Hong Kong - For the past five decades, a Macau casino concession has been licensed to print money. In the past few months, printing money has become less profitable and less satisfying. This week's opening of Cirque du Soleil's new Zaia show at the Venetian Macao is a reminder that Macau has gone from a sure thing to a risky high-wire act.

Vienna/Ovalle, 12 August 2008 - Casinos Austria International (CAI) today announced that it has been awarded the concession for the new casino in the central Chilean town of Ovalle. The announcement followed yesterday's decision by the country's gaming board (Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego) on the operators for Chile's final three casinos.

After losing a lengthy European Court of Justice case over the renewal of its horseracing concessions, the Italian Government plans to launch a public tender for the 329 disputed allowances by the end of the year. According to a report from Agipronews, the European Court of Justice ruled against the Italian Government’s renewal of its 2000 to 2005 licenses because it had not put them out for public tender.

A gambling concession in Chinese island Macau has been licensed to print money for billionaire Sheldon Adelson--helping make him one of America's richest men. But a Las Vegas jury's ruling this Saturday raises questions about how he got his hands on these lucrative rights. The jury found Adelson's Las Vegas Sands owes Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen USD 43.8 million for his role in the company's success.

Queenco Leisure International Ltd. (QLI) as finalized the terms of its concession agreement with the Constanta municipality in Romania for concession rights over a historic building in the city, which the company intends to renovate and operate as the “Casino Constanta”. QLI will pay gross annual royalties of EUR 140,000 to Constanta municipality over the 49-year concession period, and has an option to extend for 24 years.