Months ago, the actor had embarked on a very ambitious project: building a casino in Las Vegas. Now, the news about Clooney’s would-be casino have drastically changed. His plan for a super casino, elegantly designed with an old Las Vegas style, has finally been dropped.

Las Ramblas Casino, the 4,000-room condo-hotel, included trendy restaurants and luxurious shops as part of the project, according to the latest press reports. Las Ramblas’ downfall is already official, after Edge Resorts acquired the 25 acres where the casino was planned to be built on.

Leandro Denderiarena was part of the casino history in the city of San Sebastián. He was a croupier at the Gran Casino Kursaal until the gaming prohibition in 1924, when the casino was forced to close its doors.

In 1978 the roulette wheel spun again when the prohibition was cancelled, and the first thing the casino did was call Denderiarena back, because he was an ideal croupier, for his discretion, professionalism and honesty.

The statistics from a study report recently published by the University of Nottingham Trent show that the British invested last year about 50 billion sterling (almost 90 million dollars) playing roulette and other bets.

Calculating the number of inhabitants of the United Kingdom, including men, women and children, it’s estimated that about 800 sterling were bet per person. The industry of gambling became very important lately because of the decrease of the regulations from the Government in betting issues in Great Britain.

A women’s club in the little city of Babson Park, Florida is going to raise funds with roulette and other casino games.

This Saturday, the Babson Parks Woman’s Club will organize a Vegas style casino night.

Each attendant will pay $15 and receive $1000 of play money instead, to play and gamble at any casino game they like.

A group of James Bond fans have released a website to protest against the decision of hiring Daniel Craig to perform the role of James Bond in the latest version of the film saga, called Casino Royal.
Craig, whose recent screen credits include Munich and The Jacket, was tapped last October to play the secret-agent icon.

While she was at Las Vegas, Jennifer Aniston and her boyfriend, Vince Vaughn, were seen trying their luck at the Roulette and Blackjack tables. At first sight they seem to be very happy, however, it seems that Vaughn needed a bit of free space and went to the Roulette table to sneak out.

Apparently, one night, after Vaughn’s show “Wild West Comedy Show” at the Mandalay Bay Theater, they went to their room because Vaughn wasn’t feeling well. Later, he was seen alone at the High Stakes Room at the hotel’s Casino playing Roulette and other chance games.

The players who wish to visit Illinois for a Roulette, poker or other table game will have to show their driver's licenses before starting the game. A new plan designed by the Illinois Gaming Board establishes that the Illinois casino players must show their driver's licenses at the Casino entrance.

Implanting this method will allow Casino operators to easily recognize compulsive gamblers that are in the Casino "Ban List", it will also prevent minors from entering the Casino premises.

British casino operator, Stanley Leisure PLC, has said that the new laws put in place by the Government had ensured that gamblers had started frequenting the regional outlets in increasing numbers.

The firm added that there was a 15.7 percent increase in the number of customers at its outlets since the new laws came into effect in November and December.

Given 007's current ubiquity, this action may seem counterintuitive. In particular, "Layer Cake" star Daniel Craig has just been named as the latest actor to portray Bond, in "Casino Royale," due in theaters next November.

And the new "From Russia With Love" video game was a blockbuster even before it hit store shelves last month.

Still, to quote Ernst Stavro Blofeld, "Kill Bond! Now!"

Although its development has met with strong opposition, the Jamul Casino, Hotel & Resort is set to break ground on December 10.

The project includes a two-story casino, a 10-story garage and a 30-story, 412-room hotel, that would be the tallest building in the county outside of Downtown San Diego.

Early plans call for an opening of December 31, 2007.