getting the All-Star Game will strengthen Las Vegas' bid to score its first pro team. The gambling mecca is the USA's largest metro market without a major professional sports team. With a population heading toward 2 million, Las Vegas ranks as the fastest-growing city in the country
A new Deutsche Bank study of the northern Nevada gambling market is pitching Reno as "the biggest little locals market in the world."
"Even though the gaming market in Reno has remained soft over the past 10 years, we see a silver lining that goes unnoticed," said Deutsche Bank analyst Marc Falcone. "We believe further development of newer and high-quality properties is in the cards and likely to generate above-market returns (for investors)."
After a marathon 15-hour final round, an Australian chiropractor turned professional card player has emerged as the new champion of the World Series of Poker. The victory earned him $7.5 million and placed him, for the moment, atop a wave of poker-mania that in the past few years has swept the country.
"How could it not change my life?" 39-year-old Joseph Hachem, his face pasty after a long night and morning in a darkened upstairs card room of Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in downtown Las Vegas. "It changes everything."
The Schwarzenegger administration is willing to consider restoring $20 million in tribal gambling money for Riverside, Tulare and other counties after vetoing the funding Monday, two Coachella Valley legislators said Wednesday.
After meeting with administration officials, Sen. Jim Battin, R-La Quinta, and Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, R-Cathedral City, said they were optimistic there is a good chance the money can be restored this year.
The buyer of Nova Scotia's two casinos has negotiated a contract with the province that gaming officials insisted Monday makes responsible gambling "a priority consideration" of its operations.
The Great Canadian Gaming Corp., which purchased the casinos in Sydney and Halifax for $73.7 million US in May, has negotiated a new "responsible" operating contract with the Nova Scotia Gaming Corp
