Las Vegas -- Celine Dion has called it a wrap at Caesars Palace, acknowledging in her final show that pregnancy and poor early reviews almost sank her titanic five-year engagement. As adoring fans cheered, stood and clapped through Saturday night's performance, Dion interspersed her usual numbers with emotion-filled monologues. "At one point, it was like feeling like the Titanic was about to sink again,'' she said.

Las Vegas (AP) - Caesars Palace says it is raising its betting limits to accomodate the biggest gamblers in the world. Starting tomorrow (Monday), the casino will allow players to bet up to USD 50,000 per hand at blackjack, and the same amount on line bets at craps. The casino owned by Harrah's Entertainment says the limits are the highest in Las Vegas.

Atlantic Cit, New Jersey - Full- and part-time card dealers at the Tropicana Casino and Resort have approved a bid to unionize. The dealers voted 626-157 on Sunday to join the United Auto Workers, the union said. "Workers are on a roll in Atlantic City," said Joe Ashton, director of UAW Region 9, which includes New Jersey. The UAW has been pushing hard to organize workers at all of Atlantic City's 11 casinos. It has won elections at four gambling halls and lost at two others.

Las Vegas (AP) -- Gambling giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. announced a USD 1 billion expansion Thursday for its flagship Caesars Palace hotel-casino in a bid to compete with a wave of new megaresorts planned for the Las Vegas Strip. The company plans to build a 665-room tower called Octavius, three pool villas for high rollers, add an extra 263,000 square feet of convention space and upgrade 512 of its oldest rooms.

Die Ankündigung war, dass um 9 Uhr die Schalter für die Registrierung zur WSOP öffnen. Die bewährte Praxis der Vorjahre , dass man sich schon 2 Tage vorher registrieren lassen konnte und die Buy-Ins für die Turniere bezahlte, wurde nicht wieder aufgegriffen. Nein, denn die Bürokratie hatte gewonnen. Erst musste man sich die Players Card an einem getrennten Schalter abholen, was viele Spieler, die schon seit 7 Uhr 30 in der Schlange standen um sich für das Eröffnungsturnier $ 5.000.-- Limit und No Limit Mix Turnier, das Empoyee Turnier am Nachmittag ($ 500) und das $ 1500 Turnier am Samstag einzuschreiben gar nicht wussten.

Atlantic City - Although dealers at Caesars Atlantic City voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to join a union, it could be quite some time before employees sit down at the bargaining table with casino management. The company announced plans to challenge the election results before the National Labor Relations Board, alleging workers were pressured or threatened by the union to sign up. Dealers, keno and simulcast employees voted 572 to 128 to become part of the United Auto Workers union in Saturday's vote.