A GBP 5m casino has opened its doors to gamblers in east Kent, amid criticism from church leaders. The G Casino, at the Westwood Cross Retail Park, near Broadstairs, has created 100 jobs and replaces another casino elsewhere in the town. It is equipped with 12 gaming tables, 20 slot machines and a poker room, and will have weekly live entertainment. ut Bishop of Dover Rev Stephen Venner said he feared for society if it relied on casinos to regenerate areas.

Plans for a casino in the Black Country to boost regeneration are an "insult", according to a local MP. Ken Purchase (Lab Wolverhampton North East) said it was wrong to base local economic strategy on "a game of pitch and toss". He spoke out after the Government revealed it was giving the green light to 16 new casinos across the country, including in Solihull and Wolverhampton.

Shopping, museums and housing are viable alternatives to a supercasino, the Government claimed today. But it freely admits none of these alone would bring the same economic boost as Las Vegas-style gambling. The admission comes in a report compiled for communities minister Hazel Blears after Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for alternative forms of regeneration to be examined for Blackpool and east Manchester.

Sorry, dass ich fast 12 Tage lang nichts von mir hören ließ und die Regelmäßigkeit meiner Blogs von einer etwas längeren Pause unterbrochen wurden. Gleich vier Gründe waren dafür verantwortlich: Erstens bin ich natürlich auch in der Turnierwoche in Bregenz mit von der Partie und die einzelnen Events starteten täglich schon um 14 Uhr, so dass man meistens den überwiegenden Teil des Tages an einem Pokertisch nach dem Prinzip „Hoffnung“ verbringt.

Es ist allgemein bekannt, daß ein begabter Spieler sich beim Blackjack Vorteile verschaffen kann, in dem er die Karten zählt. Kevin Spacey und Kate Bosworth spielen die Hauptrollen in einem neuen Hollywood Blockbuster, welcher demnächst in die Kinos kommen wird. Der Film trägt den Titel:"21" und handelt von dem weltbekannten MIT Blackjack Team, welches in den Casinos in Las Vegas Millionen durch "Card Counting" verdiente, bevor die Kasinos zurückschlugen.

Pinnacle Entertainment has delayed construction plans for a proposed USD 1.5 billion megaresort in Atlantic City and said it may even abandon the project entirely if credit markets do not improve. The original plan was to begin redeveloping the site of the old Sands Casino Hotel late in 2008, but that start date has been postponed until the second half of 2009, if it does in fact begin at all.

The Bush administration told Congress Wednesday that Indian tribes face long odds in winning federal approval for casinos hundreds of miles away from their reservations. Along with 10 other tribes, The Mississippi Band of Choctaws received a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in January rejecting the application for a casino in Jackson County, almost 200 miles from the tribe's reservation in Neshoba County.

One of Swansea's existing casinos has warned the city may not be able sustain another competing gambling venue. Swansea is one of 16 places chosen by the UK government to become a regional gambling centre. Aspers, which opened a GBP 13m complex in the city last year, said it would be bidding for the new licence to develop its current business.

Only a handful of the 16 small casinos given the government go-ahead on Tuesday are ever likely to see the light of day, because of serious doubts harboured by operators about their likely returns. Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, finally killed off the supercasino planned for Manchester but gave the go-ahead to 16 second and third-tier casinos in locations such as Leeds, Milton Keynes and Newham in east London.

The air in Colorado's casinos cleared in the first month of a smoking ban, with the levels of harmful air-pollution particles dropping 92 percent, according to a new state report. "It's what we've seen in other states — pretty dramatic results once the smoke-free laws pass," said Jodi Kopke, a spokeswoman for the state health department's Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership.

In den kommenden Monaten wird in den Holland Casinos in unserem Nachbarland wieder jede Menge gepokert. Mit den ViP Days in Venlo, dem 4-Tage-Pokerturnier in Nimwegen und den Twente Classics Enschede werden Pokerspieler im März, April und Mai bei drei Turnierserien voll auf ihre Kosten kommen. Den Anfang macht das Holland Casino Venlo an der deutsch-holländischen Grenze. Am 6. März starten die ViP Days mit insgesamt vier No-Limit-Hold'em-Turnieren.

Ich bin also wieder unterwegs in Sachen Poker und wundere mich, wie lange ich es ohne die Pokerreisen ausgehalten habe. Boris Fragin, einer der besten Pokerspieler Europas, holte mich pünktlich um halb vier am Frankfurter Flughafen ab. Mein Turnier im Casino Bregenz Österreich am Montag lief ganz gut, bis ich unter den letzten 12 den Tisch wechseln musste. Ich kam mit 140.000 (Average 70.000) an den neuen Tisch, an dem ich zweimal hintereinander verlor. Einmal mit AK mit einem AKQ Flop gegen D 10 und ein B kam.