Macau                     Bloomberg
Wynn Increases Macau Casino Loan to $1.55 Billion, People Say

Philadelphia                     Philadelphia Daily News
SugarHouse OKs $67 million payment to city
SugarHouse will forgo abatement, pay at least $50 million
www.sugarhousecasino.com

UK                     PRWeb.com
Poker Dealers to Your Home
www.dialadealer.com

Las Vegas                     New York Times
Las Vegas Caters to Asia’s High Rollers

City of New Westminster, Briitish Columbia                      Burnaby NewsLeader
Royal City Star may be sailing south
www.royalcitystar.bc.ca

Verona, New York                      Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Ruling lets Turning Stone casino stay open
www.turningstone.com

São Miguel, Azores                      Diario Economico
Primeiro casino da ilha de S. Miguel abre na passagem de ano de 2008/2009

The first casino located in the a Portuguese archipelago is set to open in 2008/9. The Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean around 1,500 km from Portugal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azores
 

Additional news...
VENDINGDATA CORPORATION Conference Call
Electronic Game Card Signs Deal with PAF in the Nordic Region
 

Las Vegas                     Yahoo/PRNewswire
VendingData(TM) Signs Stock Purchase and Product Participation Agreement With Elixir Group Limited
www.vendingdata.com
www.elixir.com.hk

Matthews, North Carolina                     Yahoo/Business Wire
PokerTek Launches Heads-Up Challenge(TM), Ground-Breaking Amusement Game
www.pokertek.com
 

World Series of Poker Results
Las Vegas                    CardPlayer.com
Event 17 - Ladies WC No-Limit Hold'em - $1,000 Buyin. 1,286 Entries.
Event 18 - World Championship Limit Hold'em - $5,000 Buyin. 257 Entries.
Sally Anne Boyer Wins The WSOP Ladies Gold
 

Las Vegas & Macau                    Yahoo/PRNewswire & AP
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Announces Opening Date for The Venetian Macao - 28th August.
Venetian Macao Resort to Open in August
www.lasvegassands.com
www.venetianmacao.com

Malta & Las Vegas                     InvestEgate.co.uk
Playtech Ltd - Agreement signed with Guardian Gaming and Shuffle Master
www.playtech.com
www.guardiangaming.com
www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=guardiangaming&tld=com
www.playtech.com/html/main.php?page=41&id=167
www.shufflemasterlive.com

Ontario, Canada                    Canada.com/National Post
Scandal topples two more Ontario lottery executives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Lottery_and_Gaming_Corporation

Hamden, Connecticut                    Yahoo/PRNewswire
TransAct Technologies Charges FutureLogic with Patent Infringement For Dual Port Technology
www.transact-tech.com
www.futurelogicinc.com

Macau                    Wall Street Journal
With Gambling Ads Banned, Attracting Casino Customers Can Be a Roll of the Dice

Macau                    PDF Presentation - 29 pages
Melco PBL Entertainment - G2E Asia Gaming Investor Forum
Visa Worries Maul Melco - The Street
www.melco-pbl.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MPEL

Trenton, New Jersey                    Daily Record/AP
Bill aims to help casinos during shutdown

Atlantic City                    KRON4.com/AP
Comps up as revenue down in Atlantic City casinos
 

British News
Bookies raid - William Hill, Huddersfield.
£7.9m lottery fortune unclaimed - North Yorkshire

Additional news...
'Las Vegas' Brand Name Up For Sale to Highest Bidder?
Inminente comienzo de las audiencias por Casinos - Uruguay
MGM Grand revenue up, other casinos down in May - Detroit
Vietnam hauls in 15 for questioning on mass casino raid
Visa CAL gambling and pornography, revenues: NIS 40m - Israel
Philweb in preliminary discussion for Parañaque casino - Philipinnes
Moscow show disappoints - World of Games
 

Madrid, Spain                    Reuters
Spanish gaming group Codere considers listing
www.codere.com

Buenos Aires, Argentina                    Clarin.com
Una agresión a empleados postergó para hoy la reapertura del casino

The Buenos Aires Casino managed by Cirsa has been closed for 35 days and Clarin.com reports that a meeting yesterday turned violent with at least 10 injuries.

www.loteria-nacional.gov.ar/index.php?pagina=16

Las Vegas & South Africa                    Daily Telegraph
Harrah's is 'interested' in Gold Reef
www.grcresorts.co.za

Pennsylvania                    KDKA.com
Meadows' Casino Opens For Business
Meadows casino has full house on first night - 10,000 in the first 11 hours.
www.meadowsgaming.com
www.cannerycasinos.com - Millennium Gaming/Cannery Casinos Management

Port of Spain                    Trinidad Express
Gaming industry workers worried about future

Slots are apparently presently imported in two parts and then assembled.

British News
Government wins casinos ruling - The Independent
Court backs government over casino plans - FT.com
Yarmouth casino clears legal hurdle - EDP24.co.uk
Government should act over casino fiasco - Conservatives predictable response.
 

Atlantic City                    Reuters, Star-Ledger & Wilmington Star/AP
Atlantic City gamblers lose $409 million in May
Gamblers betting less on Atlantic City
Comps up as revenue down in Atlantic City casinos
Key facts on AC casino revenues

Revenues at Atlantic City's 11 casinos declined by 5.5% in May, marking the fourth month out of five this year that revenues have been lower than 2006. Slot revenue was down 7% and table games 1.4%.

www.state.nj.us/casinos/
 

World Series of Poker Results
Las Vegas                    CardPlayer.com
Hellmuth's 11
Event 15 - No-Limit Hold'em - $1,500 Buyin. 2,628 Entries.

Phil Hellmuth Jr. has made Poker history by winning his 11th WSOP Gold bracelet.

Event 16 - H.O.R.S.E  - $2,500 Buyin. 382 Entries.
www.philhellmuth.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hellmuth

Las Vegas                    Variety
The rules for shooting in casinos - Flexibility key for filming on the Strip
 

Additional news...
Timor: 100 Arrested In Gambling Raid - 250 machines and $20,000 in cash seized.
Some dispute professor's gambling numbers - Massachusetts
Fakes flood casinos - Connecticut
Boarding House Tenant Wins $37 Million Lottery
Three Betfair Punters strike Gold - Odds of 999 to 1 offered in running. Ouch !
Tomó 35 mil pesos de su trabajo, se los gastó en el casino y luego se entregó - An employee on a Bank run apparently decided to visit another casino.
Table Trac Inc. Contracts With Casino in Costa Rica

St. Louis & Missouri                   Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Announces Completion of Casino Aztar Acquisition

London                    Daily Mail, Reuters & The Guardian
Gaming body loses casinos challenge
UK High Court rejects 'supercasino' challenge
Gaming body loses casinos challenge
www.britishcasinoassociation.org.uk

London                    FT.com
Casino push unlikely until Brown is PM

Manila, Philipinnes                    Manila Standard
Parañaque casino okayed 
www.aseanabusinesspark.com
www.philwebinc.com - www.ecasinofilipino.com

Victoria, Australia                    The Melbourne Age
Gaming sector under a cloud - Effects of the 2002 smoking bans.

Australia                    Melbourne Age
New game no gamble for Packer
www.ellerstoncapital.com.au

Las Vegas                    Las Vegas Review-Journal
Downtown casinos: Race was pits
www.vegasgrandprix.com
 

World Series of Poker Results
Las Vegas                    CardPlayer.com
Event 12 - No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed - $1,500 Buyin. 1,427 Entries.
Event 13 - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em - $5k Buyin. 398 Entries.
Event 14 - Seven Card Stud - $1,500 Buyin. 385 Entries.
Bellagio Cup III Starts Today

There are now 3 poker tournament series running consecutively in Las Vegas. TheWSOP, The Bellagio Cup and Binion's Poker Classic.

www.worldseriesofpoker.com
www.bellagio.com/pages/frameset_noflash.asp
www.binions.com/gaming/poker_classic.html

Correction ! I've been informed today that it's actually 4 tournament series in the desert metropolis. The Venetian's is also running it's Deep Stack Extravaganza II.

www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/event_list/922
 

Online, Internet & Interactive
Net bet ban talk centers on tech - Washington. LVR-J
Foe of gambling welcomes hearings on new legislation
Bank robber’s dad urges keeping laws curbing Internet gambling
Bodog (bodog.com) downgraded from 7 to 5 - TheOnlineWire.com

Problem Gambling Issues
Teen pokie peril - Sunday Tasmanian
Government should stop funding Casinos - New Zealand

Additional news...
British Network Wants Changes in Race Presentation - Bloodhorse.com
Fred bets on racecourse - A racecourse in Salford ?
State-led raid in 1957 netted gaming devices - Canton, Ohio
Gaming commission to study gambling card - South Dakota
Alberta computer scientists to pit poker program against professionals
 

Israel & Las Vegas                    Bloomberg.com & Globes Isreal
Israeli Tycoons Dankner, Tshuva to Build Vegas Casino
Nochi Dankner joins Tshuva in Las Vegas
www.idbh.co.il - IDB Development Corp.
www.eladgroupfl.com/About_Us/Index.cfm - IDB
www.frontierlv.com

London                    The Observer/Guardian & BBC
Ruling due on supercasino challenge
Court ruling on casinos challenge

Las Vegas                    Caspers Star Tribune/Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas resorts scramble for immigrant help

Carson City, Nevada                    Las Vegas Business Press & Nevada Appeal
Statewide win continues record streak despite slot softness
Nevada casinos gain in April
http://gaming.nv.gov/gaming_revenue_rpt.htm
 

West Viginia                    KDKA.com & Washington Post
Table Games In W. Va. May Mean Hit For Pa. Casinos
Voters Reject Table Gaming for Charles Town Casino
www.ctownraces.com - Penn National Gaming
www.wheelingisland.com - Delaware North Companies
 

Sydney, Australia                    Yahoo Aus/AFP
Australia's richest man bets on gambling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Packer

Las Vegas                    United Press International
Casinos lift ban against software pioneer
I can play! - Richard Brodie Blog
Casino bans author of Word for being lucky - Networkworld.com

Richard Brodie's Blog has images of the $240,000 Video Poker RF's at Harrah's properties which probably resulted in him receiving the ban. "He told me I was being 86ed because they couldn't figure out how to make a profit off me."

Las Vegas                    huliq.com
Long-Awaited 180-Acre Non-Gaming Attraction to Become the "Central Park" of Las Vegas
www.springspreserve.org

Dudley, West Midlands                    Express & Star
Bookies robber is jailed - 5 years for £780 !

South Australia                    News.com.au/Adelaide Now
Poker craze coming to SA
www.npl.com.au - National Poker League

Buenos Aires                    Clarin.com
Se postergó la reapertura del Casino Flotante
http://wikimapia.org/3038/es/ - Casino Flotante de Buenos Aires
www.loteria-nacional.gov.ar/index.php?pagina=16
 

Las Vegas                   In Business Las Vegas 
MGM Mirage CEO is highest-paid exec

Over 75% of Nevada's top paid executives in 2006 come from the gaming industry. Heading the list is MGM MIRAGE'S Terry Lanni with a total compensation of $30.6 million.

Antigua & Las Vegas                    PRNewswire
An Open Letter to the U.S. Congress and the Gaming Industry: 'The Hypocrisy of Antigua Regarding Internet Gambling'

Derek Webb of Prime Table Games raises the issue of Antigua licensed casinos ignoring intellectual property rights by offering the game of Three Card Poker.

www.primetablegames.com
 

Christchurch, New Zealand                   Stuff.co.uk
Loan sharks, prize-rigging alleged at Christchurch Casino
www.christchurchcasino.co.nz
 

Kaliningrad, Russia                    Kaliningrad Actuell
Kaliningrad: „Las Vegas“ an der Bernsteinküste?

Frankfurt am Main                    Frankfurter Neue Presse/dpa
Las Vegas am Main - größtes Pokerturnier Europas in Frankfurt
www.pokermesse.de - 9th & 10th June. Union Halle, Frankfurt am Main.
www.pokerevents.de

Atlantic City                    Yahoo/AP
Trump Entertainment Rises After Report Another Co. May Bid on Its Atlantic City Casinos
www.trumpcasinos.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TRMP

Las Vegas                    Yahoo/PRNewswire
VendingData(TM) Corporation Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement to Include the Americas, Europe and the Russian Federation
www.suzo.com
www.happ.com
www.gamingstuff.com
www.vendingdata.com
 

Philippines                    Philippine Inquirer
Zambo casino operators defy Pagcor order
www.zambofreeport.philippine.org - Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone
 

Online Gambling                    Huddersfield Giants
Casino Red launches online Poker
www.casinoredpoker.com

Nottingham                    ThisisNottinghamshire/Evening Post
250 Ccasino jobs are a fair bet
www.lciclubs.com - Axis Building, Parliament Street.
 

Additional news...
W. Va.: Early Voting Under Way on Northern Panhandle Table Games
NWI casinos ring up $109.7 million in May
Vietnam police to question seven in massive gambling bust
Gambler gets life in prison for killing
 

Washington, D.C.                    Yahoo/Tech Web
Gaming Association Sues U.S. Over Internet Gambling Ban
www.imega.org - Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association.
www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=imega&tld=org
http://www.hollrahllclaw.com/jsp3650893.jsp
 

Macau                    Hong Kong Standard
Immigration underpins allure of Macau

Las Vegas                    Yahoo/PRNewswire & Forbes/AP
Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Shuffle Master, Inc.

Class Action No 3.

Shares Slide For Shuffle Master
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SHFL

Albany, New York                    Yahoo/AP
NY Governor May Split Racing Franchise
 

World Series of Poker Results
Las Vegas                    CardPlayer.com
Event 6 - Limit Hold'em  - $1,500 Buyin. 910 Entries.
Gary Styczynski Wins Event #6 at the WSOP
Event 7 - Pot-Limit Omaha - $5,000 Buyin. 145 Entries. 421 rebuys
Burt Boutin Wins Event #7
www.worldseriesofpoker.com/mediacenter/f_video.asp
 

Additional news...
Churchill's Miami track requests voter referendum on slot machines
Pa. Casinos Adding Virtual Table Games
Two national gambling industry conventions underway in Kansas City
Casino riding out bet on 'luckiest day of millennium' - 7/7/07
Gaming panel OKs French Lick casino takeover
State OKs buyout of stake in French Lick casino
Poker um das Wiener Millennium-Event Center - Vienna