The Isle of Man Today newspaper reported that Internet gambling will provide new business and new jobs on the island in the near future. Over 360 jobs have been created in the last three years, with major names in online gambling setting up offices on the island. Currently there are 13 license holders with eight new licenses issued in 2008. The Gambling Supervision Commission has more than twenty applications at various stages of preparation and approval.

In the Office of the European Commission of Madrid, last week it was held the seminar “The future of the gaming sector in Europe: challenges and opportunities,” organized and sponsored by Codere Foundation together with the European Commission and Equipo Económico consultants. This meeting is part of the activities of Codere Foundation, with the aim to become a space of reflection, debate and investigation around the gambling sector.

James Packer's Macau casino joint venture and the poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure have been hit by further headwinds with gaming revenues in the territory falling for the third consecutive quarter. Gaming revenues in Macau slumped 7 per cent in the three months to December 31 to 24 billion patacas (AUD 4.5 billion), compared to growth of up to 67 per cent in 2007. They include bets on table games and on poker machines in casinos.

Auf der International Gaming Expo vom 27.-29. Januar 2009 in London wird sich ISA-GUIDE erstmals dem internationalen Fachpublikum mit einem eigenen Messestand präsentieren. Mein Sohn Ulli und ich freuen uns sehr auf unseren ersten offiziellen Messeauftritt in London. Wir besuchen die Messe seit vielen Jahren, waren bislang aber noch nie mit einem eigenen Ausstellungsstand vertreten. In diesem Jahr haben wir uns als Medienpartner der Messe für den deutschsprachigen Raum positioniert...

The conflict on the regulation of the opening of casinos in Mendoza showed the political and economic interests of these businesses, that generate millionaire winnings. Nowadays, the Chamber of Representatives has a new commission to define gaming policies, headed by a representative which is against the government position. From February, the new Commission of Gaming Policies of the Chamber of Representatives will start defining the new policies on the matter...

Daniel Negreanu, der im Jahr 2008 an sehr vielen Turnieren teilgenommen hat, wünscht sich für das neue Jahr mehr Zeit für sich selbst. So hat er sich vorgenommen, nur an ausgewählten Turnieren mit dabei zu sein. So sieht man ihn im Januar bei den Caribbean Poker Classics auf den Bahamas als Team PokerStars Mitglied. Im Februar bei den Los Angeles Poker Classics und im März bei der NBC Heads-Up Championship und der WPT Bay 101.

Antigua and Barbuda has seen a tremendous increase in the number of online gambling operators expressing interest in becoming licensed by the small Caribbean island nation. The independent state of only 84,500 people was added to the UK Department of Culture Media and Sport’s “white-list” in late-November, which means that remote gaming operators based in the country could advertise their services to consumers in Great Britain.

Das Grand Casino Luzern lud zum Jahreswechsel ihre Besucher ein, um mit Ihnen gemeinsam das alte Jahr 2008 zu beenden- und das Neue Jahr 2009 zu beginnen. Dichter Schneefall begleitete die Gäste des Grand Casinos Luzern in das Jahr 2009. Das Grand Casino Luzern am Ufer des Vierwaldstättersees bietet dem Besucher alles was das Herz begehrt. Elegant und diskret präsentiert sich das Ambiente des Grand Jeu Casino mit den Tischspielen American Roulette, Black Jack, Poker.

Tipp24 AG plans to restructure its business fields as of 1 January 2009. This will include pooling the majority of its activities in connection with brokering or offering lottery products with MyLotto24 Ltd. and its subsidiaries. MyLotto24 Ltd. has been operating in the UK since 2007.

Wie diverse britische Medien berichtet haben, soll der PartyGaming Gründer Anurag Dikshit sich für schuldig erklärt haben. Die Anklage umfasste eine oder mehrere Anschuldigungen bezüglich illegalen Wettangebotes. Er soll auch zugestimmt haben, dass er an die US-Behörden eine Strafe in Höhe von $ 300 Millionen bezahlen wird.

Visitors to ICEi, the remote gaming sector within the 2009 International Gaming Expo, will be part of what is already certain to be a landmark event as record after record tumbles even prior to the doors opening (27-29 January, Earls Court Exhibition Centre). Over subscribed as early as the summer, ICEi will feature more exhibitors (90) from more jurisdictions (25) and occupy more stand space (2,750 square metres) than at any time in the event’s history.

"The biggest and most important exhibition that we attend each year, a vital part of our commercial strategy" is how Jens Halle, managing director of Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH, chose to preview London’s forthcoming International Gaming Expo (incorporating ICE and ICEi) which will host more than 300 companies from 48 nations across January 27th–29th at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.