South Africa              Business Report & Sharenet.co.za
Real Africa spurns 'low' bid from Sun International
Further Announcement Regarding The Potential Cash Offer To Acquire All The Ordinary Shares In RAH

South Africa              Sharenet.co.za
Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited - Increase Of Hcis Interest In Vukani
www.hci.co.za
www.vukanigaming.co.za

New Jersey              Bloomberg & Bergen.com
Restaurants Sue New Jersey for Smoking Ban That Exempts Casinos
Ban on smoking might expand to 25 feet outdoors

Las Vegas              Reuters
Station Casinos stock up as Red Rock debut nears - Opening Tuesday 18th April.
www.redrockstation.com

Britain              Provincial Press
Mayor hails Tees casino bid - Middlesbrough
Casino a good bet for council - Chelmsford, Essex.
 
 

Additional headlines Aushorse punting on PBL to save racing Mt. Pleasant police cite 22 in Poker raid - South Carolina. Betting and losing my weekly wages gives me the wisdom of hindsight L.V. Advisor: Question of the Day - What became of the Ted Binion murder case ?

London              The Guardian
Online gaming giants raise sponsorship stakes

888 Holding's sponsorship of Middlesbrough and 32red's of Aston Villa could be perhaps only the start of a major push into soccer by online gambling operators.

Buffalo, N.Y.              WGRZ.com
Casino Fight Giambra: "We're Going to Court" Senecas: "We're Full Steam Ahead"

Ireland              Legal Week - Article from Rob Corbet a partner at Arthur Cox in Dublin.
High stakes - Ireland’s Gaming and Lotteries Act

Colorado & Prague, Czech Republic              Yahoo/PRNewswire & AP
Century Casinos Announces 100% Ownership of Casino Millennium, Prague
Century Casinos Buys Out Czech Casino
www.centurycasinos.com
www.millenniumcasino.cz

New York              Yahoo/Business Wire
Empire Resorts Announces Progress with BIA
www.empireresorts.com

Prague, Czech Republic              Prague Daily Monitor
People spend record CZK 50 billion on gambling machines in 2005

Halifax, Nova Scotia              HalifaxLive.com
Government Still Misguided on Gambling
www.sportsdirectinc.com

Antigua              Antigua Sun
Govt urged to seek UK support in gaming row
www.antiguagaming.gov.ag

Las Vegas              Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Retiree caught in a legal web over his gambling patent

A look at Mel Molnick, Patent 5,800,268 and whether his latest crop of lawsuits, especially the one against Sportingbet, have any realistic chance of success.

www.i2corp.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ITOO.PK
Method of participating in a live casino game from a remote location
www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Mel+Molnick%22&btnG=Google+Search

Las Vegas              L.V. Business Press - David McKee
Adelson touts own Singapore bid, dismisses MGM Mirage
Riviera shareholder balks at sale price

Las Vegas              In Business Las Vegas - Liz Benston
Gaming - A whole new meaning to singing in the shower
www.palms.com

Buffalo, New York              WIVB.com
Giambra, Brown, Others Raise Concerns About Buffalo Casino

Costa Rica              AlDia.co.cr
"No somos ilegales, ni casinos"

Asociación Costarricense de Empresas de Apuestas Electrónicas - The Costa Rican Gaming Association. Website unknown.

British Soccer - Gambling issues              Daily Telegraph & Daily Mirror
Technology feeds gambling bug
Rooney and Owen still 'pals' but betting worries remain
Exclusive: Sven sets £200 limit

London              PRWeb.com
Betfair Poker Pick Up $1 Million WSOP Tab

Betfair now has a market cap. of £1.5 billion but here is using a free PR service carrying other companies advertisements.

 

Additional headlines Man Issues Warning About Lotto Scam That Cost Him $2,000 Pandemonium as prisoner sparks court shootout - S.A. Casino robbery trial. Bank clerk stole £500,000 to feed gambling hab - Hertfordshire. BowmansPoker Raises the Stakes - Caution adult content ;) Sven gamblers agree to stick with £200 limit

Las Vegas              Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Montreux to replace the New Frontier
www.frontierlv.com

Los Angeles              PRNewswire
WORLD POKER TOUR World Championship(TM) Features Match Up of WPT Millionaires - Largest Gathering of Poker Millionaires Ever!

Dunedin, New Zealand              New Zealand Herald
Casino fights suspension of licence

New Zealand's Internal Affairs Department have gone to court to order the Gambling Commission to suspend the license of the Dunedin Casino for six months.

www.dunedincasino.co.nz

Peterborough              Peterborough Now/Evening Telegraph
Rinaldo's £50m casino gamble

London & Canada              Yahoo/CNN
Butlins Bingo Launches on the St. Minver Network, Powered by Parlay Entertainment Technology
www.butlinsbingo.com
www.parlaygroup.com

Los Angeles              PRNewswire
WORLD POKER TOUR World Championship(TM) Features Match Up of WPT Millionaires - Largest Gathering of Poker Millionaires Ever!

London & Valetta, Malta              InvestEgate.co.uk
Malta recognises eCOGRA standards and testing
www.ecogra.org

Macau              People's Daily/Xinhua
Casino group to tenfold number of gaming tables in Macao

Galaxy Entertainment intend going from 63 tables at present to 603 when the companies Grand Waldo and StarWorld open later this year.

www.galaxyentertainment.com/tc/

Macau              Hong Kong Standard
Melco jumps into casino tools trade

Shuffle Master/Stargames 20 year deal with Melco International will replace SM's distribution agreement in Asia with Malaysia's Dreamgate Corp.

www.rgbgames.com
www.dreamgatecorp.com

Britain              Provincial press
This casino will really make an entrance!  - Coventry, Isle of Capri's Ricoh Arena.
No casino on the cards - Cumbria
Dome bid for casino licence - Greenwich.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania              ThePittsbughChannel.com
Video Released Of Proposed Casino, Development Plan In Lower Hill District
www.pittsburghfirst.com

Nassau, Bahamas              JonesBahamas.com
PM Hints At More Kerzner Expansions
www.kerzner.com
www.atlantis.com

Buffalo, N.Y.              N.Y. Newsday/AP
Sabres owner Golisano outlines casino concerns
www.sabres.com
www.senecagamingcorporation.com

Las Vegas             New York Times - 6th April
From the Back Office, a Casino Can Change the Slot Machine in Seconds

Server based slots from IGT are presently on trial at the Treasure Island in Las Vegas and the Barona Casino near San Diego.

Las Vegas              Yahoo/Business Wire
Win Win Gaming, Inc. Wireless Subsidiary Offering Broadband Services in United Kingdom
www.winwininc.com
www.winwinwireless.co.uk

Indiana - East Chicago              Northwest Indiana Times
Governor slams private E.C. developer

Montreal, Quebec               CNW Telbec & Loto-Québec
Casino Patrons at the Masters
Présence de joueurs du Casino au Masters
www.loto-quebec.com

Toronto, Ontario               CNW Telbec
From novices to pros, poker enthusiasts face off in televised tournaments on Poker Night Live
www.cgtvcanada.com - Casino and Gaming Television Canada (CGTV)
www.pokernightlive.com

Las Vegas               Yahoo/PRWeb
Binion's American Poker Player Championship™ Maintains Legendary Tradition
www.americanpokerplayerchampionship.com

English Soccer & Gambling issues               Belfast Telegraph
A game in denial on serious addictions
'Gambling in football at epidemic levels but managers support it'
'I borrowed £21,000 and lost it all in three weeks'
www.sportingchancecharity.com
 
 

Additional headlines Nevada's Per-Pupil Spending Near Very Bottom in Nation -  Battle waged over image rights, licenses for Marilyn Monroe - Interesting. www.marilynmonroe.com Gambling Divides English Duo

North Carolina              NBC17.com
Study: More Lottery Tickets Sold In Poorest Counties
www.lottery.nc.gov

Singapore              Morning Star
Singapore STB Reiterates To Name Casino Winner "Mid-2006"

Britain              Provincial press
Giant casino on waterfront - Gala Casinos at Bristol Harbourside. Opening in May.
City bidding for casino - Leicester
Council submits proposal to open casino in town - Sevenoaks, Kent.

Australia              The Australian
Tabcorp takes on PBL with TVN bid
www.tvn.com.au - ThoroughVisioN

Macau              The Australian & Reuters
Six-month delay for PBL's Macau casino

Lawrence Ho and James Packer attending a ground breaking ceremony for the City of Dreams have announced that Crown Macau will not open until Spring 2007.

Melco and PBL look to increase Macau casino tables

Plans are for Crown Macau to have 220 tables and 500 slots, and the City of Dreams to have 450 and 2,500.

Yahoo AP News Photos - Keyword "Melco"

Hong Kong &  Las Vegas             Yahoo/Business Wire
Shuffle Master, Inc. and Melco Announce Gaming Technology Alliance
www.shufflemaster.com
www.elixir.com.hk
www.melco.com.hk

Las Vegas              Yahoo/PRNewswire
Bally Technologies Announces Enterprise-Wide Systems and Bonusing Deal With Boyd Gaming Corp
www.ballytech.com

Kansas City              Native American Times
Court rebukes state over casino raid - Orders cash, equipment returned to tribe
www.wyandotte-nation.org

San Diego & Southern California              San Diego Union-Tribune
Casino jobs – a good deal ?

A SDU-T survey of casino staff at San Diego Counties Indian casinos.

London              InvestEgate.co.uk
Gaming VC Holdings S.A. - Preliminary Results

Gaming VC who target mainly German speaking customers via CasinoClub.com are offering a stock dividend far in excess of their earnings per share.

www.gamingvc.com
www.casinoclub.com

Lisbon, Portugal              Lusa Agencia
Música: Grande Gala do Fado Carlos Zel quarta-feira no Casino Estoril

Casino Estoril's Casino Lisboa opens for business at 9pm on the 19th April.

www.casinolisboa.pt/en/

France              Ouest-France.fr & Le Progress
Les casinos veulent rafler la mise sur Internet
Guerre des jeux entre les casinos et la Française
www.partouche.fr

Freeport, Texas              The Facts
Texas Star Casino seized

$40,000 apparently owed for electrical work. The Texas Star is the former Millionaire's Casino which was based out of Savannah, Georgia.

www - unknown.

Cannock Chase, The Midlands              Express & Star
Big plans for town casino
 
 

Additional headlines Merson: Wayne's gambling not a problem Fan's fury at Bookie £10K error - 10,000 to 1 for an own goal ! Winning on Betfair for Dummies - www.amazon.co.uk/betfair Trump Look-Alike Contest Held In LA -

Reno & Stamford, Connecticut             Yahoo/PRNewswire
IGT and Walker Digital Sign Development Agreement
www.igt.com
www.walkerdigital.com/innov_casino.htm

Los Angeles              Yahoo/PRNewswire
WORLD POKER TOUR(R) on the Big Screen: WPT and Hosts to Be Featured in 'Deal' - Starring Burt Reynolds and Bret Harrison
www.worldpokertour.com

Nevada              Yahoo/PRNewswire
Nevada Megabucks(R) Jackpot Now Over $17 Million

It's now over 6 months since the last $1 Nevada Megabucks winner which was $11,909,745 in October 2005 at the Aladdin in Las Vegas

www.igtonline.com/megajackpots/nevada/systems/flash_megabucks1_00.html

Fallon, Nevada              Yahoo/PRNewswire
Full House Resorts, Inc. to Acquire Stockman's Casino in Fallon, Nevada
www.fullhouseresorts.com

Las Vegas              Yahoo/PRNewswire
MGM MIRAGE Hosts 2006 Diversity Expo
www.mgmmiragediversity.com

Beijing              China View/Xinhua
Police mobilized to crack down on soccer gambling

Las Vegas              Reuters
Casino operator Riviera's investor opposes buyout

Melbourne. Australia              The Melbourne Age
Court told of casino swindle

Player collusion with 3 dealers and a figure of "up to A$1 million" is mentioned. The dealers amazingly only receiving suspended sentences for co-operating with the investigation.

Italy & Malta              The Times of Malta
Italy blocks Malta betting websites
www.lga.org.mt - Maltese Lotteries and Gaming Authority
www.mrgc.org.mt - Malta Remote Gambling Council

Birmingham              icBirmingham/Birmingham Mail
NEC super-casino bid chief to quit

Sydney & Macau              News.com.au
Packer, Ho lure Dream-catchers

James Packer and Lawrence Ho will be attended the ground breaking ceremony for their City of Dreams joint venture this evening.

www.melco.hk.cn

Pennyslvania              Philadelphia Inquirer
Casino ventures tout rosy projections
www.pgcb.state.pa.us - Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Australia & Sweden              News.com.au, SMH & Channel News Asia/AFX
Tattersall's signs deal with Aristocrat
Aristocrat pays $70m for EssNet
Australia's Aristocrat acquires Swedish gaming company EssNet
www.aristocrat.com.au
www.essnet.se
www.essnetinteractive.com

Australia              Aristocrat & Tattesals - Press releases (PDF)
Server-Based Video Lottery Technology Acquisition
TTS: Sale of EssNet Interactive AB

London & Manchester              Daily Mirror, BBC.co.uk
Eriksson to act on bets rift
Ferguson backs Rooney over claims

London & Manchester              The Times
The chips are down in Rooney's game of risk
I bet it is not a problem - Tony Cascarino

Two different perspectives on the same story. Wayne Rooney is also 17 to 1 with Betfair to be the top goalscorer in Germany which is excellent value IMHO.  Ian

Singapore              IOL/Reuters
Singapore woos 'starchitects' for casino

St. Helena, South Atlantic              Sartma.com/Saint Helena Herald
Locally Registered Company Sells Gaming and Banking Licenses

The Gaming Licenses are apparently in the Republic of Serbian Krajina.

www.safeholder.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republika_Srpska_Krajina
 
 

Additional headlines County tourism president quits over casino revenue flap - Nigara Falls, N.Y. Armed man robs Great Falls casino - Montana Gambling arrests increase on O'ahu - Hawaii Bookies spared pasting at the Grand National 30 Vietnamese 'brides' arrested at gaming den - Sanchung, Taiwan.

London & Tokyo              The Daily Mail
PFA look into Rooney gambling claims

Las Vegas              Las Vegas Sun
Jeff Simpson on Red Rock: It's great, but let's not get carried away with the hype 

Las Vegas              Orange County Register
Tourism Web site offers free monorail ticket
www.lvmonorail.com
www.vegas.com

Los Angeles & Chicago              ABC News/AP
Hugh Hefner Reflects On Life At 80
At 80, Hefner Still a Hopping Playboy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner
www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/hmh

Las Vegas              Las Vegas Sun - Liz Benston
Vegas boom going upscale - Middle-income tourists not in picture

London              Daily Telegraph
Betfair's backers in line for £300m

Japan's Softbank has bought a 23% stake in Betfair for £355m. The deal values the company which launched only 6 years ago at £1.54 billion.

www.betfair.com

British Football              Channel 4 & ThisisLondon
Sven to tackle gambling claims
Rooney's '£700,000 gambling debts'

British Football              Sunday Mirror
World Exclusive: Wayne Rooney's £700,000 bet debts
 
 

Additional headlines Punter gripped by gambling habit - Ireland Mistake worth a million to granny - Sydney HCMC police smash major illegal numbers ring - Vietnam

Hong Kong              China View/Xinhua
HK to reform betting duty system to curb illegal gambling

London              Herts-Essex-News.co.uk
Web gambling addict stole £½m from bank

Dudley              Express & Star
Funeral of casino boss

The funeral of former Blue Chip Casinos Director Barry de Lacy took place yesterday in Dudley. Dean Wood, aged 27, of Langley Moor, County Durham, is accused of his murder and the trial is scheduled for July.

Las Vegas              KLAS-TV.com
North End of Las Vegas Strip Changing Face

New York              New York Times & Daily Telegraph
Who Paid $35.8 Million for J. M. W. Turner's View of Venice?
The most expensive British painting ever

Steve Wynn has apparently paid £20.5 million for the Turner "Giudecca, La Donna della Salute and San Giorgio". The previous record for a British painting was for The Lock by John Constable which sold for £12 million in 1990.

Tallahassee, Florida              Sun-Sentinel & Miami Herald/AP
Governor Bush ends gaming talks with Seminoles on gaming
Vegas-style slots will not be ringing at tribal casinos

Glasgow              BBC Scotland
Study looks into gambling habits
www.stanleyleisure.co.uk

San Jose, Costa Rica              CBS News Video
Costa Rica: A Gambling Mecca

London              The Guardian
Online casino operator puts its shirt on Aston Villa

32red.com next year will become the second overseas Internet casino operator to place it's name on the shirts of an English Premiership team.

www.32redplc.com

Detroit              Detroit Free Press & Detroit News
MGM bets big on Detroit: $765 million, 1,000 new jobs
Greektown Casino gets the OK to buy parking garage
City sells parking garage to Greektown Casino

Singapore              Morning Star/Dow Jones
Sands: Can Draw 20 Exhibitions A Year To Singapore Casino

Vienna, Austria              Österreich Nachricten
Bawag sucht in Jericho 80 Millionen und verlor nach Refco täglich 60
 
 

Additional headlines First legal poker tournament hailed as a success - Manitoba, Canada. No Houses, No Workers For Casinos - Connecticut. L.V. Advisor: Question of the Day - WSOP v's WPT who's going to win ?