A quick summary of the
week's casino and gaming news...
Labour's
Super casino u-turn
 Brown
reflecting on supercasino plans - July 12th. Reuters.
Brown
cools on supercasino plan - July 11th. Reuters.
Brown
urged to scrap remaining 16 casinos - July 12th.
Daily Mail
Brown's
U-turn is latest twist in lengthy casinos saga
- July 12th. The Guardian
All
bets are off as Brown decides against gambling on supercasino
- The Times
Gordon
Brown scraps super-casinos - Daily Telegraph
Anger
at super-casino plan review - July 11th. BBC Manchester.
 How
the Manchester casino could have looked
Lake Tahoe
Yahoo/Business Wire
Harrah's
Entertainment Continues Relief Effort Following Angora Lakes Fire at Lake
Tahoe - 13th July
Las Vegas
Yahoo/AP
MGM
Mirage to Renovate Pyramid-Shaped Luxor Casino in Las Vegas
- 12th July
 www.luxor.com
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Business Wire
Shuffle
Master Enters Into Letter of Intent for Purchase of Progressive Gaming's
Worldwide Table Game Division Assets - 12th July
www.shufflemaster.com
Las Vegas
Yahoo/Business Wire
Progressive
Gaming Enters into Letter of Intent for Sale of Worldwide Table Game Division
Assets to Shuffle Master - 12th July
www.progressivegaming.net
Sheffield
Sheffield Star
Retired
casino auditor felt on 'scrapheap'
Vietnam
Thanhniennews.com
Taiwan-backed
casino to raise $100 mln in Vietnam IPO - 12th
July
www.royal-gaming.com
Carson City
Yahoo/AP
Nevada
Casinos Report Record Win - 12th July
http://gaming.nv.gov
Las Vegas
Yahoo/AP
Bail
Set for Suspect in Casino Shooting - 11th
July. New York New York
Iraq
War Veteran Recalls Tackling Gunman Accused of Opening Fire in Las Vegas
Casino
Sacramento,
California
Mercury News/AP
Governor
signs massive expansion of Indian gambling
Macau
International Herald Tribune
Viewpoint:
Macao controls the dice
Macau &
Australia
The Australian
Macau
venture makes newly focused PBL a huge gamble in itself
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MPEL
Atlantic City
Yahoo/AP & Reuters
Another
Bad Month in a Bad Year for AC Casinos - 11th
July.
Atlantic
City gamblers lose $419.8 million in June - 11th
July.
Fortunes
continue to fade for Atlantic City casinos - 10th
July.
| Slots revenue down 4.9%, table games
up 6.9%. |
www.state.nj.us/casinos/
London
Yahoo/Business Wire
Pre-Registration
Opens for World Series of Poker Europe - 10th
July
London
Yahoo/Business Wire
Bluff
Europe and World Poker Tour's (R) 'Poker in The Park' take London's Leicester
Square - 9th July
WPT
Enterprises Launches Real Money Gaming Website, WorldPokerTour.com
www.worldpokertour.com
- 5th July
www.bluffeurope.com
Las Vegas
Las Veas Sun
Jeff
Simpson on why, despite all the criticism, Wynn stands behind his tip-sharing
plan - 8th July.
Sweden
The Local
Swedish
media gorges on illegal gambling ads
Coventry
Yahoo/PRNewswire
'the
isle' casino at Coventry Opens in the United Kingdom
- 6th July.
 New
casino for Coventry - 5th July. BBC Radio
Coventry
www.theislecoventry.com
Colorado Springs
Yahoo/Business Wire
World
Series of Poker(R) Inducts Barbara Enright, Phil Hellmuth Jr. Into Poker
Hall Of Fame
Colorado Springs
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century
Casinos Extends Agreement for Three Shipboard Casinos
- 5th July.
www.centurycasinos.com
www.oceaniacruises.com
London
High
spenders boost Ladbrokes phone betting - 5th July.
Yahoo/Reuters
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=LAD.L&t=6m
Betbrokers
to pay $6.8m for Winning Edge - 6th July. Yahoo/Sharecast
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BETB.L
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