Las Vegas Sands, the American casino operator, announced this week its 3,600 million investment for building Marina Bay Sands, the first casino-resort in Singapore. The establishment will have 2,500 rooms, shopping centers, an auditorium, luxurious restaurants, theaters and a museum.

Marina Bay Sands would be inaugurated in 2009. It will be a really huge resort-casino: its shopping mall will be as big as five Wal-Mart supermarkets. Las Vegas Sands owns Venetian Hotel and Casino, the only place in Asia where gambling is currently legal.

Cirsa, the Spanish entertainment company, is planning to invest 169 million euros in Chile, in order to continue its expansion all along the country. About 96 million will be used for building seven new casinos. Besides, the firm will make other investments in the Caribbean and Macao.

Manuel Lao Gorina, vice president of Cirsa, said the company has presented several projects for the 18 current biddings that are open today in Chile, in order to build new establishments.

Don Quixote’s Kingdom is waiting for the necessary permissions in order to start building what will be the first Harrah’s Casino in Europe. It will be a casino, hotel and golf club, but also a group of luxurious houses and apartments. If Harrah’s, the world’s biggest gambling operator, manages to fit all legal requirements soon, the construction would start at the end of this year.

The hotel and casino project, that will look like the Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, will have 850 rooms and an auditorium for 3000 people.

The authorities of the World Trade Organization (WTO) were waiting for an answer from the United States, with regards to Internet gambling in Antigua and Barbuda. However, the government of the North-American country only said that they are “working hard in order to find a solution for this situation”.

During a public audition which took place this week at the WTO, the government of the United States didn’t give much information about the way the Organization should solve the problem of Antigua and Barbuda allowing citizens to gamble online.

About 58% of Peruvian casino games and slots machines are working illegally, supported by court resolutions that allow this situation. Only 3% of the total number of games are allowed by the Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism.

Miguel Zamora, National Director of Tourism, informed that there are 930 casinos in the country, and only 40 have the authorization of the Ministry. Seven of these registered casinos work in five stars hotels and restaurants.

The property inaugurated last week by Harrah’s Entertainment at Council Bluffs, Iowa, has been categorized as the biggest Casino in the state, and offers a wide range of games of chance foe the Midwest area.

The inauguration party was an “invitation only” event and was hosted by the NASCAR host, Robby Gordon, who entered the party on his specially designed motorbike. The bike has roulette wheels instead of regular tires.

American homosexuals are one of the world's most attractive leisure travel submarkets as a result of their $65 billion in annual expenditures. Las Vegas, like many other cities, aims to redirect a larger number of this group to its casinos. In the case of Las Vegas, promotion among gays and lesbians requires a special approach.

They started by printing ads in three popular gay publications, as well as in some other non-gay magazines. One of the favorite promises for gay getaways is that visitors will enjoy a numerous gay community.

The Hamilton Bulldogs' team has planned many promotions soon. Among them, they include a Pizza Pizza Skills Competition, a chance to meet Bulldogs players at Landmart Homes, and Jerseys Off Our Backs.

Their first event was the Burgeonvest Securities Limited Casino Night which took place at Liuna Station and was a great hit. The purpose for the event was to raise money for the Hamilton Bulldogs Youth Fund.

The city of Macau, placed in the south cost of China, is quickly becoming more and more considered as a real Asian pearl due to its amazing casinos and deluxe hotels, only accessed by the richest people all over the world.

Classified by many people as a better place than Las Vegas, Macau is now planning to build the world’s first underwater casino, something that will surely increase the city’s international fame as an entertainment center.

Following reports that New York Yankees star, third baseman Alex Rodriguez, had attend a poker club with infamous poker pro Phil Hellmuth, the club was subsequently raided by police and shut down for illegal operations.

After this, the Major League Baseball reaction was to be expected; A-Rod was reprimanded for his poker playing pastimes, his team worried that being associated with illegal poker clubs would tarnish their image.