The American Gaming Association, that represents American casino owners, wants the Congress to carry out a study to evaluate the possibility of regulating online gambling. The majority of online gambling sites are owned by offshore companies.

A casino established in Oklahoma and its manager agreed to pay fines for up to $2.5 million for violations of the federal precautions destined to fight financial crime.

However, the government authorities informed that, in spite of the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma and Edward E. Street, the man that guides the daily operations of the game’s precinct, agreed to the imposed sanction, neither denied or admitted the committed accusations.

The Gambling sites on Internet are getting more and more popular each day, according to the rsults of the study published by Nielsen/NetRatings. The results show that about 14 million Europeans keep trying, regularly, to get their lives to chanche by gambling on internet.

A U.S. mall operator said it would join Las Vegas gaming group Harrah's Entertainment Inc. (HET.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Singapore developer Keppel Land Ltd. (KLAN.SI: Quote, Profile, Research), which are bidding for Singapore's first casino project.

The Asian arm of Taubman Centers Inc., a property trust listed in New York with a market capitalisation of US$1.8 billion, plans to invest in the retail component of Singapore's first casino if the consortium wins the bid, an executive said...

For about 20 years, Charlie Suddeth worked in the casino business, dealing cards and cutting chips.

Now, the Port Huron resident is looking to help others set up behind the blackjack table.

Suddeth has opened the Bluewater Casino Training Academy at 710 Huron Ave. in Port Huron.

"You're always hearing talk about a casino eventually coming to Port Huron," Suddeth said.

It's not so far-fetched to expect a little Sega essence in a Sega-branded game, but in Sega Casino, there's not a whole lot of Sega-ness at all. Oh, sure, you'll get the promised gambling, but the Sega?

Where are the Nights-licensed slot machines? Why isn't Sonic dealing out the cards? Couldn't Virtua Fighter's Akira host Keno? This collection of casino games dishes out part of the package, but it's a whole lot of missed opportunities for a game that's generically named...

When the Diamond Jo Worth Casino opens in April it will become Worth County’s largest employer. The prospect of nabbing one of the 450 jobs has prompted nearly 1,000 people to come forward to inquire.

‘‘In Worth County this is the highest number of jobs created in a single opening,’’ said Teresa Nicholson, executive director of Win-Worth Betco, the economic development group serving Worth and Winnebago counties. ‘‘This is going to reach a large, large number of people.’’...

Professional poker players are busy people. When they're not appearing on the plethora of televised poker programs, giving their two cents on poker radio, or moonlighting at various online poker sites, the pros are having their voices recorded for ring tones. Or at least that's what we can anticipate in the near future from Men "The Master" Nguyen, David Williams and Evelyn Ng.

The three poker stars are working with Sports-Stuff.com Inc., lending their names and voices to ringtones, ringbacks, voicemail greetings and wireless web (WAP) sites to be created exclusively by the company

Spain's Crown Princess Letizia gave birth Monday to her first child, a girl who becomes second in line to the throne after her father Crown Prince Felipe.

With Felipe by his wife's side, Leonor was delivered through a Caesarean section at Madrid's Ruber International Clinic, three weeks before the scheduled due date. Both mother and child were doing fine, said a visibly moved and happy Felipe accompanied by the team of doctors who assisted in the birth.

Harrah's License Company, LLC,the corporation's licensing arm, has embarked on a revolutionary partnership with AOL (America Online) to create a World Series of Poker (WSOP) and AOL- branded free online poker room.

Although overall growth in the online poker industry has been dwindling as of late, cooperation between these major players will likely help revive mainstream interest in the game.