ingapore’s two casinos, which will be completed by 2010, won’t dominate the city-state’s diversified economy and will help the island shed its “museum’’ image, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. "The casinos are not going to be Singapore," Lee, who was attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Syndey, said in an interview on September 7. ”This is not going to be like Macau, where the casinos are the economy."

Vladivostok (Itar-Tass) - A project for creation of a casino zone in the Primorsky Territory was presented at the First Pacific Economic Congress on Saturday. An area of 342 hectares near the Muravyinaya Bay on Cape Cherepakha will be provided to set up such a zone. It is almost 80 kilometres from Vladivostok. The bay is located very suitably near key transport junctions.

Des Moines - Iowa’s casino industry pumped USD 1.01 billion into the state’s economy last year, according to a report by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. Casinos paid out USD 265 million in wages and benefits, and more than USD 347 million was paid to Iowa companies for equipment, supplies and services.

Macau - On a Monday morning the gaming halls of Macau's newest casino, the Grand Lisboa, are packed as punters from the Chinese mainland crowd the baccarat tables. Most are dressed in jeans and trainers, but an abundance of luxury brand shopping bags reveal their rising spending power. Chinese consumers and gaming liberalisation have made Macau one of the fastest-growing economies globally, overtaking Las Vegas last year as the world's biggest earner of gambling revenue, according to Macau government data.