Harrisburg - Dauphin County District Attorney Edward Marsico today announced two major developments regarding Louis DeNaples, owner of the Mt. Airy slots casino in Monroe County in the Poconos. He said that perjury charges against Mr. DeNaples, which were filed in early 2008, are now being dropped...

Atlantic City is desperately in need of some positive news. Their casinos have been experiencing record slowdowns, and projects that were set to be finished have been put on hold. Tuesday, the news could get worse for the city. The New Jersey Supreme Court will rule whether the former owners of the Tropicana Casino and Resort were wrongly stripped of their license last December. Tropicana Entertainment LLC has appealed to the state Supreme Court after losing their license.

A major casino owner in the north has accused the Turkish Cypriot authorities of being “coy” over the USD 500 million made annually from the gaming industry, and has called on the administration to devise a clear and workable policy on casinos. “In 2007, casinos in north Cyprus paid USD 75 million tax to the government, and directly or indirectly injected USD 500 million into the economy,” director of the Grand Casino Club, Aydogan Turay told the Turkish-language daily Hurriyet.

Santo Domingo - The Supreme Court upheld the expulsion of the Canadian owner of the San Gerónimo Hotel’s casino, Iván Cech, after determining that the Executive Branch’s measure hadn’t violated the Constitution. The court’s ruling also dismisses a challenge on grounds of unconstitutionality against the decision issued May 11, 2006, by a National District judge who ordered Cech’s arrest and confiscation of all his assets on May 24 that year.

The owners of Leeds's new GBP 13m casino and entertainment venue have offered a sneak preview ahead of its official opening in September. The 1,700 capacity Alea Leeds casino is located in the recently developed £260m Clarence Dock quarter of the city and its owners believe it will become one of Leeds's hottest entertainment destinations. The official opening party is on September 10 when customers will be able to see the development for themselves.

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.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has boxed itself into a corner. Like some other enforcement agencies, the board sometimes confirms an investigation is under way, but won’t comment on its substance. Such silence exposes the board to criticism — including from the Culinary Union, which has attacked regulators for condoning business practices it opposed — such as when Station Casinos required workers to reapply for their jobs after purchasing the first Fiesta casino in 2000.

Former owners of video slot machines widely called "Bada Iyagi" (The Sea Story) Tuesday lodged a lawsuit against the government with the Seoul Central District Court, alleging the government's inconsistent regulations left them bankrupt. A total of 19 former slot machine owners filing the lawsuit said the government, which had once encouraged people to invest in the business, turned their backs on the business as public sentiment turned against the gambling business.

Harrisburg - Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples was charged today with four counts of perjury for lying to state regulators about not having ties to two mob figures from Northeastern Pennsylvania and two men swept up in the federal corruption probe of Philadelphia City Hall. A grand jury found that DeNaples, 67, a wealthy Scranton businessman, misled gaming regulators by denying having connections with the late mob boss Russell Bufalino...

Pittsburgh - Don H. Barden could have scheduled the groundbreaking for his USD 450 million casino on his 64th birthday, Dec. 20, if he wanted. After all, he owns what is projected to be the most lucrative of Pennsylvania’s 14 slots casino licenses. But already irritated by a year’s worth of delays, Mr. Barden, the country’s only African-American owner of a national gambling company, decided against that.