Cherokee, North Carolina                 Yahoo/AP
Cherokee Council Approves $650 Million Expansion of Casino
Harrah's Cherokee Casino Hotel

Blackpool                 ekklesia.co.uk & The Scotsman
Bishop says Blackpool should have got first super-casino
Church campaigners condemn plans for Manchester super-casino
Blair silent as troubles grow

Macau                 Reuters.com
Macau casinos shine, but not everything is gold

Australia                 BBC.co.uk & ABC News Online
Australia in thrall of gambling mania
Brisbane Airport faces more opposition over gambling push
 

Great Britain  - CAP license recommendations
National
Legal fight on Manchester's casino victory - Daily Telegraph
Kerzner is favourite to hit jackpot at super casino - Daily Telegraph
Manchester shock super-casino winner - The Times
Manchester leads big bets shake-up - Daily Mirror
Las Vegas not coming to UK, says Jowell - The Guardian

Regional
Blackpool: 'It's like someone has died' - BBC Lancashire
Executive slated as Glasgow casino bid fails - The Scotsman
Forget Las Vegas - it's viva Stranraer as casino bid gamble pays off for town
Casino fuels prostitution fears - Stranraer's population is just over 10,000
Plans for 5 city casinos - Liverpool. 1968 Act applications.
Mansfield reaction to casino blow
Midland MPs fear casino problems - Birmingham Post
Yorkshire a casino winner – as jackpot bid flops - Yorkshire Post
Swansea scoops casino licence jackpot - icWales/Western Mail
Fight goes on, says Cardiff as Manchester pulls off shock win - icWales

Comment & Opinion
Casinos: who were the real losers? - Daily Mail Comment
Casino plans are 'sad day for Britain' - Daily Mail
The limp-wristed regulation of gambling won't work - The Guardian
No more super-casinos by stealth - The Conservatives
Casinos reveal 'Labour addiction' - BBC Politics
Super-casino: Bonanza for gangs? - BBC Lancashire
 

London
Casino Advisory Panel Recommends to Secretary of State Where 17 New Casinos Should Be Located
Final Report of the Casino Advisory Panel
www.culture.gov.uk/cap/publications/finalreportcap_300107.pdf
 

Manchester                 Manchester Evening News
Manchester hits casino jackpot
Manchester proposal & images
www.neweastmanchester.com
The Sportcity Regional Casino

London                 Daily Telegraph
Ban on gambling adverts on TV to be lifted

Singapore                 FT.com
Genting might face casino probe

Moscow & Johannesburg                 Reuters S.A.
Sun International says to pursue Moscow deal

Croatia                 Reporter.gr
Slovenia: Zlata Moneta 2 Buys Croatian Casino
www.plavalaguna.hr/objekti.asp?ObjectID=8

London                 Reuters
Supercasino location to be named
Glasgow waits for casino decision - BBC Scotland

"Panel to make recommendations on where casinos should be located at 11.00am on Tuesday 30 January."

www.culture.gov.uk/cap

London                 DCMS - Press release
Gambling ad ban plans published

Russia                 Moscow Times
Proposed Gambling Zones See Prices Rocket

Brisbane, Queensland                 Australian Daily Telegraph/News.com.au
Brisbane airport wants pokies
 

Additional headlines...
Councils need help implementing smoking, gaming laws: report - Victoria, Aus.
Eleven casinos open ahead of new law - Ireland. Registration required
T&G union members stage second 24-hour strike at Grosvenor Casinos
 

Cripple Creek, Colorado & Johannesburg                Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century Casinos Announces Potential Growth Opportunity in S.A.
www.centurycasinos.com
www.lrp.co.uk
www.peermont.com
 

Super Casino speculation...
London & Blackpool
The super-casino contenders - BBC.co.uk
Think tank backs Blackpool casino - BBC Lancashire
Resort 'first choice' for casino - BBC Lancashire
Super-casino 'will lead to crime' - BBC London
Casino hope for Midlands - Birmingham Post
Dome chief's £350m threat over casino - Daily Telegraph
Odds get longer on Vegas-style casino - icNewcastle
www.reblackpool.org
www.the02.co.uk
 

Bensalem, Pennsylvania                 Center Daily
Casino reverses course, pays man disputed $102,000

See media links from Sunday 28th below. The slots at Philadelphia Park opened 6 weeks ago.

www.philadelphiaparkcasino.com
 

Nepal & India                 Earth Times
Barrackpore boy hits jackpot with South Asian casinos - Rakesh Wadhwa

London & Blackpool                 Daily Mirror
Blackpool... best bet for supercasino

The odds from Paddy Power were apparently 8/11 Blackpool & 11/8 Greenwich however I couldn't find them on the PP website.

www.paddypower.com

Macau                 Yahoo Singapore/Reuters & Stuff.co.nz
Branson's Virgin, Tabcorp eye Macau casino deal
Tabcorp linked to Macau casino deal

Gaming Operations                 Las Vegas Review-Journal - Howard Stutz
Rise of the machines - Server-based gambling's advance may mean opportunity for slot makers

Tunica, Mississippi                 The Independent
A winning bet in land of the blues: the miracle of gambling, US-style

Atlantic City                 CardPlayer.com & Yahoo/PRNewswire - 27th January
2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open (Day 3)

27 players remaining and not one big name among them.

Day 1 of Borgata WPT Classic Underway With Prize Pool Over $5,500,000
 

Additional headlines...
Sun pulls the plug on Moscow casino - South Africa & Moscow
Sun International Abandons Casino Project - Moscow Times
After 23 Years Visiting Reno, Pennsylvania Man Hits $7.8M Jackpot
 

London                 Sunday Times
Tessa rolls the dice - Editorial
Game on for high stakes Britain
 

Guyana                 Stabroek News
Casinos may be at least six months away -Jagdeo

Glasgow                 Scotland on Sunday
Glasgow ups the ante over super-casino
A gamble odds-on to fail - 21st January
UK 'super-casino' plans

London                 Sunday Telegraph
Labour betting on fresh casino sleaze battle
'Winning was not enough… I was out of control'

London                 icScotland
Supercasino bid winner to be named
www.culture.gov.uk/cap
 

Additional headlines...
Slovenia: State Funds to Consolidate Gaming Industry - Very brief
 

Moscow                 BBC.co.uk
Russian casinos ordered out of town

Macau                 Daily Telegraph
Is Macau piling too many chips on new casinos?

Macau & Hong Kong                 Taipai Times/AP & NZHearald/AP
Branson in advanced talks for Macau casino resort
Branson betting on global gambling capital Macau with $4.3b complex
www.virgin.com

London                 Daily Telegraph
Super-casino plan faces legal action

London & Blackpool                 Financial Times
Blackpool and Londonodds-on for super-casino
www.culture.gov.uk/cap

Mongolia                 UB Post - 11th January
No Casinos, Please; We are Mongolians
 

Additional headlines...
Strip Club Owner Receives Prison Sentence - Crazy Horse Too
Casino mogul gambles that 'Monty Python's Spamalot' will score big in Vegas
 

London                 InvestEgate.co.uk
32Red Plc - Trading Update

32red's share price has declined over the past 12 months from 150p to just 27p on Friday 26th.

www.32redplc.com
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=TTR.L&t=1y

Pennsylvania                 Philadelphia Inquirer
Who loses when casinos refuse to pay? - Experts say disputes with bettors cost the gambling industry dearly

New Jersey                 York Dispatch/AP
Atlantic City close to banning smoking in casinos

London                 Reuters
Mud flies as casino decree prepared

Washington & Antigua                 CNet News/Reuters
U.S. faces new loss in Net gambling case
 

London                 ThisisLondon/Evening Standard
Now Labour wants to turn pubs into gambling dens - Poker tournaments

London                 Brand Republic
MPs call phone-in quiz shows a form of gambling

London                 Daily Mail
60 new casinos as bosses target the middle classes
 

Charlotte, N.C.                 Yahoo/Business Wire
PokerTek Announces Five New PokerPro(R) Installations
www.pokertek.com
www.crownpoker.com.au/NewsDetail.aspx?N=25

Online Gambling                 The Scotsman
Middle-aged women are biggest users of net casinos
www.ecogra.org
WORLD’S LARGEST STUDY OF THE ONLINE GAMBLER REVEALED

London                 Transport and General Workers Union - Press release
Grosvenor Casinos odds on for second strike

Bulgaria                 PropertyExpress.com
Turkish Businessman Sudi Ozkan to Invest USD 5.5 mln in Casinos
Turkey: Interview - Mr. Sudi Özkan - New York Times
www.worldofprincess.com
 

Guyana                 MSN.com/AP
Guyana Passes Hotel Gambling Bill

The legislation provides for up to 30 gambling licenses in hotels with over 250 rooms. Guyana citizens would not be permitted to enter or gamble at the casinos.

London                 ThisisLondon.com
How ministers are opening the way for 24-hour gambling

Freeport, Texas                 The Facts
Casino ship has new manager
www.texasstarcasino.net

Ekaterinburg, Russia                 Ural Business Consulting
Two large casinos shut down in Yekaterinburg
Ekatrinburg Casino listings

Toronto & London                 UK-Wire.com
PlayboyGaming.Com, Parbet and Betsafe launched on CryptoLogic-developed poker network
www.cryptologic.com
www.playboygaming.com

London                 Yahoo/PRNewswire
William Hill Launches Skill Gaming
www.gameaccount.com

London                 The Scotsman
Ladbrokes targets Nordic gamblers

Scotland                 The Scotsman
Chips with everything

Macau                 International Herald Tribune
Macao cashes in on casinos, apparently catching up with Las Vegas

Kapchagai, Kazakhstan                 International Herald Tribune
Kazakhstan gambles on casinos - Plan for two casino hubs lures investors and raises fears

From April casinos will be restricted to two areas, Kapchagai close to Almaty, the largest Kazakh city, and Shchuchinsk, north of the capital Astana.

Additional headlines...
Playtech signs deal with Mexican casino operator - Entretenimiento De Mexico ?
 

St. Louis & Biloxi, Mississippi                 Yahoo/PRNewswire
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Announces Final Construction Plans for Biloxi Casino Resort
www.islecorp.com

London & Washington                 The Times & Gambling911
Outcry as US targets City firms over online gambling
War on Internet Gambling to be Fought by Powerful Law Firm

London & Sweden                 BBC.co.uk & The Scotsman
Ladbrokes bets on Nordic market
Ladbrokes pays up for Scandinavian online partner
www.ladbrokes.se/pages_newdesign/main_ladbrokes_sponsio.asp

Slovenia                 Reporter.gr
Slovenia: New CEO in Troubled Casino Portoroz
www.casino.si

London                 The Times
Estate agents and casinos to join organised crime battle

London                 InvestEgate.co.uk
Inspired Gaming Group plc - announces results for FY06
www.inspiredgaminggroup.com

The Netherlands                 DutchNews.nl
Casinos fail to curb gambling addiction
www.hollandcasino.nl

London                 Daily Mirror & Glasgow Herald
WILL NEW CASINOS INCREASE PROBLEM GAMBLING? YOU BET!
Law raises fear of problem gambling

London                 PRNewswire.co.uk
British Public Backs New Online Gambling Laws in PKR.com and Yougov Survey
www.pkr.com

Johannesburg                 AllAfrica.com/Business Day
South Africa: Casinos Eye Legal Online Gambling Jackpot
 

Additional headlines...
Casino debate resumes today - Guyana
Gambling laws 'inconsistent' - Mpumalanga, S.A.