Administrative Court of Kassel: State Licensing Provision on Gambling is unconstitutional - by Martin Arendts, M.B.L.-HSG, Attorney-at-Law. The Administrative Court of Kassel has recently declared the state licensing provisions on gambling to be unconstitutional (decision of June 24th 2004, case-no. 2 G 701/04).

Las Vegas - The Frontier hotel-casino, perhaps one of the most coveted and likely pieces of property to be redeveloped on the Las Vegas Strip, is for sale to potential buyers who can meet the steep price and conditions. Billionaire Phil Ruffin said he has turned down about a dozen offers from suitors looking to build a new megaresort on the 38.5-acre property near one of the most desirable corners on the Strip.

The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska announced plans Tuesday to develop a large casino in the Wichita area, an off-reservation project that faces huge regulatory hurdles. Tribe Chairman Louis DeRoin said the tribe has entered into an agreement with a development group headed by former Wichita Mayor Bob Knight, who is the tribe's appointed representative for the project.

Las Vegas - Vestin Group Inc. today announced that the Castaways has been sold to Station Casinos for 21.6 million USD. The conclusion of this transaction repays the loan to the Castaways in which Vestin Funds I and II invested and that Vestin Mortgage managed.

Thousands of bartenders, waitresses and other hospitality workers are continuing with a strike against seven of the 12 casinos in Atlantic City. The strike, in the famous New Jersey gambling resort on the US east coast, is over wages, health care and the encroachment of non-unionised labour.

Uncasville, Connecticut - The sounds of ringing slot machines and the clanking of falling coins at the Mohegan Sun casino were drowned out for one night by the shouts from celebrity reporters and the clicking shutters of sweaty paparazzi. Movie stars, including Mark Walhberg and Jamie-Lynn DiScala, made their way down a red carpet at the eastern Connecticut resort last week to attend the premiere of "I (Heart) Huckabees."

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Visitors to the 2005 International Casino Exhibition (Earls Court 2, January 25-27) will have the opportunity of seeing an even broader range of new products with more than 10 per cent of the exhibitor list comprising industry suppliers making their first ever appearance at the London show.

BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment AG today announced that the company has been invited to make a presentation to institutional investors at the upcoming investor conference of "ERSTE BANK" in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria.

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) - A casino hotel workers union threatening a strike against 10 of the city's 12 casinos reached tentative agreement Thursday night with Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, but planned to walk off the job Friday at seven other hotels. Local 54 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union reached the agreement with representatives of Trump about 11 p.m, averting a strike at Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Marina and Trump Plaza casinos, said union spokesman Chris Magoulas.

Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) members from casinos around NZ finished off their two-day conference on Tuesday by developing strategies for national casino organising. Over 50 delegates, representing hundreds of casino workers nationwide, developed plans to create greater cooperation between casino workers through workplace organization, networks within the SFWU and the working with the community.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - A casino hotel workers union threatening a strike against 10 of the city's 12 casinos has reached tentative agreement with Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, but was still threatening to walk off the job at seven other hotels.