When the 80th Texas Legislature convenes for a 140-day session Jan. 9,lawmakers will tackle a bevy of bills that target thousands of state laws –some newly introduced and at the forefront of national debate, and othersdealing with unresolved matters that were swept aside last session amid thestate’s school-finance woes. Legislators will consider changing a range […]
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A recovery in the online gaming economy act is gaining traction, accordingto several reports. The passage of the Unlawful Internet GamblingEnforcement Act by the US left a swath of economic misery in its wake, butefforts by the major players in the industry to refocus their energies onEurope and Asia are starting to pay dividends. Both […]
For the first time in several years, the Missouri Gaming Commission hasbegun expanding its list of people banned from area casinos. While thecommission’s “exclusion list” was once oriented toward cheaters andorganized crime members, it will now include criminals such as two menrecently convicted of felony theft, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.The two carpet installers gambled […]
PacificNet Inc., a provider of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) whichseems to be having more fun in the gambling business than CRM these days (asif that’s such a huge leap), has reported that its PacificNet Games Limitedsubsidiary has been selected by Jai Alai Casino, a casino in Macau, toprovide multi-player electronic gambling machines. Phase one implementationincludes […]
Some months ago Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa reported on development work byGaming Partners International on hi-tech gambling chips with embeddedalarm-triggering tracers. In a sequel to the story this week, GPI hasannounced that the final product will be launched next month – probably atthe London ICE show. The anti-theft measures incorporated into the chipsconsist of an RFID-based Electronic Chip […]
Arthur James Welmas, who served as chairman of the Cabazon Band of MissionIndians when the small tribe won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in1987 that laid the foundation for the Indian gambling movement, has died. Hewas 77. Mr. Welmas, who led the Riverside County tribe for a decade, died ofkidney failure and complications […]
Phase one implementation includes 40 multi-player electronic gamblingmachines. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed for competitive reasons.Located at Jai Alai Building, Avenida de Amizade, Macau, in Communist China,Jai Alai Casino Macau has 67,075 square feet of gambling with about 250 slotmachines, 61 table games and 4 VIP rooms, and is open 24 hours a […]
Sector leader PartyGaming said on Thursday it was in talks to buy part ofEmpire, which confirmed it was selling gaming assets to become an investmentcompany.“It’ll include Empire’s Noble Poker and Club Dice casino sites,” said oneindustry source, adding that the deal was expected to be completed by theend of this week. PartyGaming is leading the […]
Casino impresario Steve Wynn is so needed in Atlantic City that a statesenator has suggested turning Boardwalk Hall into a casino for Wynn, writesthe Inquirer’s Suzette Parmley. There’s no real legislation he’s planning,but he did float the idea to see how “anyone who has an interest” wouldrespond. His model for the $3 billion renovation he’s […]
Part two in a series of news reviews covering the online casino and gamblingsector. May – Las Vegas Sands win a casino licence to build the firstcasino in Singapore, costing three billion dollars. A bid from Coventry tooperate one of the super casinos in the U.K was thrown out by thegovernment, leaving the city’s officials […]
Online gambling firm Partygaming has confirmed it is in talks to buy thegaming assets of smaller rival Empire Online. Analysts said the deal couldbe worth about $40m (£20.4m), and would probably include Empire’s NoblePoker and Club Dice Casino websites. Shares in Partygaming rose 2.5% on thenews in mid-day trading in London. The company has been […]
Israeli police have begun to crack down on internet gambling operators,including those who run backgammon websites. Some of the more prominentonline gambling firms are run by Israelis including PokerStars, 888.com andTitan Poker. While the majority of Israeli owned online gambling businessesare based out of places like Gibraltar and The Isle of Man (similar to USbusinessmen […]
Online Gambling Insider wishes everyone a very happy and prosperous festiveseason. May all your dreams come true, may the reels stop in the rightplaces, the cards fall right and the right teams win when you want themto….Merry Christmas and plain old happy holidays from all of us here atOnline Gambling Insider!We will soon announce our […]
It is hard to fault Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels for wanting to improvefunding for higher education. Whether privatizing the Hoosier Lottery is theway to accomplish that, however, remains to be seen. It’s a complicatedproposal. Daniels wants to franchise the lottery for a fixed term. Thecontractor would be licensed and regulated, just like casinos andracetracks, and […]