The Federal Court of Justice has found the advertisement slogan used by the Free State of Bavaria (the State Lottery Administration) "Oddset, the sporting bet with fixed quota, only by Lotto" to constitute a misleading unique position advertisement and forbid it (decision of October 28th 2004 – I ZR 59/02).

"Interdicting procuring Oddset-sporting bets by private operators is legal – Hessian Administrative Court of Appeal revises its Jurisdiction" - What is the background of this information?

ATE, organisers of the International Casino Exhibition (ICE) which takes place at Earls Court 2, London, are preparing for another record-breaking event.

Industry professionals planning to attend the ATEI and ICE shows (Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London – 25/26/27 January 2005) will be spoilt for choice when it comes to arranging accommodation for their stay in London.

While attending the Global Gaming Expo, October 5 through October 7, 2004 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, an unique opportunity came up to visit a Hotel and Casino Resort that anyone would want to know about. This casino although not in Las Vegas is easily and quickly reached by car.

New York - Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc., struggling to stave off a bankruptcy filing, has reached a preliminary agreement with investors to restructure $ 1.8 billion in debt, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Citing two people directly involved in the restructuring, the newspaper said that the company expects to announce the deal as early as Thursday.

By the end of the year, Germany's first casino privatisation - covering all 10 of the region's gaming halls - should have raised close to 100m EUR (69m GBP), going some way to narrowing Niedersachsen's yawning 2.5bn EUR budget deficit. But for the shortlist of bidders, including at least two from abroad - one from Austria, one from France, according to casino insiders - buying a German casino chain could remain a big gamble for some time.

Los Angeles - Penn National Gaming Inc. on has lost its bid to buy the President Casino in St. Louis to privately held Columbia Sussex Corp., which offered 57 million USD, the companies said on Friday.

Topeka - A federal judge has ordered the state to return gambling equipment seized from the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma when officials shut down a casino in downtown Kansas City, Kan., but barred the tribe from resuming gambling there. The state raided the casino in April, eight months after the tribe opened it.

In a first step toward establishing a casino in southwest Ohio, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma has approved an agreement to purchase 150 acres of land off Interstate 75 in Monroe. Terry Casey, a consultant for National Capital I, a Columbus-based brokerage firm, said the Eastern Shawnee tribal council agreed to the land purchase Wednesday night.

The Federal Constitutional Court's first Decision since "Gambelli" - Consequences in Practice - commented on by Martin Arendts, M.B.L.-HSG, Attorney-at-Law. A few days ago the Federal Constitutional Court rendered its first decision concerning sports betting after the ECJ's Gambelli decision (decision of August 2004, case-no. 1 BvR 1446/04).

County Court of Heidenheim: Art. 284 StGB is not applicable to cross-boarder sports betting offers – commented on by Martin Arendts, M.B.L.-HSG, Attorney-at-Law. The Administrative Court of Heidenheim has recently ruled on the cross-border offering of sports bets in a penal case and dealt with the facts and the legal position extensively (decision of August 19th 2004, case-no. 3 Ds 42 Js 5187/03).