Aristocrat shows further commitment to Spanish arcade/salon market
(Spain).- Global provider of gaming solutions, Aristocrat Technologies, has underlined its growing dedication to the Spanish arcade/salon gaming market by confirming stand space at September’s FER-Interazar exhibition for the very first time in its own right.
Macau’s casino gambling revenue jumped 40% to us$ 2 billion
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Macau surpassed the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s biggest gambling hub in 2006. |
(Macau).- Gambling revenue in Macau rose 40 % to us$ 2 billion in August from a year ago, according to data from the city government. Gambling revenue for the six operators in the only Chinese city where casinos are legal surged 63 % to us$ 15.1 billion in the eight months through August, according to Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
AGA in talks with legislators for a regulated US online gambling industry
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However, the AGA’s main priority remains not the successful legalising of online gaming in the US, but protecting the offline interests of its membership. |
(US).- The American Gaming Association (AGA) is carefully considering the growing likelihood of federally controlled online gambling and has entered discussions with those forces pushing for a regulated and legalised US online gambling industry, according to its President, Frank Fahrenkopf.
California bill on exchange wagering and takeout increase progresses
(US).- A bill that would allow exchange wagering in California continues to progress through the state’s general assembly. Sponsored by Representative John Perez, it would allow for exchange wagering, in which patrons barter with other patrons in assigning odds while the exchange provider retains a small fee.
MGM Resorts International to host initial meeting of GSA and HTNG
(US).- MGM Resorts International to host initial meeting of GSA and HTNG. Gaming Standards Association and Hotel Technology Next Generation announced their intention to launch a coordinated standards development effort to integrate customer information across a variety of hotel and gaming systems.
Mexico: A proposal to increase casino taxes was presented in Guadalajara
(Mexico).- The Commission of Public Finance of Guadalajara approved to increment the charges that the City Hall will be able to demand, on local licenses required by casinos from 2011, which would increase to us$ 22,178 annually, unlike the current charges, which are around us$ 2,345.
Inspired fulfills VLT requirements
(Italy).- Inspired Gaming Group has fulfilled all of the requirements of the Italian VLT testing process and is now only one of three companies authorised by L'Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) to deploy its Open VLT platform for the new Italian Comma 6B VLT market.
“In the following months, Sportium expects to achieve 125 centers opened”
(Spain, exclusive Yogonet.com).- Sportsbetting house Sportium, a joint venture between Cirsa and Ladbrokes, communicated at the beginning of August that it exceeded the 100 betting centers in Madrid Council, where traditional sportsbooks are regulated. In an interview granted to Yogonet.com, Renzo Quiñones Infante, Marketing Manager of Sportium, anticipated that they will open more betting centers.
The training area was the support of Aruba Gaming Expo 2010
(Aruba, exclusive Yogonet.com).- With a very different proposal from last year in the island, Aruba Gaming Expo left aside its trade event format and this year it became almost exclusively a training space for local and regional operators, that assisted to the security course organized by the University of Nevada.
Suzo Happ Argentina moved its offices to new facilities
(Argentina, exclusive Yogonet.com).- Suzo Happ Argentina, Latin American representative of Suzo-Happ Group, moved last June its offices and plant in the City of Buenos Aires to Industrial Park Pilar. Yogonet.com talked to Pablo Zampolla, general manager and Gabriela Elena, sales manager for the South American Division, about the perspectives and projects of the firm for this new stage that it has begun.
Singapore government warns residents to leave gambling to tourists
(Singapore).- The Singapore government took a long time to decide that casino gambling would be good for the national economy. Now that the casinos have arrived, the government is warning their own residents about the dangers that could come from creating a gambling habit.
Penn Gaming Board began hearings on resort license
(US).- The process to decide on Pennsylvania's last casino license has started. The state Gaming Control Board is to determine where the state's second and last resort casino will be located. Four candidates will petition the State Gaming Board for the opportunity to run the casino, a Post-Gazette report explained.
Pinnacle announced closing of exchange offer
(US).- Pinnacle Entertainment announced that it has closed an offer, whereby it has exchanged us$ 350 million aggregate principal amount of 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for an equal principal amount of its outstanding 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020.
