Las Vegas           Las Vegas Review-Journal
Shaking off storm, Alliance holds private peek at games

Alliance Gaming Corp. has hosted 22 executives from the Mississippi Gulf Coast reagion at Wynn Las Vegas to give them a glimpse of slots that will be available in 2006.

www.ballygaming.com

Las Vegas & Ciudad Real, Spain           Yahoo/AP
Harrah's Entertainment Forms Joint Venture for Large-Scale Casino Resort in Spain

Las Vegas & Ciudad Real, Spain           Yahoo/Business Wire
Harrah's Signs Agreement to Bring Caesars to Spain
www.harrahs.com
www.elreinodedonquijote.com - El Reino de Don Quijote.

Charlotte, North Carolina           PRNewswire
PokerPro(TM) Gains Quick Adoption in Casinos in Florida and Oklahoma
www.pokertek.com

London           Reuters
Sportingbet rules out Empire Online bid

Moscow           MosNews.com
Moscow Mayor Declares War on Slot Machines

Macau           Yahoo Asia/Reuters
Macau Q3 GDP growth slows to 2.8% yr/yr

Macau           China View/Xinhua
Casino tax income to reach new high in Macao

Gaming taxes in Macau are likely to reach 16 billion patacas (US$2 billion) in 2005. The Macau  Government collected 14.74 billion patacas (US$1.84 billion) in 2004.

London           Yahoo UK/AFX
Sportingbet posts fourfold rise in Q1 earnings
Sportingbet plays down prospect of bid for Empire Online

London           UK-Wire.com
Sportingbet Plc - Unaudited Results for the Three Months Ended 31 October 2005
www.sportingbetplc.com

Swansea           icWales, ThisisMoney & BBC.co.uk
Halifax pledge to reimburse con victims
Halifax victims to be reimbursed
Victory for 'IOU fraud' victims
Gambling 'IOU bank thief' jailed - 8th November. Graham Price jailed for 12 years.

London           The Independent
UK misses out as Harrah's $1.4bn heads overseas

Oklahoma           KFOR.com/AP
OKC man accused of stealing laptop from Remington casino

Not an ordinary laptop apparently. It was valued at $100,000 and used by Bally Systems to programme newly installed slots at Remington Park.

Burnaby, B.C.           CCN Matthews
Gateway Casinos Income Fund Receives Final Rezoning for Redevelopment of the Burnaby Casino
www.gatewaycasinos.com

North Carolina           Yahoo/Business Wire
PokerTek, Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriter
www.pokertek.com

Las Vegas & Laughlin           Las Vegas Sun/AP
Harrah's announces sale of Laughlin casino

Las Vegas           The HawaiiChannel/Vegas4Visitors.com
Harrah's Could Level Several Hotel-Casinos
 

Gaming Investments           Yahoo/AP
Las Vegas Sands Shares Fall on Downgrade
www.lasvegassands.com

London           Reuters
PartyGaming regains float price after poker scare

Las Vegas & Slovenia           Yahoo/AP & Reuters
Harrah's Entertainment to Form Joint Venture With Hit Group
Harrah's to build Slovenia casino with partner

Las Vegas & Slovenia           Yahoo/Business Wire
Harrah's and Hit Group to Join Forces to Bring Luxury Casino Resort to Nova Gorica, Slovenia
http://investor.harrahs.com
www.hit.si

Las Vegas & Laughlin, Nevada           Yahoo/AP
Harrah's to Sell Flamingo Laughlin Hotel-Casino and Atlantic City Property for $170 Million

Las Vegas & Laughlin, Nevada           Yahoo/Business Wire
Harrah's To Sell Flamingo Laughlin To Subsidiaries of American Real Estate Partners, L.P.

AREP presently operate 4 U.S. casinos. The Stratosphere Hotel & Casino and two Arizona Charlies in Las Vegas, and The Sands in Atlantic City.

www.areplp.com
www.stratospherehotel.com
www.flamingolaughlin.com

Melbourne, Australia           Herald Sun
Frauds stalked losers at Crown casino
www.crowncasino.com.au

Spain & Slovenia           Reuters
Harrah's set to announce 2 European resorts-WSJ
http://investor.harrahs.com

Travemüunde, Germany           HL-Live.de
Öffnet Casino Travemünde wieder um 15 Uhr?

Düsseldorf, Germany           RP Online/dpa
Spielcasino bald in Düsseldorf?

Nordrhein-Westfalen presently has 4 casinos - Aachen, Hohensyburg, Bad Oeynhausen and since 1999 Duisburg. To establish a casino in Düsseldorf would mean making changes to the NRW's 1974 gaming laws.

Nassau, Bahamas           PRNewswire
Third Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure to Be Held at the Atlantis Casino-Resort in January 2006
www.pokerstars.com/2006pca/main.html

New York           The Times Union, MSN Money & Yahoo/Business Wire
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear New York gambling case
Empire Resorts Shares Up on Court Ruling
Empire Resorts Comments on Favorable Court Ruling
www.empireresorts.com

Sydney           The Herald Sun
Odds change for Tabcorp
 

Las Vegas & Oldham Lancashire           Yahoo/Business Wire
Progressive Gaming International Completes Acquisition of EndX Group
www.endxgroup.com
www.progressivegaming.net

Las Vegas           Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
New hotels turning to Internet for hiring  - Red Rock Station, South Coast need 5,000 employees
www.southcoastcasino.com
www.redrockstation.com

Online Poker           ThisisMoney/Mail on Sunday
You'll never beat poker robots
We put poker bots to the test...
www.winholdem.net

Oklahoma           KFOR.com
Casino brings hope for future
www.remingtonpark.com

London           UK-Wire.com/Financial Express - ECOGRA Press release
Growing Numbers of Online Casinos and Poker Rooms Will Soon Have Top Player Protection Seal
www.ecogra.org

London           GMB Union - Press release
GMB Members Working At London's Gala Casinos Settle Pay Deal In Time For Christmas

Toronto & London           Yahoo/Business Wire
CryptoLogic Develops First Multi-Language Internet Poker Offering for William Hill
www.williamhillpoker.gr
www.cryptologic.com

Canberra, ACT           The Canberra Times
Casino loses out as pokies raise stakes

Canberra is one of the few casino operations in the world that's not permitted to operate slots. The management contract is held by Casinos Austria.

www.casinocanberra.com.au

Liverpool           icCheshire/Liverpool Daily Post
Casino owner is on a safe bet for homes plan success
www.leocasino.co.uk

London & Australia           The Australian
Tattersall's buys 10pc of British 'adult gaming centre' operator
www.talarius.co.uk
www.tattersalls.com.au

London           UK-Wire.com
Talarius plc - Holding(s) in Company

Las Vegas           Las Vegas Sun
Columnist Jeff Simpson: On more use of private gaming areas

Australia           Reuters & Bloomberg News
Australia's Tabcorp cuts forecast, shares fall
Tabcorp Sales Growth Slows on Fuel Price, Smoking Ban 

Tabcorp owns and operates four Australian casinos. Star City in Sydney, the Jupiters casinos in Brisbane and the Gold Cost and Jupiters Townsville.

www.tabcorp.com.au

Western Cape, South Africa           Business Report
Casino brings Sun to Breede River Valley
 

Boston           Boston Globe
Gaming guru bets on courts

Second interesting profile of the day. This one looks at Michael Corfman who in 1995 founded CasinoCity.com. His company now employs 30 staff and publishes numerous casino industry journals and directories.

www.casinocitypress.com
www.casinocity.com

Online Gaming           KTLA/L.A. Times
Billionaire Plays Her Cards Right in Online 'Gray Market'

Detailed profile of the reclusive founder of Party Gaming Ruth Parasol and the early history iGlobalMedia.

Scotland & Penghu Islands, Taiwan           The Scotsman
£350m gamble on Taiwan's Vegas

London & Israel           The Sunday Times
Empire knew of threat to Party Gaming link

Online Poker           L.A. Times
Poker Website Is a Legal Gamble - WPT, producer of TV's World Poker Tour, ventures online but has to bar U.S. residents.
www.worldpokertour.com

New York           Boston Globe
Crackdown raises the ante for underground poker clubs

London           Scotland on Sunday/The Scotsman
Betfair to release cash after float plan shelved

Nevada           Las Vegas Sun
Handheld gaming devices might find way into casinos
www.cantorgaming.com
www.cantormobile.com

Pennsylvania           Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Casino owners permitted to invest in other casinos

Miami           Orlando Sentinel/Sun-Sentinel
Witness recounts plot to kill tycoon - Tense business dispute at center of case

Australia           The Melbourne Age
Crown bets on a lucky roll of Asian dice
 

Washington           Miami Herald
Feds probing SunCruz links to GOP

Newfoundland, Canada           CBC News
VLT risks flagged in gambling study

The study was conducted by Market Quest Research on the gambling habits of 2,596 Newfoundland & Labrador residents.

Newfoundland and Labrador Gambling Prevalence Study (PDF)

Malaysia           Business Times & IHT/Bloomberg
Genting Q3 net profit surges
Net surges for Genting in quarter - 27th November.
www.genting.com

London           The Guardian
Virgin's poker phase
www.virgingames.com/poker - Boss Media software.

Mississippi           USA Today/AP
Three casinos set dates for reopening on Miss. Gulf Coast

The Imperial Palace will reopen on the 20th December. The Isle of Capri on the 26th and the Palace casino on the 30th

Los Angeles & Minnesota          bizjournals.com
Casino developer might sell poker tour stake to keep running
www.worldpokertour.com
www.lakesentertainment.com

Betting offices           Times and Star & Welwyn & Hatfield Times
Friends face jail for betting shop scam
Armed raider steals betting shop cash
 

Brussels & Austria           Yahoo/Reuters
Yahoo Photos - Brussels Casino press conference

Casinoa Austria held a press conference in Brussels today. Grand Casino Brussels will open on the 19th January. The General Manager is Tim Cullimore who was formerly at Crans-Montana in Switzerland.

www.grandcasinobrussels.com
www.casinos.at

Thurrock, Essex           ThisisThurrock/Thurrock Gazette
Casino plan rejected - Banatyne Leisure.

Czech Republic           Czech News Agency
Police again arrest member of Polish gang of frauds

Hong Kong           Channel News Asia
Macau casino tycoon urges public support for Hong Kong reform

Dr. Stanley Ho is also celebrating his 84th Birthday today !

Slovenia           Ananova.com
Cleaners 'hoovered cash from slot machines'

The Korona Hotel & Casino in Kranjska Gora. I'm not sure if it's the Hit Casino or another operation.

Slough           icBerkshire
Casino not on cards as report highlights crime fears

Battersea, London           Wandsworth Borough News
Bookies raided in drugs swoop

Moscow           Kommersant.com
Moscow Changes Gambling Rules

Moscow is believed to have 56 casinos, around 2,000 street arcades and over 67,000 slots. The numbers of the latter are expected to be cut by one third under the new legislation.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia           Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones
Genting Intl's $150M SGX IPO At Least 2X Covered
www.gentinginternational.com

Kingston, Jamaica           Jamaica Observer
Supreme Ventures postpones IPO untill January 2006
www.supremeventures.com

Brussels           EU Business - 22nd November
Gambling in Services Directive: what does EU Parliament really fear?

Press release from the European Betting Association.

www.eu-ba.org

Mississippi           Clarion Ledger
Nugget making plans for Biloxi site

South Africa           MoneyWeb
Casinos serving Johnnic well
www.johnnic.co.za

Tasmania           ABC Newss
Betfair-PBL set to open Hobart HQ within months

The Bahamas           BahamasB2B.com
Gaming Board Signs Industrial Agreement

Trinidad & Caribbean           Newsday.co.tt
GTECH reels in more players....expands presence in Caribbean as lotteries swell
www.gtech.com

Problem Gambling           Seattle Times
When a pastime turns problem - Part of a series of articles at the Seattle Times.
 

Trinidad & Tobago           Newsday.co.tt
Court of Appeal to rule - Is gambling wrong and sinful?

Finland           Finland.fi/STT
Ladbrokes again denied Finnish licence

Latvia           The Baltic Times
Public backlash on casino restrictions forces PM Kalvitis to rethink law

Sunderland           Sunderland Today/Sunderland Echo
Casino odds-on for entertainment

Gala Casinos new River Quarter casino opens this evening. The property has 21 tables and 40 slots and electronic terminals.

www.galacasinos.co.uk

London           The Guardian
Casino operators rush to open new sites

The Guardian reports that during 2005 39 applications for new casino licenses have been lodged with the Gambling Commission under the 1968 Gaming Act.

Equador & Barcelona           Invertia.com/EFECOM
Cirsa entra Ecuador con concesión casino Hotel Dann Carlton Quito

Barcelona based Cirsa have been successful in gaining a casino license for the Hotel Dann Carlton in Quito.

www.hotelesdann.com/html/dann_carlton_quito.html

Tasmania           News.com.au & ABC News
Tasmania passes Betfair Bill
Tas Parliament passes Betfair laws
www.betfair.com.au

Miami           Dayton Online/AP, Sun-Sentinel & Miami Herald
Former Abramoff partner a key witness in SunCruz fraud case
Man held in Boulis slaying incriminates fellow suspects
Boulis tailed before murder
www.suncruzcasinos.com

Macau           The Hong Kong Standard - Zack Coleman
Galaxy Casino loses market share

The Galaxw Waldo Casino's share of the Macau market slipped from 14.1% just after opening to 8.1% for thid July.

www.galaxyresorts.com

Minnesota           KARE11.com
Woman and her son charged in casino fire - Smoking Methamphetamine.

Panama           El Panama America
Majestic Casino en el WSOP
www.cirsa.com/esp/html/areas/casi.htm

Poker           Card Player Magazine - Barry Shulman
Has Poker Peaked? What is Next?

Sofia, Bulgaria           Novinite.com
EUR 600 Stolen in Sofia Casino Armed Robbery

Las Vegas           Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Station Casinos sees a future near north end of the valley
www.stationcasinos.com

Las Vegas & Mississippi Gulf Coast           Las Vegas Review-Journal
Golden Nugget casino proposed for Gulf Coast - Landry's pitches $400 million Mississippi hotel-casino
www.goldennugget.com
 

Scotland           The Scotsman
Stanley takes a chance on new rules of membership

Monaco           Hugin Online - Prima Poker PR
Top Six Finalists At Monte Carlo Millions Make History As The First to Play Poker in the Casino De Monte-Carlo

Play on the final table begins today @ 5pm CET (4pm UK). American Phil Ivey has a massive chip lead with $2,317,000. Brit Richard Herbert is in second place with $908,000.

wwww.primezone.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=2108
www.montecarlomillions.com

Tasmania           Australian Daily Telegraph
Tasmania set to license Betfair

Gaming Investments           The Toronto Globe & Mail
Liberty Media wagers on Internet gaming firm
www.funtechnologies.com
www.libertymedia.com

Liverpool           Sky News & icCheshire
Casino Business Picks Up
Stanley to install 1,000 new gaming machines in British casinos
www.stanleycasinos.com
www.stanleyleisure.com

Macau           Diario Economico
Receitas brutas dos casinos poderão atingir 4,4 mil M€ em Dezembro
 

London          Yahoo UK/Sharecast
Gaming Corp makes maiden profits
www.xworks.com

Liverpool           UK-Wire.com
Stanley Leisure plc - Pre-Close Period Trading Update

London & Canada           UK-Wire.com
Liberty Media Corporation to acquire a majority interest in FUN Technologies plc

London           UK-Wire.com
Gaming Corporation Plc - Preliminary announcement of unaudited results for the 12 months ended 30 September 2005

Macau           Reuters
Casino stocks rise as trips to Macau increase

Visitation to Macau rose 10.2% in October. The number from the Chinese mainland rose 9.8%.

London & Gibraltar           The Guardian & The Independent
PartyGaming dismisses Empire's threat to sue as takeover talks fail 
Empire Online sues PartyGaming after merger talks fail
Empire to take PartyGaming to court

Apparently the case would have to be held in the British Virgin Islands and the ruling enforced in Gibraltar.

Online Gambling           Time Magazine - December
How the U.S. Is Getting Beat in Online Gambling

Las Vegas           The Rebel Yell - UNLV
Professor helps create Problem Gambling Center

Port of Spain           Trinidad & Tobago Express
Man shot dead while gambling

There have so far been an incredible 336 murders in T & T - 25.85 for every 100,000 citizens.