Early this morning, the Stardust Hotel and Casino was demolished, leaving behind a rich part of the history of Las Vegas. The demolition ended a yearlong goodbye to the classic 48-year-old resort that was considered in its glory days the ultimate in opulence and style.

Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack were regulars of the Stardust and it was the original home of the illusionist duo Siegfried and Roy.

A new legislation will come into effect by the end of 2007 that will force anyone who runs or wants to run a gambling business in the North East area to apply for a license. This new law includes local betting shops, amusement arcades, bingo halls and casinos.

The Gambling Commission will be in charge of licensing and regulating gambling in Britain as established in the Gambling Act 2005. As of 1 September 2007 and for the first time, the betting and Internet gambling activities will be regulated.

She remembers when she was little and she started to relate with the acting environment thanks to her father who took her to the classes: “They were in the basement of a bookstore.

I wore disguises, made up stories, I was very happy. In those times, I hated television. Each time I got together with my two cousins, they stood in front of the TV and I would get in a very bad mood”.

The group Tango Game Group was present in the 2006 Sagse and it exhibited the games of immediate resolution with a previous draw, the digital device to sell the games, their multiposition roulette with a progressive jackpot, the control systems in real time and the individual roulette video slot machine.

The mentioned group was awarded based on their sustained growth during the last year with the most important prize of the exposition, the Great Trophy SAGSE 2006.

Island Casino has become the fist floating casino of Mexico and has been installed in the coast of Veracruz. James J. Monaham is the president of the Fiesta Cruise Line and is an investor that has another five casinos in different parts of the country.

Monaham has declared recently that he is very confident about the clients attending exited to this new leisure place and about gamblers going not only from Mexico but also from the United States as well.

Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., the biggest casino operator in the world, has no concerns about the next hotel – casinos in Las Vegas. The reason for that is that most of them aim at consumers with high spending levels, according to the treasurer of the company.

“There is a clear breach between premier auditoriums and those with the real value. Historically, this has been a very important market for us”, said the Treasurer, Jonathan Halkyard in the investment conference of the Bank of America.

The Harrah’s 2006 edition of the profile says that recreational gamblers are trendsetters and that they favor licensed casinos in their home states. The company survey, which is done every two years, also indicates that 25% of the American citizens over 21 gambled at least once in 2005.

According to Gary Loveman, president and CEO for Harrah’s, the most important issue here is the finding that U.S. adults favor licensed casinos in their own states.

The Argentinean company, Boldt, is planning to install a complex that would include a Hotel and a Casino, in the city of Necochea, which is 500 kilometers from Buenos Aires. Company officials are negotiating the purchase of a 3,000-square-meter parcel, which is occupied by a 3-star hotel.

The required investment for the construction of the new 4-star hotel, that will have 50 rooms, and the new casino, that will have 18 roulette tables and 300 slot machines, will be about 14,5 Argentinean pesos (almost 5 million dollars).

The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority approved a $15.4 million grant for a new $250-million, 800-room hotel tower at Trump Taj Mahal.

Joseph Fusco, executive vice president of governmental affairs, informed that the company received the approval from the city planning board.

“Work has already begun on the 43-story tower” Mark Juliano, Chief Operating officer for Trump Entertainment Resorts said.

A very popular British bingo website has recently reported that two of their online players had fallen in love. Carl, a regular bingo player, and Tracey, a roulette lover, met in cyberspace, but then went on with their relationship in real life.

Their story started when the website operators launched a Valentine’s Day Promotion through their online chat room. The game consisted of “Blind Dates” among the players that entered the room, which had to ask their opponents a variety of questions in order to find things in common.