Anna Falco, a 53-year old woman from Woodbridge, won the jackpot at the Casino Rama, allowing her to celebrate Easter wealthier by $8. 7 million. Falco bet $2. 93 each spin to get the jackpot and she had already spent $195 when she made the hit of a lifetime.

A man who called the police to report the theft of his gambling earnings was arrested for illegal betting. Ricky Lee Jones, 53, was shooting dice with 23-year-old Beauhanan D. Walker December 27, when Walker got up, grabbed the pot money, and took off.

Egypt's parliament is set to pass a law that requires payment of royalties for exact replicas of its ancient pyramids in every country. The proposed law announced by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) on Tuesday also prohibits the duplication of the Egyptian monuments, including the Sphinx. Drawings and other reproductions of pharaonic and Egyptian monuments from all eras are exempted from the law if they are not exact copies.

Around 20 riot police were summoned to help pacify angry tourists in Macau, China who claimed they were being forced into shopping by being led to shops instead of being shown the country's cultural heritage. The tourists complained their guides were pressuring them to buy foods and other goodies instead of showing them more of the former Portuguese colony's historic sites.

A 30-year old British man who used to work as a supermarket shelf-stacker in Liverpool has become a singing sensation in Macau after learning Cantonese. Singing Canto-pop, Barry Cox, 30, became popular in the famous gambling haven In Asia using the name Gok Pak-wing.