Monaco iGaming Awards will honour the best 2011 European operators and service providers from the iGaming Industry. The list of the 5 nominees will be published online on 27 September. The Awards Ceremony will be held on Monday 10 October at 20:30 pm in Monaco, in the presence of online gaming and sports personalities as well as specialised and general press.

Washington, DC (January 26, 2011) – The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide and more than 10,000 in South Carolina, today praised the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee’s 15-6 vote on Tuesday to advance S. 254 a bill legalizing games of poker in people’s homes to the Senate floor. The bill would replace an anti-gambling law established in 1802 which banned any games with cards or dice.

Missourians by a decisive margin Tuesday repealed the state’s USD 500 loss limit on riverboat gamblers. “Losing was not an option,” said Troy Stremming, an Ameristar executive and leader of the Yes on A committee, which raised and spent more than USD 15 million to pass Proposition A. With votes from 96 percent of the state’s precincts counted, the issue was winning 56 percent to 44 percent.

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) – Hoping they can convince at least one more city council member that a temporary ban on smoking in the casinos is working, casino workers are pushing to make the ban permanent. The council voted 5-4 last week to delay the ban for one year due to the economic crisis. But with a final vote scheduled for Monday on the council’s stated intent to delay the ban…

Boston – Voters in Massachusetts will soon decide whether greyhound racing should continue there, though the real question might be whether the once-popular sport dies a quick death or a slow one. Across the country, the legions of blue-collar fans the industry relied on have been lured away by casinos, lotteries, online gambling and other forms of betting. Track owners fighting the proposed ban fiercely oppose claims that the dogs are mistreated.

Former Premier Alex Scott says he would not support any legislation to allow cruise ships to open late-night casinos in port. Mr. Scott, who introduced anti-gambling laws while he was Premier four years ago, says he would be a hypocrite if he was to give his backing to Premier Ewart Brown’s plan designed to help Bermuda fight off increasing competition from rival cruise destinations.

Ottawa – More than 400 Casino du Lac-Leamy workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour for a new contract that will give them pay increases of two to 2.5 per cent during the next five years, averting a planned strike by just one day. Alain Savignac, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees local representing cashiers, slot machine attendants, doormen, cloakroom attendants, customer service employees, parking lot attendants and other workers…

Las Vegas (AP) – Dealers at the Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas have voted down union representation. Saturday’s action, taken on a 247-162 vote, was the first setback for Las Vegas Dealers Local 721 after successful organizing efforts last year at Wynn Las Vegas and Caesars Palace. Union officials say after the vote count, overseen by officials from the National Labor Relations Board, that they’re not discouraged and would continue the efforts at local casinos.

Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2008) – Over one million poker enthusiasts are members of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group. The organization, which is committed to protecting the rights of individuals to play poker, announced this significant milestone today as it also launched a voter registration program and its political action committee (PAC).

Lawmakers in Annapolis are moving to tighten up campaign reporting requirements for the November referendum on legalizing slot machines, as both sides gird for what’s expected to be a free-spending battle to win voters. The Senate heard two bills last week that would expand and clarify the mandates for groups and businesses to report their expenditures on either side of the slots debate.

A USD 600 million resort and casino in Southwest Ohio that developers hope Ohio residents will vote for this fall would be 185,806 sqm and include a 1,500-room, 20-story hotel. Partners for MyOhioNow.com, the group that hopes to develop the project, revealed an architectural design from their offices here on Wednesday. The casino would be built on Ohio 73 at Interstate 71 between Harveysburg and Wilmington, but the project first must be approved by Ohio voters.

A USD 600 million resort and casino in Southwest Ohio that developers hope Ohio residents will vote for this fall would be 185,806 sqm and include a 1,500-room, 20-story hotel. Partners for MyOhioNow.com, the group that hopes to develop the project, revealed an architectural design from their offices here on Wednesday. The casino would be built on Ohio 73 at Interstate 71 between Harveysburg and Wilmington, but the project first must be approved by Ohio voters.