The two largest casino operators in the world posted their first-quarter earnings yesterday, reporting higher than expected profits.

The gaming industry’s hopes for more ‘super casinos’ are to be dashed by the Conservative Party tomorrow, according to reports in the Financial Times.

Foxwoods and MGM Grand, two of the biggest names in the casino industry, are to team up in order to develop worldwide gambling ventures, and to market a $700 million hotel-casino being built in Connecticut.

The UK gaming commission is to assess public opinion on relaxing the rules for TV and radio casino ads, the BBC reported this week.

A woman from Massena in the US won a record jackpot last weekend when she scooped $1.3 million playing on the Wheel of Fortune slot machine.

The UK government was encouraged today to pick Coventry as the location for the Britain’s first ‘super casino’, with council leaders suggesting the casino would help provide much needed regeneration.

An 84-year-old grandma recently won the biggest slots jackpot in Atlantic City history, taking home an incredible $10,000,000.

A 52-year-old mother of three from Luton, UK, has won the biggest online bingo prize in history, scooping a massive £162,701.97 ($290,458.99).

An appellate court in San Francisco has ruled against a lesbian bartender in Nevada who sued Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. for forcing her to wear make up at work.

The Czech Republic has become the latest European country to report an increase in gambling, following hot on the heels of similar announcements (reported here) by Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Gambling revenue in Reno reached $61.3 million in February, nearly a 10 percent rise on February 2005, one of the biggest gains in Reno gambling history.

A young mans future was assured yesterday when he won one of the biggest jackpots on offer at a Reno Casino.

Leading online casino and poker room operators 32red.com have become the latest high profile gambling organisation to get involved in sports sponsorship, after they penned a deal with Aston Villa FC.

Shares in publicly listed online gambling companies soared today after a bad day in congress for the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.

A daredevil skateboarder who has jumped the Great Wall of China is preparing to break the world record for a skateboard jump by leaping from the giant neon guitar outside the Hard Rock Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas.

68 local authorities have been successful in their efforts to submit a bid for a a new casino, according to the Casino Advisory Panel.