Rota - Three as of yet unidentified foreign investors are eying the early steps officials here are taking to develop a casino gaming industry, yet progress on that effort appears to have stalled for now as the local government awaits funding from Saipan. “There are at least three investors that have already expressed their interest in a casino here,” Diego Songao, chairman of the Rota Casino Gaming Commission said in a Wednesday interview.

Toronto, Ontario - (Marketwire) - Clairvest Group Inc. today announced a USD 16 million investment to acquire 50% ownership in the Plaza Sol de Los Lagos casino being built in Osorno, Chile. Although Clairvest has made joint investments in casinos in Canada and Chile with other investors through Clairvest Equity Partners III Limited Partnership (CEP III), this purchase is a Clairvest-only investment as this would exceed current geographic investment limitations for CEP III.

Portland, Maine - Hoping to reinvigorate a stalled campaign, a Las Vegas developer announced Tuesday it will lead the referendum drive for a casino in Oxford County and spend USD 100 million to make it a reality if state voters give their approval in November. The Olympia Group said it has purchased Evergreen Mountain Enterprises from Rumford lawyer Seth Carey, who abandoned the campaign following legal problems.

Im Beschwerdeverfahren gegen die Pokerverfügungen der ESBK hatte der Schweizerische Casino Verband (SCV) im Rahmen von vorsorglichen Massnahmen verlangt, dass die Durchführung der als Geschicklichkeitsspiele qualifizierten Pokerturniere bis zum Abschluss des Verfahrens ausserhalb von Casinos verboten werden sollte. Zudem sollte die ESBK keine Turniere mehr als Geschicklichkeitsspiele qualifizieren dürfen.

Als die Geschäftsleitung des Wiesbadener Casinos sich fast auf den Tag genau vor 15 Jahren entschloss, Poker in das Spielangebot aufzunehmen, ahnte wohl kaum jemand, zu welchem Hype sich das Pokerspiel seit dem Jahre 2007 aufschwingen würde. Poker, insbesondere Texas Hold’em No-Limit, hat sich zu einem echten Publikumsmagneten entwickelt. Freeze-Out Turniere erfreuen sich größter Beliebtheit, eine bunte Karawane von Pokerfans zieht von Turnier zu Turnier.

Former Premier Alex Scott says he would not support any legislation to allow cruise ships to open late-night casinos in port. Mr. Scott, who introduced anti-gambling laws while he was Premier four years ago, says he would be a hypocrite if he was to give his backing to Premier Ewart Brown's plan designed to help Bermuda fight off increasing competition from rival cruise destinations.

Louisiana's state-licensed casinos won nearly USD 218 million from gamblers in August, with USD 54.3 million of that generated in the New Orleans area alone, State Police reported Tuesday at the Louisiana Gaming Control Board meeting in Baton Rouge. The statewide figure represents a roughly 2.3 percent increase over the same month the year before, when revenue was USD 213 million.

Das gestrige Dienstagsturnier war trotz Champion League mit 48 Teilnehmern gut besucht. Noch viele Unentschlossene meldeten sich erst kurz vor Turnierbeginn an. Unter ihnen auch die beiden Erstplatzierten, Marc Kessler und Christoph Bieniok. Herr Kessler freute sich ganz besonders über seinen zweiten Platz, da es sein erster Besuch im Wiesbadener Casino war.

Even though Governor Charlie Crist had his compact with the Seminole Indians voided, he is still on his way to getting what he wants for the state, expanded gambling options. South Florida casinos are leading the way. Dania Jai-Alai has become the latest establishment to expand the hours of operation for their poker room. Dania Jai-Alai has become the latest establishment to expand the hours of operation for their poker room.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - The United Auto Workers filed an unfair labor practice charge Monday against the Tropicana Casino and Resort, alleging that interim management is refusing to bargain in good faith while a buyer is sought for the property. The union is attempting to unionize dealers at all 11 Atlantic City casinos. The casino's former owners were stripped of their casino license last December...

Natürlich war das gestrige Profi-Turnier der Spielbank Wiesbaden wieder restlos ausverkauft. Den letzten freien Platz sicherte sich die spätere Siegerin Soraya Homam. Eigentlich war sie ja nur wegen der parallel zum Turnier laufenden hohen Omaha-Pot-Limit Partie nach Wiesbaden gekommen, die die Pros jeden Montag aufziehen, entschloss sich aber dann doch, am Turnier teilzunehmen.

Carter Lake, Iowa (AP) - A federal judge has combined lawsuits filed by Nebraska and Iowa opposing the Ponca Tribe's plans to build a casino in Carter Lake. Iowa claimed in its lawsuit that the tribe shouldn't be allowed to build the casino because it deceived the federal government to get land in Carter Lake placed in a trust. The tribe had previously said it planned to use the land to provide health care services.