Rank Group, the UK casino and bingo hall operator, has posted an operating profit of £60.8m for the year ending 31 December 2009, when compared with a £9.1m loss for the previous year.

 “Bulgarian investor can take part in building of malls in Azov-City” , said the administration of gambling zone.

Estonian gambling enterprise Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) carried out restructuring and optimization program in 2009 in course of which 44 casinos were closed (excluding Ukraine) and saved, according to calculations, 660.8 million kroons, the company reported to NASDAQ OMX Tallinn.

 U.S. gaming giant Las Vegas Sands said yesterday its casino project in Singapore will open on April 27, months behind the original schedule of end-2009.

Specialist in international gambling consultancy Global Betting and Gaming Consultant affirms that, in spite of the recent global economic crisis, the Online Bingo industry will yield us$ 1.97 billion by 2012.

Singaporean first casino, a key part of a drive to boost tourism revenue and please wealthy visitors, opened its doors yesterday. The us$ 4.7 billion Resorts World Sentosa, built by a unit of Malaysian Genting Group, is the first of two casinos to go into operation to transform the Southeast Asian city-state's reputation as a manufacturing and banking hub.

The logic behind internet gambling in Britain and gambling in any form, anywhere in the world for that matter, is to make big money through chance. The idea that one can win more money than he or she will know what to do with, by risking very little and taking no time at all can drive people wild.

 Government in Heave to Combat Online Poker and Betting.

EGBA welcomes the commitment made by the newly appointed Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier to address the situation of gaming and betting at EU level.