Lakewood - Century Casino in Central City was hit with a USD 100,000 fine today for shoddy accounting practices that have prevented regulators from verifying the property's revenues since it opened in July. The casino, fined USD 87,500 in September for having illegal slot machines, will also shut down for one day as part of an agreement with the Colorado Division of Gaming. In addition, the state hit nine other casinos with fines ranging from USD 250 to USD 8,500 for having defective slot machines.

The 16 German state lottery operators (one in each state, either a private company or an authority) have united to form the Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock (DLTB). From a legal point of view, this constitutes a partnership under the German Civil Code, without acting in sovereign capacity. Their cooperation is regulated under a contract of alignment (Blockvertrag). The market allocation and market foreclosure thereby achieved as well as the coordination of actions concerning private operators has to be regarded as extremely problematic from an anti-trust law point of view. This considerably interferes with, constrains and in part completely excludes competition.

Charlie Smigrod made USD 560 during his lunch break Wednesday. It wasn't from sealing a business deal or getting a bank loan. He got lucky on a virgin 50-cent slot machine on opening day of Las Vegas-style gambling at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino. ''I just decided to come over for lunch,'' Smigrod said, 59, who made his winnings after 15 minutes on the casino floor. "I just wanted to try my luck.''

Las Vegas (AP) -- Casino executives and a poker lobby group said that they hope a change in power brought by the midterm elections will help them overturn an Internet gambling ban rushed through Congress while Republicans were still in control. MGM Mirage Inc. chief executive Terry Lanni said Wednesday that the measure is "ridiculous" because it was signed into law Oct. 13 as part of a larger port security bill -- and because it exempted horse races and lotteries, and online bets placed while on American Indian land.

Las vegas - Wynn Resorts, Limited announced today the further expansion of Wynn Macau. This new expansion will add a second self-contained, fully integrated resort hotel with all related amenities including food and beverage, retail, entertainment and a casino to the existing property. Certain portions of the gaming area of the new hotel are part of the previously announced expansion of Wynn Macau.

London/Lübbecke. Cosmic Video Amusement (CVA) presented the new MERKUR GAMING- Section 16 machine “Criss Cross Runner”, specifically developed by MEGA of the Gauselmann Group for the UK market, at the “Preview“ in London from 11 to 12 October. “The trade show visitors were thrilled that MERKUR GAMING is now also an active player in this market as strong games are always needed”, says Axel F. Pawlas, CSO MERKUR GAMING.

Las Vegas event opened yesterday its sixth edition, gathering an important number of visitors and offering operators and manufacturers a preview of the products and services that will lead the latest trends in the industry in 2007. The central pavilion of the Las Vegas Convention Center offered yesterday an impressive image, in which thousands of persons (there are no official figures, yet, but 30,000 visitors were expected in the three-day event) visited the exhibition, and the main international brands aimed to catch their attention, with huge booths in which the latest developments were presented to the sector.

Isle of Capri Casinos officials announced the appointment of John Bohannon as vice president and general manager of the company’s Isle of Capri-Black Hawk and Colorado Central Station properties in Black Hawk, Colorado. Bohannon most recently held the position of vice president of marketing for the Black Hawk properties.

Las Vegas -- Casinos in places that have banned smoking in gambling areas have suffered major revenue losses, though increased marketing and investment can lure customers back, a panel of experts told a gambling conference Tuesday. Since the Canadian province of Ontario imposed a smoking ban in public places in May, casinos along the border with the United States have suffered a revenue drop of 10 percent to more than 20 percent, said Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. vice president Karl Gagesch.

MERKUR GAMING participates in trade shows in Moscow, Warsaw and Prague

Server-Based Games Cited as New Technology That Will Most Impact Customers and Operators

Mohegan Sun is planning another major expansion of what is already one of the world's largest casinos, betting on more growth in the nation's gambling industry. The Mohegan Indian tribe is planning to roughly double the casino's 1,200 hotel rooms and add to its more than 6,000 slot machines and its table games. Details of the expansion will be announced Thursday.