Las Vegas - Yahoo/AP
Ahead of the Bell: New Year's OK for Vegas casinos

Cambodia - Yahoo/Business Wire
Elixir Gaming Enters into Agreement with NagaWorld Limited
www.elixirgaming.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=EGT
www.nagaworld.com

Malta - Malta Independent
Malta-based companies abetting illegal Internet gambling operations
www.bodoglife.com
www.lga.org.mt - Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority

Macau
Bets are off for Macau gambling boom - BBC Asia

"The US-based Las Vegas Sands group has halted construction of five new hotels, huge shopping centres and several new casinos. About 10,000 foreign workers and 2,000 workers from Macau have lost their jobs so far."

Macau Daily Times
SJM says company to try its best to maintain staff's interest
Galaxy says salary arrangement to be announced this week
Gaming training course reports to drop in registration
TDM English News - 3rd January
 
 

British News
Gamblers 'to be able to bet and win twice as much on slot machines'

BACTA appear to have been succesful in their lobbying of Government ministers for the introduction of £70 jackpots for 10's of thousands of Pub and Arcade slots.

www.bacta.org.uk
Jackpots and stakes doubled as gaming industry given boost by ministers
Comment: Fruit machines could start a life-long addiction

Fears that gambling addiction will soar as ministers relax rules
Bigger prizes and bets for slot machines...how can a Labour government be so recklessly irresponsible with the lives of the poor?

How does he manage? Casino director - James Curwen, Paddington Casino
Pubs given commercial gambling warning - The Publican
Armed men raid North-East bookie - Gateshead
Gambler admits attacking Durham bookmaker
Betting row as unknown Matt Smith becomes new Doctor Who
 

Atlantic City - ABC Local
Casino winner attacked, suspect takes joyride

Certainly not the kind of publicity that Atlantic City requires at the moment. The Taj Mahal player was 70 years old.

Turkey & Bulgaria - Bulgarian News Network
Security Agency Officer Issues Illegal Passport to Turkish "Gambling King"
 
 

Additional headlines
Police strike in triple gambling raid - Cyprus Mail
CCP meet to sort out casinos, garbage issues - Goa
Vegas beer pong competition gets (almost) serious
www.bpong.com
 

Czech Republic -  Radio Praha: 18th December
Czech betting firms win permission to introduce on-line gambling
 

Macau - Macau Business You're fired Expat exodus Macau Business correspondents take an indepth look at the firings of expat staff and what the future holds for employment in the S.A.R.'s casino industry.

Singapore - Casino building progress: Marina Bay & Sentosa Island
Marina Bay Sands - Reuters Image 2nd January
www.flickr.com/photos/joshk0/3133183984
www.flickr.com/photos/dellamortedellamore/3145361543/sizes/l

An amazing image of the building site at Marina Bay uploaded 29th December, 2008.

www.flickr.com/photos/jernmand/3040705358 - November 2008

www.flickr.com/photos/detachedmind/3067066794 - Sentosa Island
www.flickr.com/photos/detachedmind/3066226111

New York - The Real Deal
Casino developer flips 15 CPW unit for $27M
www.coastaldevelopmentllc.com
www.richard-fields.org

Italy - FT.com
Lottomatica seeking to capitalise on Italy's burgeoning gambling habit
www.gruppolottomatica.it/eng/index.htm
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LTO.MI
 

Las Vegas - LasVegasNow.com
Casinos Warm to the Idea of Legal Online Gaming
MGM Mirage to Take CityCenter Applications Monday
www.citycentercareers.com
 

Mesquite, Nevada - L.A. Times
Out in Nevada desert, gambling runs dry
www.blackgaming.com
www.visitmesquite.com
 

British News
Excel in chase for big casino
www.excel-london.co.uk
www.virtualization.info/virtualizationcongress2008/images/venue/map.jpg

Unluckiest punter misses £800,000 win
Lotto balls-up cost me £1.7m
Bookie pays out £3000 after taking pity on OAP for coupon mistake
 

Additional headlines
100 Students, Ancient Burial Stop Philadelphia Casino? - Gambling911
Crunching numbers on gambling, poker machines in NSW
Player wins 2.79m jackpot at Grand Lisboa - Caribbean Stud Poker
Macau casino revenue declines to 7.65b patacas - SCMP Registration required

Dice control or Dice influence ?

Las Vegas - Yahoo/AP
Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas

Nevada - LVR-J - Howard Stutz
Gambling companies poised to turn page after year of sharp declines
Gaming Control Board gets member
http://media.lvrj.com/images/decgamestocks20090101.jpg
 

British News
House prices fell by 16.2% in 2008
Bookies' raid CCTV photos issued - Ladbrokes, Cardiff.
Cashiers left terrified by armed raids on betting shops
Knife raid terror at Bolton bookies - Ladbrokes, Bolton.
Another city bookmakers robbed - Ladbrokes, Radford.
 

Additional headlines
Terror networks use gambling websites for recruitment, finance
Pagcor remits P10-B dividends to Treasury
Worry As Online Casino Affiliates Could Be Hit By Us Taxation Laws
 

New York - Yahoo/AP & N.Y. Times
Trump Entertainment wins 3 weeks' forbearance
Trump Casinos Get Extension on Debt
www.trumpcasinos.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TRMP
 
 

Las Vegas - Business Week
The Vegas Casino Room Glut

"Some friends of mine just stayed at the nearby Venetian resort for just $119 a night with $100 in restaurant and other credit through in as an enticement."

London & New York - Yahoo/AFP
Euro ends volatile year in dip against dollar, pound
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter?u

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Now
New Year's Turnout Beats Last Year - Including a pretty lame fireworks video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_FSj7xKeu4
 
 

Additional headlines
Barroom sex leads to license complaint - Las Vegas
Former mafia crime boss Michael Franzese warns of tennis gambling
Cancer fund investigated by Gambling Commission