Operators in Malaysia said that the country would not allow to build any other new casinos, after having received a proposal for a new hall in the northern island of Penang. “Our policy is based on not allowing any other new casinos in the country and not providing any new licenses”, said vice president Najib Razak.

Columbia Sussex Corporation announced the purchase of the Caesars Tahoe Casino in South Lake Tahoe, California. The company will pay $45 million for the facilities in late May and they plan to keep the casino open.

Since the Lottery started, about two years ago, $567 million have been collected for education, mostly for college scholarships and after-school programs. The $79.6 million that the Lottery is going to transfer this week represent an absolute record.

The net sales of the Lottery for the first quarter of the year (January to March), were $265.9 million, which added to the total collected in these two years represent $1.9 billion in sales.

Kevin Green was working, driving a forklift, when he heard that North Dakota Powerball had sold a ticket worth $1 million. He didn’t pay attention to the news until he heard that the ticket had been sold at the store he usually buys his tickets.

After checking the other 25 tickets he had bought he got to the winning one. He claimed the prize last Tuesday. This prize is the biggest one granted since North Dakota Lottery started selling Powerball tickets two years ago.

No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $46 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

A total of 264 tickets matched five numbers to win $3,245; 16,810 tickets matched four numbers for $41; and 233,486 tickets matched three numbers for $4.

The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 9-10-16-22-25-28...

An armed robber wearing a bandanna over his face stole money from a Carlsbad church bingo hall, Carlsbad police said today.

The robbery at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was reported at 6:30 p.m. yesterday, CPD Lt. Jay Eppel said.

A suspect between 16 and 18 years of age brandished a handgun and demanded the cashier give him money out of the register, Eppel said...

The grand prize in state's Lotto game has rolled over to ten-point-five (m) million dollars.

That's because no player matched all six winning numbers from last night's drawing.

But ten players matched five of the six numbers. They'll get second prizes of 17-hundred-55 dollars and 50 cents a piece.

Members of the Our Oregon coalition have filed a measure for the November 2006 ballot to reduce the Oregon Lottery’s payouts to bars and taverns with video gambling machines, with the money going instead to schools and other programs.

If it gets on the ballot, the initiative likely would face strong opposition from the Oregon Restaurant Association, which says retailers shouldn’t be punished for making the lottery a financial success for the state...

Trump Entertainment Resorts has decided to sell the Michigan riverboat and hotel to The Majestic Star Casino in a $253m deal.

According to The Associated Press, the CEO said the sale would furnish his company with funds to ease debt and to invest in its key Atlantic City, N.J., resorts.Those include Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino and Trump Marina Hotel Casino.

Harrah’s Entertainment informed that casinos in Europe, Latin America and Australia are awarding tournament winners seats in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, whose prize pool is expected to exceed us$ 70 million.

The most recent operator to sign an agreement with Harrah’s Licensing Company, is Holland Casino for their Master Classics of Poker.