Pagcor (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) recently signed an agreement with Clark Development Corp. to build a high-level international casino and other tourist projects in the commercial district of Clark Freeport. Both companies are expected to invest about 197.1 million dollars in the project.

CDC President, Levy P. Laus and Efraim C. Genuino, CEO of Pagcor, said the joint venture includes a high-quality casino, a five-star hotel, restaurants and resorts in a 13.5 ha land. “We expect to hire more than 2,000 workers, once the project is operative,” Laus added.

Last October 2007, Red Lounge Casino (powered by Cantor Gaming) held a survey among its customers to find out what online Roulette players preferred.

The survey consisted in several multiple-choice and open ended questions, as well as a section for recommendations and further comments. It was aimed to gather information as to what customers preferred, in an area where taste changes quickly and new players emerge each day, and was held amongst 110 Red Lounge clients.

UK Culture Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has informed that gaming operators submitted proposals to build 125 smaller casinos and 16 regional centers in the country, which added to the existing 144 gambling venues reach a total of 285.

In order to avoid the restriction set by authorities, operators applied before the regulations came into force in September 2007. Nevertheless, Minister Gordon Brown has requested the evaluation of the 16 proposed regional casinos in an attempt to stop the gambling surge generated during his predecessor’s term.

Laurie Dean, an Australian casino player, has filed a suit against the Skycity Adelaide claiming he was injured due to a fall caused by a casino employee. According to Mr. Dean, the employee moved his chair while he was playing roulette and made him fell heavily backwards.

The 84-year-old retiree said in his court statement that he was constantly getting up and down of his chair at the roulette table while playing. One of the times he got up a casino assistant took his chair without telling him about it and when he tried to sit down, Mr. Dean fell and had to be taken to hospital.

Sands Corp. recently announced that after many efforts and in spite of the limited credit market, it obtained several loans for more than $3.7 billion for the construction of the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The casino is part of the company’s project to gain ground in Asia.

President and Chief Operating Officer of Sands William Weidner explained that the loans were possible thanks to the background provided by the strong Singaporean economy. The Marina Bay will be the company’s second resort in Asia, the first one, called the Venetian Macao, opened in China last year.

Following the approval of the province’s new responsible gaming policy, New Brunswick authorities have decided to accept proposals from private companies to build a casino in the area. The construction of the gaming complex is expected to start next year and finish by 2010.

Although the government will not provide financial aid for the casino’s development, it will receive half of its earnings and about $25 million from its construction. Authorities have said that they intend to choose the project that represents the best option from an economic point of view.

Following the tendency of expanding the gaming offer at casinos, the possibility to play virtual roulette is stepping forward and progressively more and more casinos are including this game, which has become very popular over the past years, in their gambling offer.

Virtual roulette mimics the classic casino game, with the objective of picking up the winning numbers at the roulette wheel. The main difference in this case is that in virtual roulette players use a touch screen in which they place their bets and chips, therefore there is no direct interaction between the player and a croupier or other players.

“Red Hot Roulette” and “Pitch Roulette” are the new live TV Roulette shows to be broadcasted in the UK. Produced by Zone4Play Inc., the shows are broadcasted on games, sports and adult entertainment channels on the Sky network. Both shows are presenter–led and can be watched every evening starting 8pm.

The shows were launched by The Winner Channel, a gambling brand jointly operated by Two Way Media Ltd and the interactive gaming technology developer Zone4Play Inc.

Roulette remains as one of the most popular casino games nowadays and this popularity reflects on the appearance of the game on the silver screen and on television. As one of the most exciting and romantic of all casino games, roulette has been the preferred form of gambling to be portrayed on the screen.

The appearance of roulette on the screen is very attractive for viewers since almost everybody has played the game at least one time in their lives and those who have played it agree that it is the easiest way to try out luck. Playing roulette is as easy as placing a bet on a number and waiting for the result. The most attractive aspect of the game is that it doesn’t require learning boring strategies or complicated rules, which are necessary to be learned in order to play and win in most casino games.

The mobile gaming company, called Aces Royal, is known for launching the first mobile, real-money, multi-player poker game. They have now announced the launching of their next challenge, the Aces Royal Roulette, a new game for mobile phones.

This game, Aces Royal Roulette, will become the third game of a selection of mobile games, which also includes the popular games of poker and blackjack that will benefit from the fastest mobile gaming platform, AR3. Aces Royal has developed the AR3 platform that has the ability to deliver bets in 0.2 seconds.