Clarion ATE, organisers of January’s ICEi (Earls Court, London), have further increased the interactive gaming expo’s profile as an event in its own right. The exhibition now has its own dedicated website (www.icei-exhibition.com) and online registration facility – live from mid September – representing an evolution from the initial dual marketing strategy under the wing of bricks and mortar gaming sister show, ICE.

Clarion ATE, organisers of London’s ATEI, ICE and ICEi, have appointed exhibition design expert Chris Boon as creative director working on the 2007 edition of the London spectacular.

As the first winner of the World Series of Poker 36 years ago, poker legend Johnny Moss won a silver cup. Back then, a vote among the players decided the winner. No cash exchanged hands. "When the tournament was over, we gave the cup to Moss and then had a few drinks and started playing poker again," poker legend Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson said. "Those were the days. Boy, have times changed."

From the king of Dungeons and Dragons at Parkway South High to the world of corporate law to winner of the most coveted (and lucrative) title in the hottest game in the land, Texas Hold 'Em poker, Greg Raymer has come a long way. And he'll be back at the big-time poker tables again, as play begins today in this year's main event of the World Series of Poker, the USD 10,000 buy-in, no-limit Hold 'Em tourney that will run 12 days at the Rio in Las Vegas.

New York - Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's largest gambling company, is still deciding whether it should bid for a casino in Singapore, a spokesman said on Wednesday, ahead of a July 31 deadline. Harrah's, which teamed up with Singapore's Keppel Land Ltd., lost to rival Las Vegas Sands Corp. in its bid for the first of two planned casino resorts in the city-state.

Las Vegas - Wynn Resorts, Limited announced today that Jack Binion, one of America's most highly respected gaming executives and developers, has been appointed Chairman of Wynn International, acting as the senior executive for the Company's Asian operations and development.

Norman, Oklahoma - Riverwind, to become the state’s largest gaming casino, is on schedule to be completed and operating in mid-July. The 219,000-square-foot casino, just across the river from Norman on Highway 9 West, will be the 18th gaming facility owned and operated by the Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw Nation officials said Riverwind is 80 percent built. More than 950 of the 1,874 employees needed to run it have been hired.

At some point, Jeff Madsen will get used to this whole youngest-player-ever-to-win-a-World-Series-of-Poker-bracelet thing. But for at least the next week or so, he'll still be getting the hang of it. You see, people who win multiple bracelets and $ 1.4 million aren't supposed to worry about getting a room at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, which hosts the WSOP main event.

Washington (Reuters) - A bill to outlaw most forms of Internet gambling appears unlikely to win U.S. Senate passage before senators begin a month-long recess on August 4, two Republican leadership aides said on Tuesday. They said backers of the legislation were trying to build support for it and resolve differences as the Senate focuses on other legislative matters and gets ready for a summer break.

Betting and gaming law is not the only legal area online providers in the gaming trade must deal with. The current legal disputes mainly concern the questions as to “whether“ and “how“ private providers are to be admitted – in particular in the area of sports betting. However, the present decision by the OLG of Düsseldorf shows that, beyond the scope of these questions, the implementation of IT law, in particular of distance contract law, plays an ever more important role (on obligations in the field of distance contract law for lottery syndicates, see also OLG of Karlsruhe of 27th March 2002, ref: 6 U 200/01, MMR 2002, 618 et seq.)

The increased focus on reducing gambling opportunities (rather than expanding sales) and the hard-to-control Internet gambling offers make the lives difficult for state-controlled operators. As a result, the strategists in many state lotteries and operators have begun thinking about future scenarios. This fact combined with tight state budgets makes a growing number of state shareholders to see the regular contribution to state budgets makes a growing number of state shareholders to see the regular contribution to state budgets in jeopardy and prompt them to consider liberalization and privatization of their gambling operations.

Opposition MPs made fresh calls for an inquiry into John Prescott's his role in establishing new regional super-casinos after Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, disclosed she had held talks with him over their potential for regenerating inner cities. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats demanded a full investigation into Mr Prescott's personal links with casino policy after Ms Jowell said the Deputy Prime Minister had shown an interest in the number of regional casinos that would be permitted.