Airbus said today it is holding talks with a number of customers interested in converting its superjumbo A380, the world’s biggest passenger plane, into a flying casino. "We have had interests from customers who would like to do something like (casinos)," said David Velupillai, marketing director for Airbus’s executive and private aviation division. "We had discussions with several customers about it," he said.

Queenco Leisure International Limited, the emerging markets casino developer and operator, announced the USD 10 million purchase of land in Sihanouk Ville, a coastal area in the south-west of Cambodia, which the company intends to develop as a destination beachfront resort and casino. QLI has purchased 9 hectares of land in an ideal location, situated along the beachfront in Sihanouk Ville...

A high-rolling Arab gambler is being chased through the British courts after he wrote a casino two cheques worth almost GBP 7million combined - both of which bounced. Ahmed Al-Reyaysa exchanged the cheques, worth GBP 3.07million and GBP 3.6million, for gaming chips at the Clermont club in London's Berkeley Square. After he spent the money on the club's roulette wheel, the casino discovered that Al-Reyaysa did not have enough cash in his bank account to honour the cheques.

Das Casino Seefeld hat sich im Laufe der Jahre zum beliebten Treffpunkt entwickelt, nicht nur bei internationalen Turnieren sondern auch an jedem Mittwoch zum Damentag und speziell an jeden 13. des Monats. Wie auch am Mittwoch den 13. Februar, hier gab es die doppelte Gewinnchance beim Damentag Roulette Turnier und bei der Verlosung des 13. Gehaltes.

New Orleans (AP) -- Casino operator Columbia Sussex Corp. is considering a switch of its two Louisiana gambling riverboats in a move that would bring Baton Rouge a larger facility and send a smaller boat to the Morgan City area, a parish official said Tuesday. The St. Mary Parish Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a resolution stating that the parish has no objection to the switch of the Belle of Baton Rouge and the Amelia Belle, parish president Paul Naquin Jr. said.

Las Vegas-based Harrah’s Entertainment has opened Scotland’s largest casino in Glasgow. Harrah’s stated that its USD 50 million Alea casino will cater to primarily working-class players. The new casino features a main slot machine gaming floor as well as three bars, a restaurant, a live music room and views over the city’s River Clyde. Harrah’s stated that no expense had been spared in the development of the site but that, despite this...

Pinnacle Entertainment informed that voters in East Baton Rouge Parish approved the development and construction of Riviere, the company’s USD 250 million gaming entertainment complex that will be built on more than 222 hectares in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The gaming resort project will offer sweeping views of the Mississippi River similar to Pinnacle’s USD 507 million Lumiere Place casino and entertainment complex located by the river in downtown St. Louis.

Nach Berichten des Guardian Nachrichtenmagazins, hat sich die Online Glücksspiel-Firma Bodog Entertainment für eine Glücksspiellizenz in England beworben. Bodog hat vor in den Asiatischen Raum zu expandieren und hat aus diesem Grund einige Internetseiten für den chinesischen Markt in Mandarin und Kantonese Online gestellt. Außerdem wird ab sofort der Support ebenfalls in Mandarin und Kantonese angeboten.

Bridge Investment Group is moving forward with its planned 300-room casino hotel investment project on Tinian, albeit scaled down into the USD 40-USD 50 million range from the originally planned USD 200 million investment. Phillip Mendiola-Long, the company's vice president for CNMI operations, declined to comment on the downsizing of Bridge Investment's outlay for its Tinian casino hotel project.

An application for a second major casino in Bournemouth was refused yesterday - and a major nightclub may now be built on the site instead. Developers wanted to convert the former ice rink in Westover Road into the Majestic Casino but were turned down by Bournemouth Magistrates. The building's owner, Luminar Leisure, may now turn to its plan B, the Oceana nightclub.

Das VG Weimar Beschl. v. 19.10.2007 - Az.: 5 E 1520/07) hat entschieden, dass die Veranstaltung eines Pokerturniers ein verbotenes Glücksspiel ist: Leitsätze: 1. Poker ist zufallsbezogen und somit ein Glücksspiel. 2. Auch wenn die Eintrittsgelder bei einem Pokerturnier mit zur Deckung der anfallenden Kosten (z.B. Lokalmiete, Personal) verwendet werden, handelt es sich bei dem Eintrittsgeld um einen Einsatz iSd. § 284 StGB, so dass ein strafbares Glücksspiel vorliegt.

Das VG Chemnitz (Beschl. v. 09.01.2008 - Az.: 3 K 995/07) hat entschieden, dass der neue, zum 01.01.2008 in Kraft getretene Glücksspiel-Staatsvertrag sowohl mit dem nationalen Verfasungsrecht als auch mit dem EU-Recht vereinbar ist: Leitsätze: 1. Private Sportwetten in Deutschland sind verboten. 2. Die Regelungen des zum 01.01.2008 in Kraft getretene Glücksspiel-Staatsvertrages (GlüStV) sind mit dem nationalen Verfassungsrecht und dem EU-Recht vereinbar.