Harrah's Entertainment, which promotes the construction of Caesars Casino Castilla La Mancha, in Ciudad Real, incorporates to the Spanish Casino Association, after the approval of its integration in the General Assembly. Harrah's, international leader in casino operation, features more than 40 venues around the world. With 46,600 employees, the company quotes in the stock market and it had a turnover of 3,680 million euros and a net benefit of 294 million in 2004.

Casino owners and employees in France are facing a stand-off after unions called the country’s croupiers out on strike on New Year’s Eve in an unresolved dispute over pay and new regulations which will allow casinos to develop electronic versions of poker and roulette games. Unions fear that as many as 3,500 jobs could be lost if owners are allowed to install more electronic machines in proportion to traditional games.

The idea of allowing sports betting in Atlantic City has been tossed around for years. But with the recent announcement that casinos are slated to open in Philadelphia by 2008 - and with two slot parlors already up and running outside the city - some feel that in order for Atlantic City to stay ahead of the competition, betting on sporting events should be permitted.

Carson City, Nevada (AP) - A new report shows Nevada's major hotel-casinos posted their highest net income ever in fiscal 2006 — a combined USD 2.1 billion. The report released Thursday by the state Gaming Control Board also showed that the 274 resorts had USD 5.4 billion in earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA — the indicator that analysts watch most closely.

MERKUR GAMING will present a host of new products at the ATEI in London from 23 to 25 January 2007. Numerous innovations from the entire product portfolio including AWP machines, jackpot-systems, roulette, touchscreens, sports entertainment machines and sports betting as well as money change systems will be on exhibit. The product range will be completed by internet terminals, Kiddie Rides and other kids’ entertainment product groups.

The Statement of Principles document sets out the principles that the Gambling Commission will apply when exercising its functions under the Gambling Act 2005. It has waited until consultation was complete before finalising the Statement of Principles. Changes from the original version have been modest, with further text added to provide clarity in some instances and some revisions to the language or terminology used to bring it up to date.

The management of Hard Rock Cafe International colluded with the Seminole Tribe of Florida to rig the bidding so that the Tribe would be the successful bidder for the restaurant and hotel/casino chain, according to a lawsuit filed by the Cordish Company and its affiliate Power Plant Entertainment. Power Plant Entertainment was the developer of the Seminole Tribe’s two highly successful Seminole Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos that opened in 2004, and was pivotal in securing the license of the Hard Rock brand for those Florida facilities.

Wimar Tahoe, known as Columbia Entertainment, completed yesterday its acquisition of all of the outstanding common shares of Aztar Corp. or USD 54.39 per share and all outstanding preferred shares of Aztar for USD 575.3546 per share, for a total of approximately USD 2.1 billion. The per share amounts include USD 0.00888 per common share per day and USD 0.09388 per preferred share per day that Columbia agreed to pay Aztar shareholders beginning last November 20th through yesterday’s closing date.

The Hotel Lisboa used to be the only game in Macau. The birdcage-shaped casino has welcomed Chinese playing baccarat, blackjack and sic bo -- an Asian dice game -- amid smoke-stained walls and frayed carpets for 35 years. Now, the Lisboa and other casinos in Stanley Ho's gaming company, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM), are facing a horde of competitors. Ho, who had a government monopoly on Macau gaming for four decades until 2004, has seen his share of gambling revenue dive to 55 percent from 100 percent -- and it's still shrinking.

CityCenter, MGM Mirage’s USD 7 billion dazzling vertical city in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, will redefine the possibilities of sophisticated urban living. World-class architects and renowned designers have joined to create this unrivaled urban residential experience - a destination that has it all: high style, impeccable design, superior amenities and unmatched owner privileges.

Four casinos belonging to Casinos Austria Group were chosen among the elite of European casinos. The Austrian casinos in Baden and Salzburg as well as the casinos in Lucerne (Switzerland) and Zagreb (Croatia) were some of the top ten casinos in Europe in a ranking published in December in the German magazine Bunte. With its “imperial and royal flair” Casino Baden bei Wien is mentioned as the most elegant casino.

British Gambling Commission informed that applications for operating licences and personal licences can be made to the Gambling Commission from yesterday, Tuesday 2 January 2007. "Anyone who wishes to provide facilities for gambling, or to manufacture supply, install, repair or adapt a gaming machine or gambling software from 1 September 2007 is required to hold a licence authorising the specific activity to be undertaken," the Commission stated.