Casino pays $28,000 for Holy toast
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An internet casino has purchased a grilled cheese sandwich on eBay that bears the image of the Virgin Mary. Despite being 10 years old and having one bite taken out of it, the slice of Heaven has, perhaps miraculously, stayed free of mould.
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TORONTO - People with gambling problems account for more than a third of the $4 billion spent each year by Ontario residents at casinos, racetracks and lottery kiosks, a new study suggests.
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With a falling dollar sweetening the deal for international travelers, a record-setting number of tourists visited the city last year, spending an estimated $28 billion, tourism officials said.
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Harrah&#39;s Entertainment Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Inc. will sell an East Chicago riverboat casino and three other gambling resorts for $1.
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Winners of Spain's Christmas lottery celebrated yesterday by drinking toasts and singing songs after thousands took a share of the $3.1 billion in prizes. via Winnipeg Sun
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The 16 churches the Archdiocese of Boston put up for sale this week are worth about $28 million, according to local tax assessors.
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An internet casino operator said it is offering Donald Trump $US400 million ($561.25 million) for a stake in his ailing casino company.
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A lunch date with billionaire investor Warren Buffett is getting pricier. Someone paid &#36;620,100 in an online charity auction to dine with the Oracle of Omaha in New York. In last year&#039;s auction, the winning bid was &#36;351,100.
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SACRAMENTO  Five new Indian gambling agreements expected to be released Wednesday each promise the state up to 25 percent of gaming revenues, although little of the money will be seen for several years.
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ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Gambling is the only thing missing from a new Indian casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, mistakenly built in an area where gambling is illegal.
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INDIANAPOLIS - An online casino offered $65,000 Monday for a metal walking cane that an Indiana woman put up for sale in hopes her son would believe his grandfather's ghost would leave their house with it.
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Rolling the dice at a craps table or  wagering a paycheck playing poker may not be the most rational  use of money, but one casino operator is hoping investors will  find its stock a better bet.
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A grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary has been sold for $28 000 (R168 000) in an eBay auction, according to the online casino that bought it from a woman in Hollywood, Florida.
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LAS VEGAS -- Private equity bidders extended their shopping spree for casino companies yesterday as Station Casinos Inc. said it received a $4.7 billion buyout offer from its founding family and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC.
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Harrah's Entertainment, the world's biggest casino firm, accepts a $17.1bn bid from two private equity firms.
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Today, they forked over more than 28-thousand dollars for half a grilled cheese sandwich that&#39;s more than ten years old. The seller claims it bears the image of the Virgin Mary.
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A ten year old cheese sandwich has just fetched $28,000 on the internet auction site eBay, for apparently bearing a likeness of the Virgin Mary.