In the UK, the Gambling Commission has published its latest list of approved test houses accepted to assess the compliance of online betting and gaming sites with its technical standards and requirements. The latest list includes new entries Gaming Associates, Gaming Laboratories International and Gaming Laboratories Austria and includes details of which technical standards and requirements each test house can assess.
Local council of Coyhaique, as it has been performed by CORE, approved the construction and operation of a casino in Coyhaique, before the Casino Superintendence. Both processes are necessary so SCJ may approve the investments interested in the construction of a casino. Both processes are necessary so finally SCJ may approve the investments interested in the construction of a casino, which also considers other versions of singular relevance for the council, pointed Mayor David Sandoval Plaza.
The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that a community organization can challenge the governor’s approval of a casino in Florence. The ruling could have ramifications for tribal casinos throughout Oregon. KLCC’s Rachael McDonald reports. People Against a Casino Town, or PACT, has been fighting the Three Rivers Casino since 2003 when the governor signed a compact giving the project the go-ahead.
“Puerto Rico will have four new casinos, which will elevate the number to 24, and does not mean a market saturation”, informed the director of the Games of Chance Division of the Tourism Company, Héctor Rivera. New casinos will be opened in Guayanilla, Cabo Rojo, Aguadilla and San Juan. "Hotel and Casino Pichis in Guayanilla will be opened by the end of the year; la Concha in El Condado will probably open at the beginning of 2009.
José Múcio Monteiro, Minister of Institutional Relations, who was put on pressure by trade unions to develop the approval of a proposal to regulate bingos together with the National Congress, decided to put the matter to debate in the Political Council of the Federal Government. “I want this issue to be treated. It is something controversial, but it has to be resolved. That’s why a development is necessary, but we all have to be involved in it”, said the minister...
Pinnacle Entertainment will build its second Lake Charles riverboat casino at its site, instead of using a shipyard, state gambling regulators were told this week. The Louisiana Gaming Control Board unanimously approved Las Vegas-based construction plan for the company’s USD 350 million Sugarcane Bay resort, located near its current L’Auberge Du Lac casino. Cliff Kortman, Pinnacle’s president of design and construction, said the current oil boom in the Gulf of Mexico has resulted in enough shipbuilding to keep Pinnacle from getting a shipyard until late 2011.
The USD 1.3 billion sale of the Stratosphere’s parent company to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs was approved Thursday by the state Gaming Commission. Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds is buying Entertainment Properties, a gaming subsidiary controlled by billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn. American Casino is the parent company of both Arizona Charlie’s casinos and the Aquarius in Laughlin.
Minister of Environment, Cristina Narbona, affirmed that “no decision has been taken” on the position that its ministry will adopt on the Gran Scala project, in order to build the second biggest casino complex worldwide in Los Monegros. Narbona indicated that nowadays she even “does not know” where will it be located or if the water that will be required for the complex will replace the one that currently is used for the irrigation system.
Harrah’s Entertainment announced that the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) notified Harrah’s that it will allow the consummation of the proposed acquisition of Harrah’s by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, L.P. and TPG Capital to proceed while the NIGC finalizes its review. Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. has tentatively cleared the last remaining regulatory hurdle to the largest casino buyout ever.
Carson City, Nevada -- A USD 17.7 billion purchase of casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. by private equity buyers Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group -- the world's largest casino buyout deal -- won final approval Thursday from Nevada regulators. The state Gaming Commission voted unanimously for the deal, already approved by Harrah's shareholders and by several other states in which Harrah's Entertainment operates.
Harrah’s Entertainment informed that it received approval from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for the proposed acquisition of Harrah’s by affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P. and TPG Capital. The transaction remains subject to approval by other jurisdictions in which Harrah’s subsidiaries operate and other conditions to closing set forth in the agreement and plan of merger entered into on December 19, 2006.
Wyandotte County’s Unified Board of Commissioners approved this week two planning and zoning applications from development teams vying to become the manager of a state-owned casino. The board upheld last month’s recommendations from the Unified Government’s Planning Commission. The board approved one proposal from the Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment and one from KS&F Development.
