Espelkamp. The over 700 MERKUR arcades in Germany and Europe are currently all closed, as too are all ten German casino venues of the Gauselmann Group…

Luzern – Das Luzerner Ausgehpublikum kann sich freuen: Ab Samstag präsentiert sich das Casineum seinen Gästen mit einem umfangreichen Facelift. Stylishe, gemütliche Loungemöbel laden zum geselligen Beisammensein ein und die neue, vergrösserte Bar ist ein wahrer Hingucker.

Staff and customers are still in the dark as to whether and when Huddersfield’s multi-million pound casino will reopen. The Northumberland Street enterprise closed two months ago, quoting financial difficulties, just eight weeks after the GBP 5m Casino Red’s fanfare opening. The news was a massive blow to the venue’s 100 staff who were informed of the decision at a meeting with management.

Prague/Espelkamp – Only a few weeks after the remodeling the Merkur Casino in one of the biggest and most modern local shopping centers in the heart of Prague, Cerny Most, saw a glamorous reopening. More than 500 guests from politics, culture, sports, and entertainment had accepted the invitation of Rolf Klug, member of the board of Gauselmann AG, Rolf Falke, managing director of Merkur Casino, and country director Patrik Flaisinger and celebrated the reopening of the Merkur Casino until the small hours.

Biloxi, Mississippi (AP) — All 11 of Mississippi’s coastal casinos and one in Natchez have been given permission to reopen. Eddie Williams, deputy director of the state Gaming Commission, says one casino on the coast needs a few days to recover from Hurricane Gustav. Silver Slipper in Hancock County had damage to coolers and freezers on the first level.

St. Louis (AP) — Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. on Tuesday said its casino property in Davenport, Iowa, will open at 3 p.m. following its temporary closure due to flooding. „The flood waters have receded allowing safe access to our property for guests and employees,“ Mo Hyder, vice president and general manager, said in a statement. It is the second time the casino was closed because of flooding, following an earlier closure in May.

Caliente’s history has come alive again for the 21st century with the grand reopening of the new Caliente casino. A USD 26 million renovation project has truly transformed Caliente into a world-class operation. Long before there was a Las Vegas, there was Tijuana and the Agua Caliente Casino and Resort. From the moment the casino opened in 1928, wealthy sophisticates and Hollywood stars flocked south of the border…

The President Casino in downtown St. Louis is scheduled to reopen Tuesday morning after it temporarily closed Saturday morning due to rising flood waters on the Mississippi River, according to the casino’s owner and operator Pinnacle Entertainment. President Casino employees are working to remove mud and other debris from the parking lots, Porte Cohere and access ramps to the boat.

City Council is expected to vote soon on a resolution to reopen the city’s negotiations with Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the latest attempt to decrease a USD 34 million tax appeal settlement the mayor labels as a bad deal. Newly sworn-in City Councilman Steven Moore, who was not yet on council in November when the settlement was approved, said that he is sponsoring the measure to ensure that taxpayer money is not misspent.

Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Caribbean Resort, has reopened its 650,321 sqm casino after a USD 5 million expansion and remodeling project. The work at this Caribbean resort included an addition of 180 slot machines, 12 gaming tables, a bar with five 50-inch plasma television screens and new carpeting, chairs and tables.