The search engine giant will from Friday allow advertisements from any UK company registered with the Gambling Commission, as well as any company based within the European Economic Area (EEA) provided they are registered with their national regulator. The move will allow a huge number of non-UK companies, such as Gibraltar-based 888 and PartyGaming to increase their push into the British market.

Down, sharply. That’s where the U.S. economic outlook and Kansas City’s riverboat gambling market headed in September. Local boats’ [[USD]] 54.5 million month was their smallest haul since early 2005. With a nationwide credit meltdown triggering layoffs and Wall Street panic, American consumers, including gamblers, are tightening their belts. “I can’t think of a time in my responsible adult life that I’ve seen economic conditions look more frightening than they look now,” said Tom Cook...

A Canadian firm developing an ocean-front casino complex in Vietnam hopes to raise USD 1 billion in a Hong Kong IPO in the next two years, a local newspaper reported, despite signs of weakening Asian gambling revenue. Asian Coast Development and investor Harbinger Capital began work on their USD 4.2 billion Ho Tram Strip project in May, hoping to open in two years and target mainly Chinese gamblers.

The Spanish Courts has committed to analyze the online betting regulation- in which there is a legal void-, after a meeting between Minister Mariano Fernández Bermejo and President of Miguel Carballeda. According to ONCE sources, Carballeda has insisted in the need to regulate illegal games of chance performed by some associations, as well as Internet games. In 2007, illegal games of chance generated 150 million euros...

London, 30.09.2008. Die neue Website der International Gaming Expo (IGE) ist freigeschaltet. Branchenvertreter können ab Oktober ihre Tickets online bestellen. Die Website zeigt die verschiedenen Bestandteile der Messe, die im Januar 2009 erstmals die Veranstaltungen ICE und ICEi sowie die Unterhaltungsmesse ATEI vereint. Die IGE ist die führende Messe für Gaming und Gambling und ein “Muss” für alle Branchenvertreter...

Singapore: Some 29,000 Singaporeans will be banned from visiting the casino next year when the first integrated resort opens its doors. The first casino at Marina Bay is expected to open in the third quarter of next year. The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) will start receiving applications for casino exclusion orders in January. And from January 2009, families may also apply for their members to be excluded.

The Norwegian Government has continued to press forward with legislation to ban payments handling online poker and internet gambling transactions, UIGEA-style. The government has formally submitted its proposed ban for a parliamentary vote, reports Gambling Compliance. The proposed ban, which widens the Norwegian definition of the offence of ’mediating’ bets, has already attracted widespread concern, pro and con.

Gambling has become big business in Poland, with players now spending twice as much as they did two years ago and more on wagers than on beer or medical services. According to a report from Puls Biznesu, Poles will spend USD 7.63 billion on gambling this year, which is more than all of the casinos in Las Vegas earn annually. “If the upward trend continues, the gambling market will be worth as much as the mobile telecommunication sector in 2009,” reported the Warsaw newspaper.

A court hearing on whether the state of Kentucky can gain control of the names of more than 140 online gambling Web site names has been delayed. Gov. Steve Beshear, who supports legal casino gambling, is looking to block Kentuckians' access to 141 online Web sites. Some are among the most popular gambling sites for online players in the United States. A forfeiture hearing before Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate has been postponed until Friday at 3:30 p.m.

Bulgarian legislators from the country’s three-way governing coalition have agreed to regulatory amendments that will pave the way for licensed and regulated online gambling, reports Sofia News. Three way coalition agrees to gambling legislative amendments. An agreement was reached on the new approach during a two day closed debate held in the resort town of Hisarya.

Land casinos represent the largest segment of the commercial gambling market worldwide, and casino revenues are expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of approximately 7.8 %, according to a new report by the California-based Global Industry Analysts Inc. Between them, the US and Europe account for 80 % of world casino action worth USD 91 billion. Casino revenues in United States are expected to be worth USD 68 billion in 2010, the report predicts.

The Casino Association of South Africa was formed in 2003 to act as the voice and conscience of the local casino sector. Andrew Gillingham takes a closer look at the association and the industry it represents. Since gambling was legalized in South Africa just over a decade ago, the casino industry has invested more than USD 1.9 billion into the local economy and created thousands of jobs.