American gaming company Lottery & Wagering Solutions Inc. announced it is in the process of terminating all of the company's casino operations in Suriname.
This decision came from the Board of Directors and also was announced that the company on February 21, 2005, had entered into an agreement to sell for US$500,000 its wholly owned subsidiary which has operated a small casino in the Golden Tulip Casino Hotel in Paramaribo since September, 2004.

Canada's first casino chapel is gambling on public acceptance as it extends the welcome mat to gay couples along with heterosexuals wishing to tie the knot.

"Gay couples are welcome," Larry Lewin, president of Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, said in an interview from Palm Springs, Calif.

"We follow the trends of what the country is leaning toward and there is no issue toward gay marriages, so we are very supportive."

The British Casino Association announces the launch of a campaign to oppose the Government's proposed Gambling Bill as it currently stands in order to achieve a fair deal for existing operators.
The British Casino Association (BCA) believes that the legislation now being considered by the House of Lords lacks coherence and is breathtaking in its discrimination against the interests of a socially responsible and established British industry.

Martin Campbell, who helped revive the James Bond franchise with the 1995 hit "GoldenEye," will direct "Casino Royale," the 21st installment in MGM's spy series, which is now scheduled to hit theaters in November 2006.
Campbell is currently directing Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Legend of Zorro," the sequel to 1998's "The Mask of Zorro." "Legend of Zorro" is scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 4. Campbell introduced Brosnan to audiences as Bond in "GoldenEye," and now will find himself introducing yet another actor in the role.

SECRET Crown casino security documents have revealed staff made thousands of mistakes affecting gamblers last financial year.
The Herald Sun has seen confidential Crown security logs detailing 3800 errors by gaming room staff, as well as hundreds of illegal acts and thousands of customers being ejected.

Casino impresario Steve Wynn is changing the rules of the Las Vegas restaurant game, reversing a strategy of hiring celebrity chefs that has proved financially irresistible in this glitzy city.
Instead, the billionaire famous for his maverick casino designs that reinvigorated the Strip has courted serious talent willing to move to Las Vegas and work year-round in the kitchens of his new $2.7 billion megaresort that opens in April. By being on-site, they can guarantee the high quality of their cuisine.

MGM Mirage said it will submit a proposal for a casino resort in Singapore with Southeast Asian developer CapitaLand.
MGM Mirage said the proposal, expected to be submitted to the Singaporean government by the end of February, would envision a entertainment resort complex at Marina Bayfront in Singapore.
Marina Bayfront is located on the south bay of the Singapore city-state, adjacent to the central financial district.

Consolidation of the IT market isn't limited to hardware and software vendors. Two leading companies that give strategic and technical IT advice to business-technology executives will merge.
Gartner, with $858 million in revenue last year, said today it will buy Meta Group, which generated $122 million, for $162 million in cash. Gartner will borrow some of the money to pay for Meta stock valued at $10 a share.

According to Gartner, the addition of Meta's sales team will enhance Gartner's ability to increase revenue in coming years. The combination will also drive operational efficiency given the complementary nature of the two companies, Gartner says.

Raids, hostile words and lawsuits ended in a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing gambling on Indian reservations.

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians near Banning was part of that fight with the state that changed California's political and gambling landscape and the lives of tribal people forever.

Now, the state and the Morongo band are at it again. This time it's over video lottery terminals

BILOXI - An investment group headed by Roy Anderson III and W.C. "Cotton" Fore has entered into an agreement to purchase the President Casino Broadwater Resort for $66 million.

The property includes 240 acres, a casino, a hotel and a marina. The Broadwater has been a tourist destination for more than six decades. Anderson and Fore's group, Broadwater Properties LLC, uses the landmark name that predates the St. Louis-based President Casinos Inc. acquisition.