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Wednesday, 31st December

Gaming Investments - Yahoo/AP

Casinos hobbled as consumers cut back spending

Atlantic City's luck may be mostly bad in 2009

FTSE 100 Index Sets Gloomy Record

Kathmandu, Nepal - Himalayan Times & IndianInfo.com
Casino Venus opens amid protests by Youth Force
Clashes erupt over opening of new casino
www.hotelmalla.com

Macau
Gaming operations staff no need to wear name tags yet - Macau Daily Times
Workers unions succeed in cost control plan negotiation with Venetian

Venetian dealers will work a 5 day, 40 hour week (down from 48) and take a 13.3% pay cut.

Four-party agreement over Venetian Macau pay cut arrangements - BlogMacau

Sun City, South Africa - Daily Dispatch.
Armed robbers walk out of casino with ‘jackpot’ - 2 weeks ago.

Errol Flynn in Cuba - 1959
Filmed before the revolution the commentary must have been added sometime during 1959. Flynn died of a heart attack later that year.

From Gaming Today
President Bush pardons ex-Bally exec
Wynn bets on good first impressions
Few changes ahead for Treasure Island in Las Vegas
2009: A year of crisis for the casino industry
Jersey, NY vie for more gaming
MGM may jettison tower from CityCenter
www.citycenter.com/residences/residences_harmon.aspx
www.tcb88.com/images/CC/PCC01.jpg

Las Vegas - The West/AAP & AP
Evel Knievel's son is a joke, says Robbie Maddison
Maddison, Millen to try New Year's Eve jumps
www.robbiemaddison.com
www.redbullusa.com/newyearnolimits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Knievel
www.knieveltour.com

Atlantic City - Yahoo/PRNewswire
Spectrum Gaming Group Identifies Top 21 Trends for 2009
www.spectrumgaming.com

Okinawa, Japan - Japan Update
Casino gaming concept brings more discussion

Florida - Sun-Sentinel
Gulfstream Racing and Casino opens Saturday in Hallandale Beach
www.gulfstreampark.com

Saskatchewan - The Southwest Booster
Living Sky Casino opens for business
www.siga.sk.ca/LivingSkyCasino

Connecticut - Norwich Bulletin
Briton sentenced in casino credit card fraud

Niagara Falls - Niagara Gazette
Seneca Gaming sees $16 million drop in earnings
www.senecagamingcorporation.com

British News
Gamblers may impose own casino ban - Great Yarmouth
www.countmeout.org.uk
Attempted armed raid on bookies - Cardiff
Mother who couldn't afford Christmas gifts for her children wins £1million on a scratchcard - Daily Mail

Additional headlines
Blue Springs felon granted license as casino security guard - Missouri
Fines overturned in Vegas casino blaze
Macau’s Galaxy to Pay $86.4 Million for Bond Buyback
Packer to sever family links to Top End

"James Packer is set to sell off his family's huge rural holdings built up over a quarter of a century, as the credit crunch severely dampens investors' ability to borrow."

Biography Special: Daniel Negreanu

Tuesday, 30th December

Ontario - MetroNews/CP

Racehorses sold for meat as Quebec race industry comes up lame

www.attractionshippiques.com

Las Vegas Audio - Las Vegas Sun/Nevada Public Radio
Treasure Island’s buyer talks about the art of the deal - Audio available
The Strip Podcast: Steve Wynn - Part 1
Steve Wynn opening Encore - The Strip Podcast.
A look inside Encore - YouTube/Las VegasSun

Fidel Castro Triumphs! 1959-01-05
Universal International Newsreel

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Review-Journal - John L. Smith
Questions swirl after fraud probe targets high roller who lost $120 million

"Like all players from the time the first dice were carved from bone, he won big and lost bigger."

British News
Pound Falls to 98 Pence Per Euro for 1st Time on Housing Slump
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter?u
Casino left in limbo as plan on ice - Rubicon, Wolverhampton.
www.bluechipcasinos.co.uk/rubicon_home.html

Armed raid at betting shop - Corals, Leigh
Sixth gang raid on city bookies - Corals, Nottingham
Grandad jailed for holding up bookies
Second cash robbery at bookmakers - Betfred, Oxford

New Jersey - The Press of Atlantic City & Bloomberg
A not-so-happy New Year at the casinos
Atlantic City Bleeds as Would-Be Gamblers Pay Bills Instead
www.atlanticcitynj.com

London - The Guardian
Plan to turn Hippodrome into giant casino is a show stopper
www.cirquehippodrome.com
www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/1097/medium/london-hippodrome.jpg

Las Vegas - L.A. Times
Steve Wynn's Encore steals the show on the Strip

London - The Guardian
Plan to turn Hippodrome into giant casino is a show stopper
www.cirquehippodrome.com

Additional headlines
Vanuatu at risk of becoming prey to casino mafia, says academic
Aristocrat Leisure appoints new CEO
December issue of the Journal of Gambling Issues

24th - 29th December

Macau - IHT & WSJ

Macao's gambling boom turns sour

"It got more brutal Tuesday. The Venetian's parent company, Las Vegas Sands, laid off 500 workers at the casino - the world's largest - and moved to cut the hours of 1,000 other employees."

"only 2 of its 51 custom-made gondolas are now needed to ferry tourists along the Venetian's indoor Grand Canal."

Las Vegas Sands Cuts 500 Jobs in Macau

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Infusion of cash is key to Station’s viability
Noose tightens on casinos - James Packer's A$242 million investment.
www.stationcasinos.com

Las Vegas - Yahoo/AP
Kerkorian sells remaining Ford shares
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Kerkorian
www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Kirk-Kerkorian_NINP.html - No. 41 in 2008

Online Gambling - The Times
Gambling tycoon Anurag Dikshit deals losing hand

Las Vegas - Time Magazine & L.A. Times
Behind Vegas's Bad Bet
Las Vegas economy may get a hangover from high living

Vanuatu- Vanuatu Daily Post
Jupiters Vanuatu to open soon
www.jupiterscasino.com.au
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu

Stockholm - The Local & Sky News
Police identify Casino Cosmopol shooter
Three Injured In Casino Shooting
www.casinocosmopol.se

Great Yarmouth - Norwich Evening News
Latest on Yarmouth casino plans

Great Yarmouth council apparently have 4 paries interested in the large casino license.

Saskatchewan - CBC.ca
New Saskatchewan casino opens
www.siga.sk.ca/LivingSkyCasino/index.html

Las Vegas - Business Week, S.F Chrobicle & Mercury News
IRS: Fry's exec stole $65M to pay gambling debts
Fry's embezzling suspect well known to Vegas D.A.'s office
Fry's exec dropped millions on gambling
Casinos might owe Fry's for exec's losses
Fired Fry's VP enjoyed high life in Vegas, but couldn't beat the odds