Los Angeles (Reuters) - Donald Trump's casino company expects to decided in the next couple of weeks whether it can reach a new debt restructuring deal with bond holders, sell assets or whether Trump will take the company private, executive vice president Scott Butera said on Tuesday.

Sydney - Kerry Packer, Australia's richest man has been touted as the "Prince of Whales" owing to his huge wins at casinos by a new book on the world's leading casino winners. According to The Daily Telegraph, Packer's gambling habits have been revealed in the recently released US book by Deke Castleman, Whale Hunt in the Desert, wherein, casino host Steve Cyr has ranked the gamblers, referred to in the book as "whales", by revealing their inside stories.

SunCruz Casinos faces a penalty of up to 32,500 USD a day for violating Coast Guard orders to evacuate Port Canaveral prior to the arrival of Hurricane Jeanne. The company's ship, Surfside Princess, was moored just west of its regular dock and remained in the port all weekend long, despite the Coast Guard edict. The Coast Guard was planning to make a decision of possible fines by today.

After 57-years the Mexican government published a Regulation for the Federal Gaming and Raffles Law of 1947 on September 17, 2004, that will officially go into effect on October 15. And while it cannot alter that which is allowed under the 1947 law or that which is not, the Secretariat of Government prepared directive does clear up certain ambiguities while detailing permit requisites and regulatory standards, plus it defines operating rules and regulations.

Wyoming should not be forced to accept casino-style gambling on the Wind River Indian Reservation, even though the state allows nearly unlimited gambling at charity or social events, a state attorney argued Monday.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - While a weekend picket held by casino workers did not appear to affect visitors to the city, it did draw the attention of a superior court judge. Judge William Nugent ruled that the protest by members of Local 54 should be limited. His temporary restraining order, issued Saturday, limited the number of pickets that could set up outside entrances to the Tropicana Hotel and Resort.

Michigan City, Indiana - Workers at Harrah's Casino in East Chicago and Majestic Star and Trump casinos in Gary have joined those at a Michigan City casino in authorizing a strike if contract negotiations fail. Hospitality workers at Harrah's, Majestic Star, Trump and the Buffington Harbor Pavilion voted 423-33 on Wednesday to authorize a strike. Workers at Michigan City's Blue Chip Casino voted 140-17 on Monday to authorize a strike.

Blue Man Group is on the move. The show's new home will be a custom-built, 1,750-seat theater at The Venetian hotel-casino, officials announced Thursday. "We are very excited to bring Blue Man Group to The Venetian," said Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman of the board of Las Vegas Sands Inc., parent company of The Venetian. "It is one of the most creative and innovative shows ever produced and it is immensely popular across the world."

London - A second mega casino is being planned for London, a venture which would really start the ball rolling to make the city the Las Vegas-style gambling capital of Europe. Bosses of the famous Caesars Palace in Las Vegas want to build a mammoth casino alongside Wembley Stadium now under construction and scheduled for opening in two years' time.

One of London's largest casino projects is moving ahead with Earls Court & Olympia and MGM Mirage Partnership appointing planners, architects, legal and traffic consultants to work on a planned 150m GBP complex earmarked for the Olympia 2 exhibition centre. A planning application is expected next year for MGM Grand Olympia, described as 'a spectacular entertainment destination' of over 250,000 square feet.

New York (Reuters) - A day after a rescue plan for Donald Trump's casino empire was scuttled, the star of the reality show "The Apprentice" said he is not worried about the company's prospects. Trump said in an interview that he aimed to forge a new deal with bondholders, some of whom had been skeptical about the plan just scrapped, and was also considering taking the company private or selling some assets.

Engineers are trying to figure out what is wrong with the Las Vegas Monorail. Inside a Bombardier maintenance building the trains are being taken apart. The faster a solution to the problems that plagued the system is solved, the faster the system can be operated and expanded.