According to the Daily Express James Bond actor Daniel Craig has caught the gambling bug after learning how to play poker for one of his scenes.

A new airline whose low fares and all-business-class jets are proving a hit with consumers is planning to launch a new London to Las Vegas airline, providing much needed competition for a route that is currently serviced directly by only one airline.

Controversy has erupted surrounding the UK’s new super casino after it emerged that construction work has already begun on the Millennium Dome site, a week before public hearings into the rival casino bids begin.

With the exception of serious cheating involving equipment such as infrared readers and so forth, casino cheats are usually dealt with in house. It is rare indeed for federal prosecutors to enter the fray, but that is exactly what’s happened in Yakima County.

It’s the same old story. You win the lottery and army of ‘family’ and ‘friends’ show up out of the blue to offer you a week in their country house or a dinner at their favourite restaurant. Then the request start flooding in. . . .

For David Carruthers, the former boss of BetOnSports, the shift from jail cell to expensive hotel room must be a welcome one. Since July this year Carruthers has been living in a high security prison, arrested on charges of racketeering and fraud, but last week secured bail, set at a not insignificant $1 million.

The 2006 edition of “Profile of the American Casino Gambler” was recently released by Harrah’s Entertainment Inc with some interesting findings. Conducted every two years the survey’s results derive from two independent national studies of casinos across the nation.

A former surveillance supervisor in an Atlantic City casino has had his gaming license suspended after he was accused of video spying.

David Carruthers, the former BetOnSports executive whose July arrest shocked the online gaming industry to its core, is still in Federal custody with his bail set at a staggering $1 million.

A local radio talk-show host in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has been an outspoken critic of gambling, has been banned from Creek Nation Casinos after he was caught stealing chips.