Last week, the Casino Superintendence (SCJ) received from Rantrur S.A. (Enjoy), located in Castro, Los Lagos region, the first announcement in which a public (limited) company declares its interest to apply for a casino project to one of the three places legally available which will be tendered in 2008. The twelve regions in which the current law allows private investors to make announcements are...

Nevada’s foreclosure crisis claimed a high-profile victim last week, as investment bank Deutsche Bank took the first step toward foreclosing on the USD 3 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino project. Developer and owner Ian Bruce Eichner said his company, 3700 Associates, was working with Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch to find new investors. The construction loan from Deutsche Bank of USD 760 million went into default Wednesday, the company said.

Knesset Interior Committee Chairman Ophir Paz-Pines warned Tourism Ministry officials that there won’t be a legal casino in Israel anytime soon, despite plans by the Eilat Municipality and the Tourism Ministry to build the country’s first casino. Despite plans by the Eilat Municipality and the Tourism Ministry to build the country’s first casino, Paz-Pines remained adamant that the Knesset would never legalize gambling.

Las Vegas (AP) -- Billionaire Sheldon Adelson flipped the switch "on" for his newest creation, the USD 1.9 billion Palazzo hotel-casino, with a modest fireworks display and champagne toast in the brisk January air. The gigantic hotel-casino -- Palazzo means "palace" in Italian -- officially debuted Thursday as the biggest resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip in three years.

Las Vegas - Sheldon Adelson, the casino mogul, has seen his personal net worth plummet by more than USD 15 billion in recent months as Wall Street investors have grown more bearish about the prospects of casino companies that are pushing aggressively into Asia. That slide might put a crimp in his stated goal of surpassing Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the only two titans ahead of him on Forbes' recent list of the richest people in the United States.

The latest casino to be built in Northampton is due to open in the next few months, creating almost 200 jobs. Work began on the venue in Commercial Street in the centre of Northampton a number of years ago. The building was originally planned to open early in 2007, but the company operating the development, London-based casino firm Aspers, has now announced it will open its doors in June.

A casino has lost its bid to open for 21 hours a day after councillors rejected its plans to open from 10am each morning. The Gala Maybury Casino, near The Gyle, wanted to open throughout most of the morning for the first time, and only close its doors at 7am. The maximum normal opening hours for casinos were set at midday to 6am by new UK gambling laws last September. However, local councils have the power to vary this.

Groß war die Freude nicht nur bei der Siegerin, sondern auch bei allen Zuschauern im Concord Card Casino in Wien, als Julia Ruff (28) Jurastudentin aus Berlin, am Finaltisch ihren letzten Gegenspieler vom Tisch genommen hat. Julia hat erst verhalten und abwartend gespielt, wie auch schon in der Qualifikationsrunde am Freitag, wo auch gute Hände im Spiel waren. Als nur noch gesamt 3 Pokerer am Tisch waren, hat Julia ihre Spielweise aggressiver gestaltet, wie sie auch selbst grundsätzliche ihre Spieltaktik beschreibt

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he personally called U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and asked him to give "some attention" to four Indian gambling compacts before the federal government reversed itself and finalized the agreements last month. The action has led to widespread speculation that one or more of the tribes might claim the deals to expand their casinos are valid, even if voters reject the compacts next month.

Teilnehmer der Tennis Senioren EM zu Gast im Casino. Vom 11. bis 26. Jänner findet die Tennis Senioren Europameisterschaft in der Casino Tennishalle in Seefeld statt. Anlässlich dieses traditionsreichen Sportevents gab es im Casino einen großen Empfang für die Teilnehmer.

The government approved last week the tender of a casino hotel in the city of Rivera. The resolution was approved by President Tabaré Vázquez and ministers of Economy, Danilo Astori, and Tourism, Héctor Lescano. The aim of this measure is to promote the touristic development in this district, in the Northern part of the country, which shares a border with Brazil.

Stanley Ho Hung-sun's Sociedade de Jogos de Macau has postponed its initial public offering after being asked to undertake procedural clarifications by the Securities and Futures Commission, sources said yesterday. An SFC official who declined to be named, however, told Dow Jones Newswires that the regulatory body will not comment on specific cases.