Photo of Gaming House Korona in Moscow

Reporter Sara Miller Llana talks about a spike in the crime rate in Caracas and the problem it poses for populist Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Caracas, Venezuela - It's Friday night in Petare, a hillside slum in Venezuela's crime-ridden capital ...

MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - More than 1,000 casinos have been closed down in Moscow in the past 18 months under a law passed last year to move gambling from large cities to far-flung regions, a Moscow government official said on Friday. Under ...

Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus (R) has worked hard to ensure that online gambling prohibition stays in place.  He knows the tide is turning but Bachus won't go down without a fight. "I keep saying to everyone involved, if people want to go to a ...

MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - More than 1,000 casinos have been closed down in Moscow in the past 18 months under a law passed last year to move gambling from large cities to far-flung regions, a Moscow government official said on Friday. Under ...

One door remained open Monday at the venerable Fitzgeralds Casino-Hotel, the day after it officially closed for good as a downtown gaming property, ending a 32-year run. Workers from the big three gaming machine operators -- IGT, Bally and WMS ...

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Amber Humphrey, Johnny Ray Huston, Lynn Rapoport, Sara Schieron, Jason Shamai, and Matt Sussman. The film intern is Louis Peitzman ...

KALININGRAD, Russia : This is what passes for humor in Kaliningrad these days: Iskander missile tourism. Dipping deep into his reservoir of black humor, Vladimir N. Abramov tries out this sales pitch for his region, a cold war garrison turned ...

UNDAUNTED by the global credit crisis and recession, the annual “Millionaire’s Fair” has opened in Moscow. With invitations sent to all 12,000 millionaires in Russia, the fair is a playground for cash-rich Russian Oligarchs with nothing better ...

It’s not as serious as the Grinch who stole Christmas or anything like that. But here’s another indication that a weakened economy has put a hurting on the holiday season in Atlantic City’s casinos. No Nutcracker. For the first time in years ...

No "Nutcracker." For the first time in years, the holiday season will pass without at least one performance of "The Nutcracker" in a casino venue. Through the years, the Tchaikovsky classic has been presented in various Atlantic City showrooms by ...