Trotz Fernsehübertragung des DFB-Pokal-Spiels Eintracht Frankfurt gegen Hansa Rostock gab es am gestrigen Dienstag wieder ein attraktives Pokerturnier im Wiesbadener Casino. Die Rookies gingen es diesmal sehr sehr langsam an. Das erste Seat-Open war erst nach einer halben Stunde zu hören. Auch die letzten Drei im Turnier hatten offensichtlich keine Eile, sie verblieben 1,5 Stunden in dieser Konstellation und kämpften hart um die Plätze.

New York (AP) -- Casino operators' shares skidded Monday as investors questioned whether growing capital and liquidity concerns would hinder their financials and stifle their growth plans. Gaming companies hinge their success on continued growth, and many have started to falter as major projects unravel. The sector's stock fell more on Monday than the broader market, which was anxiously awaiting details about the government's plan to purchase USD 700 billion in banks' mortgage debt.

Shingle Springs, California (AP) - A tribal casino scheduled to open later this year in Northern California shouldn't have any problem filling its jobs. About 11,000 people applied for jobs at the Red Hawk Casino about 30 miles east of Sacramento. The casino, owned by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, has 1,700 openings. The stream of applicants comes as California's jobless rate is at its highest in 12 years.

Las Vegas - The boarded-up Queen of Hearts is open to gamblers again, but only for eight hours. It's a periodic Vegas ritual that lets closed operations retain their gaming rights -- and property values. The small casino is ringed with a fence topped with barbed wire. Its beige walls have browned from the punishing desert sun. Its bulbous canopies are torn, and the marquee is missing vowels. The front door is padlocked.

Different measures have been taken due to the entry of foreign operators in the Chilean market. Four casinos have already been inaugurated since the beginning of the new law of casinos, and, by the end of the year; other five entertaining and betting centers are expected to be inaugurated. The oldest has only one year of difference and, unlike the seven casinos that already exist in the country...

Wiesbaden, 23.09.08. Zum gestrigen Montagsturnier des Casino Wiesbadens fanden sich 41 Omaha-Freunde zum Kräftemessen ein. Gespielt wurde mit einem Buy-In von 100 Euro. Zwei Rebuys und ein Add-On waren möglich. Es kam zu einem beachtlichen Preisgeldpool von 11.200 Euro abzüglich 3 Prozent für die quartalsmäßige Over-All Wertung. Das Preisgeld dieser Over-All-Wertung wird aus den Montagsturnieren generiert und wird in der nächsten Woche nach dem letzten Montagsturnier des Quartals an die Gewinner ausgeschüttet.

Thai tourists are being reminded that the Cambodian border province of Koh Kong offers much more than just the casinos for which it is famous. Mayuda Mang, deputy chief of the Tourism Department of Koh Kong, said at the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) workshop on biodiversity conservation and tourism development in Bangkok that the 11,000 sq km province has a wide variety of tourist attractions.

Lawrence Ho, son of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho, expressed last week its interest in building casinos in Taiwan. Ho said it has an ideal geographical location, being near South-East Asia and China. “If the Taiwan government lifts the ban on gambling, I am interested in making investments in Taiwan,” he said while attending a seminar in Taipei on Taiwan, Hong Kong and China business opportunities.

Auch nach 15 Jahren, in denen jetzt in Wiesbaden Poker gespielt wird, lässt die Begeisterung für diese Spiel nicht nach. Langjährige Stammgäste, aber auch viele neue Spieler, die zum ersten Mal ihr Glück im Live-Poker versuchten, trafen sich am gestrigen Sonntagabend in Wiesbaden, um die Gewinner des Rookie-Turniers auszuspielen. Bereits nachmittags waren die 60 Plätze dieses Events restlos ausverkauft.

Die 60 Plätze des Rookie-Turniers am gestrigen Donnerstag waren wieder ruck zuck ausverkauft. Für die Turnierteilnehmer war es die Nacht der kleinen Pocket- Pärchen. Wer diese auf der Hand hielt, gewann einen Pot nach dem anderen gegen A – K, A – Q usw. Am Final-Table versammelten sich viele alte Bekannte. Mit allzu risikoreichem Spiel war jetzt allerdings Schluss, ab jetzt wurde vorsichtig abgetastet und taktiert.

Bernard “Bernie” Goldstein, chairman of the board and former chief executive of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., was inducted this week into the Gaming Hall of Fame. Touted as the “father of riverboat gaming,” Goldstein lobbied for the original riverboat gaming legislation in Iowa and opened the nation’s first riverboat casino there in 1991. He also opened the first riverboat casino in the South in Biloxi, Miss. in 1992.

When the dealer at Table #206 at Ontario's Casino Rama started flipping cards for a mini-baccarat game, there was little doubt among the high rollers who would win. On that hand, dealt at 8:42 p.m. on Oct. 24, 2003, two players raked in CAD 6,500. That was chump change, however - just one hand in an astonishingly successful swindle. When the gang hit the tables in earnest, they walked away from the Orillia casino with CAD 2,062,927 in winnings, according to U.S. prosecutors.