An open day in Yarmouth next week for prospective developers and operators of the resort’s large casino is being seen as an important gauge of commercial appetite for the scheme in the current economic climate. When it was announced two years ago that the resort had clinched one of eight large casino licences – the only venue on the East Coast to be chosen – there was initial euphoria over the expectation of thousands of extra visitors and more than 1,000 new jobs.

On June 11, 2008, the French Government announced it would open its gaming markets as a result of pressure from the European Commission. The main features of the new liberalized gaming law have been announced. However, because the legal process to open the French gaming market is still at a political stage, the new law is still an evolving work in progress and amendments are quite probable.

The paragraphs below try to summarise the most relevant regulatory and commercial developments that dramatically affected the Italian gaming business over the last biennium. The 2006 year marked the beginning of a new era for the Italian gaming industry. In an effort to put an end to the thriving business of many foreign-based gambling sites that had long since been aggressively targeting and profitably servicing Italian players without holding an Italian licence…

Carson City, Nevada (AP) — No Nevada law requires lawmakers to accept a panel’s finding that the state faces a nearly USD 1.2 billion revenue shortfall — and a key Democratic legislator said that’s a good thing because the finding appears questionable. Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, the Assembly majority whip, commented as lawmakers prepared for a special session called by Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons, who’s relying on the Economic Forum’s estimate Friday of the huge revenue shortfall by mid-2009.