In celebration of its 20th anniversary Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas is offering the fans a rare glimpse behind the curtain with the return of its Cirque Week series of events. The fourth year of the annual celebration will run from November 9-16, during which each of the Strip’s eight resident shows will host a series of events ranging from backstage access, performance classes, ticket packages and more. Options include a live fire demonstration from the inferno acts of “O,” choreography lessons from “Michael Jackson One” and an up-close look at the intricate Thierry Mugler costumes from “Zumanity.” Customizable ticket…

The East Coast gambling hotspot of Atlantic City, N.J., is not likely to give its desert rival Las Vegas a run for its money anytime soon, Caesars Entertainment Chairman and CEO Gary Loveman told CNBC on Thursday. “There are two offsetting forces at the moment,” Loveman said in a “Squawk Box” interview. “The business has been contracting over the last few years as a result of so much new competition. [And] it makes it hard for people to invest in that market.” The American Gaming Association said that gambling revenues in Atlantic City totaled $3 billion last year—down 42 percent…

An Asian casino boom is driving sales and innovation in advanced surveillance technology, from chips with built-in radio transmitters to high-definition, multi-lens, digital cameras that can scan huge gaming floors and catch the deftest sleight of hand. Security solution providers such as German-Australian joint venture Dallmeier International, California-based Pelco, a unit of Schneider Electric PA, and Samsung Techwin Co Ltd, about 25 percent-owned by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, are among those reaping the benefits of Asia’s casino building boom. Tens of thousands of security cameras, including some of the most advanced commercially available, have been installed in the southern Chinese…

Card Player – The old invisible ink cheat. According to reporting from The Day, a New Jersey gambler was busted early Sunday for allegedly cheating at the Mohegan Sun. His method according to the police: marking the cards with a ink-like substance that could only be seen with special contact lenses. Fifty-nine-year-old Bruce Koloshi, who hails from Summit, New Jersey, also allegedly used the tactic in a game of stud at a casino in Louisiana in August. Koloshi has been caught cheating before in Las Vegas, Reno and in the state of Iowa. The Day reported that after his most…

Card Player – There reportedly is some serious concern about whether the massive “Eurovegas” development project that U.S. casino boss Sheldon Adelson wants to bring to Spain will still happen. Adelson wants there to be smoking at the strip of casinos — rumored to cost as much as $22 billion — but Spain has a strict anti-smoking law on the books, according to The Guardian. Madrid’s regional President Ignacio González said: “We are running the serious risk that Eurovegas will end up elsewhere. If we’re not smart, we could lose it.” A spokesperson for Spain’s ministry of health said: “The…

Las Vegas Review-Journal – A gaming management team headed by former executives of Las Vegas Sands Corp. was removed as operators of a $1.2 billion hotel-casino complex in the Philippines late Thursday. Owners of the Solaire Resort &Casino in Entertainment City along Manila Bay told the country’s stock exchange it terminated the services of Global Gaming Asset Management of Las Vegas because of a “material breach” of their agreement. Global Gaming is headed by former Las Vegas Sands President Bill Weidner and other ex-Las Vegas Sands officials. The initial phase of the development opened in April. In a statement, Bloomberry…