Warmspielen war angesagt am Donnerstagnachmittag im Amazon Room des Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Einen Tag bevor mit der World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em der Startschuß zur 39. Auflage der World Series of Poker fällt lud die World Poker Association (WPA/Information zu dieser Organisation findet unter dem Turnierplan) im Rahmen einer zweitägigen Konferenz, die ebenfalls im Rio stattfand, zum WPA Mega Satellite für den WSOP Main Event ein.

Endlich geht es los! Am heutigen Freitag um 12 Uhr Ortszeit in Las Vegas (21 Uhr MEZ) startet die 39. World Series of Poker mit der World Championship Pot-Limit Hold‘em. Das Buy-in für Event 1 liegt bei USD 10.000 und wird gleich zu Beginn der WSOP für erlesenes Teilnehmerfeld im Amazon Room des Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino sorgen. Dieser Championship Event ist aber natürlich erst der Auftakt zur prestigeträchtigsten Poker-Turnierserie der Welt.

All five Wyandotte County casino proposals have made it to the final phase of a process that will choose one for the county. At a Tuesday meeting, the Kansas Lottery Commission approved contracts with 10 developers, including the five interested in Wyandotte County, that are hoping to build and manage gaming facilities in Kansas, according to a release. The approval means the developers met minimum requirements of getting local endorsement...

Memphis, Tennessee (AP) - A casino south of Memphis was shut down for almost 12 hours because a storm knocked out electricity. Harrah's Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, is back in business after lightning blew out a transformer. The Mississippi gaming commission told Harrah's to shut down because some of the casino's surveillance equipment was not working. The casino closed from 9:30 Monday night until 8 Tuesday morning.

Prosecutors Tuesday raided foreigner-only casinos run by the nation's tourism authority for breach of trust or embezzlement in the gambling venue selection process. Prosecutors seized financial documents and computer files from the two Seven Luck casinos at Oakwood Premier in COEX in southern Seoul and at Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel. They also raided the office of the casino operator Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), and GKL Chairman Park Jung-sam's home.

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has reiterated government’s position that it will not be converted into a casino destination. Speaking at the Sectoral Debate in Gordon House, he said casinos would form part of the "product enrichment", which will be embedded in a mega-property development. "You will not see a casino dotting the landscape across Jamaica, and the Prime Minister has made a statement concerning this in this honorable House already.

FullTilt Poker.net stellte vor kurzem drei neue Profi-Spieler im Team vor, darunter auch eine Pokerlady. Christiane Klecz, Roland Specht und Christoph Wolters gehören ab sofort offiziell zu den deutschsprachigen Full Tilt Pros. Sie verstärken damit das Team rund um Eddy Scharf, Niki Jedlicka, Sigi Stockinger, Markus Golser, Rino Mathis, Erich Kollmann, Stefan Rapp, Thomas Bihl und Hans Martin Vogl.

Nach einer Vorlage des österreichischen Landesgerichts Linz zum Spielbankenmonopol (s. Sportwettenrecht aktuell Nr. 101) wurde dem Europäischen Gerichtshof (EuGH) kürzlich ein weiteres Verfahren zum Konzessionsverfahren bei Spielbanken, diesmal aus Griechenland, vorgelegt (Rechtssache C-145/08 - "Club Hotel Loutraki"). Das Vorabentscheidungsersuchen des Symvoulio tis Epikrateias betrifft die Frage, ob für eine Spielbankenkonzession europäisches Vergaberecht, hier die Vergaberichtlinie (Richtlinie 92/50/EWG vom 18. Juni 1992 über die Koordinierung der Verfahren zur Vergabe öffentlicher Dienstleistungsaufträge), Anwendung findet.

New Orleans - A sluggish economy and record gasoline prices are keeping travelers closer to home and off the gambling floor at Southern casinos, an industry analyst said last week. Mississippi's state-licensed casinos saw a 19.4 percent drop in winnings from March to April, while Louisiana's state-licensed casinos recorded a 7.2 percent drop, according to state regulatory agencies.

Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister has confirmed that the newly-formed statutory board, the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA), is about to complete the legal framework to regulate the resort casinos in Singapore. Speaking at a Home Team Promotion Ceremony Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, who is also the Home Affairs Minister, said the CRA and its regulatory framework, would be fully operational this year.

Zum insgesamt dreizehnten Mal wurde der Swiss Jackpot im Grand Casino Basel geknackt. 5 Sphinx-Symbole machten am Dienstag einen Herrn um 2'342’156.- Franken reicher.

In a glamorous and original event, the brand of San Francisco de Mostazal casino was revealed to the public: Monticello Grand Casino and Mundo de Entretención, which will be the name of this mega project, which promises to bring more life to the Sixth Region. Both the name and the logo allude to the zone in which the complex is being built. Just 45 minutes and 50 kilometers from Santiago, the place is surrounded by mountains and green hills...