Mit Celebrate & Gamble starten Sie Ihren Ausgang in Zürich. Sie spielen in Baden und feiern in der Labor-Bar im Trendquartier Zürich-West. Dazwischen geniessen Sie die Fahrt in der exklusiven Hummer-Stretch-Limousine. Freieintritte, zwei Getränke und ein Startguthaben im Wert von CHF 10.- sind im Preis von CHF 49.- pro Person inbegriffen.

Hong Kong (Reuters) – Malaysian casino operator Genting Bhd’s bonds have performed poorly and are at risk of being downgraded, analysts say, as soaring costs and delays at its multi-billion dollar Singapore casino threaten its fortunes. Genting has reassured investors that building costs are under control but analysts are also worried the cash-rich company could acquire new companies and enlarge gaming stakes in the United States and Britain, further straining its finances.

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.

Ten minutes by helicopter or one hour by hydrofoil from Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macau is crammed onto a couple of tiny islands and a peninsula jutting from the Chinese mainland. Only half the size of Sydney Harbour, it has just overtaken the Las Vegas Strip to become the gaming capital of the world. But the boom has only just begun. Cranes crowd the skyline as new casinos and hotels spring up on reclaimed land. And high-speed ferries stream across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong like trucks down a busy freeway.