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Monday, 31st March

Macau

Gaming, tourism lead GDP in Macau - Shanghai Daily

Melco Announces 2007 Annual Results - PRNewswire

Melco's 2007 annual results webcast

www.melco-group.com/eng/index.html

http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=0200.HK

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MPEL

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Edge Online
Casino operators to gain from overseas expansion

Pennsylvania Yahoo/PRNewswire
Sands Bethworks Chooses Bally Technologies to Provide Full Systems Technology Solution for Networked Casino Floor
www.ballytech.com
www.sandsbethworks.com

U.S. BBC & CNBC/AP
Gambling film tops US box office
'21' Rakes in $23M Box-Office Jackpot

British News
Casino's £1.8m loss deals blow to Brown - Scarborough
www.operahousecasino.co.uk

Delay on casino plan for ex-city nightclub - Leeds
www.flickr.com/search/?q=Majestyk+nightclub

Devil Fish Poker six-month to end-Dec pretax loss widens
Devilfish Gaming Plc - Interim results
www.devilfishgaming.com
www.devilfishgamingplc.com
www.plusmarketsgroup.com/details.shtml?ISIN=GB00B28HZ894/GBP/PLUS-exn

Neville Porter H1 pretax loss 268,756 stg; sees challenging H2, future trading
www.npbet.co.uk
www.nevilleporter.plc.uk
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=NEV.L

additonal headlines
Spread betting firm to beat forecasts - Dublin. Worldspreads.
Tender Expected For May, June To Privatize Turkish National Lottery
www.lototurkiye.com

Saturday & Sunday, 29th & 30th March

Las Vegas Reuters

Crown's Las Vegas casino site up for sale

www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/las_vegas_tower.htm

additonal headlines
Ann Summers Bingo and Casino join St Minver
www.annsummersbingo.com
Gambling addicts don't learn from their mistakes
Foreigners cannot buy land in Goa

Friday, 28th March

Macau Yahoo/Business Wire

Elixir Gaming Slides on Weak 4Q Results

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=EGT

Macau Yahoo/AP
Elixir Gaming Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial Results
ELIXIR GAMING TECHNOLOGIES INC Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2007)
www.elixirgaming.com

British News
Betting shop boss hurt in armed raid - Coral's, Croydon.
Witness appeal after gunpoint betting shop robbery

Dublin Irish Examiner
Cowen silent on bookies ‘nod’ claim - FOBT's in Irish Bookmakers ?

U.S. L.A. Times
Card counters versus the Las Vegas casinos
21 (PG-13) Except for Spacey's talent, elements don't add up - Miami Herald
Casino thriller '21' misplays its cards - New York Daily News
www.sonypictures.com/movies/21/
www.sonypictures.com/movies/21/international/

additonal headlines
Betting on Gaming Stocks
Melco's a Moneymaker
High Court 'backs NSW Betfair plan'
Sportingbet chairman lifts stake by more than half
Gambling Foundation vows to stop online Lotto - New Zealand

Thursday, 27th March

Macau China View/Xinhua

Number of Macao's gaming industry employees surges 22.9% in Dec. 2007 - 44,700 staff now work in the S.A.R's casinos.

Macao's visitor arrivals during Easter soar 11.16%

Port Canaveral, Florida Local6.com
'Liquid Vegas' To Sail From Port Canaveral

Madeira Beach, Florida Tampa Bay Online
Competition, Economy Sink Gambling Ship
Economy Sinks Madeira Beach Gambling Cruise Ship
www.suncruzcasino.com

Levis, Quebec Fox Business/Market Wire
DEQ's G3(TM) Completes Field Trial in Nevada
www.deq.com

Atlantic City Forbes.com/AP
Atlantic City Stumbles on Smoking Ban

Goa India Times
Goa govt hikes entertainment tax to 10% on casinos

Macau Macau Daily Times
Ponte 16 still waiting for Sofitel license
www.ponte16.com.mo
Crown 'busiest casino in world': analyst

"Thanks to A-Max's junkets, Melco PBL's market share improved substantially from 5.7 percent in November to 18.1 percent in February, making Crown Macau the busiest casino in the world in terms of betting volume,"

www.crown-macau.com

http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=0200.HK&t=1y - Melco.

http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=0959.HK&t=1y - A-Max.

www.amaxkepo.com

Galaxy Casino's rating falls amidst rising competition

http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=0027.HK&t=1y - Galaxy Entertainment.

Las Vegas Sydney Morning Herald & Daily Telegraph
Packer dealt a dead hand in Vegas
Packer falls down country's rich list
www.crownlimited.com
www.crownlimited.com/share_price/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Las_Vegas
http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/images/las_vegas_tower1.jpg

British News
Licensees' £1million gamble - Lancaster.
Lady Luck smiles as casino is saved - Gala Sunderland
Jobs battle at casino site - Manchester
Bookies’ refinance plans are approved - Neville Porter
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NEV.L&t=1y
Man held over betting shop raid - Warminster
Borehamwood man charged with bookie raids - Warminster

Las Vegas Las Vegas Review-Journal
Entertainer all shook up over talk of Strip casino
http://media.lvrj.com/images/2569629.jpg

Taiwan & Nevada China Post & Yahoo Aus/Asia Pulse
Nevada interested in Miaoli gaming district
Nevada State Govt Eyes Planned Gaming District In Taiwan
http://english.miaoli.gov.tw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miaoli_County

Las Vegas Yahoo/PRNewswire
Sheldon G. Adelson and Dr. Miriam Adelson Receive Prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship
www.wilsoncenter.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson

additonal headlines
PacificNet to Oppose Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
eCOGRA AND GAMCARE TEAM UP ON RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING EDUCATION
Mississippi mulls incentives for casinos
High Court gives Betfair green light - Western Australia
Problem Gambling complaint to be investigated - New Zealand
'Vulgar' ad earns bookie a slap on the wrist - Ireland
Tube bans bookie's 'man breast' ad

Wednesday, 26th March

West Virginia Yahoo/AP

W. Va. Workers Authorize Strike at Mountaineer Casino

www.mtrgaming.com

Macau Yahoo/Business Wire
Elixir Gaming Technologies Further Solidifies Executive Team with New Hirings
www.elixirgaming.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=EGT

British News
Anti-smoking laws the odds against us, and taxes stacking say casino operators - Liverpool Daily Post.
Genting Stanley partnership has proved a good bet - Liverpool Daily Post.
www.stanleycasinos.com
www.gentinginternational.com
£35m casino plan for Yarmouth - It would be GY's (pop. circa 90k) 4th operation.
Suspected armed robbery at bookies - Corals. Birchington, Kent.
Pair in armed raid at bookmakers - Corals. Birmingham.

Macau
Macau Tourist Office aims for +15% hike in Japanese visitors during 2008
www.macautourism.gov.mo

Atlantic City The Press of Atlantic City
Atlantic City balks at full ban on casino smoking

"Smoking ends in 90 days," Councilman Bruce Ward said confidently Tuesday. "The casinos, however, will be allowed to construct smoking lounges similar to airport smoking lounges, but they will not have personnel in them."

Bayern, Germany Main Post
Auch die Kissinger Spielbank leidet unter Rauchverbot

Austria & Germany PokerOlymp.de
CCC Salzburg eröffnet am Donnerstag
www.ccc.co.at - Concord Card Casino, Salzburg opens tomorrow.
Berlin als Schauplatz der nächsten Pokermesse
www.pokermesse.de

North Carolina Yahoo/Business Wire
PokerTek Announces $2M Loan
www.pokertek.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=PTEK&t=1y

Las Vegas Yahoo/AP
Wynn Paid $11.2 Million in 2007 As Company Grows in Vegas, Macau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wynn_(developer)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=WYNN&t=1y

Las Vegas MSNBC/AP
Casinos gamble they can weather downturn

U.S. Scripps Howard - Liz Benston
Casinos expect '21' will raise interest in blackjack

"People will buy a book, read it halfway through and think they can beat the game - and they lose,"

www.sonypictures.com/movies/21/