Las Vegas - Reuters, Yahoo/AP & Marketwatch
MGM, Dubai scale back CityCenter, seek investors
CityCenter postpones completion of Harmon Hotel
MGM Mirage scales back CityCenter again
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MGM
www.citycenter.com

Atlantic City - The Press of Atlantic City
Atlantic City casino work force drops to lowest level since late 1980s

"Casinos finished 2008 with 38,585 workers, the first time since 1987 that annual employment sank below 40,000, according to year-end figures released Tuesday by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. Employment peaked at 51,560 jobs in July 1997."

Atlantic City - Newsday
Trump change: Donald's casinos' stock dirt cheap

"Eric Hausler, the company's senior vice president for development, sold 2,260 shares of company stock, at 18 cents a share. He got $406."

www.casinosaustria.com

Las Vegas - Business Wire
The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc. Acquires 2nd Las Vegas Hotel-Casino 
www.siegelcompanies.com

Las Vegas - In Business Las Vegas - Richard Velotta
Resort openings anchor hopes for better economy

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun
National gaming center board names new chairman - Glenn Christenson.
The latest trend: Leaving Las Vegas
www.ncrg.org - National Center for Responsible Gaming
 

Newslinks courtesy of Gaming Today
United Coin takes over management of Sparks casino - Baldini’s Sports Casino
Mark Lipparelli named to the Nevada Gaming Board
Binion still casino hunting
TrackNet may cut off Nevada from horse racing simulcasts
Greenspun looking for bigger slice of the pie ?
 

British News
Ladbrokes's online casino broke advertising rules - Reuters
Ladbrokes places Sun ad in response to ASA ban - Brand Republic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNS_xt4Q9b0
 

Additional headlines
Hard Times For Billionaire Sheldon Adelson - Forbes.com
Elderly Man attacked after casino win - Trump Taj Mahal
Economist: Jobless rate may pass 10% this year - Nevada
146 held from gambling club - Mumbai
$135,000 winning lottery cards were printing errors - Canada
 

Israel, Austria & Belgrade, Serbia - Reuters/Queenco Leisure International
Queenco buys Casino Beogard stake for €42 million
Queenco Leisure International Ltd - Changes to Shareholding in Casino Beograd
www.casino-beograd.com
www.queencoleisure.com
www.casinosaustria.com

Jerusalem & Las Vegas - Yahoo/Reuters & Yahoo/AP
Las Vegas Sands denies report of deal for land
IDB, Adelson deny partnership on Las Vegas project
Elad seeks Adelson help for Vegas project
 

Matthews, N.C. - Yahoo/PRNewswire
PokerTek and Aristocrat Extend Distribution Agreement

Macau - CCTV/Xinhua
Macao registers record gaming revenues of $13.7 bln in 2008
www.dicj.gov.mo - Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau
www.dicj.gov.mo/EN/Estat/DadosEstat/2008/estat.htm#n1

Macau - Macau Daily Times
Gaming revenues in 2008 soar by 31% to record high
Lawmaker urges gaming enterprises to communicate well with staff
Macau had 30% less visitors on New Year holiday
Company says water quality normal after dead body found in dam

Mississippi - Clarion Ledger
570 jobs gone at Choctaw resort
www.pearlriverresort.com
www.flickr.com/photos/g2223060/78562092
www.flickr.com/photos/65906562@N00/100055240
 

British News
Gambling firms to be forced to pay levy to fund treatment - Guardian
Bookmakers will be forced to pay £5m for gambling studies - Independent
Gamblers face £5m 'addicts' tax' to pay for problem gambling - Telegraph
www.rigt.org.uk - Responsibility in Gambling Trust
GameTech Elite(TM) Installed in the United Kingdom
 

Additional headlines
Heather A. Rollo Joins Ameristar Casinos as Chief Accounting Officer
Layoffs announced by Kansas gambling regulators
PartyGaming Sues Former Owner of Empire Online Over 2006 Sale
I-Team: Las Vegas Economy 2009
Recesion Puts Halt to Casino Developments - Travel Daily News
Trump casino debt given 'D' rating -- for default
BCC's casino program on hold - Bristol Community College. Massachusetts.
 

Las Vegas - Yahoo/AP
Ahead of the Bell: New Year's OK for Vegas casinos

Cambodia - Yahoo/Business Wire
Elixir Gaming Enters into Agreement with NagaWorld Limited
www.elixirgaming.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=EGT
www.nagaworld.com

Malta - Malta Independent
Malta-based companies abetting illegal Internet gambling operations
www.bodoglife.com
www.lga.org.mt - Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority

Macau
Bets are off for Macau gambling boom - BBC Asia

"The US-based Las Vegas Sands group has halted construction of five new hotels, huge shopping centres and several new casinos. About 10,000 foreign workers and 2,000 workers from Macau have lost their jobs so far."

Macau Daily Times
SJM says company to try its best to maintain staff's interest
Galaxy says salary arrangement to be announced this week
Gaming training course reports to drop in registration
TDM English News - 3rd January
 
 

British News
Gamblers 'to be able to bet and win twice as much on slot machines'

BACTA appear to have been succesful in their lobbying of Government ministers for the introduction of £70 jackpots for 10's of thousands of Pub and Arcade slots.

www.bacta.org.uk
Jackpots and stakes doubled as gaming industry given boost by ministers
Comment: Fruit machines could start a life-long addiction

Fears that gambling addiction will soar as ministers relax rules
Bigger prizes and bets for slot machines...how can a Labour government be so recklessly irresponsible with the lives of the poor?

How does he manage? Casino director - James Curwen, Paddington Casino
Pubs given commercial gambling warning - The Publican
Armed men raid North-East bookie - Gateshead
Gambler admits attacking Durham bookmaker
Betting row as unknown Matt Smith becomes new Doctor Who
 

Atlantic City - ABC Local
Casino winner attacked, suspect takes joyride

Certainly not the kind of publicity that Atlantic City requires at the moment. The Taj Mahal player was 70 years old.

Turkey & Bulgaria - Bulgarian News Network
Security Agency Officer Issues Illegal Passport to Turkish "Gambling King"
 
 

Additional headlines
Police strike in triple gambling raid - Cyprus Mail
CCP meet to sort out casinos, garbage issues - Goa
Vegas beer pong competition gets (almost) serious
www.bpong.com
 

Czech Republic -  Radio Praha: 18th December
Czech betting firms win permission to introduce on-line gambling
 

Macau - Macau Business You're fired Expat exodus Macau Business correspondents take an indepth look at the firings of expat staff and what the future holds for employment in the S.A.R.'s casino industry.

Singapore - Casino building progress: Marina Bay & Sentosa Island
Marina Bay Sands - Reuters Image 2nd January
www.flickr.com/photos/joshk0/3133183984
www.flickr.com/photos/dellamortedellamore/3145361543/sizes/l

An amazing image of the building site at Marina Bay uploaded 29th December, 2008.

www.flickr.com/photos/jernmand/3040705358 - November 2008

www.flickr.com/photos/detachedmind/3067066794 - Sentosa Island
www.flickr.com/photos/detachedmind/3066226111

New York - The Real Deal
Casino developer flips 15 CPW unit for $27M
www.coastaldevelopmentllc.com
www.richard-fields.org

Italy - FT.com
Lottomatica seeking to capitalise on Italy's burgeoning gambling habit
www.gruppolottomatica.it/eng/index.htm
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LTO.MI
 

Las Vegas - LasVegasNow.com
Casinos Warm to the Idea of Legal Online Gaming
MGM Mirage to Take CityCenter Applications Monday
www.citycentercareers.com
 

Mesquite, Nevada - L.A. Times
Out in Nevada desert, gambling runs dry
www.blackgaming.com
www.visitmesquite.com
 

British News
Excel in chase for big casino
www.excel-london.co.uk
www.virtualization.info/virtualizationcongress2008/images/venue/map.jpg

Unluckiest punter misses £800,000 win
Lotto balls-up cost me £1.7m
Bookie pays out £3000 after taking pity on OAP for coupon mistake
 

Additional headlines
100 Students, Ancient Burial Stop Philadelphia Casino?- Gambling911
Crunching numbers on gambling, poker machines in NSW
Player wins 2.79m jackpot at Grand Lisboa - Caribbean Stud Poker
Macau casino revenue declines to 7.65b patacas - SCMP Registration required

Dice control or Dice influence ?

Las Vegas - Yahoo/AP
Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas

Nevada - LVR-J - Howard Stutz
Gambling companies poised to turn page after year of sharp declines
Gaming Control Board gets member
http://media.lvrj.com/images/decgamestocks20090101.jpg
 

British News
House prices fell by 16.2% in 2008
Bookies' raid CCTV photos issued - Ladbrokes, Cardiff.
Cashiers left terrified by armed raids on betting shops
Knife raid terror at Bolton bookies - Ladbrokes, Bolton.
Another city bookmakers robbed - Ladbrokes, Radford.
 

Additional headlines
Terror networks use gambling websites for recruitment, finance
Pagcor remits P10-B dividends to Treasury
Worry As Online Casino Affiliates Could Be Hit By Us Taxation Laws
 

New York - Yahoo/AP & N.Y. Times
Trump Entertainment wins 3 weeks' forbearance
Trump Casinos Get Extension on Debt
www.trumpcasinos.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TRMP
 
 

Las Vegas - Business Week
The Vegas Casino Room Glut

"Some friends of mine just stayed at the nearby Venetian resort for just $119 a night with $100 in restaurant and other credit through in as an enticement."

London & New York - Yahoo/AFP
Euro ends volatile year in dip against dollar, pound
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter?u

Las Vegas- Las Vegas Now
New Year's Turnout Beats Last Year - Including a pretty lame fireworks video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_FSj7xKeu4
 
 

Additional headlines
Barroom sex leads to license complaint - Las Vegas
Former mafia crime boss Michael Franzese warns of tennis gambling
Cancer fund investigated by Gambling Commission