I'll start a blog style thread on the Forum and photos from the trip will be posted on my return. Ian

LONDON - Daily Mail, The Times & Guardian
Billionaire gambler wins High Court bid to avoid paying £2m casino debt for 'unfair game'
'Fat Man' wins legal battle over £2m gambling debt
Judge writes off Fat Man's £2m gambling debts at casino

The Mail article gives a detailed and vivid account of Mr Fouad al-Zayat's play at Aspinalls. The dispute originally caused by management's refusal to change a dealer and has ended with the club accused of giving illegal credit.

www.aspinalls-club.com

Macau - CNN Talk Asia & Macau Daily Times
Steve Wynn: Casino mogul moves on Macau
One dead as CotaiJet collides with fishing boat
http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/home.aspx

Grand Lisboa jackpot winners win over HK$2.2 million
Gambling scam cheats businessman out of 3.5 million yuan
 

STOCKHOLM - The Local
Sweden may open door to foreign gambling operators

PORT OF SPAIN - Trinidad Express
Stop these 'nasty' casinos now

RENO - Yahoo/AP
Int'l Game Technology COO Steve Morro to resign
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IGT
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IGT
 

British News
£10m racetrack could expand, investors told
www.towcester-racecourse.co.uk
Robbers with gun hold up bookies - Telford

Unclarity remains over Betbrokers funds - Daily Telegraph
Betbrokers forced to refuse wagers as funds run low - The Times. 10th June.
www.betbrokers.com
www.winningedge.com
 

Online & Interactive
Playtech H1 profit soars
Buoyant Playtech amasses $300m war chest
www.playtech.com
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PTEC.L

Additional news
PacificNet Inc. Reaches Settlement in Bondholder Suit 
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PACT.PK
 

Hurricane Gustav
Shares of Gulf Coast casino operators gain - CNN/AP
 

LAS VEGAS - Yahoo/Business Wire
Progressive Gaming to Effect Reverse Stock Split
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PGIC - Presently at 69 cents.

INDIANA - Yahoo/PRNewswire
PokerTek Installs First Fully Automated Poker Room in Indiana at French Lick Resort Casino
www.frenchlick.com
 

LAS VEGAS - PRNewswire
Gaming Standards Association Welcomes Nine New Members
www.gamingstandards.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eckyMPgg-M4 - G2S Ginsu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMJHm9EszWs - New World
 

MANCHESTER - Manchester Evening News
Women at risk from gambling
www.did.stu.mmu.ac.uk/commercial/gambling_forum.php

POIPET, CAMBODIA - Irin Asia
CAMBODIA: Gambling fuels poverty
www.flickr.com/search/?q=poipet+casinos
 

Additional news
Tennis: Gambling cloud haunts Davydenko after upset loss
Betting on a Palin withdrawal
www.intrade.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_U-7CTAJcw
McCain More Likely to Drop Palin, Bookmakers Say
Tattersalls wins licence to run new lotto game - ABC News
Surprise over no tax hike for gaming sector - Malaysia
 

SOUTH KOREA - Bloomberg
Kangwon, Paradise Fall on Plan to Double Casino Tax
www.kangwonland.com
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=SEO%3A035250
www.paradisegroup.co.kr/en
www.paradisehotel.co.kr
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=KDQ:034230

NEW YORK - Bloomberg
Dollar Climbs to Six-Month High Against Euro as Oil Price Falls
 

Hurricane Gustav
Two Pinnacle Entertainment Properties in Louisiana Report Minimal Damage from Hurricane Gustav - Yahoo/PRNewswire
No disaster for Hard Rock with Gustav - USA Today
Casinos spared major damage from storm - Biloxi Sun-Herald
 

Online & Interactive
Gaming VC Says Offer Talks Ended, Earnings Will Meet Estimates
www.gamingvc.com
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GVC.L
 

Macau
Macau casinos could benefit from loosening of travel restrictions between China and Taiwan - Analyst opinion
Ahead of the Bell: Macau casinos
 

Additional news
The personal and social impacts of pokie machines - New Zealand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1I2Jguik7M
Poker gurus go all in for growth of game in Asia - Hong Kong Standard
 

LAS VEGAS - CNN/AP
Star Trek: The Experience closing down

GERMANY - Spiegel Online
Football Bodies to Investigate Match-Fixing Claims

LONDON - Daily Mail
Has lucky No 17 cost high-rolling soccer boss £5 million?

Las Vegas Sands
Sands 'misunderstood' in Macau: president - Macau Daily Times
A Macau profit not yet in sight: Venetian

"Las Vegas Sands president and chief operating officer William Weidner said yesterday that the company had so far not made a single dollar from its Macau operation and he was unsure when the investment was likely to turn a profit."

Las Vegas Sands Plans to Build Casino in Taipei or Kaohsiung - CENS.com

"The ideal sites for casino, said Weidner, are places with large population and convenient transportation, like Taipei and Kaohsiung."

Online & Interactive
Internet Poker Fans Are Playing Politics at Party Conventions

Additional news
Police release name of man, 24, killed in River Cree Casino shooting
Amax Shareholders Approve All Resolutions at Annual General Meeting
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott Stars in New TV Show This Week
Armed robbers jailed after series of raids on bookies - Rugby
Multibuild wins casino contract - Aberdeen
 

New Orleans Orders Evacuation as Gustav Reaches Gulf
Grand Biloxi Announces Closure Due to Approaching Hurricane
Harrah's New Orleans Announces Closure Due to Approaching Hurricane
www.harrahs.com
www.harrahs.com/hurricane
Isle of Capri Properties in Lake Charles, La. and Biloxi, Miss. to Close
Isle of Capri Casino in Natchez, Miss. Closed Due to Hurricane Gustav
www.islecorp.com
Mississippi's 11 casinos brace for Gustav - Yahoo/AP
Stock Picks: Casinos In Gustav's Path - CNBC
Gulf Coast Casinos Expected To Weather Gustav's Storm - Dow Jones
 

U.K. - Reuters
UK downturn deeper than feared: finance minister

U.K. - The Guardian/Observer & Sunday Telegraph
Honest Ernie - the man to trust for a flutter in difficult economic times
www.nsandi.com/products/pb/index.jsp
Foreign lotteries eye Camelot stake
www.camelotgroup.co.uk

INDIANA - Chicago Tribune
Horseshoe Casino to pay $59,000 fine

GOA, INDIA - DaijiWorld.com
Panaji: Govt Working on Separate Legislation Governing Casinos

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - Canada.com/Vancouver Sun
1 dead, 1 injured in Edmonton casino shooting
www.rivercreeresort.com
 

Las Vegas
Tourism and Gaming - McCarran traffic takes another dive

"For seven months, volume is down 4 percent to 26.9 million passengers compared with 28 million for seven months in 2007."

Despite other stalled projects, CityCenter still on track

Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel Now Open to the Public - MW/PRNewswire
www.cannerycasinos.com
www.eastsidecannery.com
Eastside Cannery: Opening night lures crowd
www.reviewjournal.com/media/video/canneryeast.html
www.reviewjournal.com/media/slideshow/canneryeast/
 

KUALA LUMPUR - Yahoo Singapore/Reuters & Malaysian Star
Malaysia's Genting Q2 falls on weak power ops
Genting profit down despite higher revenue
www.genting.com.my
www.genting.com
http://finance.google.co.uk/finance?q=KUL:GENTING
www.flickr.com/photos/francocampione/144604026/ - Genting Highlands - Hotel First World
 

Online & Interactive
Leisure: PartyGaming fails to draw poker players - The Guardian
Casino users boost Partygaming profits - The Independent
Vanguard Managers Invested in Illegal Web Gambling, Suit Says
Vanguard sued for "illegal gambling" investments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vanguard_Group
 

Additional U.S. news
Web poker banned, they play politics - Denver. Democratic National Convention
Caught On Tape: Fake Officers Rob Brooklyn Gambling Parlor
Probe: Unapproved material spread Vegas hotel fire
Tribe asks judge to stop Harrah's Kan. casino
Chinese bankers, wives found guilty in bank scam - Money laundering in L.V.
Two BOC managers convicted of money laundering in Vegas
Report on Lucky Star Casino fuels allegations - Oklahoma
Robber of several casinos gets 20-year term - Montana