Melbourne, Australia           ABC News
Melbourne to host $80m winner-takes-all poker tournament

Problem Gambling           Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Search is on for drugs to treat gambling addiction

The four drugs mentioned that manufacturers are hoping to cash in on are Nalmefene, Zyprexa, Prozac and Naltrexone.

London           The Guardian
Are betting exchanges good for sport?

Edward Wray Co-founder of Betfair & Tom Kelly Chief executive, Association of British Bookmakers.

Canada           Canoe/CNW
Canadian Gaming Association Partners with Leading Canadian Event Management Company
www.canadiangaming.com/2006
www.canadiangaming.ca

Las Vegas           Yahoo/Business Wire
Progressive Gaming International Reaches Agreement with the Palms Casino to Field Trial Rapid Bet Live(TM)
www.progressivegaming.net

Gaming Investments           Yahoo/AP
Gaming Sector Slumps on Rate Reports

Australia           The Herald Sun
Aussie bookies to build on Betfair model

Louisiana           Yahoo/AP & Las Vegas Sun/AP
Harrah's Studying Ways to Rebuild Casinos
Harrah's working to rebuild in Lake Charles, reopen in Orleans

In Louisiana Harrah's still has three casinos closed, two boats on Lake Charles and Harrah's New Orleans. The latter is csheduled to open sometime before Mardi Gras in February.

Louisiana           The Daily Comet
Casinos boost winnings despite closures

Biloxi,Mississippi           New York Times
Bright Spot on Gulf as Casinos Rush to Rebuild

Singapore           Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones
Singapore Govt Confirms Wynn's Withdrawal From Casino Bid

Singapore           Today Online
House rules shaped by conscience

U.S.           Las Vegas Sun/AP
Lobbyist: Casinos booming despite hurricane damage
www.americangaming.org
 

Birmingham           Birmingham Mail & Post, BBC.co.uk
Casino 'a £600m jackpot for Brum'
NEC casino a financial lifeline for council
NEC unveils rival casino proposal
www.necgroup.co.uk/casino

Las Vegas           Las Vegas Review-Journal - John L. Smith
International counterfeiters putting Las Vegas casinos to test

Las Vegas           Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lady Luck running out - Downtown property to close Feb. 12 for renovation; 684 to lose jobs

Las Vegas           KLAS-TV.com
Las Vegas Casino Terminates Employees

Singapore           Channel News Asia
Harrah's Entertainment, Keppel Land in strategic tie-up with Suntec 
www.sunteccity.com.sg
www.keppelland.com.sg

Singapore           Channel News Asia
Social safeguards top concern in casino bill feedback

Singapore           Reuters & Yahoo Singapore/AFX
Harrah's, KepLand tap Suntec for Singapore casino bid
Harrah's in tie-up with Hong Kong-linked firm for casino bid

South Africa           Business Report
Sun International expects profit to rise
www.suninternational.com

Manila           The Manila Times
NBI arrests trader for slay of casino financier in a hotel
Suspect in casino man’s slay nabbed

Barstow, California           VV Daily Press
Barstow goes forward with casino plans
 

Las Vegas           Las Vegas Sun/AP
Downtown Las Vegas casino lays off nearly 700 workers
www.ladylucklv.com

London           Yahoo UK/Sharecast
William Hill announces LBO sale

Mexico           Mexdata.info - Barnard R. Thompson
Mexican casino plan dies yet again

Birmingham & Las Vegas           NEC Group - Multi-Media Press release
MGM MIRAGE Chosen to Develop Regional Casino at Birmingham NEC
www.necgroup.co.uk

Las Vegas           Canoe/CP
Century Casinos buying out minority stake in Edmonton project for $7.3M
www.centurycasinos.com

Las Vegas           Yahoo/PRNewswire
South Coast Hotel and Casino Set to Open December 22
www.southcoastcasino.com
www.boydgaming.com
 

Amsterdam, Holland           Zibb.nl/ANP
Holland Casino belaagd met valse fiches

A plot has was foiled by Holland Casino in September to counterfeit their €500 chips.

Tampa, Florida           Tampa Tribune
Floating in flux, Ocean Jewel tries to buff up for potential sale

Tampa, Florida           Tampa Tribune - 18th November
Casino Boat Failure Likely Voids Payoffs

Australia           The Melbourne Age
Betfair faces wait
 

Austria & Sweden           The Guardian & The Times
Betandwin in takeover talks with Ongame
Betandwin enters talks for €500m takeover of Ongame
www.betandwin.com
www.ongamenetwork.com | www.ongame.se | www.pokerroom.com

Austria           vwd.de/Euro Adhoc
betandwin.com - preliminary discussions with Ongame e-solutions AB regarding an acquis

Ontario           The Toronto Star
Casino high rollers hit freebie jackpot
www.olgc.ca

Carson City, Nevada           Las Vegas Review-Journal
State casino win sets record - Results exceed $1 billion mark for fourth time in 2005

Carson City, Nevada           Las Vegas Sun/AP
Nevada casinos win record $1.06 billion in October

$563.5 million or 53% of the $1.06 bullion was won on the Las Vegas Strip. Table game win for the month was up 8% and slots registered a whopping 17.7% increase.

Tallahassee           Newsday/AP
Gov. Bush Agrees to Sign Slot Machine Law

Florida's tax rateon slots at Browards pari-mutuels will be 50%. New York and Rhode Island recently set a slot tax rate of 61%.

Las Vegas           KLASTV.com
Monorail's Charity Status Re-Affirmed
www.lvmonorail.com

Botswana           Mmegi.bw
Casino Act has no restriction on opening hours

St. Louis, Missouri           St. Louis Times
Casino settlement tops $14 million - Isle of Capri.

Singapore           Reuters, AP & The Australian
Wynn Resorts drops out of Singapore casino race
Wynn Resorts Out of Singapore Casino Race
Tabcorp throws in its hand on casino

Atlantic City           Reuters & Courier-Post
Atlantic City Nov. casino winnings rise 6.6%
A.C. casinos report record-high wins
www.state.nj.us/casinos
 

Florida           Sun-Sentinel
Legislators set 50% tax rate as 6,000 slot machines approved for Broward

Singapore           iwon/Dow Jones Newswires
Wynn Didn't Complete Singapore Casino Bid Probity Check

Dow Jones Newswires are also now reporting that the number of bidders is down to 5. Wynn Resorts, Tabcorp and Guocoland Ltd are the casualties.

www.wynnresorts.com

Singapore           Sydney Morning Herald & Reuters
Tabcorp quits race for casino contract
Tabcorp withdraws from Singapore casino bids

The SMH reports that the number of bidders for the Marina Bay site down to just 5 from an earlier total of a dozen or so.

France           Le Monde
Casinos: Le produit brut des jeux 2004-2005 en hausse de seulement 1,3%

Gross win at France's 190 casinos was up just 1.3% in 2004/5 to €2,647 billio . Table games that contribute just 6% of the total registered a slight decline to €171,8 million.

Florida           Sun-Sentinel
Deal sealed on slots regulation; machines allowed in 4 Broward venues
www.hollywoodgreyhound.com
www.gulfstreampark.com
www.pompanopark.com
www.dania-jai-alai.com

Florida           St. Petersburg Times & Miami Herald
Plea deal hinted in SunCruz case
Kidan is expected to admit to fraud

Nevada           Wall Street Journal
System Would Let Gamblers - Bet and Bet and Bet on Game

Singapore & Australia           Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones Newswires
Australia's Tabcorp Withdraws Singapore Bid
www.tabcorp.com.au

Gibraltar & London           The Independent
PartyGaming bets on bumper year after blackjack success

Spokane, Washington           MSNBC.com/KHQ-TV
Smoking ban goes into effect

Washington State's only smoking ban exception is at tribal casinos.

Buffalo, New York           Times Union/AP
Senecas begin work at third casino site
www.senecaniagaracasino.com
www.sni.org

Nashville, Tennessee           WKRN.com
Public Works employee allegedly works behind-the-scenes as bookie
 

Las Vegas           Yahoo/Business Wire
Shuffle Master, Inc. Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results
www.shufflemaster.com

New Zealand           New Zealand Herald
Gambling blamed for banker's thefts

Freeport, Bahamas           BahamasB2B.com
Casino Licenses Under Consideration

Netanya, Israel           Herald-Sun.com/AP
Trump Plans Hotel for Israeli Coastal City

Southampton & Portsmouth           Ananova.com & Daily Mail
FA hold Betfair talks over Redknapp
FA investigates betting over Redknapp's return

An amazing £16.5 million was traded on Betfair.com's next Portsmouth manager market ahead of former manager Harry Rednapp's return to the club.

Honiara, Solomon Islands           Radio Australia
Developer faces opposition in the Solomons to casino proposal

U.S.           L.A Weekly
Blackjack’s Death Count - Is the total casino management of MindPlay killing 21? - The article appears to have been written some months ago.
www.partygaming.com

London & Gibraltar           Yahoo UK/Reuters & Bloomberg
PartyGaming says to beat forecasts
PartyGaming Likely to Beat Estimates on Poker, Casino

London & Gibraltar           UK-Wire.com
PartyGaming Plc - Trading Update for the two months ended 30 November 2005
www.partygaming.com

U.S. Armed Forces           eStripes.com
Navy MWR introduces ‘coinless’ slots at some base casinos

MWR Clubs which is perhaps America's largest overseas slot operator is now installing coinless machines and 28 have recently been placed at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan.

www.armymwr.com - (MWR - Morale, Welfare, and Recreation)
www.mwr.navy.mil

Lake Tahoe           Reno Gazette-Journal
Recent string of violence at casinos called 'unusual' by sheriff's spokesman

In the space of 1 week Harrah's Lake Tahoe had a shooting, two stabbings and a customer die in their Altitude night club.

www.harrahs.com/our_casinos/tah/

Indonesia           Tempo Interactive
Police Pursue Two Gambling Ships in Batam Waters

The Leisure and Omar III are the two ships concerned. The Omar III was previously the Hyundai Pongnae, SuperStar Sagittarius and Sun Viking.

Melbourne, Australia           The Herald Sun
Casino fraud freed

Macau           Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones
Galaxy Casino Sells $600M Bond To Finance Macau Expansion

Singapore           Business Times
GuocoLand pulls out of S’pore casino bidding
www.guocoland.com

Jackson, Mississippi           Houston Chronicle/AP
Casino workers look for a better deal

Las Vegas           Yahoo/Business Wire
Harrah's and Progressive Gaming International Team up for World Series of Poker(R)-Branded Texas Hold 'Em Bonus(TM) Poker Game
www.progressivegaming.net/pages/games/texasholdem.html