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Monday, 14th April

Sydney SMH

$400m to make Star sparkle

www.starcity.com.au

Missouri & Mississippi KA-News.de
Mississippi River levels close President Casino
Floodwaters Force Pinnacle Casino Closed
Casinos vow to roll on amid rising river

Karlsruhe, Germany KA-News.de
Ausstellung über 50 Jahre Glücksspiel
Volles Risiko! Glücksspiel von der Antike bis heute

Quebec Yahoo Canada/Canadian Press
Loto-Quebec's new casino to open in summer 2009 in resort town of Mont-Tremblant
www.lotoquebec.com
www.lotoquebec.com/corporatif/nav/en/news-room/pressReleaseDetail?Id=11465
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Tremblant_Resort

Cambodia AFP & Xinhua News
Tourists evacuated after Cambodian hotel fire: police
Police: No casualties in Naga Casino fire in Phnom Penh
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/12/content_7966305_1.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/67678111@N00/109132643/

Goa, India TracelBizMonitor.com
Goa Govt 'in-principle' grants licences to 5 more offshore casinos
Govt to keep casino vessels off Mandovi - 28th March.

Costa Rica
Costa Rica Casinos to Follow New Rules - 11th April.

Existing casinos must cut their opening hours to 6pm until 2am. New casinos must be in a 3 Star Hotel with a minimum of 50 rooms with gaming floor space being limited to no more than 15%.

Costa Rica to be taken by Storm - 22nd February.
Costa Rica to Prevent a Storm - 4th March.
Russian Casino Not Welcome in Costa Rica, VP Says - 4th March.
www.stormbv.com/eng/

additional headlines
Sands, Wynn to Win if HK Dollar Rallies
Trump Entertainment stock price hits all-time low
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=TRMP&t=2y
Government 'addicted to gambling' - British Colombia
770.com Sold For Over $344,000
www.770.com
Gambling Clinic opens in Salzburg

Saturday & Sunday, 12th & 13th April

British News

Bingo operator Mayfair Gaming gambles on cash injection -Sunday Telegraph

www.rivabingo.com

BOOKMAKER ATTACKED IN SECOND RAID - Corals, Leicester.
Cash stolen in betting shop raid - Betfred, Glasgow.
Bookmakers raided by gunman - Leeds.

Las Vegas
Boyd shifts casino location in North Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun
Harrah’s hails Caesars
Follow the money: Dubai to Vegas to Miami Beach
Downtown's Benny Binion statue to gallop south - LV Business Press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Binion
Tourism boosters hope '21' adds up to more visitors - In Business L.V.

Charleston The State
Accused poker game dealers face tougher penalties

U.S. Sunday Telegraph
The man who beat Las Vegas at blackjack
www.andybloch.com
www.andybloch.com/gl/pub/article.php?story=2008031308241327
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem

Mississippi PRNewswire
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Property in Natchez, Miss. Closed Due to Mississippi River Flooding
www.isleofcapricasino.com/Natchez/
www.flickr.com/photos/fugunumbmouth/491792097/
www.flickr.com/photos/12304632@N05/2358763903/

Moscow Kommersant
Gambling Games More Expensive Than Olympic Ones

Macau
Stanley Ho’s Shun Tak Holding Makes US$128 Million Profit
Macau Waiting to Start Land Reclamation Projects - Macau Daily Blog
Cotaijet waiting on HK for night green-light - Macau Daily Times
Wynn Macau is named 'Best Luxury Hotel in Macau' - Macau Daily Times
Four Seasons aims for third quarter opening - Macau Daily Times

Washington FT.com
Challenge to US web gambling law

additional headlines
Vietnam’s football plagued by illegal gambling
‘Legalise betting to stop fixing’ - India. Cricket betting
Calls for a gambling tax nothing more than crass populism - Cyprus

Friday, 11th April

Atlantic City Yahoo/AP

AC Smoking Ban Splits Gamblers, Dealers

Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Boyd Gaming and Olympia Group Form Joint Venture to Develop Proposed North Las Vegas Gaming Site
www.boydgaming.com
www.olympiagaming.com
www.parkhighlands.com

Carson City, Nevada Mercury News/AP
Dubai World files for Nevada gambling license

Atlantic City Star-Ledger, & Philadelphia Inquirer
Casinos' luckless streak - More reports of falling revenue at A.C. resorts
A.C. casinos hit another losing streak
A.C. gambling revenue down, again

"Results reported to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission Thursday show that the
11 casinos won $277.3 million at the slot machines and another $117.7 million at table
games in March. Slot revenue was down 11.2% while table revenues decreased 6.6%."

CCC Announces March Casino Revenue

Atlantic City Philadelphia Inquirer & Courier-Post
A.C. council calls for total smoking ban in casinos
Atlantic City may extend smoking ban at casinos

Victoria, Australia Reuters, The Australian & Courier Mail
Australian gaming firms dive on sector shake-up
Pokies move 'to open door to crime, hinder help for gamblers'
Tabcorp, Tatts dive, $30 billion wiped
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=TAH.AX,TTS.AX
www.tattsgroup.com
www.tattersalls.com.au
www.tabcorp.com.au

Aruba Yahoo Canada/Prime Newswire
KL International, LLC Begins Major Renovation of The Aruban Resort & Casino At Eagle Beach
www.thearuban.com

British News
Ladbrokescasino.com - Climb - YouTube. LadbrokesCasino first TV Ad.
Betting Index Predicts Price Falls Until 2010
www.spreadfair.com

AsianLogic pretax triples as acquisitions near
Asianlogic FY adjusted pretax up 210 percent on 95 percent rise in revenue
www.asianlogic.com
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ALOG.L

Pro-gamblers used Birmingham casino to launder money, court hears
Lottery millionaire blows £5m in three years - Daily Mail
Lotto winner skint on dole - The Sun
I blew thousands in gambling Hell, admits Blackburn midfielder David Bentley
Appeal after robbery at Ewell bookies - Corals

additional headlines
Why can’t we punish casino gamblers? - Cyprus Mail
Guam Greyhound Goes Another Round With Casino Gaming
Poker Movie Deal to Be Released April 25
www.dealthemovie.com
Greek Intralot gets Madrid sports betting contract

Thursday, 10th April

Cardon City. Nevada Yahoo/AP

Nevada Casino Win Down Nearly 4 Percent

The 4% decline comes in a month that had an extra day, the Superbowl, Chinese New Year & President's Day holiday. Slot win was off 2.1% and table games 6.9%. Nevada Sportsbooks lost $6.8 million.

Birmingham MSN/PRNewswure
Grosvenor Casinos Selects Bally's Gaming Systems Technology for Casino Fiveways Birmingham (UK) Floor of the Future

Taipei, Taiwan Forbes/XFN-ASIA
Taiwan president-elect favors local govt licensing of offshore gaming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou
http://flickr.com/photos/mayingjeou

Las Vegas Harrah's & IHT/AP
Harrah’s Entertainment To Be Renamed Caesars Entertainment
Harrah's Entertainment to change name to Caesars
www.harrahs.com
www.caesars.com

Gaming Investments Economic Times India/Reuters
Las Vegas may not be a good bet for casino players

Sydney, NSW Thomson Financial & Reuters
Tatts Group, Tabcorp in trading halt on gaming licence restructuring
Australia's Tabcorp, Tatts may lose gaming duopoly
www.tattsgroup.com
www.tattersalls.com.au
www.tabcorp.com.au

Travemünde, Germany Travemüunde Aktuell
SPD: Casino soll öffentlich-rechtlich bleiben
www.casino-sh.de

Wednesday, 9th April

Dubai Reuters

Dubai says no immediate plan to up MGM Mirage stake

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=MGM&t=1y

Paris & Vienna Yahoo/Thomson Financial
Bwin launches legal proceedings against French Tennis Federation

Quebec Ottawa Citizen
Loto-Québec opens Gatineau casino around the clock
www.casino-du-lac-leamy.com
www.casino-quebec.com

Halifax, Nova Scotia Amherst Daily & Chronicle Herald
Halifax casino to lay off 100 workers and reduce hours in cost-cutting moves
Job cuts, shorter hours at Casino
www.casinonovascotia.com
www.greatcanadiancasinos.com
www.flickr.com/photos/rwkphotos/516840734

Canada Montreal Gazette & Niagara Falls Review
Report downplays dark side of gambling: researcher
Gambling industry report draws critics' fire

"There's no new money that comes into these areas, you're simply re-circulating the money that's there, so if the money is going into a casino, that means it's not going into the local businesses."

Canada Canadian Gaming Association
Employment Impact of Gaming Industry in Canada Much Greater Than Previously Understood
www.canadiangaming.ca
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CANADIAN GAMING INDUSTRY - PDF

Las Vegas & Bakersfield, California Bakersfield.com
Casino heist foiled by girlfriend who tipped off deputies
Casino robbery suspects escaped prosecution in 2000 Las Vegas heist

Macau
Macau size 'won’t be doubled' under new reclamation plan - Blog Macau
Crown Macau held their annual staff party last month - Macau Daily Times
In Macau geben sich die Zocker die Kugel - Welt Online