THE BIGGEST global players in the gaming sphere are set to whisk down the majestic red-carpet at the International Gaming Awards 2012 gaming ‘Oscars’. The elegant event is only around the corner so dust off those ball gowns and tuxes! It takes place at the divine Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, Mayfair, London on the 23rd January and has been dubbed the biggest gaming charitable event of the year.

Die Monticello Grand Casino & Entertainment World, Lateinamerikas größtes Resort Casino südlich der chilenischen Hauptstadt Santiago, hat im Rahmen eines spektakulären Grand Openings diese Woche seinen Vollbetrieb aufgenommen. Vor mehr als 7.000 Besuchern gaben Salsa-Star Marc Anthony und seine Ehefrau Jennifer López in Anwesenheit eines hochkarätigen Pubilkums aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur als einen der Höhepunkte ein zweistündiges Live-Konzert.

Casino operator Crown says it is not in talks with MGM or Dubai World to invest in the City Center development in Las Vegas. „It is Crown’s policy not to comment on speculation,“ Crown said in a statement today. „However, as there has been widespread media speculation over the weekend that Crown is considering a direct investment in the City Center…

Shareholders in James Packer’s gaming company, Crown, are continuing to pay for the adventures of Mr Packer and his managers in the tanking US gambling sector. Crown has revealed an expensive way of getting off a rather nasty hook and postponing the high-priced purchase of casinos in Nevada and a racetrack and gaming palace in Pennsylvania. The US vendors and Crown have announced the termination of an earlier USD 1.75 billion deal…

Burswood Entertainment Complex owners, Crown, has struck a new deal for the Cannery casino group in the United States, which could result in Crown owning all or part of Cannery. Crown said on Friday that it and the vendors of Cannery Casino Resorts – Millennium Gaming and an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management – had terminated the USD 1.8 billion Cannery acquisition agreement of December 2007.

James Packer’s Crown Limited may have received regulatory approval for its USD 1.75 billion acquisition of three Las Vegas casinos, but it could end up with only two following an 11th hour hiccup. A dispute over whether Crown can buy the leasing rights to Rampart Casino from the JW Marriott hotel group could leave it with less reach in the famed gambling mecca.

The state Gaming Control Board has recommended a license for Southern Nevada’s newest resort and for an Australian multinational company to make its first imprint on the Nevada market. In separate votes, the board unanimously approved a license for the USD 700 million M Resort at Las Vegas Boulevard South and St. Rose Parkway and a license for Australian casino giant Crown Ltd.

Las Vegas (AP) — A bid by Melbourne, Australia-based Crown Ltd. to buy Cannery Casino Resorts for USD 1.8 billion in an all-cash transaction was endorsed Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. „We look forward to the opportunity to be part of the casino industry in Las Vegas and Nevada,“ James Packer, Crown’s chairman and majority shareholder, told regulators during a brief opening statement.

City of Dreams, Crown’s development project in the Cotai which will include four hotels as well as serviced apartments, and an underwater-themed casino, is expected to be “the tourist destination’s hottest selling point at next year’s travel fair.” The over USD 2 billion complex going up right across the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel on the Cotai Strip will open in May next year, said May Chow, group director for hotel sales and marketing for Melco Crown Entertainment…

Die Australier Joe Hachem und Shane Warne veranstalten gemeinsam ein Charity Turiner um den armen und unterprivilegierten Kindern zu helfen. Der Charity Event findet am 27. Oktober 2008 im Crown Casino in Melbourne statt, Alle Einnahmen fließen in die Shane Warne Foundation, die die Gelder auf diverse Wohltätigkeitseinrichtungen verteilen wird.

The Packer-controlled Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) pays rent of just AUD 1 a year for its Crown casino complex in Melbourne. A Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation report, tabled in parliament on Thursday, reveals Crown’s owners will pay AUD 1 a year for its Southbank site for the first 40 years of its 99 year lease and market value for the remaining years, Fairfax newspapers reported on Friday.

Crown says it is still in the hunt for „compelling“ US casino acquisitions despite slashing some of its existing US investments by AUD 181 million. Crown took the knife to the AUD 414 million book values of minority stakes in Harrah’s Entertainment and Stations Casino Group, just six months after buying them. Its 19.6 per cent stake in Fontainebleau in Las Vegas was included in the writedown…