Fed Outlines Pros And Cons Of A US digital Dollar -- But Avoids Taking A Stand for Now

China, which outlawed cryptocurrency last year, is leading the "in-development" pack with the digital yuan, having trialed over $5 billion worth of transactions since June 2021. China has conducted various real-world pilot runs to test the "reliability of economic theories, the stability of systems and the controllability of risks," according to a recent report by the People's Bank of China. These pilot runs included giving digital yuan to a random pool of applicants to be spent at designated offline locations or on the site of China's largest online retailer, JD.com. 

Guests enjoying the pool at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Friday afternoon were caught by surprise when a dust devil swept away their lounge chairs and belongings, leaving at least one person injured.

'Back then Victoria started with 10,000 machines, today there are almost 30,000 poker machines and despite mandatory closing laws operators have found loopholes to provide gambling access 24 hours a day - and in some of Victoria's most vulnerable communities.'

Alliance for Gambling Reform coordinator Anna Bardsley has led calls for a reduction in venue trading hours, spin rates and maximum bets after a shocking new report revealed Victorians alone had lost an estimated $66 billion to pokies in the last 30 years.

Only Macau's casinos have been allowed to stay open in an effort to ensure job security. The government relies on the industry for more than 80% of its tax revenue with most of the population employed directly or indirectly by the casino resorts.

"With the economy and borders opening up, Okada Manila is expected to sustain the momentum," current management said in the statement as it held its first news conference since it took physical control of the casino on May 31.

A powerful dust devil brought a hot summer pool day at Luxor Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to a full stop, lifting debris and lounge chairs into the air. At least one person was injured from the blip in weather

This week marks 30 years since Victoria introduced the first pokie machines at a pub in Melbourne's eastern outskirts, which then premier Joan Kirner described would result in 'better social, recreational facilities and a better night out.'

A video shared by TikTok user @hollyvagabond shows the swirling, poolside twister lifting up debris and pushing lounge chairs. People can be heard screaming, and several other people scramble to get out of the pool and retrieve their things.

The Grand Lisboa is the second casino hotel to be locked down in recent weeks.
Owned by SJM Holdings, which was started by former Macau kingpin Stanley Ho, the Lisboa is one of the city's best known landmarks.

Universal has agreed to merge Okada Manila with 26 Capital Acquisition Corp, a Nasdaq-listed blank check firm, for $2.5 billion and has extended its deadline for the merger to Sept. 30 in the wake of the takeover of the property.

US digital wallets could upend commercial banking Digital wallets issued by the Fed, though, would be a destabilizing form of CBDC. "It really messes with the general pyramidal structure of central banking as a concept, which has always been that central banks are not bankers to average citizens," according to Peebles. As a rule, central bankers oversee the banking system, whereas private banks interact with the consumer. 

HONG KONG, July 6 (Reuters) - Macau has locked down one of the city's most famous hotels, the Grand Lisboa, after more than a dozen COVID-19 cases were found there on Tuesday, with infections spreading rapidly in the world's biggest gambling hub.

The 44-hectare (108-acre) Okada Manila started operations late in 2016. With 993 suites and villas, 500 table games and 3,000 electronic gaming machines, it is the biggest of four multi-billion dollar casino-resorts operating in the capital of the Philippines, which has one of Asia's most freewheeling gaming industries.

Such a shift would be destabilizing, Peebles noted, because if the average person can make everyday payments through a Fed account, there's less reason to keep an account at a private bank. "That might push private banks away from what they've gradually morphed into today -- this deposit facility -- and send them back to their original task: just providing loans," Peebles said.

Foot traffic in June climbed 8% from a month earlier and was around 74% of its pre-pandemic level, it said in a statement, also saying that the casino planned to open more shops and add entertainment attractions.

"With the economy and borders opening up, Okada Manila is expected to sustain the momentum," management said in the statement as it held its first news conference since it took physical control of the casino on May 31.

Filipino associates of Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada seized the $3.3 billion casino, which is held by Tiger Resort, Leisure & Entertainment, ousting its previous management with the help of private security guards and local police.

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