Alekson Development Group (ADG) signed an agreement with the Guatemalan government to build six casinos in the country, which will include hotel services and golf courts.

The business group is a Fin City Associates subsidiary, a company that, according to ADG, is focused on Guatemala's economical growth. They signed an agreement with the government to develop those casinos in the capital, Puerto Quetzal, Puerto Barrios and Lago de Atitlán, in the next 10 years. The construction will start in the first term of the next year.

The 2008 edition of the South American Gaming Suppliers Expo (SAGSE), which took place in the capital of Argentina last week, has been claimed to be a total success, full of luxury and that left every participant satisfied, remarking its status as the main Latin-American event on the matter.

With an important amount of public and a great share of expositors, SAGSE Buenos Aires closed its 16th edition last Friday. It received gaming suppliers from all over the world.

Traditional casinos represent the commercial gaming biggest market segment on the world and are expected to grow about 7.8% around the world according to a Californian enterprise called Global Industry Analysts Inc.

Pacific Asia is expected to emerge as the casino market’s biggest growth. With a strict regulatory framework both regionally and globally, one of the main factors that characterizes the industry, it keeps fighting about important issues such as underage players and game addictions.

Back in the sixties, The Playboy Casino venues at Manchester and Portsmouth had big roles in London’s casinos. Today, the company has decided to strike back in the capital city, with the appearance of two new buildings.

Three online casinos in Argentina, formoapuestas.com.ar, vcapuestas.com.ar and ar.888.com are at risk of being shut down by the police. This is due to the fact that in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, online gambling is prohibited. It has been a while since the Argentinian government is looking for a way to change the law, as the high percentage generated by these companies would be given to it and so would greatly help with the country’s economy.

A casino, located in Cannes, France, has opened an outdoor game room. This is the first type of casino that has been registered in all Europe. The director of the Palm Beach casino, Richard Frischer, said: “We took advantage of a law from 2007 that authorizes gambling games to be exposed as visible activities. But we had to overcome a couple of issues from the Ministry.” The clients, from now one, will be able to play in the new area facing the sea, and having stars for a roof.

The online casino site 888 never seizes to surprise us with its continuous expansion of a wide variety of casino games. It signed a deal a month ago with Cryptologic and is already doing business with Dynamite Idea, a major online casino operator.

The renowned Cirque du Soleil revealed this week that it will present its first permanent show at the Venetian Macau. The performance is part of the strategy of casino operators to attract a new and broader segment of the public to the Chinese enclave, especially through high-level entertainment like this.

In the last few years, Macau has aimed to reinvent itself with luxurious casinos and gaming venues built by foreign investors, such as the Venetian Macao, the Wynn Macao and the MGM Grand Macao.

The spokeswoman of the Ministery of Justice of Holland said that the authorities were trying to carry out severe measures towards online casinos and that they were communicating with banks so that these did not supply online casinos of financial services.

The mainly prosecuted online casinos are the Unibet and the Oranje. Regarding these, the spokeswoman said: “It’s illegal for the Netherlands to offer online casino services without a permission. These companies know that they are going against the law.”

On the 15th of ths month, the Gran Casino of Castellon (Spain) will open its doors to the public. Yesterday, directives of different media and press visited the casino and got to know the special features of it and how it worked.

Over 20 million euros were invested in order to bring the Gran Casino to life, and also about 255 job vacancies directly related to the casino were created, especially thought to be occupied by women, young students and unemployed. Another 300 indirect job vacancies were also created.