The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) passed a resolution that it would stop issuing trade licenses to floating casinos in Panaji. The resolution was passed at its monthly meeting. During the meeting, an almost unanimous decision was taken not to issue trade and occupation licenses to any of the casino operators lining up to ply their business on the Mandovi. Although, there was an initial proposal to stop the operation of the existing casino operator, this didn’t happen.

Patrick Devlin, a lawyer and employee of the Michigan Gaming Control Board, has sued Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox in an effort to force him to require the state’s 19 tribal casinos to obtain liquor licenses. Devlin, who until Monday monitored tribal casinos for the gaming control board, has pressed state officials, including the attorney general’s office, for at least four years to address his concerns that the state should be regulating liquor sales in the casinos.

Plaza Centers announced that the Consortium formed by the shareholders of Dream Island, in which it holds a 30% stake, has won, via a competitive tender, the first ever major casino license to be awarded in Hungary for its planned 1.5 billion euros entertainment and mixed use Dream Island development in central Budapest. The Consortium comprises Plaza, CP Holdings Ltd., a member of the group of companies controlled by Sir Bernard Schrier...

Warmspielen war angesagt am Donnerstagnachmittag im Amazon Room des Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Einen Tag bevor mit der World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em der Startschuß zur 39. Auflage der World Series of Poker fällt lud die World Poker Association (WPA/Information zu dieser Organisation findet unter dem Turnierplan) im Rahmen einer zweitägigen Konferenz, die ebenfalls im Rio stattfand, zum WPA Mega Satellite für den WSOP Main Event ein.

Australian gaming giant Tabcorp Holdings has lodged an application with the Northern Territory State Government for a racing and sports wagering license, signaling a desire to compete in the fast growing corporate bookmaking market. The license application forms a key part of Tabcorp’s response to competition changes in the Australian wagering market.

Justin Leong, the grandson of the founder of Genting Group, is charged with finding new areas of growth for the Malaysian conglomerate that runs casino, energy and plantation businesses, reports Forbes Asia. "With Asia expected to provide the largest gaming growth in the world, the group’s head of strategic investments and corporate affairs hasn’t given up on setting up a casino in Macau, he told the magazine.

Trenton, New Jersey - Six months after they were run out of town, and with the search for a new owner nearing the finish line, the former owners of the Tropicana Casino and Resort tried Tuesday to get their casino license back and stop the sale of the property. Citing a litany of problems, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission denied the Tropicana's owners a new license in December, a ruling that will force the property to be sold.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding took a bold gamble this past week with his decision to license casino gambling. Indeed, even one of the staunchest Church critics acknowledged the move as an act of political confidence. Speaking on the Nationwide current affairs programme, Impact (TVJ) Wednesday night, Rev Peter Garth remarked that the prime minister must be a very confident man as he would be fully aware of the position of the Church against casino gambling.

Ignoring the new government headed by Fernando Lugo, the current government would be after a fast tender process of games of chance within the country, mainly in casinos. Carlos Riveros, from the party Alianza Patriótica para el Cambio (APC), warned that such decision is highly suspicious. In case those casinos are granted, a revision of the contracts would be performed so they might be cancelled.

Kuala Lumpur: Landmarks Bhd is keeping mum on whether it has obtained a gaming licence from the Indonesian authorities to operate its proposed casino on Bintan Island off Indonesia. Nonetheless, the company’s shareholders yesterday unanimously approved its proposed acquisition of the remaining 26% stake in Bintan Treasure Bay Pte Ltd (BTB) that plans to develop Treasure Bay, within which an integrated resort with a casino is to be built.

According to numerous media reports this week, Poland looks set to be preparing a framework for the regulation of both online gaming and betting that could be up and running by the second half of 2008. Marek Kapica, Deputy Minister of Finance, stated that the nation is prepared to legalize online gambling before providing suitable legislative changes that it would then send “to the European Commission within the required notification procedure”.

The biggest players in the gaming business have long wondered exactly how Sheldon Adelson’s company won one of three lucrative casino licenses in 2002 to operate in Macau. It was the deal of a lifetime — one that made Adelson one of the world’s richest men and spawned an Asian gaming frontier richer than the Las Vegas Strip and evolving to adult size in one-tenth the time.