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.

Organizers of SAGSE Gaming Panama Expo & Congreso 2008, to be held on June 11-13 in Atlapa Convention Center in the City of Panama, announced that the exhibiting space has been completed and that the event boosts its internationality. The countries that will participate in the event are: Argentina, Aruba, Belarus, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, Slovenia, Spain, U.S., Holland, England, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Russia, Taiwan, Uruguay, an so on.

The Nevada Gaming Commission approved last week Royal Hold’em poker for play in Nevada casinos. The new game, already described as the "world’s fastest poker game," is a variation of Texas Hold’em that was created and is being marketed by New Poker, LLC of Las Vegas. The game is available to Nevada casinos immediately. "This is a very big decision for our company," said Vincent Zaldivar, president of New Poker, "because our business plan is for Royal Hold’em to be our entrée onto casino floors and into poker rooms.

Schon seit letztem Jahr liegt dem Nationalrat der Provinzen und der Nationalversammlung Südafrikas ein neuer Gesetzesentwurf zur Regulierung bzw. Zulassung von Online-Glücksspielanbietern für Computer und Mobiltelefone vor. Bis dato wollte man die Meinung und den Beschluss des Handels- und Industriellen Gremiums abwarten, um den Antrag auf eine Novelle ernsthaft zu diskutieren und über die einzelnen Punkte zu verhandeln. Erst jetzt hat die Handels- und Industriellenvereinigung der Novellierung zugestimmt, sodass der Antrag dem gesamten Nationalrat vorgelegt werden kann.

Hong Kong/Macau (Reuters) - U.S. casino owners have placed big bets on Macau, turning the Chinese enclave into the world's top gaming centre, but local junket operators are forcing big names from Las Vegas to pay top dollar to bring crucial high-roller clients to their tables. U.S. firms such as Las Vegas Sands, which owns the massive Venetian Macau, have ridden Macau's boom to counter slowing business back home.

Die NOVOMATIC AG hat im Geschäftsjahr 2007 bei Umsatz und Ergebnis neue Rekordwerte erzielt. Der Konzernumsatz stieg im abgelaufenen Geschäftsjahr um 27 Prozent auf 960,2 (Vorjahr: 754,6) Mio. EUR. Das EBITDA (Konzernergebnis vor Zinsen, Steuern und Abschreibungen) legte mit 329,3 (Vorjahr: 199,3) Mio EUR um 65 Prozent zu. Auch das Ergebnis der gewöhnlichen Geschäftstätigkeit stieg um 62 Prozent und erreichte 248,2 Mio. EUR (Vorjahr: 152,8).