Germany’s soccer team, leaded by trainer Jürgen Klinsmann, arrived in Switzerland and plans to train twice a week at Geneva’s stadium. The “Mannshaft” is going to stay in Switzerland for nine days before returning to Germany to establish its base camp in Berlin.
The Brazilian team, on the other hand, traveled from Sao Paulo to Zurich and is going to stay in a luxurious hotel at the small town of Weggis until June 4, when they are going to play against New Zealand.
Pinnacle Entertainment recently announced the opening of the first and only casino located on the beautiful island of Great Exuma. The casino is next to the Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma.
Daniel R. Lee, CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment, said that the casino adds an air of excitement to the resort experience on the island. "Guests travel to Great Exuma from around the world and this will create yet another reason for them to visit more often and stay longer."
German police considers that there are several risks in the security system for the World Soccer Championship to be held in Germany, not only because an increasing violence has been detected among the “hooligans”, but also because there are many rumors about a possible Islamic attack during the matches.
According to a confidential study by the Criminal Research Federal Office, at least 21 of the 64 matches have to be considered “high risk” events.
To the rhythm of mariachis, Mexican food and a decoration typical of this great nation, Mexicans and Dominicans joined together in a very special night at the casino’s restaurant: Lola.
The commercial manager of Cirsa for the Dominican Republic, Miguelina Garcia, explained that the Majestic Casino always celebrates the special holidays of the country and of other countries as well.
Peter Morton, president and founder of the business, announced the sale of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas last Friday. This hotel and casino, a worldwide-known and valuable property, has been bought by Morgans Hotel Group for the incredible amount of $770 million dollars.
The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is a first-quality entertainment center for tourists. It was built in 1995 and enlarged 100 per cent in 1999.
Next June Singapore will announce the winner consortium to build the first casino resort in the country, assured the minister of Industry and Commerce, Lim Hng Kiang. Lim, one of the five ministers who will choose the winner among the four offers presented in March, said the evaluation process to choose the company that will build the casino (probably one of the most expensive in the world) was developing rather well.
The maximum soccer entity has determined the cloth to be worn by the 32 teams that will be playing the first stage in Germany from June 9th. FIFA determined the color for the shorts, shirts and socks for every team.
In most cases the traditional characteristics of the country’s clothes will be respected. For the first game that Argentina will be playing against Netherlands, they will be wearing the usual white and sky blue shirt with black shorts and white socks. Netherlands will be wearing their classic orange shirt.
More than 350 crimes related to Internet hazard games were discovered by the Chinese Public Security forces during 2005, according to a report published on May 8th.
The same sources indicated that last year more than 700 people were arrested for being involved in these illegal activities.
Online hazard games, pornography, intentional propagation of computer viruses and hackers are some of the worst dangerous problems of Internet functioning in Asia, according to the report.
Conrad Resort & Casino Punta del Este (Uruguay), one of the most important hotels and casinos in South America, is planning to invest $2 million in the renovation and redecoration of its 296 rooms.
The improvements will include painting, modernization of the air conditioning system, and renovation of the bathroom fittings and accessories, curtains and general furniture.
The political duel between Romano Prodi and Silvio Berlusconi, candidates in the last presidential elections in Italy, generated more than 1,5 million euros in online bets. Betfair.com users gambled mainly on Prodi as the successor of Berlusconi (95%).
The last comments by Berlusconi made the bets against the former president raise to the top. Betting 10 euros on Berlusconi would have given 300 euros in prize, and betting on Prodi only meant 1.08% of winnings. It was such low profit that it seemed he had already won before the elections took place in Italy on the 9th and 10th of April.
