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Last week, I checked into The D Las Vegas (formerly Fitzgerald’s), a cool hotel and casino.
The ‘D’ might stand for its neighborhood, Downtown Las Vegas, its owner Derek Stevens or his hometown, Detroit, Michigan.
Whatever the case, the joint radiates appealingly old-school vibes befitting of Stevens, who made the tricky and unusual jump from casino gambler to casino owner.
One of the first things I noticed upon entering my room: was a print secured to the bathroom wall (yes, a pitstop...
In the first eight months of 2024, over 23 million visitors arrived in Macao – an increase of more than a third compared to the same period from a year ago, according to data from the Macao Government Tourism Office. While some visitors crowd the city streets to try egg tarts or photograph historical landmarks, others head to the casinos, filling gaming tables with hopes of winning it big.
As the cards are dealt, punters quickly shift their focus to the rank and suits printed on each one...
A husband and wife were recently arrested for allegedly stealing more than $650K in cash and casino chips from the cashier’s cage at Nevada’s Primm Valley Casino.
Primm Valley Resort & Casino, pictured above. A couple was arrested for allegedly stealing cash and chips from the gaming property. (Image: Expedia)
Last week, Lydia Salmen, 70, allegedly “jumped over the counter” at the cage and made off with $625,569.47 in currency and lots of coins and chips, police said.
Both she and her...
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Teens Responsible for the Crime
The alleged suspects are two 16-year-olds and one 18-year-old. They’re all males. Per the Prince George’s County Police Department, they were arrested and taken into custody. The incident occurred at around 2:45 p.m. this past Saturday. However, there were others that took part in the incident that have seemingly not yet been found.
After setting off the...
A Macau casino pit boss is accused of stealing gaming chips from her employer in the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR).
Macau Judiciary Police officers conduct random patron checks on July 28, 2024, inside a Cotai Strip casino. Law enforcement says its ongoing surveillance of the Chinese gaming hub detected a pit supervisor stealing high-value chips from a roulette table. (Image: Macau SAR Government)
Macau’s Judiciary Police says surveillance video of a nondisclosed casino floor...
You could say Paul Schaffer is a gambling man.
That’s because the Kansas City, Missouri, USA, resident has the largest collection of casino chips, with 2,250 of them to his name.
Paul has been a collector his whole life and says he loves the thrill of hunting down difficult-to-find items.
He says when he first began collecting chips 20 years ago, it was because you could go to a casino and for one dollar, you could get a chip or token that was cheaper than other souvenirs and could be...
Casino dealer pocketed S$55,000 worth of chips by slipping them into his pants, gets jail
He would cover his hand with a piece of paper and grab a high-value chip before slipping it into his waistband, or through the zipper of his trousers.
Over about four months, the casino dealer pocketed chips worth at least S$55,000 from his floats. (Photo: iStock)
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Lydia Lam
@LydiaLamCNA
01 Oct 2024 01:39PM
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