MACAU - SMH
Packer and Ho in Macau makeover
www.crown-macau.com

MACAU - Yahoo/Prime Newswire
MPEL Announces Second Quarter 2008 Earnings
Melco Crown Entertainment Limited Earnings Conference Call - 8.30 ET
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=0200.HK
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MPEL
www.flickr.com/photos/scottweatherson/2676697302/ - City of Dreams & Four Seasons.

LAS VEGAS ? - Yahoo/AP
Elixir Gaming CFO David Reberger resigns
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=EGT - Down 34%.
www.elixirgaming.com

VANCOUVER - Canada.com/Vancouver Sun
New casino with slots, show lounge opening at Hastings Racecourse
www.hastingsracecourse.com
 

Online & Interactive
Playtech Announces Asset Acquisition of MIXTV
Win Gaming Media Subsidiary, MIXTV, Sells Its Assets to Playtech
www.wingamingmedia.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WGMI.OB
www.winnerchannel.com
www.twowaytv.co.uk/gaming.php

British News
Betting syndicate is forced to pay out £58k to investors
Casino plan for city - Lancaster

Macau - Macau Daily Times
Winnie Ho seeks to appeal SJM ruling
Doyle Brunson to play at Asian Poker Tour
British Princess Royal made her maiden visit to Macau
 

CHILE & AUSTRIA - Casinos Austria Press release
CAI to open new casino in Ovalle, Chile
www.casinosaustria.com

KATHMANDU, NEPAL - Himalayan Times
Youth Force, Maoist cadres in casino turf war
www.casinosnepal.com

TAIPEI - China Post & TaiwanNews.com/CNA
Taiwan to assess potential gambling industry
Taiwan considers opening gambling business

PORT CANAVERAL - Florida Today
Two more gambling ships look at Port

"The ships, for example, carried a combined 732,116 passengers in 2007, down 15.5% from the 866,374 passengers they carried in 2006. Gambling passenger counts continued to decrease in the first half of this year, according to Canaveral Port Authority figures."

More ships want to gamble out of Cape
www.flickr.com/photos/luv2run/1556424071/ - Sun Cruz Port Canaveral
www.flickr.com/photos/cocoabeachjoe/2419217242/ - Sterling Casino lines. Now history
www.flickr.com/photos/rpilaud/2054992695/in/set-72157603265355916 - SeaEscape
 

Nevada
Las Vegas' take and traffic continue to dwindle - MarketWatch
State slides deeper into fiscal hole - Las Vegas Sun
Gaming Revenue Down 1% For The First Half Of 2008
 

British News
TCSJOHNHUXLEY EUROPE ANNOUNCES NEW SALES DIRECTOR
The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares - Quoco 22.33% !
Casino scheme for Luneside offices - Lancaster
Armed man robs bookmakers - Pagebet, South Shields.
Betting shop death: Man charged with manslaughter - Pagebet, County Durham.
 

Online & Interactive
Playtech, Italy's Snai in poker deal
Playtech Announces Italian Poker Agreement with Snai S.r.l
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PTEC.L
www.playtech.com
www.snai.it
 

Additional headlines
Century Casinos shares drop following 2Q results
Golden Gaming hopes Tom Watson will boost its chances
MGM Grand reports higher gambling revenue for July - Detroit
Meal comp program for businesses near casinos being overhauled - Detroit
Peru authorities seize 781 slot machines for minors

"According to ministry reports, 1,665 machines made for minors in Peru were seized from July 2007 to June 2008 while 2,433 were confiscated from July 2006 to June 2007." So that's where old slots end up !

CARSON CITY, NEVADA - Yahoo/AP
Nevada reports decline in June gambling revenue
http://gaming.nv.gov/mrrindex.htm

ATLANTIC CITY - Philadelphia Inquirer & Yahoo/AP
A.C. casinos’ gaming profit in July off 6.6%
July offers no relief for Atlantic City casinos

"The casinos took in $438.7 million in July, compared to $469.6 million a year earlier and the single-month record of $504.8 million in July 2005"

LAS VEGAS - MarketWatch
Station Casinos Announces Second Quarter Results
www.stationcasinos.com

LAS VEGAS - Yahoo/Business Wire
Progressive Gaming Reports Systems Installed Base Growth With Over 4,500 Installations in 2008 Second Quarter
Progressive Gaming International Earnings Conference Call (Q2 2008)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PGIC
www.progressivegaming.net

U.S. - Financial Week
Gambling's woes more than a wager gone bad 

COLORADO SPRINGS - Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century Casinos Reports Q2 2008 Earnings
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CNTY
www.cnty.com
www.centurycasinos.com

PHILIPPINES - ETNet News & ETurboNews
Star Cruises pours US$335m into Philippine casino biz
Alliance sells half of tourism unit to HK firm
www.starcruises.com
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=0678.HK
www.allianceglobalinc.com
Alliance Global and Star Cruises Will Team Up to Build An Integrated Resort Development
www.pagcor.ph/ecity.php
 
 

Additional headlines
Cockfighting and dominoes: Haiti's poor at play - Guardian Video.
I won £52,000 on the Lottery, and I'm spending it ALL on plastic surgery
Major win is bad news for bookies
Local casino market reports 7.6% revenue increase - St. Louis.
KC-area riverboat casinos’ revenue is flat on fewer customers
Ladbrokes winnings less than reported last week - Irish Times
Spike in number of new calls to gambling helpline - New Zealand
 

SOUTH AFRICA - Independent Online
Wild Coast's rough deal

"The origins of this lease from the mid-1980s are mired in controversy, with reports that R2-million was paid by Sun International casino magnate, Sol Kerzner, to former Transkei homeland prime minister, George Matanzima, for exclusive gambling rights in the then Transkei."

www.wildcoastsun.co.za
http://pondoland.wildcoast.org.za/pl/maps/index.xml

BOSTON - South Coast Today & Providence Business News
Casino report unlikely to sway lawmakers
Study: Mass. could gain 20K jobs under casino plan
Study: Mass. casino jobs estimates high
www.spectrumgaming.com
Projecting and Preparing for Potential Impact of Expanded Gaming on Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MANILA - Philippine Star
Pagcor says GMA social fund to suffer under proposed tax
www.pagcor.ph

TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI - CNN/AP
Mississippi bus crash kills 3, injures several
Three Killed in Miss. Casino Bus Crash - YouTube/AP
www.harrahs.com/casinos/grand-casino-resort-tunica/hotel-casino/property-home.shtml
 
 

Online & Interactive
Unibet Net Doubles as Euro 2008 Spurs Soccer Wagers
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UNIB.ST

Additional headlines
Casino, retail workers injured in LV bus crash - Primm, Nevada.
Foes of casinos get to practice public protest - Philadelphia
Inland casinos send more than $65 million to state - California
Couple Says They Were Robbed After Winning At Casino
 

LAS VEGAS - Yahoo/Prime Zone
BODIES...The Exhibition Now Open At Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
www.bodiestickets.com
www.prxi.com/prxi.html - Premier Exhibitions
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=prxi

LAS VEGAS - In Business Las Vegas
Echelon halted - Shutdown to have significant impact
Luxury home sales not immune to slump
www.bodiestickets.com

WASHINGTON - Yahoo/Reuters
Lawmakers urge U.S. stop action vs EU gambling firms

AUSTRALIA - Yahoo Singapore/Reuters
Australia's Tabcorp sees few benefits in Tatts deal

LAS VEGAS - Forbes/AP & Reuters/PRNewswire
Privately held Harrah's swings to 2Q loss

"The privately held company said loss for the quarter ended June 30 totaled $97.6 million, compared with a profit of $237.5 million in the year-ago quarter."

Harrah's Entertainment Reports 2008 Second-Quarter Global Results
http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/84/84772/2q08release.pdf
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
www.harrahs.com
 

WASHINGTON - Business Week/AP
American Gaming Assn. spent $400K to lobby in 2Q
www.americangaming.org

WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Justice
Twelfth Member of Casino-Cheating Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting Casinos Across the United States
 

British News
Bookies take a beating in their coverage battle with Turf TV - Daily Telegraph
Bookies lose turf war with racecourses over rights to broadcast pictures

ABB's chairman, Warwick Bartlett, wrote: "The Tote are irredeamable [sic] bastards and everyone their [sic] should have been shot at birth. Members of the ABB? I don't think so."

www.racecoursemediaservices.com
www.alphameric.com
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ALM.L
www.sis.tv - Satellite Information Services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Information_Services
www.abb.uk.com - Association of British Bookmakers.
 

Additional headlines
Mississippi casinos feel they have the right formula to survive tough times
Casinos betting on Amendment 50 - Colorado
Bette Midler opens new Hammond casino
Gambler loses in court - NSW Australia
 

MACAU & BEIJING - MSN/AP
Macau sports gaming firm shows its Olympic spirit
www.macau-slot.com
www.macauslot.com

LAS VEGAS - Reuters & Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank still seeks partners for Vegas resort
Deutsche Bank to Foreclose on $3.5 Billion Casino
www.cosmolv.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15916590@N00/2341755036
www.a-l-b.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/cosmo.jpg
 

Online & Interactive
3 plead guilty in online gambling case - Washington Post/AP
Ladbrokes Poker Moves Network as Revenue Falls - Card Player Europe
 

Macau
Kam Pek Paradise Casino opens today - Macau Daily Times
www.hk1180.com
Paradise Casino Opens at Kam Pek Casino Macau - March 2008.
 

British News
Gambling: Roulette machines pass horses in race for punters' stakes
Young grandad, 46, dies playing poker - Scotland.
Gambling Commission launches investigation into Exeter charity
 

Additional headlines
Beijing Olympics opening ceremony timeline - Daily Telegraph
PokerTek Announces First PokerPro Installation in State of Indiana at Horseshoe Casino Chicagoland
AGA President Frank Fahrenkopf on the PocketFives Podcast
www.pocketfives.com/podcast
Trump casinos post $29.8M. loss in second quarter - Press of Atlantic City
www.flickr.com/photos/stevenmaciejewski/2742524140/ - Taj Mahal & Chairman's Tower.