LAS VEGAS - Yahoo/AP
Las Vegas Sands affirms development in Singapore
Is the Las Vegas Sands Corp. sinking? - KVBC.com

LAS VEGAS - Yahoo/Business Wire
Shuffle Master, Inc. Announces Departure of President, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SHFL

ATLANTIC CITY & LAS VEGAS - Yahoo/Globe Newswire, Forbes & Reuters
Trump Entertainment Resorts Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Trumped Entertainment
Trump Entertainment, Harrah's report losses
www.trumpcasinos.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TRMP

ATHENS - EUBusiness/AFP & Reuters
Greek Police Raid Premises Of UK Gambling Outlet Stanleybet
OPAP to challenge Stanleybet's expansion in Greece-CEO
www.stanleyint.com/main.gr.php

LAS VEGAS - Forbes.com & others...
Treacherous Sands For Adelson

"At one point his shares were worth some $30 billion, but as of Thursday's close, it had shriveled to $1.9 billion."

Like Sands Through The Hourglass
No indication of default from Las Vegas Sands: DBS Group
Las Vegas Sands 'Committed' to $4 Billion Singapore Casino
Struggling Las Vegas Sands names new finance chief
www.dbs.com.sg/dbsgroup
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LVS
www.flickr.com/photos/26594052@N07/2940048639 - Sands Bethworks.
www.flickr.com/photos/lemoncat1/2996240829/sizes/l/ - Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
 

LAS VEGAS - Forbes & Reuters
MGM Commits Chips To Vegas Project
MGM Mirage commits to more CityCenter funding
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MGM
www.flickr.com/photos/dpayne1/3009224219/sizes/l - Excellent image !
www.flickr.com/photos/nikoriana/3000589581
 

ATLANTIC CITY - Philadelphia Inquirer & Yahoo/AP
Borgata Hotel Casino lays off 400
Atlantic City's Borgata lays off 400 workers
www.theborgata.com

GUAM - Pacific Magazine
After Failed Casino Bid, Racetrack Owner Closes Facility
www.bccnmi.com
www.guamportal.com/attraction/guam_greyhound_park.html

NEW YORK & CZECH REPUBLIC - Yahoo/Business Wire
Trans World Corporation Announces Substantial Earnings Increase for 3rd Quarter 2008
www.transwc.com
www.american-chance-casinos.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TWOC.OB
 

British News
Corruption watchdog lacks an effective bite - The Gambling Commission,
Jailed after robbing bookies shop - twice
 

Additional headlines
Isle of Capri execs take pay cut - 25% for 12 months.
3 arrested in killing of illegal casino owner - Georgia
 

ALASKA - Yahoo/Sky News
Palin 'Said Africa Was A Country' - Proving American's and Geography don't mix !

MISSOURI - St. Louis BJ & St. Louis Today
Casinos prepare to stop limiting losses
Missouri casinos excited about drop of loss-limits
www.mgc.dps.mo.gov

ASIA & MACAU - Bernama.com
Moody's Sees Negative Outlook For Asia Pacific's Gaming Sector
Negative outlook for Asia Pacific gaming sector

MARYLAND - NJ.com & CBS Sports/Daily Racing Form
Maryland gets in the gambling game
Maryland voters say yes to slots
 

British News
Dean McKeown loses his licence after breach of non-triers' rule
Betting in McKeown case under close scrutiny

"Rascal In The Mix contracted sharply on the Betfair betting exchange, from double-figure odds down to just 5-2, but drifted out to 24-1 in the hour before the race."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ckrWcuN8ZU
Dusk Till Dawn Anniversary Cup Guarantees £100,000
www.dusktilldawnpoker.com
Beatles tribute at Casino Red - Huddersfield
Aspers becomes an official partner of the club - Northampton
 

Online & Interactive
Antigua Online Gambling Companies Can Now Advertise in the UK
www.antiguagaming.gov.ag - Directorate of Offshore Gaming
www.asa.org.uk - Advertising Standards Authority

Additional headlines
WSOP - Final Table Live Broadcast
 

GOA - Hindu Business Line
Offshore casino in rough waters - GOA SIGNALS RED

FLORIDA & HOUSTON, TEXAS - Yahoo/PrimeZone
Nevada Gold & Casinos Announces New Consulting Contract
www.nevadagold.com
www.suncruzcasino.com

VLADIVOSTOCK - Ria Novosti
Russian casino attacker shot dead by police
www.hotelhyundai.ru/en
 

U.S. Election
Missouri votes to lift casino loss limits - Rick Alm, Kansas City Star.
Oxford casino question defeated - Bangor Maine.
www.casinosno.org
Casino plan craps out - Ohio
Maryland voters approve video lottery terminal initiative - Magna Ent.
Higher bids play into hands of casinos - Colorado. Denver Post.
 

MACAU - WSJ
House Bets It Can Sell Poker to China

JOHANNESBURG - Business Report & EProp.co.za
Sun International is still a good bet
Sun International quarterly revenue up 3%
Sun International pleased with new Chile casino
www.suninternational.com
www.casinomonticello.cl
 
 

Online & Interactive
Betfair seeks agency following Google rule change
 

Additional headlines
November issue of Casino International Digital
Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival
poker.ladbrokes.com/layout/default/images/photos/photo_68220081021_093336.jpg
poker.ladbrokes.com/layout/default/images/photos/photo_50520081020_134010.jpg
 

MACAU - Macau Daily Times
Macao Polytechnic Institute to organise 'Global Gaming Management Seminar'
http://csc.ipm.edu.mo/mpi_home/news/detail-e.asp?news_id=2273

OSNABRUCK - Yahoo Germany/ddp-nrd
Schwestern knacken 895 000 Euro-Jackpot in Spielbank
www.spielbanken-niedersachsen.de
 

MOSCOW - USA Today
Luck may run out for Russia's casinos
www.flickr.com/photos/ik7toemax/1360918474 - Casino Arbat
www.flickr.com/photos/janeyh/2776940895 - Casino Korona
www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/2774209734 - Metelitsa
 

Ultimate Bet & Absolute Poker scam
Betting firm told to repay cheated

Excapsa shareholders must pay US$15-millon to Blast Off Ltd. a company owned by former Kahnawake grand chief Joe Norton that now runs Ultimate Bet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Poker
www.kahnawake.com/gamingcommission
 

Gaming Investments
Analyst keeps Las Vegas Sands as a top stock pick
Sector Snap: Gaming lower before Election Day
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LVS - Last 5 days
 

AUSTRALIA - ABC News
Australian welfare body snoops casino records in crackdown

IRELAND - Daily Telegraph
Paddy Power offers odds of 4-1 that God exists

Another marketing coup for the publicity hungry Irish Bookmaker.

Additional U.S. headlines
Casinos taking a hit - Fewer Arizonans are gambling in weak economy
Man, 21, held in Vegas casino parking lot shooting
Police: Man cut door with chain saw before shots - Las Vegas
 

AUSTRALIA - Australian Sunday Telegraph
James Packer loses $6000 a minute

"In the last 12 months, he has lost his top spot as Australia's richest man and has waved goodbye to more than half his $6.2 billion fortune."

SPAIN - Reuters, Expansion.com & El Economista
Gambling co Codere up on potential sale
Spain's Codere says owners not met debt repayment
La familia Martínez Sampedro estudia poner en venta Codere
La familia Martínez Sampedro no paga a los Franco y podría vender su participación en Codere
www.codere.com
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CDR.MC
www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Masampe+Holding
 
 

ALANG, INDIA - Telegraph India
Texan cruise casino beckons Gujarat
www.texas-treasure.com
www.flickr.com/photos/carrieteicher/503535665 - Alang, Shipbreakers
www.flickr.com/photos/jimntexas/531102156 - Texas Treasure in 2007
 

LAS VEGAS - L.A. Times Theater Review
Criss Angel, in a word: unbelievable
www.crissangel.com
www.luxor.com/entertainment/entertainment_believe.aspx
 

British News
Fan wins £125,000 by betting on young star

IRELAND - Irish Independent
Nightmare Budget may send Ireland's standalone bookies straight to the wall
 

Additional U.S. headlines
Companies, lenders in delicate dance - Las Vegas Sun
Decline in casino jobs not as steep as feared - Atlantic City
Table games help soften Q3 loss for MTR Gaming
www.mtrgaming.com
Proposed Hawthorne 'racino' unique among casino bids
www.championscasinoresort.com
Gulf Coast casinos riding high while chips are down elsewhere
 

WASHINGTON STATE - Kitsap Sun
Chip-Cheating Scam at Clearwater Casino Broken Up by Alert Guard
www.clearwatercasino.com

KATHMANDU - Hindustan Times & eKantipur.com
Nepal's casino industry caught in war with government
Casino employees continue protests

ATLANTIC CITY - Philadelphia Inquirer
Disabled N.J. man sues 10 casinos over access

ATLANTIC CITY - Courier Post & APP.com
Harrah's to trim staff at four shore casinos
Harrah's cuts jobs at 4 Atlantic City casinos
 

Russia
Kicking the Addiction

It's now just 8 months before the deadline of 1st July, 2009 when all casinos in Russia are supposed to close. The 4 permitted areas in Altay, Primorye, Kaliningrad and Krasnodar however are far from being ready.

Russian Casinos & Gambling - GF's YouTube Playlist.
 
 

BERMUDA - Royal Gazette
Gambling could be done 'in a tasteful way' – Norm Mastalir
Gambling study - Editorial
 
 

Gaming Investments A painful squeeze on short sellers Sector Snap: Casinos up as liquidity concerns ease - Yahoo/AP Wynn profit rises 14% in 3Q - MDT Klatzkin Sees 'Quality' Casino Operators Gain in 2009

British News
Wayne Rooney loses £65,000 in two hours gambling - Sunday Mirror
Man denies betting shop manslaughter - Sunderland.
Bets are off as Barnet gambling centre is rejected - Agora Gaming Ltd.
 

Additional headlines
Paddy Power hit for €30k in suspected betting 'sting'
Public hearing for City Center casino proposal - Philadelphia
Svenska Spel named world’s most responsible gaming company - Lotteries
Cripple Creek casino closes; 62 people lose jobs
www.thewildhorsecasino.com

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Executive Vice President Retires