PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Canada -- As reported by the CBC: "Lottery tickets should be hidden in retail shops on P.E.I. just like tobacco products, says government house leader Robert Vessey. "Vessey raised the issue Tuesday on the floor of the legislature during question period.

AUSTRALIA -- As reported by the Australian Associated Press: "Tennis Australia has engaged a security consultant and formed a working party to prevent match-fixing at the Australian Open. "The moves for January's grand slam were announced yesterday as another player claimed he was approached to throw a match.

HERTS, England -- As reported by the BBC: "A bookmaker claimed he had been robbed after losing thousands of pounds on a gaming machine at work, a court heard. "Charlie Ross, 24, stole £3,657 of tokens, and lost them gambling, in Joe Jennings, in Bishop's Stortford, Herts.

LONDON, England -- As reported by the BBC: "Two self-confessed gambling addicts who funded a spree at a London casino using a stolen cheque book have been jailed. "Alakasundram Prabaharan from East Ham, east London, and Gurmit Singh Multani from Maida Vale, west London, raised about £8,000 from their scam.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The budget for Las Vegas' most expensive construction project grew a little larger Tuesday. MGM Mirage said building costs for the 76-acre CityCenter development on the Strip had increased $400 million to $7.8 billion.

Anyone who has gone to a fair or a fundraiser understands that the money generated probably goes to a good cause, but that does not matter in Connecticut where games of chance are illegal. Reader's Digest is being investigated after Attorney General Richard Blumenthal received an anonymous phone call that gave him information that Reader's Digest supplied illegal gambling devices and a money wheel to a Connecticut high school.

New Jersey is facing the same problems that Las Vegas is going through, the competition from neighboring states has put a dagger in gambling revenue, now a study has been released on the advantages of placing video poker machines in the states horse racing tracks. In a recent report, it was found that the state of New Jersey could raise revenue by $433.5 million if they decided to put video lottery machines at their horse racing tracks, but the addition of the machines would damage the states already struggling Atlantic City casinos.

The gambling scandal that has rocked the tennis world over the past few months is being taken seriously by officials in Australia, as they are working on keeping match throwing out of their tournament. Many of the sports players have come out and either admitted that they threw matches for money, or that they were approached to throw matches for money, either way, the news is not good for a struggling sport.

The Virginia Tech Hokies suffered a loss early in this college football season that hurt their chances of winning a national title. Then, after battling back to the top of the rankings, they were shocked in the last two minutes last week against Boston College. Now, they once again are in prime time and this time, they must beat Georgia Tech to keep their ACC title hopes alive.

Harrah's Entertainment, one of the world's biggest casino operators, may be in trouble as a lawsuit by the Mohawk Tribe could add another $2.8 billion to its pre-existing $13.9 billion that the company's buyers agreed to take on as part of their buy-out deal. Private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group originally agreed to purchase Harrah's for the amount of $17.1 billion, which includes the $13.9 billion debt.