The United Kingdom’s 2009 budget has signaled bad news for gaming operating, with an increase in gross profits tax to hit bingo sites, slots and casino poker rooms. The new tax, which comes as a replacement for the government’s controversial value-added tax, will hit online bingo the tax increases from 15 percent to 22 percent. [...]
NBC have ordered seven episodes of a new television game show, that will allow contestants to take on poker pros for money. The way the game would work is contestants would play heads up against a poker pro in a tournament. If they win, they have the option of either keeping the money or playing [...]
Sara Ure, a former employee of the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, has won a judgement against Dennis Rodman for what she claims was inappropriate behavior by the former NBA superstar. The judgement was in the sum of USD225,000. Attorneys Kathleen England and Jocelyn Cortez said: “Defendant Rodman injured and humiliated Ms. Ure [...]
The state education system continues to make budget cuts that are costing teachers their jobs and possibly costing children hours in school. In Broward County, the school system is considering dropping the school week to four days to help balance the budget. Students would go to school from Monday through Thursday, and have Friday, Saturday, [...]
Denmark’s government took steps to deregulate the country’s gambling market, releasing plans to liberalize the sector. Officials from government said they already have the support of many members and expect the bill to pass. In an interview with the Copenhagen Post, Danske Spil representatives said they welcome the second plan, which would see the monopoly’s [...]
Pinnacle Entertainment and Atlantic Coast Entertainment Holdings said they have signed a definitive agreement under which Pinnacle agreed to purchase the entities that own The Sands and Traymore sites in Atlantic City, N.J. from entities affiliated with financier Carl Icahn for approximately $250 million. Pinnacle Entertainment payd an additional $20 million for certain tax-related benefits [...]
Many people question their odds when it comes to gambling. That’s why there are many who prefer real casinos over online ones, and many people who haven’t even tried an online casino out. They’re worried that somehow over the course of adapting casinos to the internet, the odds are all out of balance, and you’ll [...]
Philadelphia has had enough time to get their two approved casinos up and running, that is according to several Senators. Pennsylvania state Senate is preparing to play hard ball with the city to get the casinos built. A Senate Committee voted in favor of withholding up to USD64 million a year in economic development money [...]
Officials from Antigua and Barbuda announced that they are stepping up efforts to monitor online gaming operators licensed by the Caribbean nation. Antigua and Barbuda’s Directorate of Offshore Gaming, which oversees the Antigua eGaming Authority, said it plans to maintain the country’s white-list status by implementing a state-of-the-art monitoring program leveraging information systems and industry-specific [...]
An unemployed Newport woman who won $1 million in a Maine State Lottery game has collected her winnings — four years after she bought the scratch ticket in a store that’s since burned down. Brenda Ripton told the Central Maine Morning Sentinel that she had received her $700,000 check from the lottery on Thursday. Ripton [...]
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