Indiana’s first fully integrated casino and racetrack opened this morning when the official first dollar slid into one of 2,000 new state-of-the art slot machines at the Las Vegas-style Hoosier Park Racing & Casino in Anderson. Hoosier Park owners and executives, along with community leaders and local citizens, celebrated the opening of the new 92,000-square-foot casino building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Two casinos operated by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation have shut down following a strike overnight by the Canadian Auto Workers union. OLG Casino Brantford in Brantford, Ontario, and Sudbury Downs Slots in Sudbury were closed after a collective agreement between the company and the union expired at midnight, the casino operator said in a statement distributed by Canada Newswire.

Great Yarmouth-based Pleasure and Leisure Corporation has submitted a proposal for a GBP 35 million casino, hotel and leisure complex to Great Yarmouth Borough Council, after the UK government granted permission for a new large casino to be built in the town. The council will spend the next six months deciding on Pleasure and Leisure Corporation’s plan for a complex called The Edge on the site of a former caravan holiday park in the South Denes area of town.

Indianapolis (WISH) - Two new casinos have each tentatively scheduled openings in the next two weeks. At Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Downs in Shelbyville, horses will no longer be the only thing to gamble on. "I'm feeling some elation that we got to this point and hopefully we pass our tests today and I can't wait to open to the general public," said Jim Brown of the Hoosier Park Casino.

Der zweite Tag bei der 39. World Series Of Poker im Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas ist Geschichte und es war zweifellos ein denkwürdiger Tag. In Event #2, dem USD 1.500 No-Limit Hold'em, wurde ein neuer Teilnehmerrekord aufgestellt. 4.000 Anmeldungen zwangen den Veranstalter zum Improvisieren. Erstmals wurde das Turnier in Tag eins und Tag zwei gesplittet, der Ansturm führte dazu, dass etliche Tische in Räumen aufgestellt werden mussten, die eigentlich für Satellites reserviert gewesen waren.

Barcelona ist immer eine Reise wert. Die guten Restaurants oder die schicken Nachtclubs, das mediterrane Ambiente oder die kulturellen Sehenswürdigkeiten sind immer wieder Grund genug, der katalanischen Hauptstadt einen Besuch abzustatten. Abhalten von einem solchen Trip könnte mich eigentlich nur die miserable Organisation des Gran Casinos. Seit 2002 komme ich mehrmals jährlich nach Spanien, jedes Jahr hoffe ich, dass es etwas besser wird…aber meine Hoffnungen stellen sich immer wieder als fromme Wünsche heraus.

Tag eins der World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em sorgte für den erhofften spektakulären Auftakt der 39. World Series of Poker im Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Insgesamt 352 Pokerspieler zahlten das Buy-in von USD 10.000 und sorgten somit für einen satten Preispool, der mit USD 3.308.800 gefüllt ist. Chancen auf die Siegprämie von USD 794.122 haben noch genau 70 Spieler.

Der erste Event der 39. World Series of Poker im Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino ist gestartet. Niemand geringerem als Pokerlegende Doyle Brunson kam die Ehre zu Teil, die World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em mit den traditionellen Worten „shuffle up and deal" zu eröffnen. Wie nicht anders zu erwarten ist es gleich ein Schaulaufen der Stars im Amazon Room. Das Buy-in von USD 10.000 haben bis zum Ende von Level eins (100/200) 340 Spieler gezahlt, aber die Registrierung ist noch bis zum Ende von Level zwei möglich.

New York, May 29 (Reuters) - Coastal Marina LLC said on Thursday it agreed to buy Trump Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City for about USD 316 million, boosting the shares and bonds of Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc, chaired by property magnate Donald Trump. Coastal Marina said it will rebrand the casino complex into a new destination resort under the "Margaritaville" brand.

The parliament of Monaco last month voted to ban smoking in all public places, including casinos. The edict will go into effect in six months. An earlier version of the bill exempted casinos, but that was removed at the last minute. It is likely, therefore, that Monaco will experience a drop of at least 15 percent in gross gaming revenues, if the experience of the neighboring French casinos is any indication.

A GBP 260m waterside development including a casino, entertainment, office and living space is to be launched in Leeds. Clarence Dock will be officially launched to the public in September this year. It will include more than 1.2 million sq ft of entertainment and living space. The project involves the regeneration of another part of Leeds' waterfront. ALEA, a new GBP 15m, 65,000 sq ft casino and entertainment venue at the entrance to Clarence Dock will also open its doors in September to coincide with other leisure openings on site.

Plaza Centers announced that the Consortium formed by the shareholders of Dream Island, in which it holds a 30% stake, has won, via a competitive tender, the first ever major casino license to be awarded in Hungary for its planned 1.5 billion euros entertainment and mixed use Dream Island development in central Budapest. The Consortium comprises Plaza, CP Holdings Ltd., a member of the group of companies controlled by Sir Bernard Schrier...