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Monday, 14th September

Macau News

Wynn Is Cleared for Macau IPO - WSJ

Wynn Resorts to sell 20pc stake in Macau casinos - Irish Independent

Package tour visitors down 36 percent - Macau Daily Times
Macau Business

Visitors in package tours fall 35.7 pct in July

Wynn Macau in court to recover $HK30 million debt - 10th September

Melco International net loss widens

Galaxy to pay MOP2.9 bln for Cotai property

Nevada - Las Vegas Sun
CityCenter hotel plans three job fairs next week
www.citycentercareers.com
New table game edges closer to the floor
www.sgsgaming.com
http://wizardofodds.com/games/twocardshigh.htm

Estonia - Baltic Business News
Bankrupt casino operator continues activity
www.citycasino.ee
www.ritzio.com

Australia - SmartCompany.com.au
Packer's next move

Romania - Gandul.info
Români care sparg la cazinou 100.000 de dolari pe noapte

British News
Hunt for betting shop armed raid gang
Floating casino plan for Barrow - Barrow in Furness.
www.theprincessselandia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Selandia
http://www.dfhs.dk/Arrangementer/-Dronning%20Ingrid-SH-Foto.gif

Addicted teenager in £4,500 of gambling debt - Paisley, Scotland
Nurse 'stole from patients to fund casino trip' - Northampton
'East Lancashire postman thief a gambling addict’ - Burnley
Top Ten Bingo player demands £5,000 payout - Teeside
Winner finally claims £5m Lotto jackpot - Sheffield

Casinos load up on penny slots
www.santaanastar.com - New Mexico

additional headlines...
NBC faces poker show lawsuit
Man wins Borgata Ladies Championship
http://borgatapoker.blogspot.com/2009/09/ladies-champion.html
Two Charged With Cheating At Casino - Mohegan Sun, Connecticut. Pai Gow Tiles.

Saturday & Sunday, 12th & 13th September

Connecticut - Boston Globe

The wonder, and the fall - Foxwoods

Las Vegas - L.A. Times
Luck runs out on Vegas boom
Vegas dreamers go all in
Interactive graphic: Fantasy and anxiety

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun
Harrah’s hires local gun to help in Watanabe case
www.gordonsilver.com

Macau - MSN/AFP
Macau faces future without its gambling magnate

Ultimate Bet Cheating Scam
Las Vegas & Kahnawake, Canada - Casino City Times & Card Player
Russ Hamilton and 31 accomplices are fingered in UB cheating scandal
Kahnawake Issues Final Report on Online Poker Scandal
http://www.kahnawake.com/gamingcommission/kgc091109.pdf
http://www.kahnawake.com/gamingcommission/kgc091109b.pdf
www.kahnawake.com/gamingcommission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hamilton

China - SCMP (Registration required)
5 accused of plot to kill casino chip dealer on triad boss' orders

Hong Kong - Reuters & Las Vegas Sun
Wynn Resorts to raise up to $1 bln in HK IPO-sources
Wynn Resorts moves forward with Asian stock offering

"Marketing for the IPO is to begin Sept. 21, with the shares to begin trading Oct. 9, Dow Jones reported."

Recently posted image on Flickr.com showing Wynn Macau, Encore Macau (scheduled to open in late December), SJM's L'arc de Triumph (opening shortly) & MGM Macau.

Atlantic City - Press of Atlantic City
Revel responds to financing reports about Atlantic City casino project
No change in luck for casinos in August - Revenue falls 16.3% in key summer month

"In total, the casinos won $276.1 million in slot revenue, down 14.6% from August 2008, while table game revenue totaled $115.6 million, down 20.3%.

The Press of Atlantic City lead 11th September, 2009.

China - SCMP (Registration required)
5 accused of plot to kill casino chip dealer on triad boss' orders

Hong Kong - Wall Street Journal
Melco International 1H Net Loss Widens To HK$811.9M
www.melco-group.com
www.melco-group.com/press/PRA20090911_e.pdf
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=0200.HK

British News
FA on to a loser if they jump into bed with the bookies
Addiction fear over four-hour live roulette on TV

"The new show was made possible after TV regulator Ofcom changed the rules relating to gambling in May, reclassifying it as ‘teleshopping’ at the same time as allowing ITV, Channel 4 and Five to air six hours of teleshopping a night to ‘allow broadcasters to generate additional revenues’."

Shares in 888 soar - FT.com
Derren Brown leaves more questions than answers as he explains lottery trick
OK Derren, now tell us how you REALLY did it - Daily Mail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Casino is a major investment in city - G Casino Dundee opening next month.
o.co.uk/dundee
Police may probe Le Tissier betting scam revelation

additional headlines...
It's a Wild Wild Show: APCW Perspectives Weekly September 11, 2009
WPT Cyprus 2009: Final Table First Break Update
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic 2009: Final Table Preview
Gambling Debts Put Local People Behind Bars - Hawaii
Treasures of the Caribbean - Beau Rivage - 30 second TV Promotion.
Jobless may find deal at school - Oklahoma. Training school opening September.
www.professionalgamingacademy.com
Cordish sells interest in casino project - Kansas
Undecided annexation case muddles casino plan - Kansas
Penn, Speedway join forces to push KC-area casino
Casino charities to be checked - Alberta
All Change At OEG - Olympic Enteriainment Group

Friday, 11th September

Las Vegas & London - InvestEgate.co.uk & Yahoo/Reuters

888 Holdings plc (888) - Long-term agreement signed with Harrah's Interactive Entertainment, Inc.

888 in gaming deal with casino operator Harrah's

www.dragonfishtech.com

www.888holdingsplc.com

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=888.L

Harrah's Entertainment Forms Harrah's Interactive Entertainment - 22nd May

Macau - Hong Kong Standard & TDM News
Macau casino cheats nabbed

The fake Wynn HK$10,000 chips apparently went unnoticed by dealers but contained lower value RFID microchips and were spotted by cage personnel.

TDM English News - 10th September

Atlantic City - Peoples Daily, Reuters & Philadelphia Inquirer
Chinese govt to help finish US casino
Revel Entertainment Responds to Media Reports on Financing
Chinese builder signed to complete A.C. casino
www.revelentertainment.com - no updates.

Macau - Bloomberg
Galaxy Agrees to Pay HK$2.84 Billion for a Macau Site
www.galaxyentertainment.com/eng/casinos/worldresort.htm

Goa - At Ferry wharf
Three of Goa's six floating casinos are in the short film.

British News
Vegas comes to London for Poker bonanza
wsope.betfair.com
Secret of Derren’s Lottery plottery - The Sun
Protestors gamble on chance to scupper £40 million hotel and casino plans
www.x-leisure.co.uk
www.flickr.com/photos/lee_marshall/3234026573

The Xscape in Milton Keynes - Flickr image
www.xscape.co.uk

additional headlines...
MoonFestival WIP Version 1 - Thunder Valley, California Ad.
Casino Employee Groped - Canada. The accused is 86 years old !
Safenames Wins Domain Dispute for Legendary Poker Player, Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen wins domain name dispute
www.gushansen.com
Police arrest 15 suspected of operating gambling website - Israel

Thursday, 10th September

Macau - Macau Daily Times

PokerStars Asia Pacific Macau tour sets new record

Delaware - Delaware Online
First sports bets accepted - Casinos invested big in sports betting

Carson City, Nevada - LVR-J & Las Vegas Sun

Nevada gaming revenues decline 12.5% in July
Strip gaming revenue falls for 19th month

"Strip casinos won $461.3 million during the month, the smallest monthly win for a July since 2004. The 11.1% drop comes top of a double-digit drop of 14.6% in July 2008."

http://gaming.nv.gov/documents/pdf/mrrjul09.pdf

Las Vegas - Yahoo/Business Wire
Shuffle Master, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
Shuffle Master, Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Q3 2009)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SHFL

Atlantic City - Reuters & Forbes
China State Construction in $1.7 bln deal to build US casino
China's Gamble On America
www.revelentertainment.com
www.revelcasino.com
www.cscec.com.cn - China State Construction Engineering Corp.

Revel Entertainment 7-19-09
Reuters reports that construction of the Revel Entertainment Resort in Atlantic City will be finished by the China State Construction Engineering Corp.

Goa - Channel News Asia/AFP & Daiji World
Goa casinos shut in protest at hike in entry fees
Casino Operators Protest Against Govt's Decision to Hike Entry Fee

Denmark - Jyllands-Posten
Poker player loses it all after day in court

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun
Planet Hollywood poker scam nets arrests of four supervisors

The supervisors were allegedly skimming off money that should have been paid to players for high hand jackpots.

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun
8 arrested in undercover operation at Hard Rock’s Rehab pool
Regulators expand probe at Hard Rock’s Rehab pool
www.hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas/pool/rehab
www.rehablv.com
YouTube Search - Hard Rock Rehab

European Sports Betting
Bet-At-Home.com Sponsoring Handball - iGaming Business. Mangas Gaming Capital

The owner of the high profile sports betting brands Bet-at-Home, BetClic (BetClick) and Expekt is Mangas Capital Gaming which is 50% owned by Monaco's Société des Bains de Mer and Stéphane Courbit the former Chairman of Endemol France.

www.bet-at-home.com
www.bet-at-home.ag
http://fr.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BHA.VI
www.betclic.com
www.expekt.com
www.sbm.mc
http://fr.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BAIN.PA

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun
Gaming analysts: Industry’s recovery could lag economy
Shuffle Master sees higher profit on cost-cutting
www.shufflemaster.com

British News
Derren Brown The Event Live Lottery Prediction
How did Derren Brown predict the winning lottery numbers? - Metro.co.uk
C4 wins ratings lottery with Derren Brown stunt

additional headlines...
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic 2009: Day 4 Update
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic 2009: Day 3 Update
CAI Presents VIAGE: A New Entertainment Concept for Brussels - Press release
www.vkgroup.be/shownews.asp?CL=EN&CT=909&ID=1485 - Anspach Centre

Wednesday, 9th September

Macau - Yahoo/Globe Newswire

Grand Hyatt Macau at City of Dreams Official Opening Set for Sept 29, 2009

www.cityofdreamsmacau.com/en

http://macau.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

Las Vegas - Yahoo/PRNewswire
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Completes Pre-IPO Financing

International Gaming Awards Magazine - Issue 1

Gaming Awards Online Magazine - Issue 1
www.gaming-awards.com

Brussels - Yahoo/AFP & Deutsche Welle
EU ruling opens door for online betting crackdown

"Stickler said there was now "room for legal action" against online bookmakers registered in Gibraltar, Malta, the Channel Islands and certain Caribbean territories that he accused of dodging taxes."

European Court of Justice strengthens German gambling regulation
Court ruling allows European countries to ban online betting sites
www.european-lotteries.org - European Lotteries and Toto Association
www.eu-ba.org - European Gaming and Betting Association