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.

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.