2005 Archive - 1st - 7th November

Archive 2005: 1st - 7th November

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7th November

Cable Beach, Nassau Business Wire

Harrah's, Starwood and Baha Mar Resorts Ltd. Announce $1.6 Billion Joint Venture for Development of Baha Mar, a 'Destination Resort Metropolis' in the Bahamas

www.harrahs.com

www.bahamar.com

Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Pinnacle Entertainment Reports Results for Third Quarter 2005
www.pnkinc.com

Australia & Slovenia News.com.au
Aristocrat invests in Europe

Aristocrat is paying A$50 million to buy a 50% interest in Slovenian based Elektroncek Group who manufactures Auto-Roulette terminals under the Interblock brand.

www.aristocrat.com.au
www.interblock.si
www.elektroncek-group.com

Australia Australian Financial Review/AAP & Reuters
Aristocrat buys Slovenian group
Australia's Aristocrat buys EU gaming group for A$48m

Singapore Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones Newswires
Singapore Casino Tender To Be Launched Nov 15

London Daily Telegraph
New casinos and drink laws 'are lethal mix'

Online Gambling Silicon.com
Online poker 'rife with cheats'

More self promotion from casino cheat turned author Richard Marcus.

Australia & London ABC News
Betfair confident other online gaming providers will win more licences

Taiwan Taipei Times
Making gambling legal will threaten society: legislator

6th November

Eastern Cape, South Africa Dispatch.co.za

New casinos expected to create thousands of jobs

Our Opinion - The stakes are high

Eight companies are bidding for two casino licenses in Queenstown-Aliwal North and Mthatha-Port St Johns. The Eastern Cape presently has 3 casinos that make up 7.4% of the casino industries revenues in S.A.

www.ecgbb.co.za

Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun
Wynn layoffs are not planned
www.wynnresorts.com

5th November

Baltimore, Maryland TheWBALChannel.com & WJZ.com

80 Arrested In Largest Gambling Raid In Decades

Local Gambling Sting Leads To 95 Arrests

Newcastle Sunderland Today
Stockbroker jailed for stealing £370k to feed net gambling addiction

London Reuters
Casino owner London Clubs denies bid rumours
London Clubs to Open West End Casino Complex
www.lciclubs.com

Indiana StLuisObizpo.com/AP & Detroit Free Press/AP
Trump to sell Lake Michigan casino, hotel
Trump to sell Gary casino to dockside competitor
www.trumpindiana.com & www.majesticstar.com

Las Vegas Las Vegas Business Press
The real Bugsy? His era was very short-lived
www.dieiscast.com & http://gaming.unlv.edu

London PRWEb.com
Hendon Mob to Join the Fox Poker Club Team
www.foxclubpoker.com & www.thehendonmob.com

U.S. ZDNet News
Technology can't beat us, casino cheat says

Singapore Bloomberg & Shanghai Daily/Bloomberg
Singapore Casino Bidders to Compete With Designs, Tourism Draws
Singapore casino firm to pay fixed land price

Wichita, Kansas Wichita Business Journal
Canadian group offers more information on downtown casino plan

Bahamas Reuters
Harrah's, Starwood to develop Bahamas resort

4th November

New York Yahoo/Business Wire

Trans World Corporation Announces 3rd Quarter 2005 Results

www.american-chance-casinos.com

Las Vegas Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wynn Resorts loss slims - Wynn Strip hotel expected to further cut its work force

Wynn Las Vegas's workforce has been cut by 1,400 from an opening day total of 9,600 and more redundancies are expected to be announced on Monday 7th.

Singapore Channel News Asia& Yahoo Singapore/Reuters
Land price for Marina Bay integrated resort site set at S$1.2 billion
Singapore sets S$1.2 bln land price for first casino

Proposals for the Marina Bay site will open on 15th November and close on 29th March. S$1.2 billion is U.S.$708 million. The size of the parcel is not mentioned

Singapore iWon/Dow Jones
Singapore Casino RFP To Be Launched November 15th

Colorado Springs, Colorado Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century Casinos Announces Third Quarter Earnings
www.centurycasinos.com

Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
VendingData™ Corporation Will Restate Fiscal 2004 Financial Results and Write-Down All Obsolete Inventory

This announcement came after the markets closed on Thursday. Expect significant movement in the Vending Data share price today.

www.vendingdata.com

Western Australia The Herald Sun & Melbourne Age
WA threatens to block Betfair
Betfair gets foot in door in Australia

London The Independent
Empire Online shares fall despite PartyGaming bid approach

Melbourne The Melbourne Age
Casino flushes out poltergeist

Nevada L.V. Business Press
Casinos look beyond bank ATMs - Global Cash Access.

Biloxi, Mississippi Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Provides Hurricane Update and Revises Second Quarter Earnings Estimate
www.theislecorp.com

Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Ameristar Casinos Reports Third Quarter Financial Results; Increases Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2005
www.ameristar.com

Atlantic City The Press of Atlantic City
Harrah's to upgrade Boardwalk casinos

3rd November

Toronto Yahoo/Business Wire