Macau casinos in the city on the southeast coast of China are the Asian version of Venice, complete with a Grand Canal and a Rialto Bridge. Soon, it will get a taste of France, with an Eiffel Tower and a giant resort modeled on the Palace of Versailles, as part of a building boom that has brought dozens of cranes to a stretch of reclaimed land here. Macau has grown explosively over the last decade, and another burst of expansion is in full swing as some of the world’s biggest casino operators step up their bet on China’s love for…

Would there be any support for a Houston casino? Horse racing is already legal there, but neighboring states are offering higher purses, and horse breeders are leaving Texas at a fervent pace. And in an effort to combat this, the horse racing industry is prepared to fight for the legalization casino gambling. According to the Memorial Examiner breeders registered just 300 foals eligible for horse racing in 2013. The peak for the state was more than 4,000. Concurrently, Oklahoma’s racing industry is booming, raking in $3.6 billion for the state in 2012. The Texas Racing Commission reported that in 2011,…

Biz Journals – Travelers will soon be able to gamble at Kansas City International Airport. Joe McBride, a spokesman for the Kansas City Aviation Department, confirmed that the airport will start selling lottery tickets and running keno games inside the airport’s passenger terminals through the Missouri Lottery. McBride said the airport is excited about the addition of another activity in the passenger terminals. He added that revenue collected through the gaming will go to the state’s education needs. Susan Doolen, a spokeswoman for HMSHost Corp., confirmed that the airport will soon allow gambling. She said that the agreement, which will…

Another new and exciting game from Interblock, and another exclusive preview from This Week in Gambling! Due out in the first part of this year, Big 3 Six Wheel game is the latest offering from Interblock. According to the company website, Big 3 Six Wheel is an exciting new spin on an old classic.  The game consists of 3 Wheels which offers 3 times the fun and 3 times the action.  The 3 Wheels also act as reels for a Slot Machine themed Side Bet Before each spin, the player may place a wager on any or all of the 6…

Three years after the nation’s Tribal casino industry experienced its only annual gaming revenue decline in the 24 years since figures have been kept, the market is on an upswing. For the second straight year, Indian casinos nationwide combined for a new annual gaming revenue record, topping $28.13 billion in 2012. The 2 percent increase was a lower percentage jump than in 2011 when Tribal casino business grew nationwide revenues 3.4 percent, to $27.59 billion. That’s a cause for concern, said California economist Alan Meister, who compiles the figures for Casino City’s annual Indian Gaming Industry Report. “It was the…

Malta Today – Dragonara Gaming Limited, the operator of the foremost casino in Malta, and Poker Travel Israel, one of the leading international poker group travel operators, have signed a long-term collaboration agreement through which poker and casino players from Israel and Central Europe will be visiting the Dragonara Casino to participate in various organized events. The collaboration between Dragonara and Poker Travel started earlier last year and has already seen hundreds of players from Israel visiting Malta, especially during the tourism shoulder months. The collaboration will now be extended for players from central Europe as special ‘travel’ packages have…

Channel News Asia – The opening up of new casinos or integrated resorts in North Asia is unlikely to cannibalise the gaming industry in Singapore. Analysts Channel NewsAsia spoke with say the success of casino resorts in the city-state will continue to drive demand for similar services in other parts of Asia. First, Genting Singapore announced its entry into the Korean gaming market via a US$2.1 billion investment in Jeju together with a Chinese property developer. Then came property developer OUE and its project for an integrated entertainment resort in South Korea. The project valued at about 855 billion won,…

Lehigh Valley Live – Pennsylvania cut heavily into New Jersey’s gambling revenues with the opening of its own casinos over the last 7 1/2 years. In November, New Jersey struck back with the introduction of online gambling. Pennsylvania casinos in the eastern part of the state — including Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem — get a significant portion of their business from New Jersey residents. But have the four months of online gambling in New Jersey cut into Pennsylvania’s profits? Officials say it’s too early to tell. Pennsylvania gaming revenues have been largely on the decline since New Jersey’s online gambling…