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Governor Beshear Unveils
Details of Proposed VLT Legislation
FRANKFORT, Kentucky
(June 9, 2009) -- Citing the crisis confronting the horse industry, Gov. Steve
Beshear today released details of his proposal to authorize the limited use of
Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) at Kentucky horseracing
tracks........................Subscribers
Gaming Machine
Arrangements 2012
The Gambling Regulation Amendment
(Licensing) Bill 2009 (the Bill) amends the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 to
implement the Government’s model for gaming machine arrangements in
2012.....................Subscribers
Democrat Convention
Delegates Vote To Oppose Slot Machines
SPRINGFIELD,
Massachusetts.(June 7, 2009) – According to a local radio station s
Democrats at the party's state convention have passed a resolution to oppose
the legalization of slot machines in Massachusetts..................Subscribers
Pennsylvania Gaming
Control Board New Chair
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (June 3,
2009) -- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer today said the citizens of
the Commonwealth are relying upon the leadership of new Gaming Control Board
Chair Gregory C. Fajt to continue the tremendous growth and strict oversight of
the new slots casino industry....................Subscribers
New York Senate Approves
Electronic Table Games at Racinos
NEW YORK, USA (June 4,
2009) -- A bill that would allow for electronic table games at racinos in New
York has cleared the New York Senate.................Subscribers
Go-Ahead Given for
Gaming Machine Licences Auctions
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia
(June 5, 2009) – According to a leading Melbourne newspaper an auction of
Victorian gaming [poker] machine licences got the go-ahead last night after the
Government agreed to concessions designed to protect small clubs and curtail
problem gambling...................Subscribers
Senate Approves Expanded
Gambling In Budget
CONCORD, New Hampshire (June 3, 2009)
-.The New Hampshire Senate approved a budget Wednesday that includes expanded
gambling.................Subscribers
Governor Adds VLTs To
Special Session Agenda
CINCINNATI, Ohio (June 4, 2009) --
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has called a special session of the Kentucky
General Assembly to craft a new budget. And, according to local media reports
on Thursday the governor added a proposal to allow expanded gambling at the
state’s horse racing tracks....................Subscribers
Pennsylvania Slots
Revenue Up 18% in May
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (June 2,
2009) -- Pennsylvania slot machine casinos, now numbering eight with the recent
opening of the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, generated $178,415,271 in gross
terminal revenue in May of 2009....................Subscribers
Gaming Machines Not
Affected by Economy, April Revenue Up $1.5 Million Compared With Corresponding
Period Last Year
HOBART, Tasmania (June 1, 2009) –
Tasmanians appear to be gambling more than last year. Expenditure for the
state's 3,652 poker machines is more than $73 million in the first four months
of the year.............Subscribers
Officials Eye New Fee
Structure for Poker Machines
BALTIMORE, Maryland (May 31,
2009) -- City officials are reportedly considering a new taxing system that
would take in much more money from poker machines than is now
collected..............Subscribers
Card-Based Gaming Offers
Patrons Control
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aus (June 2, 2000)
– The Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing’s (OLGR) card-based trials
have now concluded, and the office intends to monitor and evaluate additional
roll-outs once a large number of venues have taken up the
technology................Subscribers
Commissioners Accept
Video Lottery Contract
PIERRE, SOUTH Dakota (June 1, 2009)
- According to local media reports the South Dakota Lottery Commission approved a
new contract last week that will allow video lottery establishments to continue
using the highly popular but obsolete VLC model 8700 gambling
terminals....................Subscribers
VLTs Proposed for OTB
Venues
TROY, New York (May 30, 2009) – According to
local news sources officials said this week that Off Track Betting (OTB) should
be allowed to operate video gaming at non-racetrack centers throughout the
state..................Subscribers
Coupon Program For Video
Lottery Terminals
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (May 28, 2009)
-- Downloadable gambling credits could be ready for certain players at the four
racetracks in West Virginia by September, West Virginia Metro News reported
today. The state Lottery Commission and
racetrack owners are working out the details of a new coupon-like program
approved by state lawmakers...........................Subscribers
Finance Changing Rules
to Allow Video Lottery in NMI
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana
Islands (May 29, 2009) -- The Department of Finance is proposing to amend its
own regulations to, among other things, allow the operation of video lottery
games.....................Subscribers
Push For Slots At Ohio
Racetracks Intensifies
COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 23, 2009) -
Efforts to bring gambling to Ohio are picking up again according to an article
voters may even see more than one gambling option on the fall
ballot.................Subscribers
Governor Selects
‘Point Man’ for Video Lottery Push
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (May 27, 2009) – According to local media reports
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has tapped a lawyer who grew up in Williamstown
to be his point person on gambling..............Subscribers
Gaming Machines Account
for Almost Half of the States $3.2 Billion Gambling Expenditure
BRISBANE, Queensland (May 26, 2009) – Gamblers in Queenslander
invested a record $3.2 billion last financial year, wagering more than $1000
each on poker machines, lotteries and horses, news sources reported
today.........................Subscribers
Gambling Expansion Bill
Falls Two Votes Short In Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (May
22, 2009) – According to local media reports state senators today have
voted down Senate Bill 744 which would have authorized four new riverboat
casinos, including a mega-casino in Chicago and a boat in Rockford, along with
putting thousands of new slot machines at casinos and horse
racetracks..........................Subscribers
Las Vegas Slots-Maker
Allowed to Sell in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kansas (May 22, 2009) --
Kansas regulators are allowing a Las Vegas company to sell slot machines and
other gambling equipment to state-owned casinos....................Subscribers
Proposal To Raise
Retailer's Video Lottery Tax Defeated By House
SALEM,
Oregon (May 22, 2009) -- It's pretty unusual for a bill to make it all the way
out to the House floor and then get trounced..............Subscribers
State Senate Legalizes
Video Poker and Online Lottery
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (May
20, 2009) – According to local media reports the Illinois Senate today
approved a long-stalled, multibillion-dollar construction package that would be
paid for by legalizing video gambling, increasing liquor
taxes.................Subscribers
Ukrainian Government
Outlaws Gambling
KIEV, Ukraine (May 20, 2009) -- New
legislation has been introduced by the Ukrainian government to impose a ban on
all casinos and gaming venues until a law can be passed to enable the creation
of special gambling zones..................Subscribers
Arcade’s Test Case
Bid For Sports Bets
ESSEX, U.K. (May 18, 2009) –
According to local news sources a Landmark test case is set to take place in
Castle Point today to determine if amusement arcades can also operate as
bookies...............Subscribers
Aristocrat's Latest Slot
Makes a Splash
CALIFORNIA, USA (May 14, 2009) -- Aristocrat
Technologies Inc., the United States subsidiary of
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, unveiled
"Jaws," its latest video slot product, at the Sycuan Casino in
California....................Subscribers
Governor Proposes a
Single Vendor To Supply And Maintain State’s VLTs
PITTSBURGH, Pensylvania (May 18, 2009 – According to a local media
report Governor Ed Rendell has proposed a plan in which the state would
contract with a single, large national supplier to install an estimated 35,000
Video Lottery terminals (VLTS) in establishments holding liquor
licenses.................Subscribers
Head of State’s
Lottery Board Named
BALTIMORE, Maryland (May 20, 2009) --
J. Kirby Fowler Jr., who heads the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc., has
taken over as chairman of the state commission that oversees the Maryland
Lottery and will also supervise the operators of slot machines as they are
installed around the state.....................Subscribers
Victorian Premier Warns
Opposition on Gaming Machine Tax
VICTORIA, Australia (May
18, 2009) – According to a report the Victorian Premier is standing by his
decision to change the tax arrangements for gaming [poker] machines at Crown
Casino.................Subscribers
Highlights From AGA 2008
Gambling Survey
USA (May 18, 2009) -- Nationwide statistics
from American Gaming Association's 2008 "State of the States"
report:...............Subscribers
Russia Officially Bans
Gambling Business
MOSCOW, Russia (May 14, 2009) -- Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev confirmed the intention of the authorities to ban the
gambling business in Russia. Mikhail Mokretsov, the head of Russia’s
Federal Tax Service...................Subscribers
Commissioned Survey
Shows More Support For Expanded Gambling
CONCORD, New
Hampshire (May 14, 2009) – According to a report Information Services
results from a recently released survey show New Hampshire residents continue
to warm to the idea of allowing gaming [slot] machines in the
state....................Subscribers
Delaware Gambling
Expansion Threatens Maryland Slots Revenue
BALTIMORE,
Maryland (May 14, 2009) -- The Delaware legislature on Tuesday approved a
gambling expansion bill, and Governor Jack Markell, a Democrat, signed the bill
into law Thursday................Subscribers
Lawmakers Block Casino
Referendum Bill; Referendum Bill to be Held in Committee
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (May 13, 2009) -- A bill that would allow voters
to consider a referendum to make Twin River and Newport Grand full-fledged
casinos is being held in a Senate Committee...................Subscribers
Council to Consider New
Rules For Gaming Machines
GREENVILLE, Texas (May 13, 2009)
– According to local media reports the Greenville City Council is
considering implementing some new rules for where and how eight-liner gaming
machines can operate locally.......................Subscribers
Call For Reworking of
States Gambling Laws
TOPEKA, Kansas (May 14, 209) --
Democratic legislative leaders are calling for a reworking of the state's
gambling law.....................Subscribers
Premier Says Talks With
Crown Boss Were Private
MELBOURNE, Australia (May 14, 2009)
– News sources reported today that Victorian Premier John Brumby has
admitted he held private talks with Crown casino boss James Packer before his
government caved in and granted it more gaming tables (see article in
Wednesday’s LI ‘Tax Rates Closely Aligned Across Victorian Gaming
Machine Industry’)........................Subscribers
Labor Unions Join
Gambling Campaign; Say Potential Revenue From Video Lottery Should Not Be
Ignored
CONCORD, New Hampshire (May 11, 2009) –
According to news report a group called the Fix It Now New Hampshire Coalition
promoted the idea of expanding gambling at a news conference, estimating the
move could bring the state $200 million a year.....................Subscribers
Tax Rates Closely
Aligned Across Victorian Gaming Machine Industry
VICTORIA,
Australia (May 12, 2009) -- The Brumby Government today announced a broad
package of changes to Crown Casino’s licence conditions, including a
progressive increase in the tax rate on the Casino’s gaming machines,
reflecting the maturing of the business and virtually equalising gaming taxes
for Crown and gaming venue operators........................Subscribers
Gaming Machine "Nuts and
Bolts" Contracts Awarded
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 6, 2009) -
Local news sources reported today that the Board of Public Works this morning
approved $7.2 million in contracts to put some of the nuts and bolts of
Maryland's slots program in place.......................Subscribers
Public Meeting Of LVL
Panel To Be Held In Wheeling May 15
CHARLESTON, West
Virginia (May 5, 2009) - Governor Manchin’s eight-member Select Panel for
Limited Video Lottery Statutory Review will hold a public hearing at Oglebay
Resort & Conference Center..........................Subscribers
Video Lottery Terminal
Proposal Doesn't Have Any Downsides
OHIO, USA (May 5, 2009)
-- We are cautiously optimistic for the proposal by the OS Racing Commission
for Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) at the horse racetracks
only..................Subscribers
Gambling Tax Returns
$1.6 Billion to State
VICTORIA, Australia (May 6, 2009) --
Tax revenue from suburban poker machines in Victoria has reached a new
milestone, delivering more than $1 billion to State Government coffers in the
last financial year.................Subscribers
Prince Edward Island
Government to Establish Three New VLT Gaming Centres in
Province
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island (April 28,
2009) -- A plan to establish three new gaming centres on Prince Edward Island
had the Opposition accusing the government on Tuesday of setting up
"mini-casinos" across the province...............Subscribers
Pennsylvania Slots
Casino Revenues in April Have Double Digit Increase Over Previous
Year
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (May 4, 2009) -- The amount
of gross revenues generated in April 2009 through the play of slot machines at
the seven casinos rose 13.76% over the previous year, according to figures
released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board..................Subscribers
Push For Extended Poker
Machine Hours Angers Anti-Gambling Lobby
BRISBANE,
Queensland, Australia (May 3, 2009) – Local news reports Australia's
biggest hotel group is planning a push to allow pub patrons to play poker
machines all night long.................Subscribers
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