Morgantown, W.Va. (AP) - They've been full-fledged casinos for just two weeks, but northern West Virginia racetracks say the gamble on table games is already paying off - with renewed interest in slot machines. Slot play at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester has surged 13.6 percent since the Northern Panhandle track opened 37 poker tables Oct. 19, track spokeswoman Tamara Cronin said Friday. That's compared to the same period last year.

Costs on James Packer's City of Dreams casino project continue to rise, with the estimate outlay now at USD 2.1 billion (AUD 2.26 billion) compared with USD 1.85 billion in June and USD 1.5 billion last December. The new costs for the casino/hotel project, now under construction, are given in a 190-page filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission by the US-listed Melco PBL Entertainment, which is seeking to raise USD 563.8 million in new shares.

Further discussions on whether a casino should be sited in Solihull will be held at a meeting on Monday night. On Friday Solihull Council's overview and scrutiny management board met to consider whether a casino built at the NEC or anywhere else in Solihull would be in the interests of the borough. A number of speakers and interested parties - both for and against the casino - made representations but the board decided to defer their recommendation to their next meeting on Monday.

Die chinesische Sonderverwaltungszone Macau ist bekannt als das Monte Carlo des Ostens, denn die Insel ist der einzige Ort in der Volksrepublik China, an dem Glücksspiel erlaubt ist. Doch während das Geschäft mit dem Glückspiel boomt und die Umsätze der Casinos in den vergangenen fünf Jahren sprunghaft angestiegen sind, blieb Macau vom weltweiten Pokerboom völlig unberührt.

Kansas City, Kansas - A casino involved in a legal battle is almost done with its remodeling and set to open. The remodeling is mixing the building's green marble pillars and other original fixtures with new features such as slot parlors and a restaurant that seats 125 guests. "It's just like walking back into the 1920s," said David McCullough, an Oklahoma City attorney and tribal general counsel.

The remodeling cost for the 7th Street Casino is now estimated at USD 20 million.

An Application for an interlocutory injunction for the closure of a casino in Castlebar has been adjourned to this week. Castlebar Town Council made the application at Castlebar Circuit Court for the mandatory injunction against Niall Mulholland who runs the casino at McHale Retail Park, Castlebar. Mr John Jordan, BL (representing the Town Council) said the casino or gaming club had been opened in September and had no planning permission.

In den vergangenen Wochen wurde im Casino Schaffhausen eifrig umgebaut. Ohne denSpielbetrieb zu beeinträchtigen wurde der Eingangsbereich komplett neu gestaltet und im Parterre die Fläche für den Glücksspielautomatenbereich erweitert.

Joseph Ogundu called it a blunder at the craps table. Greektown Casino and the police who work there called it cheating, and had the 46-year-old West Bloomfield resident charged with a felony and a misdemeanor. In July, 11 months after the incident at the Detroit casino, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury acquitted Ogundu. On Monday, Ogundu returned to Wayne County Circuit Court -- this time, to file a lawsuit against the casino, a State Police officer and an unnamed Detroit cop.

New York (Reuters) - New Jersey's Atlantic City casinos could lose 12.3 percent of their "gross gaming revenues" once New York and Pennsylvania install their planned video lottery terminals, a new report said on Wednesday. The report, commissioned by the New Jersey treasurer, also analyzed how much revenue New Jersey might generate if it allowed the addition of video lottery terminals at the state's three race tracks: Meadowlands Racetrack, Monmouth Raceway and Freehold Raceway.

Gamblers can bet until 6am after councillors agreed to extend two casinos' opening hours. Stanley Casinos had applied for extended licences at casinos on Dundee Street and Ocean Drive. The licensing board dismissed several complaints from residents living nearby. Licensing agent Archie McIvor, acting on behalf of the Leith casino, said: "The casino has been there for many years.

Shares in Tabcorp rose as much as 2.1 per cent today after it reached a deal with the NSW Government to remain the sole owner and operator of a casino in NSW. The company owns the Star City casino in Darling Harbour, Sydney. “NSW remains a one-casino state,” NSW Premier Morris Iemma told reporters. By mid afternoon, Tabcorp was up 1.3 per cent at USD 15.31 in a broader market down 0.4 per cent.

Sydney, Australia - Australian firms Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. and Macquarie Bank Ltd. Tuesday extended their AUD 1.37-billion takeover offer for Canada's Gateway Casinos business. It was the fourth extension of the bid due to delays in gaining Canadian regulatory approvals. Shareholders in Gateway Casinos Income Fund, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, now have until Nov. 14 to decide on the offer from New World Gaming Partners Ltd., the investment bank's 50-50 joint venture with PBL.