Health-Care Advocates Urge Lottery Commission to Use ADA Requirement to Ban Smoking at All Racetracks and Video Gaming Parlors
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, USA (November 23, 2008) -- Four health-care advocates - state Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Chris Curtis, Robert H. Anderson and Valerie Frey-McClung of the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center at West Virginia University, and Bruce Adkins, director of the Division of Tobacco Prevention for the Bureau of Public Health – have reportedly all urged the WV Lottery Commission to use the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirement to ban smoking at all racetracks and video gaming parlors...............Subscribers

ADA Rule for Lottery Venues Takes Effect in January
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, USA (November 23, 2008) -- The 1,614 bars, clubs and fraternal organizations around the state that operate limited video lottery machines will have to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) beginning next year...............Subscribers

Video Lottery Revenue Down and Worse to Come When Smoking Ban Begins
OREGON, USA (November 22, 2008) – According to some local media reports Oregon’s 2,352 bars, taverns and strip-mall gambling parlors are learning a hard economic lesson: Gambling, it turns out, is not recession-proof...............Subscribers

Slumping Economy Not Hurting Video Lottery Sales
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, USA (November 14, 2008) -- The slumping economy is not stopping South Dakotans from taking a gamble. According to local media reports people invested nearly $662 million into the state's video lottery machines during the 2008 fiscal year, that's..................Subscribers

Government Caps New Gaming Machine Numbers
BRISBANE, Qld., Australia (November 16, 2008) -- The Queensland Government has announced a permanent cap on the number of new gaming [poker] machines allowed in the state's clubs..................Subscribers

A Look At Italy’s Gaming Machine Market
ROME, Italy (November 6, 2008) -- More than €17 billion taken and over 320,000 gaming machines with the clearance: these are the extraordinary figures reported by the gaming machines market in the first ten months of 2008.............Subscribers

Lottery Looks to VLTs to Sustain Revenue Growth
ALBANY, New York (November 10, 2008) - With lottery ticket sales growing slowly, New York Lottery is increasingly depending on video gaming machines at horse tracks to keep gambling revenue flowing into state coffers.............Subscribers

Maryland Voters Approve Slot Machines
BALTIMORE, Maryland (November 4, 2008) - Maryland voters approved legalizing gaming [slot] machines Tuesday in a constitutional amendment, paving the way for up to 15,000 machines in five locations.............Subscribers

GTECH Subsidiary Spielo Signs Five-Year Contract With Oregon State Lottery For 2,500 prodiGi Vu™ Video Lottery Terminals
Company Expects To Receive Total Revenues Of Approximately $35 Million Beginning In 2009 Through 2013
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (November 3, 2008) - GTECH Corporation subsidiary, SPIELO Manufacturing ULC, announced it has signed a five-year contract to supply 2,500 new video lottery terminals (VLTs) to the Oregon State Lottery. Spielo expects to receive revenues of approximately $30 million in 2009 from the sale of the VLTs, and an additional $4 million in incremental revenue from the sale of game refreshments, beginning in 2010 through 2013. SPIELO has been providing VLTs to the Oregon Lottery since 2004.............Subscribers

Gaming Machines Lead State's Gambling Surge
VICTORIA, Australia (October 30, 2008) – The state’s gambling expenditure is up almost half a billion dollars in just four years. Gaming [poker] machines expenditure alone jumped almost.............Subscribers

Gaming Machines OK'd at King Airport
Departures Area Will Have Ten VLTs Between Two Gates
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands (October 23rd 2008) -- The V.I. Port Authority board met Wednesday to hear status updates on various projects and take action on several contracts and lease agreements, including a provision to allow video lottery terminals (VLTs) at the King Airport................Subscribers

Number of Gaming Machines Capped Under New Law
DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia (October 24, 2008) -- The number of gaming [poker] machines in the Territory have been capped under new laws...............Subscribers

Gaming Machine Industry is Reaching A Point of Maturity - Minister
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (October 25, 2008) -- Victoria's gaming [poker] machine industry is "reaching a point of maturity", according to Gaming Minister Tony Robinson...............Subscribers

Rhode Island Department of Revenue Comments on UMASS Dartmouth Report on VLT Payouts
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (October 27, 2008) -- The Department of Revenue today called a report of slot machine payouts by Clyde Barrows, a professor at UMASS Dartmouth, completely inaccurate...............Subscribers

New York Officials: Aqueduct Video Slots Deal Final
ALBANY, New York (October 23, 2008) -- New York Governor David Paterson and the Senate's Republican majority said Thursday the deal to put video gaming [slot] machines at Aqueduct race track has been finalized.................Subscribers

New Productivity Commission Inquiry Into Gambling
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (October 20, 2008) -- The Australian Government today released the timetable and terms of reference for the Productivity Commission’s update to its 1999 inquiry into Australia’s gambling industries.................Subscribers

NEW YORK Governor Announces Favored Bidder for Video Lottery Facility
NEW YORK, USA October 15, 2008) -- Last week Governor David Paterson announced a favored bidder to run a video lottery terminal (VLT) facility at the...............Subscribers

Gambling Legislators Urged to Abolish Fixed Odd Betting Terminals
LONDON, UK (October 13, 2008) -- Gaming content company, Prime Table Games, has launched a national press campaign to abolish the use of Fixed Odd Betting Terminals in UK high street bookmakers..........Subscribers

Nationwide Drive Targets Illegal Gaming Machine Suppliers
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. (September 19, 2008) -- The Gambling Commission has today warned machine suppliers that time is rapidly running out for those who persist in ignoring the Gambling Act 2005..............Subscribers

Lottery Machines May Be Turned Off
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (October 1, 2008) -- Video lottery machines at about 100 bars, clubs, and video parlors around the state will be shut down Thursday morning - if the bar operators don't renew their limited video lottery retailers' licenses by the end of the workday today, Lottery Director John Musgrave said Tuesday.............Subscribers

P.E.I. to Cut Number of VLTs
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Canada (September 29, 2008) -- The number of video lottery terminals (VLTs) on Prince Edward Island will be cut by 20 per cent, and places to play will be reduced 50 per cent, the province announced Monday................Subscribers

Lottery Corporation Studies Smart Cards to Limit VLT Use
Nova Scotia, Canada (September 25, 2008) -- The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is considering issuing mandatory "responsible player cards" for all VLT users, a CBC News report said today..................Subscribers

Proposed Legislation Would Restrict Gaming Machine Hours
BRISBANE, Qld., Australia (September 20, 2008) – The State Government intends to crack down on venues that operate as virtual 24-hour casinos in city suburbs..................Subscribers

ACE Interactive Receives Order for 500 Additional Gaming Terminals From Norsk Tipping
LONDON, 15th September 2008 – Aristocrat Leisure Limited announced today that its fully owned subsidiary Ace Interactive has received a second order for 500 Indago™ interactive Video Terminals (iVT) from Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian National Lottery. These terminals will be installed as part of an anticipated network of over 6,500 terminals throughout Norway...............Subscribers

Declining Video Lottery Sales Linked to Smoking Ban
KANAWHA COUNTY, West Virginia (September 9, 2008) -- Video lottery machines are open around the clock, but some gambling parlor owners say the machines are staying cold. They claim the extended smoking ban is to blame for their declining sales.................Subscribers

Judges Rule Slots Ballot Language Is Misleading
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (September 10, 2008) -- A three-judge panel has ruled that a proposed ballot question on slot machines is misleading, but the judges said adding a single word to the question would clear up the problem.................Subscribers

Gaming Machine Bill Introduced Into Senate
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (September 4, 20083) -- Draft laws to combat problem gambling by limiting the number of ATMs in licensed venues have been introduced into federal parliament by.................Subscribers

Taiwan Company Gains Official Certification for Gaming Machines in Italy
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 1 2008) -- Astro, a Taiwan-based developer of arcade/casino gaming machines, recently obtained official certification for its AWP (amusement with prize) gaming machines in Italy and has consequently received orders with shipments beginning around..................Subscribers

Slots Revenue Falls as Lottery Sales Rise
NEW YORK, USA August 31, 2008) -- Slot machine revenues at Connecticut’s casinos have dropped just as state lottery sales are rising, two trends that may be linked by high gas prices and the region’s ailing economy.................Subscribers

WV Lottery Director Looks To Level Playing Field; Addresses VLT Competition
WEST VIRGINIA, USA (August 27, 2008) -- Members of the West Virginia Lottery Commission will meet next week with members of the Maryland Lottery Commission to discuss ongoing efforts in that state to have video lottery.............Subscribers

Hollywood School Offers Class in Slot Machine Repair
FLORIDA, USA (August 26, 2008) – An adult school in Hollywood has become the first to offer a state-approved course in one-arm bandit repair work, ‘The Miami Herald’ reported today...............Subscribers

Many Local Authorities Want to Ban Norsk Tipping’s New Gaming Machines
NORWAY (August 26, 2008) –The state-owned gambling monopoly, Norsk Tipping, wants to install thousands of new ‘friendly’ gaming machines throughout Norway. But, local authorities are reportedly often unwilling to accept them.................Subscribers

ALC Is Reviewing How It Will Proceed With The Province's Gaming Policy
NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada (August 23, 2008) -- The Atlantic Lottery Corporation is reviewing how it will implement the Liberal government's gaming policy announced last November, which will see a drastic decrease in both the number of Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) and the number of locations with VLTs...................Subscribers

Official Submits Language For Slots Referendum
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (August 20, 2008) - Maryland's secretary of state submitted ballot language for a constitutional amendment to legalize slot machines in a November referendum..........Subscribers

Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Loto-Quebec Downplayed Dangers of VLTs
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada (August 18, 2008) -- Quebec's gaming commission faces a potentially crippling payout as gambling addicts try to hold it responsible for downplaying the dangers of video lottery terminals (VLTs)..............Subscribers

VLT Rules Receive Little Public Input
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands (August 14, 2008) -- Virgin Islands Lottery officials said Wednesday that they have received no input yet from the public on the agency's proposed rules and regulations for video lottery terminals (VLTs)..........Subscribers

Minister Against Removing Slot Machines
FINLAND (July 25, 2008) -- Finnish regional daily Kaleva on Friday quoted Liisa Hyssälä, the Finnish social affairs and health minister, as saying that she was against the idea of reducing the number of slot machines in shops and kiosks...............Subscribers

Gaming Machine Plan Gets ‘Smart'
HOBART, Tasmania, Australia (July 23, 2008) -- Smart cards limiting spending on gaming [poker] machines may be introduced in Tasmania.............Subscribers

Louisville Lawmaker Drafts Gaming Machine Legislation
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, USA (July 22, 2008) -- Rep. Tom Burch is reportedly writing legislation for the 2009 General Assembly that would allow 18,000 gaming [slot] machines in Kentucky...............Subscribers

Player Card to set Gaming Machine Limit
ADELAIDE, South Australia (July 23, 2008) -- There is to be a trial in South Australia of a card that aims to limit spending by gamblers on gaming [poker] machines. Gamblers can use the card to...............Subscribers

Pressure to Reduce Gaming Machine Numbers
HOBART, Tasmania, Australia (July 23, 2008) -- The Tasmanian Government is facing growing pressure to start cutting back the number of gaming [poker] machines................Subscribers

Long-Awaited Gambling Study Released
Social and Economic Impact of Gambling Study
HOBART, Tasmania, Australia (July 23, 2008) -- The Treasurer, Michael Aird, today released a comprehensive study into the impacts of gambling in Tasmania. Mr. Aird said the study, commissioned by the Government and conducted by the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, will be...............Subscribers

BOCC to Raise Fees for Electronic Bingo Machines
CALVERT, Maryland, USA (July 17, 2008) – The Calvert Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is reportedly moving ahead with plans to impose stiffer fees on electronic bingo machines....................Subscribers

Tougher Controls on Electronic Gaming Machines Foreshadowed
HOBART, Tasmania, Australia 9July 20, 2008) -- The Tasmanian Premier has foreshadowed tougher controls on the state's electronic gaming machines...................Subscribers

State Lottery Division’s Review of Aqueduct VLT Facility Bidders Now Complete
NEW YORK, USA (July 17, 2008) -- The New York state Lottery Division has reportedly completed its review of the organizations seeking to run Aqueduct’s proposed 4,500-machine video lottery terminal (VLT) facility...................Subscribers

Gaming Corporation Plans to Study Habits of Video Lottery Players
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada (June 26, 2008) -- The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation plans to do some research on the demographics and spending habits of VLT players before installing a new...............Subscribers

Push for Gaming Machine Venue Lockout
SOUTH AUSTRALIA (June 25, 2008) – Gaming [poker] machine venues should be included in a proposed 3am lockout of city pubs and clubs.................Subscribers

Rules Relaxed on Bingo Hall Slot Machines
LONDON, UK (June 25, 2008) - The government announced plans to relax limits on the number of gaming [slot] machines allowed in bingo clubs on Wednesday in a move it hopes will.................Subscribers

Limit-Setting Stripe Cards Issued to Players in Gaming Machine Trial
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aus. (June 21, 2008) -- Gamblers are being issued with limit-setting stripe cards to help them control what they put into gaming [poker] machines under a Queensland trial.................Subscribers

Governor Should Publish Lottery Commission’s Draft VLT Rules and Regulations for Public Input
VIRGIN ISLANDS (June 19^, 2008) – A local Editorial is highly critical of the V.I. Lottery Commission’s request not to give the public any information about a proposed set of rules and regulations for governing the operation of video lottery terminals (VLTs)..................Subscribers

Proposal for Gaming Machine License Extension Could be Defeated
VICTORIA, Australia (June 22, 2008) – Lottery and gaming giant Tattersall's could get a five-month extension on its gaming [poker] machine licence in 2012, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, under laws set to be introduced in State Parliament this week. But.................Subscribers

Government Announcement Expected on Bingo Hall Slot Machines
LONDON, UK (June 23, 2008) -- An announcement will be made on Wednesday about slot machines in bingo clubs, a government source said on Monday, in a move expected to give the.................Subscribers

Government Orders Probe Into UK's 24,500 Computerized Gaming Machines
LONDON, UK (June 22, 2008) -- Ministers have ordered a probe in to the UK's 24,500 computerised gaming [slot] machines. Bookmakers reportedly make £830 million a year from the gambling machines.................Subscribers

18-yr Age Limit for Gambling Machines
FINLAND (June 19, 2008) -- On Thursday the government agreed on a bill to amend current gambling legislation to protect the under aged. The bill would...............Subscribers

Hotels Association Puts Case Against Pubs Poker Machine Tax to Senate
SOUTH AUSTRALIA (June 18, 2008) -- The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) has put its submission to the Senate opposing a bill from the Family First party to tax gaming machines in pubs...............Subscribers

Bill Would Put Strict Limits on the Operation of Gaming Machines
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (June 16, 2008) – Family First Senator Steve Fielding reportedly wants to put strict limits on the operation of gaming [poker] machines...............Subscribers

Norway Adopts Strict Rules on Video Gambling Machines
OSLO, Norway (June 12, 2008) -- Norway is imposing some of the world’s strictest rules on video gambling machines in a drive to..............Subscribers

Proposed Rules and Regulations to Govern VLT Operations Go to Governor
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands (June 12, 2008) – Following the Virgin Islands Lottery Commission meeting on Wednesday, board members said they expect the proposed rules and regulations to govern video lottery terminal (VLTs) to be on Governor John deJongh's desk by...............Subscribers

Government Invites Comment on the New Gambling Industry Structure
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (June 11, 2008) -- The Government is seeking public comment on the competitive bidding phase of the Gambling Licences Review, with the release of three Discussion Papers, wagering, keno and gaming machines.................Subscribers

Review Indicates Slots Hurt State Lottery Sales Near Casinos
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (June 10, 2008) -- A new legislative analysis says it appears slot-machine gambling is hurting the sales of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets the most in areas near the casinos, the ‘Associated Press’ reported today...............Subscribers

Government Considering ATM Caps in Gaming Areas
BRISBANE, Qld., Australia (June 9, 2008) -- Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser is reluctant to remove automatic teller machines (ATMs) in gaming areas but reportedly believes a cap on withdrawals is worth considering................Subscriptions

Slot Machine Association Ensures It Is Ready To Offer Online Gaming
FINLAND (June 6, 2008) – Raha-automaattiyhdistys (Finland’s Slot Machine Association), which is generally referred to as RAY, is prepared to launch online games if this is the outcome of the on-going revision of the Lottery Act...............Subscribers

Players Can Now Pay By Smart Card
TURUNTIE, Finland (May 26, 2008) -- RAY’s Leppävaara Täyspotti arcade in Espoo ushered in a new era on 21 May with the introduction of a Jokeripokeri machine that can be played without coins...............Subscribers

Regulator Clamps Down on Gaming Machine Loophole
LONDON, United Kingdom (May 27 2008) -- Firms bending new laws to raise the number of lucrative jackpot slot machines they operate face a clampdown by the Gambling Commission.................Subscribers

Lottery to Allow Higher Gaming Machine Payouts
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (May 30, 2008) -- State Lottery Commissioners voted Thursday to increase the maximum allowable payout for racetrack video lottery machines from the current 95 percent to.............Subscribers

Government Review Underway After Reports of Money Laundering At B.C. Casinos
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada (May 28, 2008) – A recent report claimed casino players could feed thousands of dollars into gaming [slot] machines, cash out without playing and then receive a cheque from the casino to cover the unused money.............Subscribers

Landmark Case Could See Hundreds of Millions of VAT Rebate Claims for Gaming Machines
LONDON, UK (May 29, 2008) -- Rank Group, owners of Mecca Bingo, won £36.3m in repayments following a decision by the VAT and Duties Tribunal.............Subscribers

Lawsuit Could Have Major Financial Implications For Gaming Machine Venues
FLORIDA, USA (May 26, 2008) – A lawsuit filed by a coalition of gambling foes has been returned to Tallahassee for trial by the appellate court, the...............Subscribers

No Suspicion of Money Laundering at VLTs: Lottery Corporation
NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada (May 26, 2008) – A spokesman for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) has been reported as saying there's no reason to believe the province's video lottery terminals (VLTs) are being used for illegal purposes...........Subscribers

Halve Number of Gaming Machines: Task Force
VICTORIA (May 26, 2008) -- The InterChurch Gambling Task Force has called for the number of gaming [poker] machines in Victoria to be halved.............Subscribers

Maryland Gaming Machine Opponents Claim Revenue Overstated
MARYLAND, USA (May 16, 2008) -- Opponents of the gaming [slots] machine referendum on the November ballot again are claiming the estimated $1.3 billion revenue is “unattainable and ridiculous”................Subscribers

Gaming Giants Tabcorp and Tattersall's to Retain Powerful Presence in Gaming Machine Industry Post 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 17, 2008) – The door has been left open for Tabcorp and Tattersall's to retain a powerful presence in the gaming [poker] machine industry with both companies able to bid for machines, after a major gaming overhaul announced last month............Subscribers

Gaming Machine Expenditure Increases Despite Tougher Smoking Laws
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia (May 19, 2008) – After a temporary dip when the new smoking laws were introduced in July 2006, gaming [poker] machine expenditure has now climbed to............Subscribers

Greece Submits Draft Law to EU for the Re-Launch of Electronic Gaming-Sources
ATHENS, Greece (May 16, 2008) -- The Greek state is reported to have submitted to the European Commission a draft law proposal to re-launch the electronic lottery in the country........................Subscribers

Government Rules Out Destination Gaming For Victoria
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 7, 2008) -- The Brumby Government will not pursue a destination gaming model in Victoria..................Subscribers

Clubs Want First Crack at Gaming Machines
VICTORIA, Australia (May 12, 2008) -- Up to a third of Victoria's 27,500 suburban gaming [poker] machines could be exempt from public auction under a plan aimed at protecting not-for-profit community clubs..................Subscribers

Swedish Gaming Company Cherryforetagen AB to Phase Out Land-Based Operations in Denmark
SWEDEN (May 9, 2008) -- Swedish gaming company Cherryforetagen AB (Cherry) announced on Friday (9 May) that it has decided to phase out its land-based operations in Denmark..................Subscribers

Finance Committee Hears Conflicting Views on VLT Tax Position
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (May 6, 2008) -- The Office of the Attorney General (AG) and Southland Gaming (SG) differ on whether Southland or its retailers pay gross-receipts taxes from Southland's video lottery terminals (VLTs), according to testimony on Tuesday at an oversight hearing of the Senate Finance Committee...............Subscribers

Powerful Groups Align Behind Gaming Machine Proposal
BALTIMORE, Maryland, USA (May 4, 2008) -- The effort to legalize gaming [slots] machines in Maryland got a boost from business and labor heavyweights last week...............Subscribers

Push for Federal Levy on Gaming Machines
VICTORIA, Australia (May 5, 2008) – An anti-gambling crusader will press the Federal Government to introduce a Commonwealth levy on gaming [poker] machines.................Subscribers

Gaming Machine Profits Fall
NSW, Australia (April 30, 2008) – Figures from the Office of Liquor Gaming and Racing show that since a state-wide smoking ban was fully implemented in July last year, overall gaming [poker] machine turnover in hotels has fallen 11 per cent, and 7 per cent in clubs................Subscribers

Gaming Machine Revenue Reports Available
NEW YORK (April 28, 2008) -- The Harness Horse Breeders of New York State’s website has added Video Gaming Machine (VGM) revenue reports for the seven NYS harness horse tracks to their homepage................Subscribers

Licensing Commission Announce Moves to Limit the Number of Gaming Machine Applications it Approves
DARWIN, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA (April 29, 2008) -- The Northern Territory Licensing Commission has announced moves to limit the number of gaming [poker] machine applications it approves................Subscribers

Gaming Machine Maker Predicts a Flat Result for the Full-Year
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (April 29, 2008) – Aristocrat Leisure, the world's second-largest gaming [slot] machine maker, today pointed to a flat result for the full-year, saying its underlying earnings are "well below" the company's target................Subscribers

Jamaica's Prime Minister Pushes For Gambling Bill
KINGSTON, Jamaica (April 23, 2008) – Prime Minister Bruce Golding wants to permit licensing of casinos in Jamaica as a way to boost revenues, a move that is certain to ignite fierce opposition by religious groups who argue gambling encourages vice.................Subscribers

Macau to Halt Gaming Expansion: Chief Executive
HONG KONG (April 23, 2008) -- The booming Chinese gambling haven of Macau has placed a moratorium on granting new casino licences in a bid to cool the city's frantic growth, its chief executive said.................Subscribers

Hi-tech Gaming Machines Chase Young Gamers
Gaming Machines Could Become More Like Videogames to Lure in a New Generation of Gamblers
AUSTRALIA (April 22, 2008) -- A new futuristic line of gaming [poker] machines with Xbox-style graphics will appeal to a younger generation of gamblers according to experts................Subscribers

Gambling Taxes Contribute 12.9% of Total State Revenue
VICTORIA, Australia (April 20, 2008) – According to Bureau of Statistics figures released last week, during the 2006-07 Financial Year the state collected more than $1.5 billion from gaming [poker] machines, casinos, racing and lotteries in tax, or, the equivalent of $292 per person..................Subscribers

Legal Advice Reportedly Says Government Could Be Libel for Compensation for Withdrawing Gaming Machine Licenses
VICTORIA, Australia (April 19, 2008) -- The Victorian Government has reportedly been secretly seeking legal advice on whether taxpayers should fund a massive payout to Tabcorp and Tatts................Subscribers

Gaming Machine Ban Based on Emotion, Not Fact: Clubs QLD
QUEENSLAND, Australia (April 17, 2008) -- The Queensland Government's decision to restrict gaming [poker] machines in Queensland is being based on emotion and not on fact, Clubs Queensland argues.................Subscribers

Gaming Machine Moratorium Could Force Up Prices
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia (April 17, 2008) -- Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission has been asked to investigate a rush of more than 300 applications for new gaming [poker] machines, a day before a moratorium was announced................Subscribers

Government Implements Gaming Machine Moratorium, No New Machines to be Released for Next Two Years
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia (April 17, 2008) -- The Queensland government has halted the release of new gaming [poker] machines as part of sweeping plans to reduce problem gambling across the state............Subscribers

Gaming Giant Pursues $670m Compensation
VICTORIA, Australia (April 15, 2008) – Australian gaming giant Tabcorp has declared it will continue to seek $670 million in compensation after the Victorian Government announced plans to scrap the company's licence to operate gaming [poker] machines in the state.................Subscribers

Bill Would Cut Gaming Machines Spin Rate
QUEENSLAND, Australia (April 16, 2008) -- Queensland Liberal MP Steve Dickson is set to introduce a private member's Bill that would at least double the amount of time it takes for Queensland's 42,000 gaming [poker] machines to spin each game.............Subscribers

Slot-Machine Revenue Will Deliver Promised Tax Cuts
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (April 15, 2008) - Revenue from gaming [slot] machines will deliver tax cuts for the first time in the coming year, including almost $170 to every homeowner outside of Philadelphia.............Subscribers

Press Release: Government Announce New Structure For Gaming In Victoria Beyond 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 10, 2008) -- The Premier, John Brumby, today announced approved hotels and clubs would bid directly for gaming machine entitlements under the new structure for Victoria’s gambling industry beyond 2012......................Read the full story at: Vol.43 No.3

Compensation Bid Appears Doomed
VICTORIA, Australia (April 14, 2008) -- A 13-year-old letter appears to have doomed plans by gambling giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group to sue the Victorian Government for $1.2 billion in compensation over the loss of their duopoly grip on the state's poker machine licences..............Subscribers

Governor Signs Casino, VLT Legislation
TRENTON, New Jersey, USA (April 12, 2008) – Governor Jon Corzine signed a bill on Friday that will keep video lottery terminals (VLTs) out of New Jersey horse tracks for three years while requiring resort casinos to annually pay $30 million to horse racing interests..............Subscribers

Gaming Machine Manufacturers Planning to Lure Gen Y
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia (April 13, 2008) – Gaming machine manufacturers are reportedly developing a range of sophisticated, hi-tech machines designed to entice a new generation of gamblers.....................Subscribers

Three Groups Will Bid For New York VLTs
NEW YORK, USA (April 10, 2008) -- Three groups are expected to submit final bids on Friday for the contract to operate video lottery terminals (VLTs) at Aqueduct.............Subscribers

Victorian Gaming, Wagering and Keno Licences post 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 10, 2008) -- The Victorian Government’s announcement today on the future structure of the Victorian Gaming, Wagering and Keno licences post 2012 will mean the end of the Tatts Pokies gaming machine operations as they presently exist..............Subscribers

Victoria Scraps Gaming Machine Duopoly
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 10, 2008) -- News sources reported today that the Victorian State Government has announced a new structure for the industry...................Subscribers

PM Wants ATM Ban in Gaming Machine Venues
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (April 8, 2008) -- Automatic teller machines (ATMs) would be banned from pubs and clubs with gaming [poker] machines under a Federal government proposal to dramatically cut problem gambling across the country.................Subscribers

General Assembly Passes Bill to Crack Down on Illegal Gambling Machines
MARYLAND, USA (April 8, 2008) -- The Maryland General Assembly ended its legislative session Monday at midnight. In the final minutes of the session a bill to crack down on illegal gambling machines was passed................Subscribers

Australia has 2.4% of the World's Gaming Machines
Media Release: Australiasian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association
SYDNEY, Australia (April 4, 2008) -- Australia has 2.4% - at most - of the world's gaming machines, according to the Australasian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association ("AGMMA")...............Subscribers

UK Slot Machine Ruling Delayed
LONDON, UK (April 3, 2008) -- Bingo and amusement arcade operators will have to wait until after parliament’s spring break to hear back from the government regarding their calls to relax laws that have reduced the number of slot machines allowed in their premises................Subscribers

AHA Submission to the Gaming Act, Made Public
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (April 1, 2008) – A leading Sydney newspaper reported today that the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) is seeking to raise the state’s gaming machine cap from 30 to 40 machines for each hotel..................Subscribers

Oregon High Court Backs Video Poker Compensation Rates
OREGON, USA (March 27, 2008) -- Reversing an appellate ruling, the Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday backed the state lottery in how it set compensation for video poker retailers in 2004..........Subscribers

New Measures To Combat Problem Gambling Head-On
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 25, 2008) -- Premier John Brumby today announced the Victorian Government will require all gaming machines in the State to contain new mechanisms giving players the option to pre-commit the amount of time and money they spend....................Subscribers

Government Announce New Problem Gambling Measures, Move to Halve Gaming Machine Bets
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 26, 2008) – The Victorian Government yesterday announced a move to halve gaming [poker] machine bets from $10 to $5...............Subscribers

Lottery Commission Considers Increasing Payouts on Video Machines
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, USA (March 21, 2008) – The state Lottery Commission could vote next month to approve a proposal by IGT to remove the current 95 percent maximum payout for racetrack video lottery machines......................Subscribers

Marketing Gaming Machines
UNITED KINGDOM (March 19, 2008) – According to an industry publication new research suggests that gaming machine revenue in pubs could be improved with better advertising..............Subscribers

Hi-Lo Lottery Branded Illegal
(March 14, 2008) -- In a press conference last week, the National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) chief executive officer, Simon Sanangke, branded the Hi-Lo lottery as illegal, saying Hi-Lo machines were prohibited imports under the Gaming Act of 2007................Subscribers

Queensland Premier Backs ATM Withdrawal, Caps to Limit Gaming Machine Losses
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia (march 14, 2008) – Queensland Premier Anna Bligh wants a cap placed on the amount players can withdraw from ATMs located within Queensland clubs, pubs and casinos..................Subscribers

Profit on the Line as Gaming Giants Await Decision on State's Poker Machine Licences
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 15, 2008) – Both Tattersall’s and Tabcorp are waiting nervously as the Victorian Government prepares to unveil within days the structure of the gaming and wagering industries in the state beyond 2012..................Subscribers

Senate Panel Mulls 24-Hour Gambling, Sports-Betting Bills
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA (March 13, 2008) -- A Senate committee hearing yesterday heard lobbyists and executives from the state’s two video-slot parlors pitch 24-hour gambling on weekends and the nights before state and federal holidays as an opportunity to raise upwards of $14.8 million annually in new state revenue..............Subscribers

Slot Machine Tax Breaks; Gambling Bill Passes Florida Senate
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, USA (March 13, 2008) -- South Florida jai alai frontons and horse and dog tracks would get a tax break on their gaming [slot] machine earnings to help compete against expanding Seminole Indian casinos under a bill the Senate passed on Thursday.............Subscribers

Victoria To Remove ATMs From Gaming Venues
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 13, 2008) – The Premier, John Brumby, today announced Victoria will remove ATMs from gaming venues by 2012, as part of the Victorian Government’s ongoing efforts to tackle problem gaming.............Subscribers

Senate Backs Anti-Gaming Machine Bill that Would Impose a Federal Tax on Licensed Premises
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (March 14, 2008) – The Senate has agreed to refer an anti-gaming [poker] machine bill introduced by the Family First Party to the Senate's community affairs committee for a three-month inquiry..................Subscribers

State’s Gaming Machine Expenditure Approaching $5 Million a Day
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia (March 12, 2008) -- Figures from Queensland's Office of Gaming Regulation show gaming [poker] machine expenditure blew out by $1 million a week in the past year..................Subscribers

Union Calls For Softer Gambling Law
MOSCOW, Russia (March 11, 2008) -- A Russian law forcing gambling out of Moscow and St. Petersburg from July next year will deter investment in the industry and should be relaxed, the country’s Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Union............Subscribers

Non-Profit Clubs vie for Share of State’s Billion Dollar Gaming Machine Market
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (March 7, 2008) -- Football clubs have formed a gaming alliance that threatens to end the gaming [poker] machine duopoly held by Tabcorp and Tattersall's. ................Subscribers

Opposition Continues Attack Over Gaming Machine Deal
TASMANIA, Australia (March 6, 2008) – The state Government today admitted it has changed the terms of its controversial 2003 monopoly gaming [poker] machine deal with the Federal Hotels group four times without informing the Tasmanian public..................Subscribers

Gaming Board Cracks Down On Illegal Lottery Machines
Papua New Guinea (March 6, 2008) -- The National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has announced that high-low lottery (games of chance) gaming machines operating in the country are illegal and moves are underway to crack down on the importation of such machines and operations................Subscribers

Move To Ban Electronic Gaming Machines Gains Momentum
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, USA (March 6, 2008) – A move to ban electronic gambling machines -- devices that resemble slots --is supported by top lawmakers who worry that the bingo and electronic "tip jar" machines would diminish the market for the slots parlors that voters will consider legalizing in November..................Subscribers

Could it be the End of the State’s Gaming Machine Duopoly, Speculation that International Gambling Firms May Move In
VICTORIA, Australia (March 6, 2008) -- As reported today that it believes Cabinet has signed-off on the state Government's preferred models for the multi-billion-dollar gaming machine and wagering industries post-2012...............Subscribers

Gaming Machine Expenditure Climbing
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 28, 2008) -- Figures from the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation (VCGR) show Victorians lost $1.35 billion on gaming [poker] machines between July and December last year...............Subscribers

Bid to Install Note Acceptors Causes Much "angst" Among SLG Members
ADELAIDE, South Australia (March 2, 2008) -- Skycity Casino is pushing for legislative changes that would allow players to insert banknotes into its gaming [poker] machines..............Subscribers

New Casino Location Order Laid Before Parliament
LONDON, UK (February 26, 2008) -- An order allowing sixteen local authorities to license a small or large casino was laid before Parliament today by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham. The Minister also confirmed that the Government will not allow a regional casino licence at this stage...............Subscribers

Bid To Shut-Down 'Subliminal' Gaming Machines
SANTA FE, New Mexico, USA (February 29, 2008) – The executive director of the New Mexico Coalition Against Gambling, claims Konami gaming machines contain "subliminal messaging,"...............Subscribers

Gaming Machine Profits Up In Smoke
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 2, 2008) -- More than 150 NSW clubs have sought an exemption from paying the state’s gaming [poker] machine tax amid claims the smoking bans are sending them broke............Subscribers

Easing of Gambling Laws Leads to ‘Boom Times’ for Touch-Screen Gaming Machines
UNITED KINGDOM (February 29, 2008) -- Recent legislation lifting the ban on bookmakers advertising on television and allowing them extended opening hours has given a huge boost to the popularity of controversial touch-screen roulette gaming machines in betting shops.............Subscribers

Senate Urged to Back Tougher Gaming Machine Laws
CANBERRA, Australia (February 27, 2008) -- The Family First party wants the Senate to support its proposed gaming [poker] machine laws to push gaming machines out of suburban pubs and clubs into casinos and race tracks...............Subscribers

Legislators Target Electronic Gaming Machines
Maryland, USA (February 27, 2008) – State lawmakers said yesterday that they intend to back legislation that would outlaw loosely regulated electronic gambling machines..............Subscribers

Report Identifies Most Popular Gaming Machine Designs
ADELAIDE, South Australia (February 24, 2008) -- A report prepared for the Independent Gambling Authority said four of South Australia's top 250 gaming [poker] machines have an average expenditure of more than $220,000 a year – or $600 a day................Subscribers

New Coalition Must Spell Out Gaming Machine Policy
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 20, 2008) -- The Minister for Gaming, Tony Robinson, has challenged the Coalition to reveal its real gaming policy and how it will impact on country Victorians..............Subscribers

Electronic Bingo Bill Likely To Surface In Legislature
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, USA (February 18, 2008) -- Rep. Marcel Black has reportedly said he expects to introduce a bill to legalize high- stake electronic bingo games at greyhound race tracks in Birmingham and Mobile...............Subscribers

Decision on Gaming Machine Duopoly Due Soon
VICTORIA, Australia (February 20, 2008) – The Victorian Government is expected to announce its decision concerning the future shape of the state’s gambling industry  soon, following negotiations over the renewal of Tabcorp's 20-year Victorian wagering licence.............Subscribers

UK Plans Gaming Machines Inquiry
LONDON, UK (February 20, 2008) -- Britain said on Wednesday it planned to take a closer look at whether high-stake gambling machines are fuelling addiction, hitting shares in bookmakers who make around a third of their profits from the terminals.............Subscribers

Parliamentary Inquiry Into Gaming Licences Continues
VICTORIA, Australia (February 19, 2008) --  Monash University’s Charles Livingstone told the parliamentary inquiry into gaming licences that Victoria's 27,500 gaming [poker] machines could be used to help identify problem gamblers.................Subscribers

Mainland Lottery Networks Fail To Hit Jackpot
CHINA (February 17, 2008) -- According to local media reports over the Lunar New Year, a raft of new restrictions were introduced to cover the nationwide network of 22,000-plus video lottery terminals (VLTs)......................Subscribers

States Eye Gaming Machine Revenues to Reduce Budget Deficits
NEW YORK, USA (February 18, 2007) – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's effort to use gambling revenues to reduce California’s budget deficit has resulted in four of the state's richest Indian tribes winning the right to add 17,000 gaming [slot] machines to their existing casino floors..................Subscribers

Gaming Companies Join Forces To Fight State Tax Levy
ADELAIDE, South Australia (February 10, 2008) -- Skycity Casino has launched proceedings in the Supreme Court after the Government passed a law late last year resulting in the casino having to pay $1.25 million to operate the Office of Liquor and Gambling each year...........Subscribers

Australasian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Call For The Facts
NSW, Australia ((February 10, 2008) -- Gaming machine manufacturers today called for balanced discussion of the facts after a "war against Australia's poker machines" was reported...............Subscribers

Radical New Federal Tax Plan Would Phase-Out Gaming Machines
PM backs Move to Ban Gaming Machine ATMs
CANBERRA, Australia (February 10, 2008) --Tens of thousands of gaming machines could be phased out across suburban Australia within a decade under a radical new federal tax plan............Subscribers

Supreme Court to Hear Gambling Lawsuit
TOPEKA, Kansas, USA (February 6, 2008) - The Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments May 14 on whether the state's gambling law enacted last year is constitutional................Subscribers

Florida Gaming Corporation Receives Approval to Operate 2000 Slots at Miami Jai-Alai
MIAMI, Florida (January 30, 2008) -- Florida Gaming Corporation (OTCBB: FGMG), announced today that on January 29, 2008, Miami-Dade County voters approved, in a local referendum, the operation of up to 2000 Class III Las Vegas style slot machines............Subscribers

Smoking Bans Impact State’s Gaming Machine Revenue
ADELAIDE, South Australia (February 1, 2008) – Gaming [poker] machine takings have plunged by up to 25 per cent in some hotels as new smoking bans and fewer machines halt the growth in gambling revenue.............Subscribers

State’s Gaming Machine Expenditure on Track to Break Record
VICTORIA, Australia (January 31, 2008) -- Victorian gaming [poker] machine players have lost a record $1.35 billion in just six months..............Subscribers

GameTech and TCSJOHNHUXLEY Agree to Relationship
RENO, Nevada, USA (January 28, 2008) -- GameTech International, Inc. ("GameTech" or the "Company") , a leading designer, developer and marketer of electronic bingo and gaming equipment, systems, and video lottery terminals....................Subscribers

Gaming Control Board Awards Three Grants to Eliminate Illegal Slot Machines in PA
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (January 24, 2008) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved three grant requests totaling $505,523 to local law enforcement agencies to fund programs designed to thwart the operation of illegal slot machines in the Commonwealth.................Read the full story at: Vol.42 No.5

Gaming Machine Payouts Drop as Penny Machines Proliferate
MISSOURI, USA (January 21, 2008) -- In November 2004, all gaming machines in Missouri paid players an average of $92.39 for every $100 played through them. In November 2007, the statewide average fell to..............Subscribers

Governor Backs Video Lottery Terminals at Belmont
ALBANY, New York, USA (January 22, 2008) – According to News sources Governor Eliot Spitzer has embraced installing video lottery terminals (VLTs) at Belmont raceway, a controversial proposal that is likely to face opposition in the Assembly.................Subscribers

VLTs Consultation Paper: Central System & Monitoring System Networks
MALTA (January 15, 2008) -- The Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) issued the first Consultation Paper regarding the implementation of the central system titled Central System and Monitoring System Networks..........Subscribers

New Year, New Law: Gaming Machines To Go
MOSCOW, Russia (January 11, 2008) -- More than 300 gaming [slot] machine halls have reportedly stopped operating in St. Petersburg since January 1, according to local officials, as regional legislation now prohibits the existence of such halls in the city....................Subscribers

Legislative Delegation Defeats Gaming Bill
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (January 8, 2008) -- Another attempt to pass the Saipan gaming plan was defeated by the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation yesterday...............Subscribers

Gaming Machine Venues Planned for New Booming Outer-Eastern Suburbs
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (January 9, 2008) -- Applications have been lodged for three new gaming machine venues along a 1km stretch of the Princes Highway at Officer.............Subscribers

Smoking Bans Continue to Have Impact on Gaming Machine Revenue
VICTORIA, Australia (January 7, 2008) -- A new study by VicHealth's Centre for Tobacco Control has found that spending on gaming [poker] machines has remained about 14 per cent below pre-smoking ban levels................Subscribers

LGA Announce Date of Introduction of New Video Lottery Terminals
MALTA (January 4, 2008) -- The Lotteries and Gaming Authority would like to inform all stakeholders of the Video Lottery terminals (VLTs) industry, that following the public meeting held on the 18th October 2007..................Subscribers

Study Reveals States Are Hooked On Gambling
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (January 3, 2008) -- A study by Charles Livingstone of Monash University and Richard Woolley from the University of Western Sydney, are scathing about the states' regulation of the national gaming [poker] machine industry..........Subscribers

24/7 Gambling Tops 2008 General Assembly Agenda
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (January 2, 2008) -- Rep. William San Bento Jr. said he would introduce legislation today to allow Newport Grand and Twin River in Lincoln to stay open 24 hours a day, seven days a week...........Subscribers