Espelkamp/Constanta - September 25, 2008 saw the grand opening of the new Merkur Casino location in the Romanian seaport city of Constanta. Many local celebrities and VIPs had accepted the invitation of managing director Rolf Falke and country director Eduard Radulescu and used the entertaining evening as an opportunity to get to know the Merkur Casino “made by Gauselmann Germany” including the latest roulette and modern AWP machines.

Lotto Rwanda is preparing to open the first casino in Rwanda early next week, The New Times has learnt. Casino Kigali, which will be located on the first floor of Top Tower Hotel in Kacyiru, will be launched on October 21. The Director General of Lotto Rwanda, Philip Brizoua, said that the opening of the new casino is among the many innovations that they are bringing in the gaming arena.

The opening of the giant Atlantis, The Palm resort will go ahead as scheduled on September 24 despite the recent fire there. But the lobby, which was damaged in the blaze, will not open until mid-October, a senior official has revealed. "We started with 2,500 people cleaning up," said James Boocher, President, Development, at Kerzner International. "After any fire, water damage is the biggest problem. We put a call out to our contracting partners and it took three days to clean up.

Jean-Jacques Gsell, chairman of the Strasbourg Tourist Office and deputy mayor (PS) in charge of tourism, does not rule out the possibility of setting up a casino in Bas-Rhin. He reckons that setting up a casino in European capital seems a completely logical thing to do. Moreover, contacts have been made, even if they are in their teething stages. In order to benefit from the provisions of the Chaban law dated 1988, the urban community of Strasbourg should contain a few thousand inhabitants more...

On top of stores, restaurants and banking agencies, Shopping mall Galerías del Valle will have the “pink zone”, that will have a disco, a bar, five cinemas and the main attraction, which will be a modern casino. The gambling venue will have a state-of-the-art design and will offer latest-generation slots and the most varied quantity of games for its customers.

Entertainer Bette Midler headlined the grand opening of the extensively renovated Horseshoe Casino Chicagoland in Hammond, Indiana. She played the USD 70 million Venue, a 90,000-square-foot entertainment facility built as “another dimension to why people choose to come to” the USD 500 million complex, says Rick Mazer, regional president and general manager for Horseshoe.

Vancouver - A gleaming new casino festooned with big-screen TVs, a show lounge and 600 slot machines opens at 9 a.m. Friday at Hastings Racecourse. The most controversial component of a CAD 40-million facelift for the 116-year-old track at Hastings Park, the 42,000-square-foot casino replaces the stark benches and concrete of the old lower grandstand with a bright glossy gambling house, a bar with live entertainment and restaurant service.

The government will release an assessment report by December on whether to develop the gambling industry in Taiwan, and if it is assessed as feasible, priority will most likely be given to the outlying islands to open this type of business, the country's top economic planner said yesterday. Chen Tain-jy, chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, said that the outlying island county of Penghu...

With a party for around a thousand special guests and a great quantity of public, managers of Casino Santa Fe opened the gambling venue, that features 600 slots, 36 table games and 120 online bingo positions. After 7,30 pm, authorities of the hotel complex, casino, shopping and convention center, started the opening ceremony, in charge of TV host Teté Coustarot.

With more than 7,500 sq.m. of exhibition and the participation of some of the best brands worldwide, Peru Gaming Show 2008 starts today, and authorities of the sector will participate on the ceremony to be held in Jockey Plaza Convention Center of Lima, and then, they will enjoy a welcome cocktail. The doors will remain open until 8 PM in the first day, and until 7 PM on the second day, and for the current version...

Los Angeles/Chile, 29 July 2008 - Casinos Austria International (CAI) today announced the launch of its newest casino in South America. Situated in the capital of Bio-Bio province in southern Chile, Gran Casino Los Angeles celebrates its opening on 29 July 2008 with an official ceremony and cocktail reception attended by local dignitaries, representatives of the gaming authorities, invited guests and journalists.

Casino patrons on the weekend were giving glowing reviews of the upgrades and new USD 430-million expansion unveiled a few weeks ago at Caesars Windsor, saying they feel it will attract more customers to the venue and city. Business appears to have slightly improved since the casino re-opened June 19 under the Caesars brand and new convention centre addition were unveiled, said several regulars and occasional visitors to the casino.