Die Wirtschaftskrise bringt interessante Wendungen mit sich, so überlegt Nevada ob nicht die Altersgrenze von 21 auf 18 Jahre gesenkt werden sollte. Es würde nicht nur den Casinos, sondern auch dem Staat eine Menge Geld einbringen. Letzten Freitag wurde diese Idee von einem Anwalt der Glücksspielindustrie bei einer Glücksspielkonferenz präsentiert. Anwesend waren neben Vertretern der Glücksspielindustrie...

Nevada's tax revenue predictions are grim. Monday's Economic Forum concluded that the state is in a recession it's unlikely to recover from within the next two years. And as News 3's Jesse Corona explains, over 60 percent of our state tax base depends upon two sources tied closely to tourism. Economic Forum Chairwoman Cathy Santoro relayed the sobering news: Gaming tax revenue is down 11 percent and isn't expected to make an improvement by the end of the fiscal year.

Nevada regulators are seeking information from top gaming companies about their financial health. The review comes in light of the credit crunch and economic downturn, which have prompted drastic measures by casino companies, including thousands of layoffs, project delays and billions in last-ditch financing. The board’s actions raise an important question during these troubled economic times...

Las Vegas casinos are searching for ways to regenerate revenue lost to the national economic doldrums. The state of Nevada also wishes the gambling industry were doing better, as less income for casinos means less taxes for the state. So speculation has become public about a notion to change Nevada state law to lower the legal gambling age from twenty-one to eighteen. An attorney for local gambling venues asked regulators their opinions on the issue at the Nevada State Bar Association gaming conference last week.

Reno - Nevadans hold a dim view of the economy, with more than one in four fearing for their jobs, according to a statewide poll released Sunday. Thirty-nine percent of 600 Nevadans surveyed think it will take "years" for the economy to rebound. Another 29 percent think a recovery will come in 2009, and 24 percent said 2010. The poll was conducted Oct. 25-28 for the Reno Gazette-Journal and Channel 2 News by Maryland-based Research 2000. The poll had an error margin of 4 percentage points.

Amid collapsing credit markets and sinking stock prices, gaming industry leaders are looking for any piece of positive news. They hope voters in five states will give them a reason to smile come Nov. 4. Voters in Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Missouri and Ohio are evaluating gaming expansion or changes to existing gaming laws. The measures, different in size and scope, have a common thread.

Carson City, Nevada - Licensing for the new, USD 662 million Aliante Station hotel-casino in North Las Vegas was recommended Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The board's parent state Gaming Commission will have final say Oct. 23 on the licensing application from the locals' resort, scheduled to open Nov. 11. The hotel-casino is Station Casino's 18th property in southern Nevada and is an equal partnership with members of the Greenspun family, owners of the Las Vegas Sun.

Casinos and other businesses disagree on how best to raise money for Nevada's state budget, but leaders on all sides say they hope tensions won't get out of control next year, when legislators are expected to approve a budget for 2010-2011. MGM Mirage Inc. chief executive Terry Lanni says he hopes there won't be deep divisions between casinos and other businesses on fixing the state budget.

New York (AP) -- Gambling revenue dipped 1.1 percent for the state of Nevada in the month of June as revenue collected by the largest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip fell, according to data released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Monday. Nevada's gambling licensees reported a total "gaming win" of USD 949.3 million for the month of June, a 1.1 percent decline from USD 960 in June 2007.

Am 30. Juli hat www.forbes.com über heikle Ermittlungen im Bezug auf Bodog berichtet. Die US-amerikanische Regierung hätte USD 24 Millionen von US-Konten beschlagnahmt, weil diese angeblich auf Gewinnzahlungen von Bodog verweisen, das wäre ein Verstoß gegen den UIGEA. Vor kurzem hat das Poker-Portal Pokerlistings einen Entgegnungsbrief des Bodog CEO Alwyn Morris veröffentlicht – dieser weißt alle Vorwürfe von sich.

Die ständig wachsende Gruppe von Menschen, welche sich für die Beendigung des Internetverbotes einsetzt, hat unerwartet zwei neue Mitglieder erhalten – die beiden Professorinnen Kathryn LaTour von der University of Nevada/Las Vegas und June Cotte von der University of Western Ontario/Kanada. Aber nicht aus dem Grund, weil die beiden Professorinnen, welche sich selbst als Nicht-Spielerinnen bezeichnen, Internet Glücksspiel durch ihre Person direkt unterstützen.

The deal struck between three casino companies and the Nevada State Education Association to end the teachers union quest to raise gaming taxes is not sitting well with everyone. While Station Casinos, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts support the measure to increase room taxes, MGM Mirage and Las Vegas Sands do not. They are asking the Clark County Commission to keep the advisory measure off of the November ballot.