Crown Casino was fined AUD 35,000 last month for conducting card games without a full deck and breaking the rules of other games conducted at the Southbank complex. The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation fined the casino on four breaches of the Casino Control Act 1991. In a statement posted on the commission's website, it outlined the breaches and reasons for the fines, which dated to September, 2006. Games played at Crown that breached the rules included: three games of Texas Hold 'em Poker, a game of Blackjack, a game of Crown Pontoon, and a game of Pai Gow.

Atlantic City - No longer content with building a mere casino, gaming giant MGM Mirage Inc. plans to develop a mini-city of gambling, hotel towers and luxury condominiums that would dramatically redefine the Atlantic City skyline. The estimated USD 4.5 billion to USD 5.5 billion project would mimic the company's huge USD 7.4 billion CityCenter project under construction on the Las Vegas Strip, although on a smaller scale, according to people familiar with the plans.

Buffalo, New York (AP) - The Seneca Nation of Indians on Wednesday unveiled plans for a USD 333 million casino and hotel in Buffalo _ its third in western New York. Called Seneca Buffalo Creek, the project includes a 22-story hotel tower, a 90,000-square-foot casino and a 2,500-space parking garage on a nine-acre site in downtown Buffalo. The casino and hotel complex, thought to be the most expensive private structure ever built in the city, is slated to open in 2010.

Las Vegas (AP) -- Some rooms at the Rio hotel-casino owned by Harrah's Entertainment Inc. are being closed to accommodate overdue safety inspections that should have taken place during renovations done in 2004 and 2005, the company has said. Since Thursday, Clark County inspectors have issued six notices of violation for work on the Ipanema Tower, which underwent the remodeling. "As many rooms will be off-line as needed to facilitate the inspection process," said Jan Jones, Harrah's vice president for communications and government relations.

Businessman George Carney is willing to bet his 100-acre Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park that he has his competitors beat hands down in the race to build a casino in Southeastern Massachusetts. Carney has a grand vision for his park: Slot machines and gaming tables would fill the big building that overlooks the racetrack. Restaurants and shops would dot the landscape. Down the street, on another 100 acres he owns, could be a golf course.

The lure of spanking new casinos next door has helped Hong Kong attract a record number of tourists last month, analysts said last week. But despite that figure, fewer visitors stayed for at least one night over the first eight months of the year. But despite the rosy figure, fewer visitors stayed for at least one night over the first eight months of the year, against the same period last year, reflecting the challenges Hong Kong faces from Macau and other regional destinations.

Getting customers in the door for a first look at a new casino is easy. Everybody wants to check out the new joint in town. Having the right game mix to keep the players coming back -- now that's a different matter. Modern gaming floors must be all things to all players if the seats are going to remain occupied. Novice and expert, budget player and high roller all have to be satisfied -- all with dashes of glitz and excitement, if you please.

Fast schien es so als ob es kein Baccara-Spiel mehr in Europa geben würde. Es war für viele Gäste ein Wettrennen mit der Zeit damit sie 19.00 Uhr noch einen Platz an den 5 Baccara-Tischen ergattern konnten. Über die gesamte Turnierzeit des 9. Baccara-Pokal-Wettbewerb vom 27.09 - 30.09. 2007 war es ein dichtes Gedränge um die Baccaratische und ein Durchkommen war fast unmöglich. Täglich von 19.00 bis 5.00 Uhr morgens verwandelte sich das Casino in einen Baccara Hexenkessel.

Poker players from Holland and abroad will be doing battle during the four spectacular ViP Days tournaments in December. With its easy access to the A67 at Venlo, free parking in front of the entrance and highly entertaining and convivial atmosphere, Holland Casino Venlo is definitely THE venue for a tensely exciting poker tournament. Since place numbers are limited, you should sign up in time if you want to join in.

James Packer's third Macau casino, Trinity, is expected to cost at least USD 675 million (AUD 767 million) and open in late 2010, according to investor presentations to analysts by Melco PBL Entertainment in Macau. Located in the main peninsula area of Macau, the third casino project of Mr Packer's PBL and its joint venture partner Melco is expected to appeal to day-trippers arriving at the Macau ferry terminal or at border points from China.

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) -- For months, a tusk on one of the elephants outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort was missing, probably snapped off by a vandal. It was one small repair on a long list of things Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. had to do to spruce up its three casinos in the battle against a growing list of better-financed, newer, flashier casinos changing the face of Atlantic City. Now the tusk is glued back on - a symbol that the company realizes that the small things are just as important as the big ones when it comes to succeeding in the new Atlantic City.

Hospitality and gaming company Peermont will build a ZAR 220 million casino, hotel and conference facility to replace Tusk Umfolozi Casino in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. Construction is due to start in the second quarter of next year, following the approval of the environment impact assessment.