Windsor - Casino Windsor is turning 10 years old and it may be time for a growth spurt. The gaming complex on the Canadian side of the Detroit River has seen its gambling revenues decline by nearly 40 percent since 2000, largely due to tightened border security and intense competition from Detroit’s three casinos.

Robert Earl, the man behind Planet Hollywood, has teamed up with casino company London Clubs International to launch Fifty, a 5m GBP, four-storey private members club and casino in the capital's St James's.

Doyle Brunson wins the biggest prize pool in World Poker Tour history! The Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker Tournament, the Los Angeles stop on the phenomenal World Poker Tour, attracted 667 players for a 3,335,000 USD prize pool, the largest ever, doubling the size and the prize pool of the casino's WPT event last season.

The interactive gaming sector is set to benefit from its own dedicated international b2b expo following news that ATE, organisers of the world-renowned ICE and ATEI exhibitions, are revamping the i-gaming section of the London Show to create the launch of a new brand known as ‘ICEi’.

Over 300 i-gaming professionals will convene at the Hotel Melia Sitges, Barcelona, Spain between 8-10 November for the European i-Gaming Congress & Expo (EiG).

Organisers of the International Casino Exhibition (Earls Court, London, 25-27 January 2005) have embarked on the biggest visitor marketing drive in the history of the show with advertisements brandishing ICE as ‘an incredible place to do business’ appearing in no fewer than 22 casino industry publications spread across Europe, North and South America, the CIS and Africa.

Las Vegas (AP) - Mandalay Resort Group Inc. posted a 38 percent jump in second-quarter profit, although the results fell short of analyst forecasts because of steep health care costs and lucky gamblers winning at its flagship property.

In response to the many inquiries it has received recently from investors regarding the high volatility in the trading of its shares, betandwin has issued the following statement in order to dispel the current uneasiness of the market:

Glenn Bonner is no stranger to big IT integration projects, and he'll draw upon his experience in tackling the next such challenge on his plate. The CIO of MGM Mirage is bracing himself for the company's pending 7.9 billion USD acquisition of rival Mandalay Resort Group, announced in June. If approved, the deal -- which faces scrutiny from federal and state regulators before its expected completion next spring -- will come about five years after Bonner oversaw a similarly large-scale merger when MGM Grand Inc. acquired Mirage Resorts Inc. in May 2000.

Four groups are vying to develop the long-vacant Casino property, a six-acre site on Johnson Street, one of the last centerpieces in the redevelopment of Hollywood Beach. The site, spanning from the Intracoastal Waterway to the ocean, was once the home of the city's historic Casino pool, built by city founder Joseph W. Young in the 1920s.

Reno, Nevada - IGT announced today that nine buildings the company currently occupies in Las Vegas will be consolidated into a single new facility.

Las Vegas - Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Inc. have begun negotiations to sell four casinos to a group led by a real estate investment company, a move intended to help reduce antitrust concerns involving their recent merger agreement, two sources familiar with the negotiations said Monday.