Fancy a career in gambling? Well good luck to you, oh and knuckle down in school, because now you can start as young as thirteen, start studying that is.

Council’s across the UK have come together in an effort to force the UK government to change a law outlined in the recent Gambling Act 2005.

The panel set up by the UK government to advise on the location of the UK’s first ‘super-casino’ has been accused of favouritism by angry city councillors.

Lorenzo Creighton, President and Chief Operating Officer of MGM Mirage's New York-New York Hotel & Casino, has been awarded the prestigious Trumpet Award for his contributions in business.

A poster advert for Paddy Power has been withdrawn after the bookmaker was warned the advert, which featured a picture of Jesus, could cause serious offence.

The Castaways Hotel, once the Showboat - a fixture in Las Vegas for more than 50 years, reached the end of its life on Wednesday, when it was destroyed in a controlled explosion that took just 18 seconds.

A security guard at the Gold Coast Casino in Las Vegas was shot earlier this week during a bungled robbery at the casino.

It is only a few days since the Nevada Gaming Board announced that 2005 had been a record year for Nevada casinos, in particular those in Las Vegas - now it is the turn of Atlantic City, which has announced 2005 to be the most successful year in its history.

River Belle, one of the best known online gaming brands, has launched its namesake online poker site.

A man once described as the world’s second-biggest casino gambler has warned Singapore over the dangers of casinos, in a document written from his cell in Changi prison.

2005 was a year to remember for Nevada’s major hotel-casinos, according to a report released by the Nevada Gaming Board Control Board on Thursday.

He may not be a superstitious man but try telling Randy Ray Bell that the horseshoe isn’t lucky.

A power struggle taking place in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, has led to a casino’s parking costs rising by 1600 percent in less than a month.

The lost winning ticket for the UK’s July 6th National Lottery jackpot has not been fond in time – prompting the lottery organisers to donate the £9.4 million winning sum to charity.

Boyd Gaming, who only yesterday were revealed as America’s best managed company for the Hotel/Restaurant/Leisure sector, today announced they would be developing a 63 acre site on the Las Vegas strip, to be opened in 2010.

A man with $87,000 of credit card debts and just $250 left in his bank has won a $113 million jackpot – he largest ever awarded in Iowa.

Comments made by Peter Dean, the head of the UK Gambling Commission, in an interview with The Times have caused a political storm in Westminster, with government ministers reportedly furious at the gambling chief’s remarks.

A Kensington gambler has appeared in court accused of trying to set fire to one of London’s most exclusive casinos after losing £40,000 playing roulette.

Things are looking up for the UK’s second largest gambling company after profits for 2005 beat the company’s own forecast of between £230 and £240 million, according to William Hill Chief Executive David Harding.

The British casino operator London Clubs International (LCI) plans to open a casino on Park Lane, one of London’s most exclusive and famous locations, according to The Times.

InterCasino did its best to add to the festive cheer in December by paying out an unprecedented $2 million.

The British betting giant William Hill has announced it will be sponsoring both the European Poker awards and the European Ranking Awards, which take place in Paris this weekend.