Menschen denken gerne in runden Zahlen. Wahrscheinlich werden deshalb der millionste Besucher einer Website, das zehnjährige Abijubiläum oder der runde Geburtstag etwas exzessiver gefeiert als andere Daten. - In diesem Zusammenhang fällt mir eine Gruppe grölender Engländer ein, die ich vor ein paar Wochen in der Abfertigungshalle des Flughafens Stansted sah. Jeder trug ein knallrotes T-Shirt mit der Aufschrift „John’s 40th Birthday Mallorca October 2007“ und einige von ihnen waren schon so betrunken, dass sie den Weg zum Gate nur noch mit der tatkräftigen Unterstützung der restlichen Gruppe fanden. –

Internationale und heimische Spieler treffen sich regelmäßig in der Olympiaregion. Im Casino Seefeld stand diese Woche wieder das € 100 No Limit Hold’em Speed-Turnier auf dem Programm. Das Casino in den Alpen und der Olympiaregion Seefeld entwickelt sich mehr und mehr zur Pokerhochburg Tirols.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - The newest addition to Atlantic City's skyline will be a twin-tower mega-casino that appears as if it were sculpted by ocean waves. Revel Entertainment Group unveiled designs Wednesday for its USD 2 billion casino to be built on the Boardwalk next to the Showboat Hotel-Casino, and said the project will debut earlier than had been planned. Kevin DeSanctis, the company's chairman and CEO, said the project would be called simply "Revel" and would open in the second half of 2010.

Europas Top Pokerspieler zu Gast im Casino Seefeld. Bluffen, sehen und erhöhen wollen nationale und internationale Pokergrößen, wenn das Casino Seefeld zum wohl größten Pokerhighlight in der Region in das Casino Seefeld lädt.

Proposals for the creation of a casino came a step closer to reality this week after Solihull Council's overview and scrutiny management board decided to back them. The board will recommend full council does not resist the building of a Casino in Solihull should the government give the go-ahead. Uncertainty still surrounds the scheme, following the rejection of government recommendations in the House of Lords but supporters remain hopeful it will eventually be given the green light.

Tallahassee - The federal government told Gov. Charlie Crist that it will take steps to allow expanded gambling in Seminole Indian casinos if he doesn't reach an agreement with the tribe by Nov. 15. In a letter sent to Crist's office Monday, the U.S. Interior Department's assistant secretary of Indian Affairs told Crist that the tribe is at a disadvantage because Las Vegas style slots -- or Class III machines -- are allowed at some dog and horse tracks and jai alai frontons, but not in Indian casinos.

An independent audit has confirmed that there is no evidence of money being skimmed or misappropriated from Christchurch Casino’s gaming machines, Internal Affairs Minister, Rick Barker, said today. Evaluating the reliability of the casino’s DACOM system included checking the installation of the gaming machines, interface controllers, cashier’s station, network hubs and cabling, assessing operational procedures, checking system behaviour under a range of conditions, reviewing security and access privileges to the IT infrastructure and verifying software.

Mega-Glück und großes Geburtstagsfest am 13. Dezember. Im Dezember 1992 wurde der zwölfte Betrieb der Casinos Austria AG in Innsbruck eröffnet. Die geladene Gästeschar feierte im mondänen Ambiente ein rauschendes Fest. 2007, fünfzehn Jahre später, präsentiert sich das Casino in der Landeshauptstadt im neuen Kleid und lädt am 13. Dezember zum Geburtstagsfest ein.

Saipan, CNMI (Marianas Variety) – Saipan, which rejected casino gaming overwhelmingly in 1979, has once again said "no" to it, but the same proposal finally got the required two-thirds support of Rota’s voters. The Saipan Casino Act initiative, which also required two-thirds of the total votes cast, received only 3,492 votes with 4,721, or 57 percent, voting "no." Saipan has 866 absentee voters. But on Rota, the casino initiative received 788 votes, or 84.5 percent, with only 144 voting against it.

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) - Casinos in this East Coast gambling resort are betting on Asian gamblers to help them overcome dipping slots revenue. Casinos are taking steps to attract Asian gamblers such as hiring employees who speak Asian languages, adding Asian-theme restaurants and beefing up advertising in areas such as New York's Chinatown. According to a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer's Sunday edition, Asian gamblers make up 15 to 20 percent of Atlantic City's revenue.

Riesenerfolg bei ausverkaufter „Casino Nacht der Legenden“

Las Vegas (AP) - Station Casinos has cleared its final hurdle to going private. The Las Vegas-based company's USD 5.4 billion buyout has won approval from the National Indian Gaming Commission, according to regulatory filings submitted Friday. The Indian commission's approval clears the way for the $ 90 per share buyout to close early next week, possibly by Tuesday, the filing said. Station agreed in February to a buyout offer by an investor group that includes members of the company's founding family.