Von 17. bis 20. Oktober steht alles im Casino Seefeld im Zeichen des Baccaraspiels. Bereits zum neunten Mal wird auf Olympischem Boden, welchen Seefeld aufgrund der Austragungen der Olympischen Spiele in den Sechzigern und Siebzigern auch für sich beansprucht, die Baccara Weltmeisterschaft in Seefeld ausgetragen.

The general background for the casino project located in Calama was handed in to the Local Council by Alan Céspedes Medina, General Manager of the operating company Latin Gaming. The Plaza Sol del Loa casino to open in March 2009. The exhibition counted with the presence of Jorge Orellana, geologist and project manager. Casino de Calama will be named “Plaza Sol del Loa” and will operate in the place occupied by former Finca San Juan.

Casino Red has been granted a license to open its new casino and entertainment venue on the site of the old Princess Cinema on Northumberland Street in Huddersfield, England. “Everyone associated with Casino Red is delighted to now have the opportunity to develop an entertainment venue that the town can enjoy” commented Nicholas Boyes-Hunter, CEO of Casino Red. Boyes-Hunter continues “The decision means Casino Red will open the doors to its first land based site within six months, creating over 120 jobs and bringing USD 9.9 million investment to the area in the process.

Taipei (XFN-AsiaA) - The Executive Yuan, or cabinet, is not considering plans to allow casinos for now, due to the lack of consensus in the community, the Economic Daily News reported, citing secretary-general of the cabinet Chen Chin-jun.

Sandia Pueblo - A Bernalillo County man has sued Sandia Resort & Casino, alleging it failed to pay him a jackpot of nearly USD 1.6 million last year. Gary Hoffman said he thought he was the luckiest man in the state when he hit the jackpot on August 16, 2006. But when the casino refused to pay, "I realized on that day that I was the unluckiest man in New Mexico,'' he said. Hoffman is seeking the winnings plus punitive damages.

Sacramento – When two wealthy California Indian tribes took the unusual step of joining the fight to overturn lucrative new gambling deals for a group of rivals, they argued that the compacts encourage big gaming tribes to flood their markets with slot machines. The unbridled competition could swamp smaller casinos in outlying areas, particularly in north San Diego County and the Coachella Valley, the tribes' representatives warned.

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Macau (Reuters) - The world's biggest casino opens in Macau on Tuesday, the most ambitious throw of the dice yet in a USD 24 billion effort to build a Las Vegas-style "neon alley" in this once-sleazy Chinese gambling enclave. The hopes of more than a dozen hotel, casino and retail operators building on the "Cotai Strip" -- 4 square km (1.5 square miles) of reclaimed land fusing two islands -- are pinned on the Venetian Macao, built by U.S. operator Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Pokerfaces treffen sich am 30. August bei Texas Hold'em. Nicht nur Newcomer freuen sich über das umfassende Pokerangebot im gemütlichen Seefelder Casino. Alle, die einem richtigen Pokerface entsprechen und schon mehrere Übungsspiele absolviert haben, sind beim Texas Hold'em Monatsturnier am Donnerstag, den 30. August herzlich willkommen.

James Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting has told analysts that mass-market gambling at its newly opened Macau Crown casino is trading below expectations, prompting it to increase its focus on wealthier gamblers. The six-star casino had a strong start with VIP gamblers, with chip turnover rising significantly from last month, PBL executives reportedly said at a market briefing in Sydney yesterday. Crown Macau is the first of three casinos PBL and its partner Melco are developing in the former Portuguese colony. It has only been fully open for business for about three weeks.

Alpine, California (AP) - The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians said it plans to build an USD 800 million casino-hotel resort just east of its existing 2,500-slot casino and outlet mall. The new resort 35 miles from downtown San Diego would feature 2,500 slots, a 600-room hotel, a pool, a spa, shops, restaurants, a conference center, a multiplex movie theater, two parking structures and a new power plant. The tribe, which unveiled its plan Thursday, hopes to complete construction in five years.

London (Reuters) - Playboy bunny girls are to return to London after a 25-year absence when the U.S. entertainment company opens a store and a casino-cum-restaurant venue. Playboy's first European store, part of the Playboy Enterprises entertainment empire, opens on London's main shopping thoroughfare on September 14 to sell products varying from its men's magazines to branded cosmetics and lingerie.