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Harrah's Entertainment Inc. says it has received approval from the Missouri Gaming Commission for its $17.1 billion purchase by two private equity firms. via Reno Gazette-Journal

Extell's bottom line would look far less impressive without the stats padding of its Upper West Side developments, but the company just can't seem to stop ticking people off up there. via Curbed

“We feel the council has let down the people of Aberdeenshire in a big way. We will take a few days to reflect on our position.”

Hmm. Are we sure Bill Forsyth didn't script this news ? It plays a lot like " Local Hero ": A flamboyant American billionaire accustomed to getting his own way cooks up a grandiose development scheme for a ... via New York Times

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is upping the ante against Macau competitors Friday by launching a ferry service from Hong Kong to the outlying strip of reclaimed land he hopes to transform into a massive gambling ... via PR-inside.com

“As a result, Rosecroft, which already has been operating at a loss, will be denied the opportunity for an alternative revenue source that would enable it to compete with other tracks in the state and racing and gaming venues in neighboring states”

Penn National Gaming Inc., Wyomissing, on Wednesday announced a proposed $365 million casino resort in Wellington, Kan. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Travel Headlines Another gaming entity has thrown its hat into the ring for a casino in Sumner County. via WIBW-TV Topeka

A ticket purchased in Rhode Island matched the numbers drawn Wednesday night in the multistate Powerball drawing and is worth $151.9 million, the Louisiana Lottery Corp. via KATC-TV Lafayette

“We haven't made a formal decision yet.”

Donald Trump's plans for a 1 billion golf resort and complex have been thrown out by councillors. via Skegness Today

“While that is significant by any standard, what is very encouraging is that about $4 billion of that investment was made in the past four years or so.”

Five years from now, you might not even recognize this place. A burst of new, luxurious mega-casino projects to be built by 2012 will transform the face of Atlantic City into a more futuristic - and crowded - ... via The Patent Trader

Submits Plans for $365 Million Destination Gaming Resort in City of Wellington WYOMISSING, Pa. via Business Wire

Four groups representing casino developers presented boxes containing their proposals for luxury resorts in Sumner County to the county clerk's office this morning.

The last group to arrive, representing the Las Vegas-based Binion Family Trust, beat the noon deadline by 20 minutes.

A group representing Harrah's Entertainment carried two large boxes into the county courthouse about 9:30 a.m.

Penn National Gaming sent a single box by Federal Express which arrived just after the Harrah's plans. Read more

“Rosecroft, which already has been operating at a loss, will be denied the opportunity for an alternative revenue source that would enable it to compete with other tracks in the state and racing and gaming venues in neighboring states”

Citing the Maryland General Assembly's decision to exclude Prince George's County as a possible slots venue, Penn National Gaming said Wednesday it is dropping its proposed acquisition of Rosecroft Raceway in ... via The York Daily Record

“Tokyo is a shining star in the world of cuisine”

Michelin has come out with its very first guides to fine dining in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Tokyo, but if you're an aficionado of haute cuisine as defined by Michelin, you'll be getting on the next plane to ... via USA Today

“Very few were purchased as a buyer's primary residence.”

Where do you start with CityCenter, the 18.67-million-square-foot, $7.4- billion hotel, casino, retail and residential complex on 76 prime acres of this city's legendary Strip? It is the largest privately ... via EHotelier Global Hospitality News

Frank Ferguson, a state deputy attorney general, is taking over as interim director of the Virginia Lottery. via WCAV

The head of the FBI's Pittsburgh office is leaving to become chief of security for MTR Gaming Group. via Cumberlink.com

“Shares were already sold off significantly when Barron's noted that the Macau casinos were trading at 'bubble' valuations.”

The timing of a special dividend to investors by Wynn Resorts Ltd. was called into question by a few stock market observers. via RGT Online

“It took us six months to get this campaign together. What comes later comes later. We need to focus on a contract”

The election victory by the United Auto Workers to represent about 2,600 dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino will lead to stepped up efforts to organize other Indian-run casinos, a top union official said ... via Ann Arbor News

“People seem to have been trumped over by the Trump publicity machine”

Developer Donald Trump has won the latest round in his quest to build a state-of-the-art golf course and luxury resort in the village of Menie, Scotland, when Balmedie; councillors this week voted 7-to-4 in ... via ABC News

“Through my work I had been looking after film stars, and Ben had been involved in nightclubs. A mutual friend suggested we get together, so we did. Over a pint of lager we decided to do it. We thought that it would be a small village affair”

There's nothing we can't do, say 'fixers' By Jeremy Lawrence Fancy getting a bowl of red M&Ms delivered to your hotel room at 2am? How about 10 tickets for you and your friends to a sold-out Madonna concert? Or ... via Pretoria News

“There literally is not a rating service in America who does not have this tilted to the Democrats”

Democrats can file it in the ''tain't fair!' box Of the 25 congressional districts that have lost the most population since the 2000 census, only one is represented by a GOPer. via KansasCity.com

“In India, demand still has to be met”

A decade ago, Gurgaon on the outskirts of the Indian capital was little more than scrubland and a few isolated housing developments. via XtraMSN Real Estate

“The fight goes on. We're not finished yet.”

EVEN after suffering defeat in his first battle, Michael Forbes is adamant he will never allow himself to be Trumped. via The Scotsman

“You can imagine that many of us feel worried about what's going on today”

- Saturday on Mashantucket Pequot Nation dawned to a cloudless sky, but the main event at Foxwoods Resort Casino was, as always, underway indoors: an election. Starting at 8 a.m., card dealers at the nation's largest casino began filing into the Grand Cedar Hotel's Sunset Ballroom to place bets on or against affiliation with the United Auto Workers, which is trying to organize the casino's very first labor union unit. By 8:30, 53-year-old blackjack dealer Jack Edwards had worked an abbreviated graveyard shift in gaming Pit 23 - and cast his vote in favor of a union. 'Believe it or not,' he said with a grin, 'I voted yes. ' Read more

“I promise you, I can make a difference. Really the first thing we've got to do is, we've got to build our team back.”

Just off a graveyard shift, casino dealer Rene Trafaconda flipped through a packet of papers opposing labor unions handed out by her bosses at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Trafaconda had heard a pitch at the end of her workday from management on why joining the United Auto Workers union would be a bad idea.

The same message was loud and clear in a DVD starring Foxwoods President John O'Brien and from leaders of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, which owns the casino, who have been chatting up dealers. Read more

“I say to each of those people . . . that if I am elected as Australia's next prime minister, I will govern for the entire country.”

A LATE surge of support to John Howard has set the scene for a cliffhanger election. via News.com.au

Gamblers flocked to the new MGM Grand Detroit Casino in October, making it the top earner of Detroit's three casinos with $54.8 million in revenues for the month. via Hotel Online

“I don't think it'd be too much of a struggle to reach US$1 billion”

Casinos in Taiwan may generate US$3 billion in total annual revenue should the island legislate to legalize the industry, according to Las Vegas-based industry magnate Larry J. Woolf, who manages 13 casinos in ... via The China Post

Trace Adkins Joins Donald Trump 'Celebrity Apprentice' Reality Show by Staff Country star Trace Adkins has joined the cast of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice reality show. via The Post Chronicle

DES MOINES, Iowa - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 17-27-49-52-53 Powerball: 23 Power Play: 3 Players matching all five numbers and the ... via Quad-City Times

“Each company has the management focus, balance sheet strength and appropriate capital structure to drive significant growth in the years ahead”

Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd shareholders should benefit from higher share prices, after the group's media and gaming assets are funnelled into two separately listed companies, chairman James Packer says. via Stawell Times News

Wynn Resorts, Limited , announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash distribution of $6.00 per share on its outstanding common stock. via Vegas Syndicate

“It is our view that this will drive shareholder value”

SHAREHOLDERS of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd have cleared the way for a demerger of the company's media and gaming assets. via News.com.au

“The hardest thing was breaking it down to these 14.”

Cast members for this rejiggered "Apprentice" - which in the past relied on scrappy, ambitious star-wannabes - were selected from a field of some 125 celebrity applicants, Trump told reporters. via Gymnastics Coaching

Mountaineer Casino Resort & Race Track is gearing up to add more table games while Wheeling Island Racetrack is kicking off around-the-clock slots. via The Times West Virginian

“If this opportunity, and two other opportunities which PBL was also considering, were to proceed, then most of Crown's cash reserves would be deployed”

JAMES Packer will spend the remaining cash he has from the demerger of his media and gambling assets on as many as three casinos, including at least one in the US. via The Age

“As he has in the past, (Alexander) has asserted his innocence”

Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander at the Beverly Hills Municpal courthouse on separate charges earlier this year. via The Sydney Morning Herald

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall took office Wednesday and appointed a cabinet that rewards the founding members of his Saskatchewan Party. via CFRB

“There remains a limited number of gaming-entitled sites in Southern Nevada”

Locals gaming giant Station Casinos has expanded its future growth pipeline in the valley by buying 45 acres in the southern end of Clark County for nearly $71 million. via Las Vegas Review Journal

“I'm in the Gene Simmons business”

Donald Trump is shaking things up on his reality show "The Apprentice." On the Jan. via San Jose Mercury News

“I heard this squaking, squalling sound”

In the lottery, there are a few winners, and many losers. On Monday afternoon it was just the opposite outside the Hampton branch of the Virginia Lottery. via WTLV

“If this opportunity, and two other opportunities which PBL was also considering, were to proceed, then most of Crown's cash reserves would be deployed, with the most significant investment being in the gaming business referred to above”

Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd says it has commenced due diligence on a gaming business outside of Australia. via The Age

The network said Monday that the celebrity version of one-time hit "The Apprentice" will debut Jan. via MediaPost Publications

Shares of Wynn Resorts Ltd. rose this morning after its board announced a $6 dividend and an analyst upgraded the casino resort company. via CBS 2

Mr Trump has visited the estate where he plans a links complex Plans for a 1bn golf course and housing development in Aberdeenshire will go before councillors on Tuesday. via BBC

“The heavier the sales, the smaller the number of HOPE scholars”

Concerned lawmakers Monday peppered Georgia Lottery Corp. officials with questions about the declining percentage of lottery proceeds going to education in recent years. via The Albany Herald

Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. said Monday that the Illinois Gaming Board approved its purchase for $17.1 billion by private equity buyers Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group. via KVVU-TV Henderson

“What is still unclear is whether we will still count the ballots or whether the board will order us to impound the ballots pending further review”

Hundreds of dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino are expected to vote as scheduled Saturday on whether to unionize, but it could be longer before they know the results of the election, a regional labor official ... via Hartford Courant

“There are probably easier foreign policy tasks to take on than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”

This photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, shows Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center, as they greet one ... via KansasCity.com

She's already been fired by Donald Trump once, but Omarosa will be back to try again in "Celebrity Apprentice" next year. via WLFI-TV West Lafayette

“Now is the time to come to India... We hope to strike the deal in the next 12-18 months. We will be eager to do it before that”

The "incredible" growth in the Indian realty sector has attracted Trump Organisation, the largest high-end condominium builder of the US, and it is looking for a joint venture partnership in India over the next ... via Business Standard

“The most important thing right now is to let the new law take effect, then if questions arrive later, let's then have a study.”

MGM CEO Terry Lanni was the keynote speaker Many of the attendees of the Global Gaming Expo that just concluded in Las Vegas came away with some hope that Internet gaming and online poker rooms in particular ... via Las Vegas and Poker Blog

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. also plans to hold an online equivalent, with plans for the World Series of Poker Europe online poker room being announced earlier this week. via 777.com

“We have been very impressed with the city officials and their willingness to work together with local businesses ... to give people more reason to come to downtown Vicksburg”

A Houston, Texas, gaming operator has signed an agreement to buy the Horizon Casino and Hotel in Vicksburg. via The Clarion-Ledger

Nov 16, 2007 By: Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor With the closing of a joint venture agreement, MGM Mirage and Dubai World have officially become equal partners in the behemoth mixed-use CityCenter ... via Commercial Property News

“Their families are suffering as they see raids carried out elsewhere”

By Timothy Pratt < timothy@lasvegassun.com > Las Vegas Sun Within an hour of finishing his shift, Las Vegas gardener Alonso Flores had changed out of his green uniform and into a dark blue suit and white ... via Las Vegas Sun

DES MOINES, Iowa - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 6-22-24-26-30 Powerball: 12 Power Play: 4 Players matching all five numbers and the ... via The Daily News

“Each time we were faced with new needs, the gaming industry would come to the table along with the hope that the broader business community would recognize the need to participate in some small way as well”

MGM Mirage Chairman and CEO Terry Lanni used the Nevada Development Authority's annual luncheon Thursday to say the free meal is over. via RGT Online

“Bill's reputation for successful development and operations of casinos from Las Vegas to Connecticut to Atlantic City, gives us great confidence that his oversight on this project will yield tremendous results and growth for the joint venture.”

LAS VEGAS and PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas Nov. 16 LAS VEGAS and PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas, Nov. via Hotels

DONALD Trump made a final push today to win support for his proposed 1 billion golf resort. via Scotsman.com News

“I really want to apologize to the fans that were going to see me in those shows”

Wayne Newton had been sidelined with a recurring heart infection. The Las Vegas icon and "Danke Schoen" crooner has cardiomyopathy, a viral infection of the heart muscle, said Deanna Pettit, a spokeswoman for ... via Dateline Alabama

Wynn Resorts, Limited is pleased to announce Philippe Caretti as the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of Resort Operations at Wynn Las Vegas. via RGT Online

Alan Autry discusses Running Horse on Nov. 15 Fresno Mayor Alan Autry today said developer Donald Trump has agreed to pursue the purchase of 90% of the Running Horse property. via Fresno Bee

“He has no chance of getting it. Take your insult and shove it. Do not bother me again: NOT FOR SALE.”

The wild stretch of east coast Scottish shoreline near Balmedie village hardly looks the setting for a battle between America's most famous property tycoon and a stubborn farmer. via Reuters

Dubai World has completed its purchase of a $2.96 billion, 50-percent equity stake in CityCenter, the megaresort being built by MGM Mirage Inc. via KOLO-TV Reno

First it was a racetrack. Then a "racino." Now a gambling complex in the Northern Panhandle is calling itself something else - casino. via The Times West Virginian

Donald Trump's advance into the world of Long Island development is likely to continue with a bid for the Garden City Hotel, whose owners put it on the block last month following the death of hotelier-patriarch ... via Newsday.com

The partnership with NRT will provide NRT's worldwide casino and gaming industry customers the opportunity to select NRT's industry-leading QuickJack and QuickJack Plus systems, now integrated with NCR's ... via PR-inside.com

“It is expected the acquisition of 100 per cent of Gateway will be completed on Friday 16 November in Toronto.”

A joint bid by Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd and Macquarie Group Ltd for the Canadian Gateway Casinos Income Fund has succeeded. via The Age

Nov 14, 2007 By: Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor Isle of Capri-Black Hawk and Colorado Central Station, two casinos located in Black Hawk, Colo., will soon come under the sole ownership of Isle of Capri ... via Commercial Property News

Foxwoods Resort Casino has announced a $55 million renovation project that includes new restaurants and luxury shops. via Cape Cod Times

“They've pulled the foundation permit to begin construction”

Donald Trump's casino proposal may have been a bust, but his proposed Trump Tower, a 43-story luxury-condo project along the Delaware River at Penn Street, cleared its biggest hurdle yesterday when City ... via Philly.com

“We couldn't ask for better companies asking to location in our area. We are getting the biggest names in Vegas and you can't beat that.”

TOPEKA, Kan. - Competing applications for the right to manage a resort casino in Sumner County were filed Tuesday with the Kansas Lottery Commission under the state's expanded gambling law. via Joplin Globe

Magna International Inc. today announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange had accepted its Notice of Intention to Make a Normal Course Issuer Bid . via Canada NewsWire

“The state is going to decide on a project that benefits the entire state of Kansas, and our location meets that criteria.”

Casino giant MGM Mirage has become the latest player in the high-stakes game to put a casino resort complex in Sumner County near Wichita. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Station Casinos' third-quarter net income decreased 80.7 percent to $3.7 million, or 7 cents per share, for the quarter ended Sept. via Las Vegas Review Journal

Casino developer MGM Mirage said it will open its debut property in the Chinese gambling destination of Macau on Dec. via KVVU-TV Henderson

“Grand Theft Auto introduced sandbox gaming to the world, and video games have not been the same since”

Sept. 29, 1983, was a dark day for the video game industry. That was the day the New York Times reported Atari Inc., the leading home video game manufacturer in the United States, had dumped tons of unsold game ... via WGAL.com

“Subject to satisfaction of the remaining conditions, the bid is expected to be completed on or about 14 November”

GAMING and media group Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd says a bid by its 50/50 joint venture for Gateway Casinos in Canada has been approved by gaming regulators. via News.com.au

“The development pipeline, which we believe investors are getting largely for free at current levels, remains intact.”

Pinnacle Entertainment suffered a drop in third-quarter earnings, but executives and gaming analysts wanted to look ahead rather than backward. via RGT Online