Auch von „Kaiserwetter“ ließen sich 15 Poker-Begeisterte nicht abhalten am Sonntags-Turnier teilzunehmen. Immerhin 1.500,- Euro Preisgeld waren zu verteilen. Die Lokalmatadore schieden frühzeitig aus und so konnten auch weit gereiste Gäste Ihren Aufenthalt mit einer Platzierung versüßen: Bernie Böhm ging am Final-Table vor dem Flop All-In.

The USD 2.4 billion Venetian Macau Resort Hotel is an ambitious venture, remarkable both for its massive size and for its location on the once-empty Cotai Strip. The Venetian, which opened on August 28, is the biggest hotel in Asia and the second biggest building in the world. It has the world's largest gaming floor, a 15,000-seat arena, 30 upscale restaurants plus a giant food court, 350 retail shops, 3,000 all-suite rooms and 1.2 million square feet of convention space, to say nothing of its signature canals, complete with gondolas and boatmen.

Freeport - Laying anchor in Freeport once again, the owners of the Texas Star Casino gambling boat are looking for a fresh start after being scuttled by controversy. The Texas Star Casino gambling boat returned Monday from Burton Shipyard in Bridge City where it received [[USD]] 200,000 in repairs and refurbishment and an overhaul inspection by the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas Star Casino CEO Grant Poynor said.

Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation, Connecticut: With hundreds of millions of dollars in annual profit flowing in from their gambling business, the Mashantucket Pequots first floated the idea of building a large amusement park. But those plans were shot down by neighbors already unhappy with the huge Foxwoods casino in their midst. The tribe then bought into a ferry-building business in hopes of diversifying its holdings, but that only provided a costly lesson, said Michael Thomas, the tribe's chairman.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - Everything about the new casino that's going to replace the former Sands Casino Hotel is designed to be Vegas-style , right down to the demolition of its predecessor. Old casinos in Las Vegas are routinely brought down with explosives in a choreographed spectacle that draws thousands of onlookers. Next month, Atlantic City will see its first casino implosion , complete with a world-famous Grucci fireworks display and laser light show to serve notice that not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

(Bloomberg) -- Sky City Entertainment Group Ltd. headed for a record one-day gain on New Zealand's stock exchange, valuing the nation's largest casino operator at about USD 1.8 billion, after saying it received a takeover offer. The price indicated by the suitor, which Sky City declined to name, would be a "significant premium," the Auckland-based company said before trading began today.

In der 40-jährigen Geschichte von Casinos Austria haben am 21. September 2007 erstmals weibliche Croupiers einen Kurs für französisches Roulette, den Klassiker unter allen Casinospielen, im Casino Wien abgeschlossen. Nur die besten, die crème de la crème der jungen Croupiers darf bei Französisch Roulette "dealen". Vor einem Jahr standen die ersten Frauen an den Spieltischen von Casinos Austria, heute sind österreichweit bereits 82 weibliche Croupiers beschäftigt. Neun davon dürfen die Casinogäste ab nun bei French Roulette zum Spiel auffordern.

Port Canaveral - The gambling business at Port Canaveral is about to get larger and more competitive. After a sometimes-heated debate Wednesday, port commissioners voted unanimously to allow a third gambling vessel to operate out of the port. Las Vegas Casinos Lines LLC plans to start operating a 253-foot-long, 900-passenger vessel out of Brevard County's seaport in December or January.

Pinnacle Entertainment announced that the Louisiana Gaming Control Board has approved its plans for a hotel and gaming entertainment project on more than 222.5 hectares of land that the company owns or has under contract in Baton Rouge. The master-planned development requires various other approvals, including a local-option referendum in East Baton Rouge Parish, which the company will seek to put on the ballot in February 2008, and adherence to certain conditions imposed by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.

Toronto - CAW Local 1090 members voted today in favour of a new collective agreement at the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino ending a strike that began September 7 at the Port Perry, Ontario gaming facility. The membership voted 58 per cent in favour of the agreement at a ratification meeting today. They return to work starting Wednesday, September 19th at 4pm. The new contract includes a minimum wage increase of USD 2.20 per hour over the life of the agreement.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - Seven and 11 are lucky numbers at any casino, but for smokers in Atlantic City, it soon will be seven the hard way. In order to comply with restrictions on smoking passed by Atlantic City officials earlier this year, 7 of the city's 11 casinos plan to go totally smoke-free on the gambling floor. They'll do it by creating smoking lounges where gambling will not be offered.

Two leading Spanish coin machine names are part of a four-company consortium, which has been granted the fourth casino licence in the Spanish region of Catalunya, Barcelona’s home state. GiGames, which is a major name in bingo games and AWPs, and MGA, which is involved in distribution and operation, are partners with two developers in the new venture.