The Missouri Gaming Commission Wednesday handed out fines totaling USD 150,000 to five casinos for rules infractions. The infractions ranged from underpaying an advertised slot jackpot to serving alcohol to minors. State casino regulators also settled three pending cases for a combined USD 13,500. Casinos have 30 days to accept the fine or notify the commission it will challenge the disciplinary action at a public hearing.

The NZ Lotteries Commission is likely to offer tickets to most of its current prize draws online, before developing new games specifically tailored for the Web. The commission says it has begun talking to technology suppliers about what would be involved in offering Lotto tickets online, while discussions continue with regulators who will influence whether it gets the green light.

After Monterrey Council approved the integration of the Special Commission in charge of the approval of the casinos which will operate in the district, Mayor Adalberto Madero Quiroga said a public poll is being considered, in order to know if citizens accept this kind of business or not. Quiroga pointed that, after the confirmation of the Commission, the local council will have to analize and control if the new businesses comply with the requirements...

Brian Pomeroy has been appointed as Chair of the Gambling Commission, the government’s gambling watchdog, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, James Purnell, announced today. Pomeroy will take up his post on 1 January 2008, after the current Chair Peter Dean steps down. He will be responsible for taking the Gambling Commission forward as it develops its regulatory role, including enforcing many of the new elements of the Gambling Act.

Antigua & Barbuda is not on the list of foreign remote gambling jurisdictions approved to be white listed by the UK Gambling Commission, released yesterday, and has begun the bid to join jurisdictions approved. The list gives the countries or jurisdictions pre-approval to advertise gambling services in the UK from September. In February, Minister of Finance and the Economy Errol Cort announced an overhaul of the country’s gaming regulations, citing the desire to be white listed among the motivations for the move.

The Social Development and Human Security Ministry will ask the Cabinet to establish the National Gambling Control Commission. The new commission will be entrusted with controlling all gambling activities and tackling gambling-related problems. "The commission will also campaign against vices and gambling," Social Development and Human Security Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham said Monday.

At just before 10am tomorrow, two phone calls will be made from the offices of the National Lottery Commission in Mayfair. There is little danger they'll go unanswered. At the other end, awaiting news of their fate, will be executives from Camelot, which has run the Lottery since its inception in 1994, and Sugal & Damani, a little-known New Delhi-based firm now vying to win the right to run Britain's biggest-selling gaming product.

The regulatory body for casinos, bingo, gaming machines and lotteries in Great Britain, the Gambling Commission, has announced that the numbers of people going online to place a bet in the UK is on the rise. The Gambling Commission made the announcement upon releasing the findings of its latest survey carried out in June. This examination found that 8.6 percent of UK adults had taken part in at least one form of online gambling during the previous month, up from 7.4 percent last year.

The European Commission said last week that it’s taking Spain to court over its discriminatory taxes on lottery winnings from lotteries organized abroad. Currently Spain subjects lottery winnings from lotteries organized abroad to a progressive income tax, while locally accrued winnings are exempt from such taxes. This discriminatory taxation goes against E.U. law as it restricts the freedom to provide services, the commission said.

Within SAGSE Central America, Hector Rivera Davila, Head of the Puerto Rican Gambling Commission, talked in exclusive to Yogonet about the situation of the sector in his country and anticipated the intentions they have, together with other Latin American regulators, to exchange ideas and have mutual support.

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) -- A fire damaged part of the state Casino Control Commission headquarters Sunday, but gambling in the city should not be affected, a spokesman said. No injuries were reported. The fire destroyed a building across the street that housed retail shops, said commission spokesman Daniel Heneghan. At the headquarters, six large windows were blown out, and smoke caused some problems, he said.

The Kansas Lottery Commission on Wednesday unveiled timetables for what happens next in the creation of an unprecedented state-owned casino industry. Many questions remain unanswered, including whether the seven-casino plan signed last week by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will survive a constitutional challenge. But it’s clear the roulette ball in Kansas has started to roll and is gaining speed.