Biloxi, Mississippi (AP) - Developers of the Gold Coast casino in Biloxi are asking the Mississippi Gaming Commission to approve a definition of the mean high tide water line that will make their inland casino site legal. A 2005 law allowed Gulf Coast casinos - in the wake of devastation of Hurricane Katrina - to rebuild 800 feet onshore. RW Development, led by Ray Wooldridge, owner of the NBA's New Orleans Hornets...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was informed yesterday that Antigua and Barbuda and the United States had agreed to another deferral of arbitration proceedings, as the two countries seek to finalise a bilateral agreement that would bring years of conflict over the Internet gambling industry to an end. Minister of Finance and the Economy Dr. Errol Cort yesterday told the Antigua Sun that the parties have agreed to a further extension of their talks to 11 July.

2007 and the first semester of 2008 have been marked by a “change of attitude” towards online gambling on the part of both the executive and the judiciary. This can be largely explained by the sending of a reasoned opinion by the European Commission to France last June, which put pressure on the one hand on the government to modify its gaming legislation to make it consistent with European law, and on the other hand on courts.

Ritzio International reports an opening of its first gaming club in Serbia. The company has launched a 330 sqm facility featuring 51 gaming machine and entertainment services in the country’s capital Belgrade. Ritzio enters Serbia with its key format of modern accessible middle-size gaming venues. The company intends to develop Vulcan chain of gaming clubs to spread around the country’s urban areas.

The Norwegian Ministry for Culture and Church Affairs has introduced strict new laws on gaming terminals operated by Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian state-owned gaming company. Under the rules, gaming machines will only be accessible to pre-registered users via prepaid cards. In 2007, the EFTA court and the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled that Norsk Tipping could continue to be the sole operator of gaming terminals in Norway, on grounds that it seeks to limit gambling opportunities.

Against the background of Web 2.0, e-business in Germany has been able to record magnificent records in turnover, and – on the other hand – is faced with treacherous risks – an economic, technical and legal examination of a future market in Germany. Germany and the WWW: this has, particularly during the last 5 years, been a unique success story - in particular from the economic point of view. A recent study, commissioned by the BITKOM (German Federal Association for Information Industry, Telecommunications and New Media), forecasts a continuing steep increase in turnover for German e-business.

Clarion Gaming has announced major changes to the 2009 January shows, which will see the entire ground floor of both Earls Court 1 and 2 re-branded as the “International Gaming Expo”. Head of exhibitions, Karen Cooke explained: “Massive advancements in technology combined with new legislation have resulted in significant changes to the global gaming industry.

Barbados should consider gaming on a controlled basis if it wants to remain competitive and assuming this is what the tourism market is looking for. This suggestion has come from Alvin Jemmott, the former President of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA). Speaking at last weeks BHTAs annual general meeting at the Sherbourne Conference Centre, Jemmott said that the Jamaican government is running into stiff opposition...

The Oklahoma-based Quapaw Tribe’s USD 200 million Downstream Casino Resort is set to open July 5 on the Kansas state line about seven miles west of Joplin. A 12-story, 226-room hotel will be the tallest structure for miles around and is scheduled to open in the late fall. The first of 2,000 slot machines have arrived and are being installed. The casino won’t have craps or roulette, but it will offer blackjack and other table games, mini-baccarat, a poker room and a race book.

Gaming lawyers and casino observers worry that potential budget cuts ordered by Governor Jim Gibbons will have a negative effect on Nevada’s gaming regulatory process, leaving the industry without adequate staffing in several divisions. All state agencies, including the Gaming Control Board, are expected to submit budgets to the governor’s office by next week that will reflect a 14 percent spending reduction.

Penn National Gaming announced it received approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for the pending merger of the company and an entity indirectly owned by certain funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC and Centerbridge Partners. On June 15, 2007, Penn National Gaming announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by PNG Acquisition Company, an entity indirectly owned by certain funds managed by affiliates of Fortress and Centerbridge.

An alleged gaming chip fabricator who carried over 149 pieces of semi-finished bogus gaming chips and 444 different face value chip stickers when crossing the Broader Gate was apprehended yesterday by the Judiciary Police (PJ). The spokesperson from the PJ said that the suspect had already successfully cashed in 44 pieces of phoney gaming chips with a per value of HKD 5,000 each which amounted to HKD 220,000 in total at a casino located in Nape in late March.