The federal government has warned an Oklahoma Indian tribe not to open a planned off-reservation gambling casino along an interstate highway in southern New Mexico. The National Indian Gaming Commission told the Fort Sill Apache Tribe on Thursday that it cannot legally open the casino and risked enforcement action if gambling is permitted on the tribally owned land in New Mexico. The commission issued its letter a day after Gov. Bill Richardson ordered state police to block access to the tribe's casino if gambling was started.

Der US-amerikanische Finanzminister Henry Poulsen und der Chef der Zentralbank, Ben Benanke, bekamen mal wieder unangenehme Post in Sachen Poker. Genauer gesagt: wegen Onlinepoker. Der Grund für dieses weitere Beschwerdeschreiben: Der Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Die Absender: Pete Domenici und John Sununu. Und die Verfasser dieser Zeilen sind nicht irgendwer. Die zwei Senatoren sitzen im Capitol in Washington.

Macau meldet imposante Zahlen. Laut Statistiken des Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau beliefen sich die Glücksspiel-Einnahmen der ehemals portugiesischen und heute chinesischen Stadt im Jahr 2007 auf rund 10,4 Milliarden US-Dollar (rund 83,8 Milliarden Pataca). Dies entspricht einem Plus von 46 Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahr. Stolze 257 Prozent Zuwachs sind es, vergleicht man mit den Zahlen von vor fünf Jahren.

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Antigua and Barbuda’s attorney at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Mark Mendel says he does not expect December’s disappointing USD 21 million arbitrated award to affect the results of a second arbitration process between the two countries. Late last month Antigua and Barbuda filed a notice at the WTO requesting arbitration on the issue of the US declaration that it is withdrawing from its General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) commitment that allows trade access in respect of remote gaming.

Der seit fast drei Jahren andauernde Rechtsstreit zwischen dem Staat und dem Londoner Gutshot Poker Club ist nun endgültig beendet. In der letzten Verhandlung wurde Poker erneut als Glücksspiel deklariert und damit braucht jeder Kartenklub nun eine staatliche Glücksspiellizenz. Im Jahre 2004 wurde der Klub in der Clerkenwell Road von Derek Kelly eröffnet. Die Kartenklubs haben in Großbritannien eine lange Tradition und schnell gab es Tausende von Mitgliedern. Bereits im folgenden Jahr drohte jedoch schon die Schließung.

European online gaming companies may soon be able to legally advertise their services in Sweden, following last week’s Supreme Court order that the Court of Appeal must hear the cases against two of the country daily newspapers, Aftonbladet and Expressen. The Supreme Court said that several rulings in the European Court of Justice have brought Sweden’s Lottery Law into doubt...

Macao's gaming revenue for 2008 is expected to see a double-digit increase, the total of which will reach 100 billion patacas (over 10 billion U.S. dollars), said Lau Pun Lap, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), on Saturday. He estimated that this year's gaming revenue growth will be lower than last year, but as industry development keeps its momentum, a double-digit increase can be sustained this year.

The voters of California are being asked to vote, once again, on Indian gaming. But unlike the prior two elections, the question is not whether tribes can have casinos. Rather, it is whether a few tribes may more than double their existing operations, creating some of the largest casinos in the world. The political players have also changed. California voters first approved tribal gaming at the general election on November 3, 1998.

After precincts in Alameda County ran out of ballots today, a judge ordered polling places with waiting voters to stay open until 10 p.m., the Alameda County Registrar of Voters said. An Alameda County Superior Court judge made the decision to remain open after several cities in the county - including Berkeley - had no real ballots for voters to use. Some voters used ballots that were paper copies of genuine ballots.

Internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy has given Germany two months to respond to an official request for information explaining its new law banning all online gambling in order to see whether the ban falls foul of EU treaty provisions on the free movement of services. In a statement on Thursday (31 January), the commission noted that in Germany horse race betting on the Internet is not prohibited and advertising of games of chance by mail, in the press and on radio is still permitted.

The government of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has no plan to revise its gaming tax nor it is considering the issue, said a senior official on Friday. Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen made the remark when asked to comment on the topic brought up by Macao gaming magnate Stanly Ho at a Lunar New Year reception hosted by the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR.