Issue 303
July 3 - July 9, 2006
Volume 6
page 2
 

Gulfport Has a New View

Press Release

GULFPORT, Mississippi -- Gulfport will witness the return of gaming with a sensational new view – the Island View Casino Resort.

Gulfside Casino Partnership acquired the Grand Casino Gulfport property from Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. in March, 2006. Extensive construction for Phase I is currently underway and the doors are set to open September, 2006 to unveil a grander, significantly more spacious and state-of-the-art resort. Phase II plans have been approved and will include even more resort amenities, including an expanded casino floor and celebrated fine dining; all of which are to be revealed in March, 2007.

Rick Carter, one of the co-owners, said the name was inspired by the view. "I was standing in one of the hotel rooms, looking out over the Gulf and saw Cat Island. I thought it was the most beautiful view of the Gulf," said Carter. Cat Island, a national park visible from the property site, is a haven for wildlife and has been added to Gulf Island National Seashore National Park.

Rick Carter and Terry Green will come back bigger and better to fulfill their commitment to Gulfport and the Gulf Coast Community.

The Island View Casino Resort will offer first-class amenities including over 500 newly designed hotel rooms and an impressive, 83,000 square foot gaming floor. With a diverse range of restaurant choices, including an 8,200 sq ft, 350 seat buffet with live action food stations, coupled with the coast's most innovative new dessert bar, Island View will have something to suit almost anyone's tastes.

Upon completion of Phase I, Island View Casino Resort will employ approximately 800 staff members and will provide an additional 500 positions at the grand opening. "The support we have received in Gulfport enabled us to operate a successful casino in the past, and because of it, we will continue to give our support back to this community," says Rick Carter. Island View Casino Resort is a property deeply rooted in the community and its landscape and will provide much needed employment for area residents, along with a commitment to local businesses for goods and services.

Gulfside Casino Partnership is the company of long-time friends and natives of Gulfport, Mississippi, Rick Carter and Terry Green. The partnership began in 1993 with the opening of one of the first casinos in southern Mississippi, Copa Casino. The Copa Casino, a local casino based in Gulfport, was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

 

 

 

PlayWizard Launches Mobile Casino Technology
Press Release

LONDON - PlayWizard Co. Ltd., a leading developer of solo and multiplayer mobile gaming systems, today launched its 3rd generation CasinoPhone2004 mobile casino technology for including Nokia®, Motorola®, Sony Ericsson®, and Samsung® mobile phones in addition to Microsoft® Pocket PC™ PDAs, Windows® XP™ , and Windows Mobile™ Smartphones.

Said Nader Rahimizad, Chief Technical Officer, "mobile casino gaming is finally a commercial reality in the United Kingdom with sustainable 100,000 transactions on mobiles!"

PlayWizard's game portfolio is the most mature suite of online GPRS casino games available for mobile devices today! PlayWizard takes the casino fun and contemporary arcade gaming experience to a whole new level of excitement and sophistication with superb graphics and multimedia action.

Since the initial launch of PlayWizard GPRS centric games in mid 2003, PlayWizard has commercialized its secure mobile gaming technology in the United Kingdom in partnership with YooMedia PLC. on their Sky Interactive Channel 841 TV casino service. PlayWizard's commercial customer experience since early 2005 has shown that adults love the mobile casino experience. On average they enjoy playing 4 hours on their mobiles hours every day!

Each of PlayWizard's 16 Casino games are designed and developed on 22 different screen sizes in both C++ and Java platforms and its unique dynamic web and wap content delivery system supports over 95% of Contract and Pay-As-U-Go mobile devices in the United Kingdom.

Schwarzenegger Threatens Casino Closure
Press Release

CALIFORNIA – "Just weeks after extending an olive branch to the state's most powerful Indian tribes, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to try to shut down six of their casinos – including two of the largest in San Diego County – in a dispute over how their slot machine numbers are tallied.

"In a letter this month from his top lawyer, Schwarzenegger rejected a proposed compromise from Sycuan, Barona and four other tribes, warning he would seek a court order to revoke their gambling compacts unless they remove the machines in question or tally them as the state insists.

"The move has tribal officials questioning why Schwarzenegger would launch what could be a major battle over a device that, as of now, accounts for only a small sliver of California's $7 billion Indian gaming industry.

"…Schwarzenegger spokesman Darrel Ng said that after a year of negotiations, the governor is convinced that some tribes are using slot machines with multiple seats to exceed the slot limits of state gambling agreements, or compacts.

"…In response to Schwarzenegger's edict on multistation machines, Pechanga Chairman Mark Macarro and the alliance group chairwoman, Lynn Valbuena of San Manuel, both issued brief prepared statements, saying they remain hopeful of resolving the dispute. A Morongo spokeswoman said Chairman Maurice Lyons considers the governor's stance 'disproportionately hostile.'…"

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Orleans Showroom: With over 60 million albums worldwide, a host of Grammys, American Music Awards, World Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and Soul Train Music Awards, the unstoppable quartet will be performing at the The Orleans Hotel & Casino on July 6-9.

Date: July 6-19, 2006

Time: 8pm

Ticket Price: $50

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