First, ATMs elbowed aside bank tellers. Then, voice mail eliminated phone operators. Now, poker machines are muscling in on croupiers at Quebec's casinos. One of the world's most storied professions is becoming automated but it's creating a standoff between the dealers and the house. Quebec's 1,450 unionized croupiers said yesterday they will boycott a test next week of 25 automated poker tables at the Montreal Casino. The dry run will involve no-money games reserved for Loto-Québec staff.

Sitzung des Arbeitskreises in Hamburg. Der Bundesarbeitskreis Spielbanken der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) tagte erstmals in Hamburg und bezog Position zur momentanen Branchensituation im Glücksspielbereich, so Bernhard Stracke von der Bundeskoordinierung Spielbanken.

A new class of hopeful croupiers has just walked through the door of the Lucky Gaming Training Centre in Macau and already they are being put through their paces. Dotted around rows of green baize gaming tables, the new recruits giggle nervously as they try to shuffle and deal the cards under the watchful eye of their instructors. In three months' time these cooks, drivers and shop assistants hope to be employed in one of Macau's many casinos.

A Melbourne man who enticed Crown Casino croupiers into a conspiracy to cheat the gambling mecca was jailed today for at least six months. Alexus Benetton, 42, approached three croupiers at the Melbourne casino between June and August 2003, Judge Joe Gullaci said today. He convinced the Crown employees to pay out losing bets and then paid them commissions.

Amsterdam - Paul van Leeuwen, croupier at Holland Casino, has won the 2007 ECA European Dealer Championship, the European Croupier Championship held in Torrequebrada, Spain. Lieve Daschot from Belgium, dealer at the Blankenberg Casino, was the runner-up. Ten European countries sent their best croupiers to represent them in Spain: Austria, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Seit 22 Jahren besucht die ISA-CASINOS viele Spielbanken in der Welt. Wir sind der Frage des "Tronc", auch "Trinkgeld", ein Stück für die Angestellten genannt, für die Croupiers nachgegangen. Die ISA-CASINOS führte viele Gespräche mit Spielbank-Gästen sowie auch Stammgästen der Spielbanken. Dabei wurde festgestellt, dass das Thema Trinkgeld als "heikel" betrachtet wird und wir fragen uns nun, warum eigentlich?