An Indian Casino On The Plains? - 2004-01-01
If 58 percent of Coloradans really do support the construction of a casino on a possible Indian reservation east of Denver International Airport, as a survey by a respected local pollster states, we suggest they reassess their enthusiasm.

Coloradans have rejected one proposal after another to develop gambling since they approved casinos for three depressed mountain towns in a moment of weakness 13 years ago. The latest failed scheme to bring casinos to the Front Range was routed by voters only two months ago.

But now that another big-bucks outfit - an investment company named Council Tree Communications - is wrapping its casino pitch in the appealing apparel of Indian economic development, Coloradans allegedly don't mind.
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3,000 Thai Casino Staff Could Lose Jobs - 2004-01-01
Approximately 3,000 Thai casino employees in Poipet opposite Aranyaprathet may lose their jobs as a result of strict measures to discourage gamblers from leaving the country during the New Year holiday.

The number of gamblers crossing the border to visit casinos in Poipet, Cambodia, dropped by about 80% on Dec 31st and the situation remained the same.

Pol Lt-Col Thassawat Boonyawat, deputy chief of the immigration checkpoint at Aranyaprathet, said the government did not want people crossing the border to gamble at casinos in neighbouring countries.
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