Construction of the planned Pittsburgh slots casino has been suspended for about two weeks until a contractor is paid the USD 10 million he is owed, a spokesman for the casino developer said. But Bob Oltmanns, spokesman for Majestic Star Casino developer Don Barden, said Tuesday that USD 120 million in funding for the casino has been secured from Walton Street Capital LLC.

Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s new ferry service to the southern Chinese gambling enclave of Macau was suspended this week, dealing a setback to his plans to turn the once sleepy backwater into a top vacation resort. The CotaiJet service, which began running on November 30 and operates between Hong Kong’s Macao Ferry Terminal at Shun Tak Centre and Macao’s newly opened Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal, temporarily suspended service effective 10 am on Tuesday, December 11.

Eight months after it started, SunCruz Casinos has suspended its gambling ship operation at the Port of Palm Beach until further notice, according to its Web site. The 600-passenger SunCruz VI cruise ship has been transferred to Port Canaveral. Rosalind Harvey, a spokeswoman for the Brevard County seaport, said the ship is there while the 1,200-passenger SunCruz XII, normally based in Canaveral, undergoes a drydock. "I'm not sure how long it's going to be in drydock," Harvey said.