The owner of Rolling Stone magazine is making a bid to turn Alexis Park on Harmon Avenue into a USD 500 million hotel-casino that would attract the same customers as the nearby Hard Rock Hotel, a real estate source said Wednesday.

Friends have paid tribute to a "larger than life" casino boss who was found murdered at his luxury flat.

Southampton leisure bosses have not given up hope of bringing a Las Vegas-style super casino to the city, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Las Vegas - MGM Grand announced today that it is now accepting reservations for The Signature at MGM Grand, the luxurious suite hotel to debut in May 2006.

Las Vegas - (Business Wire) - Feb. 2, 2006 - Harrah's License Company, LLC, an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET), and IMG, the world's premier sports and lifestyle marketing firm, have formed a global sales and marketing alliance centered around business operations for the World Series of Poker, Harrah's signature sports property.

2006 is the 13th edition of the International Casino Exhibition (ICE). It also marks the sixth time that an i-gaming zone – now known as ICEi – has been incorporated. This January's event is the first to take place under new ownership, following the acquisition of ATE by Clarion Events in Summer 2005.

Grand finale in Moscow

An absolute fireball of technical innovations and fascinating new slot games was the reason for the boisterous rush towards AGI´s impressive 1,000 square meters stand at ICE 2006. A new era of gaming with the brand new gaming platform Coolfire II, ten new games, the presentation of a new generation of Bingo gaming products and the unveiling of a never before seen cabinet were the indisputable main attractions on Londons Earls Court 2.

From January 24 to 26, 2006 MERKUR GAMING will present the European product range in London.

The new casino Erfurt is the first to operate a combination of AGI´s most popular multi-player systems. Both Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette and Novo Multi-Roulette™ are linked to one system the first time ever and are already proving to be very successful. The new casino from Germanys Westspielgruppe is located in Erfurts 5-star Hotel am Dom, and leaves nothing to be desired in both comfort and elegant atmosphere.

Las Vegas – Step through the gate and you enter a world of giants. A towering pool player readies for a shot that's never taken. Around the corner, some errant Cinderella has left behind a silver slipper, size 600. This is the Neon Boneyard, where Las Vegas' past awaits preservation.

Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI), the wholly owned subsidiary of Novomatic Group of Companies announces a product and game presentation for ICE 2006 that exceeds all expectations. Besides exciting new games and pioneering new technologies, AGI has announced the unveiling of a brand-new cabinet.