The United States has arrested a second Internet gaming executive, adding to fears it is cracking down on the lucrative industry and sparking share price falls on Thursday that wiped over USD 1.5 billion off the market value of the sector. Online bookmaker Sportingbet Plc said its chairman, Peter Dicks, had been detained by U.S. authorities, mirroring the detention in July of another online gaming CEO on racketeering charges.

Scotland - A supercasino in Glasgow would create 2500 jobs and attract more than half a million extra visitors each year, it was claimed last Tuesday. Glasgow City Council quoted the figures in the third of a series of meetings on the merits of the seven venues competing to host the UK’s sole supercasino.

G2E Show Floor Reflects Increased Participation by International Exhibitors

Stardust employees received official word Tuesday that the closing date of the venerable Strip casino will be Nov. 1 - an announcement driven by equal parts courtesy by Boyd Gaming Corp. and federal law. The WARN Act, which dates from 1989, requires large employers to give workers at least 60 days' notice of a mass layoff. At the Stardust, more than 1,600 employees have been forced to decide whether to retire or look for work elsewhere.

Wynn Macau - the second Las Vegas-style gaming complex in the Chinese territory - has opened its doors to the public and received thousands of gamblers. Its owner and CEO, American gaming tycoon Steve Wynn, inaugurated the USD 1.2 billion casino hotel with typical Las Vegas styled glitz and glamour.

Pinnacle Entertainment and Atlantic Coast Entertainment Holdings have signed a definitive agreement under which Pinnacle agreed to purchase the entities that own The Sands and Traymore sites in Atlantic City, from entities affiliated with financier Carl Icahn.

Try as Las Vegas might to put a naughty, what-happens-here veneer on the Strip, more children than ever are schlepping into town - either with families or alone as teenagers trying to pass as young adults. Tourism statistics indicate that the proportion of Las Vegas visitors who are under 21 is 50 percent higher than in the early 1990s when Las Vegas began to open its arms to families with children.

Nevada's 6.75 percent top-tier tax on the money casinos win from gamblers is ripe for review. I'm not one of those folks who simple-mindedly look at the state's gaming tax rate and compare it to the more confiscatory rates in other states. It's no coincidence that Nevada gets far more casino-related investment than other states - the lowest-in-the-nation tax rate is a primary lure that allows developers to build the multibillion-dollar resorts that attract tourists by the tens of millions.

Stanley Leisure said yesterday it was still open to a merger deal after the company it was in discussions with was snapped up by a larger rival. Harrah's Entertainment - the world's largest gaming company - has agreed a GBP 279.3m deal for London Clubs International, effectively ending talks between Liverpool-based Stanley and LCI.

Biloxi, Mississippi (AP) -- The Southern Gaming Summit will return to Biloxi next May as the coast casino industry continues its recovery, the event's organizers say. The Mississippi Casino Operators Association and Ascend Media Gaming said that one year after Hurricane Katrina, eight of the region's 12 casinos have reopened, and gaming revenues are approaching 75 percent of pre-storm levels.

A hearing to put forward Cardiff's bid to site the UK's first super-casino has heard all bidders still have a chance. The Casino Advisory Panel chairman said it was "wide open" between the seven locations hoping to win the licence to run a 24-hour Las Vegas-style venue. Only one super-casino is initially being permitted under the terms of the Gambling Act.

St. Louis (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday extended for another 30 days an order preventing indicted online gaming company BETonSPORTS from taking bets in the United States.Judge Carol Jackson of the U.S. District Court extended the order, which was scheduled to expire on September 1, at the request of U.S. prosecutors pursuing a tax case against the company.