Pennsylvania            In Business Las Vegas - Liz Benston
LV native Gomes sets sights on Poconos
www.poconomanor.com

Online Gambling Law            In Business Las Vegas - Liz Benston
In Business Q and A - Anthony Cabot, Internet gaming attorney
www.gaminglawmasters.com/officers/anthonycabot.html

Las Vegas            Las Vegas Review-Journal
Big Six to post new high  - Conventions, mergers seen as two factors

Coventry            BBC.co.uk & Tiscali/Reuters
Council calls for casino rethink
Authorities seek more Vegas-style supercasinos

Levis, Canada            CNW Telbec
TCSJohnHuxley Chooses DEQ as Exclusive European Technology Provider for Side Betting Products
www.deq.com
www.tcsjohnhuxley.com

Fort Lauderdale            Jacksonville.com/AP
Detective: phone records place 2 at Boulis killing crime scene

St. Louis            The Ledger/AP
Sporting News Settles Over Gambling Ads
Past Promotion of Illegal Gambling Costs the Sporting News $7.2 Million
www.sportingnews.com

Portland. Oregon            Portland Observer
Portland Casino: a Win or a Loss
www.oregonentertainmentcenter.com

Atlantic City            Yahoo/Market Wire
2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open Debuts With a Full House
www.theborgata.com

Cyprus            Cyprus Mail
Fixed-odds betting ‘would be a disaster for Cyprus racing’ 
House calls government to account over delays in betting tax reform

Online Gambling            PRNewswire
Online Gaming Stalwart InterCasino.com First to Offer Independent Arbitration Protection for Players
www.intercasino.com
www.casinomeister.com
 
 

More headlines... Casinos not the cash cows municipalities had expected - Vancouver Residents Protesting Proposed Nicetown Casino - Philadelphia Kiwi wins $1.43m poker pot Smoke ban's exemption for casinos challenged - New Jersey Store worker accused of skimming $17,000 - Louisiana sex.com fetches $19m

Macau            Channel News Asia
Emperor Entertainment Group opens new casino in Macau
www.emperor.com.hk

London            GMB Union - Press release
GMB Stunned By Government's Cavalier Attitude To Super Casino Licensing Safeguards

Las Vegas            Yahoo/PRNewswire
Gaming Partners International Corporation, a World Leader in RFID Technology, to Participate in Ice Show in London

Windhoek, Namibia            All Africa/Namibia Economist
Kalahari Sands Embraces Bee And Redesigns the Casino
www.kalaharisands.co.za

Aberdeen            ThisisNorthScotland/Aberdeen Press & Journal
Chips are down on Hotels bid for casino

Grosvenor Casinos application to open a casino at the soon to be built City Wharf development in Shiprow has been approved. Thistle Hotels also have plans for The Caledonian but have been told they must seek planning permission.

Gibraltar            Yahoo UK/Business Wire
Three's the Magic Number as 32Red Wins Again!
www.32red.com

Port Everglades, Florida            Miami Herald
Bahamas company to buy cruise operator
www.discoverycruise.com

Manchester & London            The Advertiser
Casino: East Manchester hedges bets
Assessing the potential impact of new casinos on regeneration and local communities

London            FT.com
Scramble for super casino turns into lottery

The Casino Advisory Panel have apparently already received 40 applications and have admitted they don't know how they will choose the winner(s).

www.culture.gov.uk/cap

Brussels            VRT Flanders News
Brussels Casino opens

The Casinos Austria operated Grand Casino Brussels held their official opening Gala last night.

www.grandcasinobrussels.be

Online Poker            PokerNews.com
Poker Share Files Suit Against Ultimate Bet
www.pokershare.com
www.ultimatebet.com
www.excapsa.ca

Lebanon            L'Orient Le Jour
Plus de 27 millions de dollars de bénéfices pour le Casino du Liban en 2005
www.cdl.com.lb

Brussels & Las Vegas            MSN Money/Business Wire
Global Cash Access Continues International Expansion; Serves Belgium's Newest Casino Operated by Casinos Austria International

Melbourne, Australia            The Melbourne Age
'Final Table' man gets birthday card of his life

Mississippi            Pensacola News Journal & Picayune News Item
Casinos raked in $14.5 million in 10 days
Three operating Gulf Coast casinos doing well after Katrina

Mississippi          Biloxi Sun-Herald
Lower casino standards fearedLeaders support full-fledged resorts
Gaming Commission adopts strict interpretation
 

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Reno            Yahoo/Reuters
Slot machine maker IGT profit dips 1.4%

Reno, Nevada         PRNewswire
International Game Technology Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2006 Results
www.igt.com

Broward County, Florida            Sun-Sentinel
Broward 'racinos' begin construction of gambling halls to house slot machines

Brussels            Freeserve/AFX
EU clears casino joint venture between Luminar and Accor affiliate GLB

GLB = Groupe Lucien Barrière.

Austria            SkiClub.co.uk
Kitzbuhel has developed it’s Casino with 3.5 million Euros
www.kitzbuehel.casinos.at

London             Talarius Plc. - Press release
Talarius gets behind blanket ban on smoking

Talarius, owners of the Quicksilver adult gaming centre's are modifying their premises in advance of future non-smoking legislation.

www.talarius.com

Australia             The Sunday Mail & Poker News
Poker's winning streak
Aussie Millions - The Final Countdown!

Reports from the Aussie Millions at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.

www.pokernetwork.com/tournyLive.cfm
www.auspokerchamps.com

Macau & Asia            International Herald Tribune
Banks see good odds in Asian casino boom

Manchester            BBC Lancashire
Report considers casino options

The report commissioned by Manchester City Council apparenty concluded that Manchester was the best location for the single regional casino license.

www.europe-economics.com

Henderson, Nevada             Las Vegas Sun
Henderson leaning toward Strip resorts

Online Gambling            CNW Telbec
Low Complaint Levels at eCOGRA 'Play it Safe' Venues in 2005 
www.ecogra.org

New Orleans            KATV.com & Biloxi Sun-Herald
Orleans Levee board seizes gambling boat
N.O. casino could face public auction
www.columbiasussex.com/cscdetail.lasso?property=884
www.belleoforleans.com

Sydney            Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones
Tabcorp Hires Australia Boss, Eyes Intl Growth
www.tabcorp.com.au

Bermuda            The Bermuda Sun
Furbert on casinos: Let the people vote
 
 

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Ontario, Canada            Unviversity of Guelph
Profs Receive $500,000 for Gambling Research
www.gamblingresearch.org

Edinburgh            Edinburgh Evening News
Casino plans dealt a blow

Casino Meister Land            CasinoMeister.com - Press release
Casinomeister 2005 Awards announced (WORD)

Bryan Bailey at CasinoMeister.com has once again awarded 32red.com with his coveted Casino of the Year award.

www.casinomeister.com/bestworst2005.html

London            UK-Wire.com
32Red Plc - Trading Update
www.32redplc.com

London            UK-Wire.com
Talarius Plc - Pre close trading update
www.talarius.com
www.cyberslotz.co.uk

Atlantic City            Fantini's Gaming Morning Report - Press release
Spectrum, Gaming Morning Report Form Strategic Alliance (PDF)
www.gaminginvestments.com
www.spectrumgaming.com

Problem Gambling - California            L.A. Times
Gambling Seen as No-Win Situation for Some Asians

Tunica, Mississippi            WREG-TV/News Channel3
Mega Casino Coming to Tunica

Myriad World Resorts based in Edmonton Canada.

www.myriadworldresorts.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MYRA.PK

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal            Independent Online
Casino, council locked in legal battle
www.suncoastcasino.co.za

Kansas City, Missouri            MSN Money/PRNewswire
Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. Announces Expansion Plans for Kansas City Property
www.isleofcapricasino.com/Kansas_City
 
 

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Las Vegas            Yahoo/Business Wire
Gary Loveman Named Gaming & Lodging Industry's Top CEO
http://investor.harrahs.com/bios.cfm
Wikipedia - Harrah's Entertainment

Las Vegas            Yahoo/PRNewswire
Gaming Standards Association's New Game-to-System (G2S) Protocol Development Milestones
www.gamingstandards.com

Dorchester, England            Daily Mirror
£1 MILLION BET.CON - Online gambler 'stole from firm to fund his spree'

Blackpool            BBC.co.uk
Blackpool lobbies MPs over casino

MP's have been invited to a reception this evening by the The North West Development Agency who are supporting the bid to secure the single Regional casino license for Blackpool.

Torquay            BBC.co.uk & ThisisDevon/
Resort plan to bid for new casino
Mayor backs casino plans

Vienna, Austria            Networld.at
Minus von 14 Millionen Euro: Casinos Austria AG machte 2005 erstmals Verluste
www.casinos.at

Gauteng, South Africa            Independent Online
Casino 'sorry' for denying guide dog access

Sun International have offered an appology and "full hospitality" after realising that security at their Carnival City unit made a dreadful call.

Bangor, Maine            Portsmouth Herald/AP
Store clerk says he stole $23K, lost it all at slots
$60 million wagered on slots in 2 months
www.hollywoodslotsatbangor.com

Singapore            CNN/Reuters & Yahoo Australia/AFP
CityDev exits Singapore casino bid
Las Vegas Sands' partner pulls out of Singapore casino bid

Nevada            L.V. Business Press
Stardust is latest to say ta-ta to old Las Vegas - Michael Green
Station Casinos makes Fortune's '100 Best' list again - Dave McKee
 
 

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Hong Kong            Hong Kong Standard
Court setback for feuding Ho sister

Athens, Greece            Yahoo/AP
Greece to Float Majority Stake in Casino
Website unknown. It previously was http://www.mont-parnes.gr 

Washington           New York Times - Editorial
Abramoff Effect: The Smell of Casino Money

Tasmania & Australia            The Melbourne Age
Betfair under starter's orders

Singapore            Reuters
CityDev withdraws from Sands Singapore casino bid
www.cdl.com.sg

London            FT.com, The Gaurdian
UK gov calls for online gambling summit
Britain to host online gambling summit

Macau            Diario Economico/Lusa
Casinos fecharam ano com 4,58 mil M€ em receitas brutas 

Gauteng, South Africa            The Independent Online
Casino bars entry to guide dog

Carnival City's security, part of Sun International, appear to have made a huge error and an appology must surely be forthcoming.

www.suninternational.com/resorts/carnivalcity/

Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal             Mail & Guardian & News24.com
Gang robs Newcastle casino
Gang forces way into casino

The Monte Vista Casino in Newcastle KwaZulu-Natal is the latest in a long list of armed casino robberies in South African.

www.montevistacasino.co.za

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico            MySanAntonio.com
Mexico's casinos up the ante for Texas

The slots appear to be from Multimedia Games who are based in Austin, Texas. There are now apparently 35 gambling facilities within 50 miles of Texas borders.

Mapquest - Nuevo Laredo

Tasmania            ABC News
Betfair licence prompts racing boycott fears
Betfair receives Tas licence

The cost of the license is A$5 million and will become operative from the 7th February.

www.gaming.tas.gov.au

Singapore            Yahoo Singapore/AFP
Las Vegas giants, Malaysian firm duel for Singapore casino

Tasmania            News.com.au
Betfair gets its licence
www.betfair.com.au

London            Business Wire
Gaming Corp. UK Regulatory Announcement: Gambling.com Extends Search Reach
www.gambling.com
www.casino.co.uk

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania            MSNBC/Philadelphia Business Journal
Rolling the dice on slots jobs
Twenty-four companies from across the country apply for slots licenses in Pa.
 
 

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London            BBC.co.uk & World Snooker
Crucible event gets new sponsor
888.COM to sponsor World Snooker Chamionship
www.worldsnooker.com
www.888holdingsplc.com

London & Tasmania           Sydney Morning Herald & The Examiner
Betfair distances itself from casino row
Japan racing snub 'linked to Betfair'

New Jersey            Newsday/AP & Philadelphia Inquirer/AP
Deal them out: Casinos get a pass on smoking ban
Casino workers say law deals them a losing hand

New Jersey's smoking ban that excludes casino gaming floor's is scheduled to come into effect 15th April.

Macau            Hong Kong Standard - Zack Coleman
High rollers lose out to masses in Macau

Detailed report on Macau's new casino openings and projections for revenue growth during 2006.

Alberta, Canada            Canada.com/Ottawa Citizen- 13th January
Electronic warnings on VLTs don't change gambling behaviour: Alta report
www.gaming.gov.ab.ca
Evaluating VLT Responsible Gaming Features and Interventions in Alberta (PDF)

London           The Sunday Times
Gaming group up for sale
www.llg.co.uk - Leisure Link

Reno            KOLOTV.com
Liberty Belle To Close

The Liberty Belle restaurant was opened in 1958 by Marshall and Frank Fey who are the grandsons of slot machine inventor Charles Fey.

www.libertybellereno.com
www.libertybellereno.com/collectionpages/collectionslots.html

Las Vegas            In Business Las Vegas - Liz Benston
Boardwalk workers still searching for work

Mississippi            Business Insurance
Casino sues insurers for Katrina flood cover
www.hardrockbiloxi.com

U.S. - Online gambling            Pittsburgh Tribune-Gazette
Government perplexed by Internet gambling

Cyprus            Cyprus Mail
Cypriots pouring millions into casinos around the world

Ireland & France            ThePost.ie
€450m casinos takeover: BoI-funded French venture
www.moliflor.com
www.bridgepoint-capital.com
 
 

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