States and cities frustrated by gamblers spending their money elsewhere are putting casinos in or near major cities to maximize tax revenue. "We're sick of people from Wichita driving through our county on the way to casinos in Oklahoma," says Janis Hellard, economic development director in Sumner County, Kan., near Wichita. "We want some of the action." Her county is one of four places in Kansas recently authorized to have casinos, although none has been built yet.

Taipei - The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said it is still some way from making a final decision on whether to allow the establishment of casinos, as the issue is still being studied. No decision has been made yet either in relation to the number of permits, locations and the amount of charter fees, the CEPD said in a statement made in response to local reports that the government plans to issue three casino permits in a bid to help promote tourism.

A multi-million-pound casino planned for Huddersfield has been given the green light by magistrates. Casino Red was yesterday granted a licence to turn the historic former Princess Cinema into a GBP 5m entertainment venue. The listed Northumberland Street building will offer a choice of games, including blackjack, roulette, a dedicated poker room and slots machines. The venue will also boast a restaurant and live entertainment facilities.

Freeport - The owners of Texas Star Casino have been dealt a pair of rejections in its efforts to put gamblers on its boat. City Council voted 3-2 to reject a rezoning request for the block of Sailfish Drive at which the boat is docked. The rezoning from manufacturing to waterfront, which was unanimously recommended by the city’s planning commission, would have allowed the board to take on passengers and begin gambling operations.

In March, when shares in Trump Entertainment Resorts were trading around USD 20, the company disclosed that it was seeking potential suitors. At that point, Donald Trump even envisioned pocketing USD 500 million (AUD 583 million) from selling at a handsome premium his one-third stake in this company bearing his name. In July, when the company announced that it had not found a buyer despite a three-month search, shares in Trump Entertainment, which operates casino-hotels in Atlantic City, closed the day at USD 10.49. Trump's stake was worth roughly USD 100 million.

Two weeks after being briefed on the benefits and pitfalls of casinos in Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick and his administration are fighting to keep secret the completed studies that the governor is reviewing. On July 25, Patrick received a stack of studies on gambling to help him decide whether to support casinos. But in a sign that Patrick is treating the casino question with political caution, the administration declined Monday to provide copies of the records to the Globe, which filed a formal request for them July 26.

Las Vegas: A section of a multistory parking garage under construction collapsed Monday, less than a week after one worker died from a 30-foot (9-meter) fall, authorities said. No one was injured when three levels of concrete slabs collapsed with a pancake effect at the casino-resort building site on the Las Vegas Strip, Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison said.

Internal Affairs has forced Christchurch Casino to exit the Internet gambling business, but let the company continue operating its two online casinos and bingo and poker sites for seven months after deciding they breached the Gambling Act. This gave the company time to sell the business as a going concern to overseas owners. Christchurch Casino launched its first online casino, Kiwicasino.com, in 2000 and later expanded its Net-gaming activities to include a portfolio of sister websites offering online bingo and poker.

(Bloomberg) -- Steve Wynn turned to Kazuo Okada when the gambling magnate needed cash to fund his namesake Las Vegas casino in 2000. Now, Okada could be the ace up Wynn's sleeve in the Japanese businessman's home market. The pair want to submit a bid to operate Japanese casinos once the government opens the market, Aruze Corp. Chairman Okada said in an Aug. 2 interview.

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San Jacinto, California - A man suspected of masterminding the USD 1.5 million Soboba Indian Casino robbery was arrested over the weekend near Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said Monday. Rolando Luda Ramos, 25, was booked into the Southwest Detention Center Saturday on suspicion of strong armed robbery, false imprisonment, battery with injury and kidnapping. According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Ramos was picked up at a hotel near LAX at 3 a.m. Saturday.

Las Vegas - Two people were wounded in a Las Vegas Strip casino Saturday after a man knocked down in a fistfight retrieved a gun and opened fire, police reported. The gunshots rang out soon after a fight involving several people began about 4 a.m. near an elevator leading to a parking garage at the Caesars Palace hotel-casino, said Officer Ramon Denby of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department.