WESTPAC has become embroiled in an international casino scandal after a Singaporean fraudster convicted of stealing more than DOLLAR 100 million from foreign banks used a Sydney-based Westpac account to launder funds.

The 2005 International Casino Exhibition (ICE), which takes place on 25th-27th January at London’s Earls Court 2 Exhibition Centre, is being finely tuned by the show’s organisers, ATE

The state gambling providers (especially the Deutscher Lotto- and Toto-Block) will probably say “finally”. According to a press release of the German Lotto- and Toto block (www.lotto.de) of June 30th 2004 the state treaty on lotteries became effective on July 1st 2004. The press release reads as follows

The chief executive of SunCruz Casinos, which operates in Little River, is facing a lawsuit in Florida over the sale of a vessel, according to The Miami Herald. Frank Crivello says in a lawsuit that SunCruz CEO Robert Weisberg has failed to deliver a promissory note and mortgage in the 7 million USD sale of a half-interest in the Surfside Princess, the newspaper reported Thursday.

Richmond, B.C. -- Great Canadian Gaming Corp., the biggest contributor to a campaign to expand gambling in Washington, is raising its stakes in the state by as much as 5.4 million USD. The casino company based in this Vancouver suburb said yesterday its subsidiary, Great American Gaming Corp., which already owns half-interest in Evergreen Entertainment Corp., will acquire the remaining half-interest in Evergreen for 350,000 USD and take over the Grand Central Casinos in Tukwila and Lakewood.

Plans for a 260m GBP gambling complex in Manchester could spark a race to become the north west's "casino capital". Salford and Blackpool have rival plans to cash in on a law change that will allow huge Las Vegas-style casinos in this country for the first time.

A 25-USD-million-plus casino is planned for Pyramid Highway in Sparks, using the license from the shuttered downtown Old Reno Casino, Reno lawyer and gaming lobbyist Harvey Whittemore said Wednesday. The casino would be owned by Whittemore and his partners from the Peppermill Hotel-Casino.

Minnesota's Indian casinos raked in more than 1.3 billion USD in revenues last year, the third-largest total in the country, according to a new report. The state's gaming tribes trailed only California's and Connecticut's in revenues, part of a 16.2 billion USD national Indian gaming industry, according to a study by the Los Angeles-based Analysis Group. Wisconsin was fifth-highest in revenues.

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to halt Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's new gambling compacts with five Indian tribes. U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Whelan refused to issue a temporary restraining order sought by the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. The San Diego County tribe had challenged Schwarzenegger's authority to strike new compacts.

A huge casino leisure complex is set to transform the face of Greater Manchester - and create 1,500 jobs. The plans, revealed in full for the first time today, include not only a gambling centre with 1,250 slot machines but also a 2,750-seat ice rink arena, a themed swimming complex, a 150-bed hotel and 500 apartments. Other elements include a multi-use sports building with 1,000 seats that could host major boxing matches, and a snooker hall earmarked for national competitions.

Vienna, Austria - Based on the figures now available, betandwin co-CEOs Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger draw up a positive rC)sumC) of Euro 2004: "Based on in-depth analysis of customer habits in our core markets of Austria, Germany, Turkey and Greece, we launched a concerted marketing offensive that enabled us to exceed our declared communication objectives in the lead-up to and during the European Soccer Championships.

Las Vegas - The Las Vegas monorail is back on track for a scheduled July 15 opening after nearly six months of costly delays during which engineers worked out various kinks that threatened the rail system's reliability.