This booklet contains a compilation ofstatutes and regulations regarding responsible gaming in the 20 states that have commercial casinos or racetrack casinos,also known as “racinos”,as ofFebruary 2008. The content in each section is divided into seven general categories: Alcohol Service, Credit/Cash Access, Funding/Revenue Sharing (treatment funding), Self-exclusion, Signage/Help Line/Advertising...

According to numerous news sources, the Office of the US Trade Representative has requested the postponement of planned meetings with a European Union (EU) delegation to discuss US online gambling policies. Scheduled to take place next week in Washington, DC, the meetings were to consider accusations that EU-based online gambling firms were being unfairly discriminated against under the White House’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006.

An open letter written by four Republican Congressman to the heads of the Federal Reserve Board and US Treasury calls for a more "deliberative" approach for crafting regulations for the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The petition strongly urges that a formal definition of "unlawful internet gambling" itself be finalized before the law’s required rules are placed into effect.

Irish Minister For Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, has published the Report of the Casino Committee - Regulating Gaming In Ireland! This report makes some 32 recommendations that have significant public policy implications regarding the future architecture of many aspects of gaming and betting in Ireland. Announcing the publication, the Minister said: "I am very anxious that we get things right in relation to our gaming and betting codes.

The Spanish state would stop collecting 650 million euros a year due to the lack of regulation in online games, according to the Spanish Association of Internet Bettors (AEDAPI), named by Regulatory Affairs director of bwin group, Karin Klein, in Gaming Executive Summit 2008, a congress held in Madrid on July 9-10. In the event, one of the main international platforms of debate of the gambling sector, both for operators and regulators...

Toronto - Online gamblers play more frequently and aggressively than those who take their chances in casinos according to a study from the University of Western Ontario that suggests new regulations to govern Internet gambling. Gamblers are using websites run by offshore companies in "leaps and bounds" but if there were regulations to oversee Canadian gambling operations there could also be safeguards to reduce problem gambling...

With the four decrees and the guidelines that came into force, the casino business will have to be submitted to new regulations, a situation that keeps the sector worried. The regulation promoted by the government authorities considers the application of a casino regulation that comprises the authorization, installation and operation of this type of business. The regulations also have the aim to discourage the investment in this type of business.

After the creation of the American Association of Gambling Regulators, in the latest Monterrey event, the head of Febrabingo, Carlos Eduardo Canto, talked in exclusive to Yogonet.com about how this new association might help to the regulation of the sector in Brazil and what is the current situation on the sector. Which is the current situation of Brazilian bingos?

Entertainment group, SkyCity, is refusing to spend significant amounts on its Adelaide Casino. In a letter to shareholders, SkyCity chief executive Nigel Morrison said it was hard for the casino to perform on a par with other venues because of a constraining regulatory environment. He said there was little point investing unless work could be done with the South Australian Government to improve the casino's business model.

A government-appointed committee has recommended the licensing of casinos and gaming, and the establishment of an independent regulator for these businesses. Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern yesterday published the report of the committee appointed by former minister for justice Michael McDowell to look at the regulation of casinos and gambling. The report recommends that casinos, which currently operate as clubs...

Casino owners will undergo in-depth criminal and financial background checks before being granted a licence under new proposals revealed today. A new report recommended business dealings and tax history must also be scrutinised in a bid to combat money laundering in the gaming trade. The government appointed casino committee said that if gaming laws are updated...

In South Korea, lawmakers are considering plans from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that would regulate online gambling by further limiting the amount of cash transactions a person could place over the Internet each month. According to The Korea Times, regulators are proposing the limits in order to curb online gambling, which has hit all-time highs in the Asian nation.