Yaakov Rafaeli, together with Lubar, the company where he works as a president, have presented a demand in the District Court of Tel Aviv, against gambling software provider Playtech and another three companies for breaking the law patents with regards to an online roulette system that could change the virtual game universe forever.

A new Casino will open this year in Croatia under the name “Le Méridien Split”, because Croatia is one of the favorite tourist destinations in the world.

The new Casino will be in the Dalmatian county, on the Adriatic Sea coast. The Casino will have a 4,800 square feet gambling area, with 140 slot machines, 8 poker tables and 6 Roulette tables, to add glamour to the Casino.

Neil Roberts, who was a 27-years-old English tourist in Las Vegas, committed suicide last week. He jumped from the roof of the “Stratosphere Tower”.

Short before jumping, he wrote an e-mail to his mother -back in England- telling her that he had won $1100 at the Roulette. He also told her that the weather was exquisite and that he had visited the Great Canon.

Its another first for the Isle of Capri. Mississippi's first dockside casino is about to be its first on shore casino. Katrina's devastation forced the Isle to transform its hotel's brand new meeting rooms into a glitzy new, land based casino.

Sandy Holmes just got a tour of her new work environment. "It's going to give everybody an uplift," she said with a smile.

Construction dust in the Point Cadet property was reminiscent of 1992, when the Isle first turned a dusty parking lot into a dockside casino...

The world’s premiere online casino and poker room 888.com has not just raised their betting limits, they’ve doubled them. This change encompasses all of the groups’ online betting sites, including their newest addition Online Casino.

This change allows the 888.com VIP members the chance to win bigger jackpots. The new switch applies to gaming favorites including blackjack, baccarat, and craps...

With the cost of development going up in the next generation, Screen Digest estimates that only about 80 games a year will end up actually being profitable. With such low odds of making a profit, it would seem that making a game is more akin to playing Russian roulette with your company's future.

Luckily other ways of making additional revenue are available...

The BBC today reports that filming for Daniel Craig's debut James Bond film, Casino Royale will only take place in the UK for one week.

Pinewood Studios played home to Pierce Brosnan's two most recent 007 films, but uncertainty concerning Britain's tax credit policy has forced Casino Royale and other film productions abroad (Financial Director reports that the Batman Begins sequel may also wind up shooting outside of the UK)...

Industry predictions that the final six weeks of the year would be massive at the overseas box office got a boost over the weekend as domestic champion "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" conjured up a record-setting $85.5 million kickoff.

And while the fourth of the "Harry Potter" series appears well on its way to surpassing the sales of prior film adaptations of the J.K. Rowling-penned family tomes, "The Chronciles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and "King Kong" are standing by for international blasts off in December.

A crown dealer has been spared immediate jail after admitting he conspired with punters to rig a gaming machine in their favour.

Casino croupier Gangyi Zhang, 36, took bribes from gamblers to manually override a roulette machine, costing the casino more than $60,000.

The County Court heard Zhang, of Pascoe Vale, was paid $6000 in secret commissions by one gambler, Deasy Widjaja, to ensure her number came up.

Representatives of South Africa's rapidly growing casino sector have signed the country's first-ever national gambling industry code of conduct, making it one of the first globally to do so outside the US. South Africa's listed gaming groups include Sun International (SUI), Gold Reef Casino Resorts (GDF), and Peermont Global (PTG), amongst others.

Announcing the conclusion of the code of conduct in Cape Town, Casino Association (Casa) said that it would bind all casinos in South Africa to "demanding protocols" designed to promote a culture of responsible gambling in the country.