| “This certification shows the KLC’s commitment to responsible gaming is in line with the highest industry standards,” said KLC President and CEO Arch Gleason (Gleason also serves as the current WLA president). “We’ve received state and national awards in the past for our ‘Play Responsibly’ program, and to be the first in the United States to receive this world-recognized certification is a great indicator of our program’s strength.” |
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| When Steve Wynn decided to take over the Foxwoods Philadelphia casino project he was hoping it would be a simple matter of a nod and a wave to get the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to let him proceed with the plans. But it looks like its going to be a bit of an involved process. While the gaming board decided not to pull the license from the project they aren't willing to hand it over to Wynn just yet. |
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| The biggest potential cash cow for video gaming revenue is obviously Chicago, but the city had already banned such types of gambling well before the new legislation was signed. State Sen. Mike Jacobs (D-Moline) thinks that's a big problem, and if Mayor Daley and the Chicago City Council don't change their minds on the ban, well then they shouldn't be expecting any money, then, either. Jacobs was quoted as saying, "If the mayor's not interested in [helping pay] for capital projects he shouldn't take them." |
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| Governor Carcieri is asking legislators to free the owners of the Twin River slot parlor from current employment and dog-racing requirements, cover more than $10 million of their marketing and management costs and provide them with an even more solid guarantee that state taxpayers will cover them if they lose money to a new competitor in Rhode Island. |
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| "BCLC will be working with a supplier to pilot-test a system that would allow the purchase of lottery tickets from point-of-sale equipment such as debit card readers. This would integrate current BCLC technology with existing transaction equipment at retail and increase convenience to players," according to a lottery corporation release. |
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| The UK represents the largest online gambling industry in Europe but many other European countries are leading the way in finding new and innovative approaches to regulation and tax. Italy, for example, pressured online poker rooms and sportsbooks to take up regulatory licenses and pay tax which significantly boosted the country's revenues. |
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| Peter M. Carlino, Chief Executive Officer of Penn National commented, "We are excited to carry on the rich 86-year racing heritage of Beulah Park and further expand our nationwide portfolio of racing facilities which will now include seven pari-mutuel facilities, the most of any operator in the country. |
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| La Française des Jeux has added a new service known as “Playscan” to its Fdjeux.com site. Playscan provides players with an in-depth analysis of their gaming behaviour, thereby enabling them to exercise appropriate awareness and caution as they play. |
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| Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced the appointment of Ian Timmis as Chief Executive of its wholly-owned subsidiaries The Global Draw Ltd. and Games Media effective March 8, 2010, reporting to Steve Frater who will continue in his role as Executive Chairman. Mr. Timmis brings strong UK and International experience and will strengthen the existing team by supporting growth initiatives anticipated at The Global Draw and Games Media. |
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| National Lottery operator Camelot has announced that its hugely-popular Thunderball game is about to get even bigger, with an increased top prize, a new prize tier, an extended number range and a brand new Friday draw – all for the same great price of £1. |
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 The Major Peter J. O'Connell LOTTERY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Recipients for 2010 are John Musgrave, Director of the West Virginia Lottery &  John Pittman, VP of Marketing for Intralot, Inc. Thank you to the lottery directors who nominated these recipients. The Lottery Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony will take place at SMART-TECH 2010 in New York during a special awards luncheon in their honor - Weds. March 24 at 1:00 pm. |
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Advocate General Mengozzi of the European Court of Justice said in an Opinion issued Thursday that neither the freedom of establishment nor the freedom to provide services gives gaming licence holders the right to offer gambling on the territory of other Member States without the proper authority, licensing, and approval of the member-state.
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| Intralot’s Brazilian subsidiary, Intralot do Brasil, has won an international tender to operate lottery games in Minas Gerais, the second most populous state in Brazil, under which it will launch a fast Keno type game, with additional numerical games to follow through an online network of 2,500 points of sale. |
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Chicagoland drivers lucky enough to win the Powerball game won't really care about the region's notorious traffic jams. For the less lucky, a new digital billboard campaign sponsored by the Illinois Lottery and architected by Omnicom's OMD could come in handy. The campaign features 19 digital billboards that not only provide Powerball information but also offer to motorists live traffic.
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Sen. Jim Kastama, D-Puyallup, sponsored Senate Bill (SB) 6409, which devotes lottery-ticket sales to higher-education funding. The bill was placed on second reading by the Senate Rules Committee yesterday. Kastama also introduced a similar bill last year, SB 6086, which was reintroduced this year but failed to pass out of Senate committee. He said that he has sponsored the lottery-ticket bill for three years.
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| Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) and Youbet.com entered into a definitive merger agreement last November under which CDI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Youbet.com in a transaction valued at approximately $126.8 million, withYoubet.com to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDI. CDI said at the time that the deal would bring “significant value and opportunity to both customers of the combined business.” |
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In a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, DeLeo said expanded gambling would complement recent tax investments in expanding the life sciences and clean energy sectors. While those have boosted white-collar employment, he said, blue-collar workers in the construction and service industries continue to suffer. “I have cautioned before and I will caution again: Gaming is not a panacea,” DeLeo said. “But it is a plan that creates a new economic sector and new jobs in Massachusetts when we need them most.”
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"These gaming establishments, like each of the others that have been developed in Iowa, will create hundreds of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs," Culver said in a letter to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. "I believe the Racing and Gaming Commission should embrace the wishes of those Iowans who voted for gaming and approve the pending license applications for all of those four counties."
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Minneapolis ad agency Olson has been picked as winner of the $7 million Minnesota State Lottery account – beating incumbent Minneapolis agency Colle + McVoy. Pending final approval by Minnesota State Lottery officials, selection of Olson to create advertising for the lottery account extends the agency’s streak of new business wins.
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The firm this week announced it successfully bid to become the agency of record for the West Virginia Lottery, a deal that will put the company in charge of launching a marketing campaign to drive participation. Nikki Orcutt, a lottery spokeswoman, said the one-year contract doesn’t have a set dollar value but added the lottery spent about $7.8 million on advertising last year.
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