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State gaming win: Casinos bailed out by locals

NEVADA -- For once, it wasn't all about the Strip. Casinos along the famous boulevard saw October gaming revenues decrease for the second straight month in 2006, according to figures released Monday by the Gaming Control Board. However, Nevada's statewide gaming win climbed slightly in October, thanks to double-digit gaming revenue increases in North Las Vegas, along the Boulder Highway, Henderson and in other segments of the locals casino market. Nevada casinos won $1.062 billion in October, 0.37 percent better than October 2005, when they won $1.059 billion...read more

Italy, Spain usher in new gambling regs

Gaming regulators in Italy and Spain have passed legislation to liberalize land-based and Internet betting, prompting a deluge of license applications from foreign operators. In Italy, the government is auctioning off 17,000 licenses for sports and horse racing betting at shops and other outlets...read more

Tavern regulars breathe easy

and Jennifer Robison NEVADA -- The lunchtime crowd at Jerseys Bar and Grill had varying opinions on how their habits would change if Question 5, the anti-smoking initiative voters approved in November, is ever enacted. All, however, supported a judge's ruling Thursday that delayed enforcement of the law for at least two weeks. Issac Brooks, a carpenter enjoying a meal at the bar, said he would be willing to take his cigarettes outside should the court ultimately rule in favor of the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act, which eliminates smoking where food is served. Sheay Williamson, on the other hand, would move her business to bars without food service. The range of sentiments all resonated with Jerseys owner Eric Arnold. Like his fellow tavern operators statewide, Arnold is faced with a decision about how to run his business: Eliminate the kitchen or kick smokers out doors. Arnold, who has owned the tavern with 15 slot machines in the Sahara Pavilion for almost two years, said smokers would lose out. "We don't have a big menu, but it's a good menu and I make money on my food...read more

Guide to playing cards

While there are dozens of products attempting to cash in on poker's popularity this holiday season, only one item is truly essential to play the game: Playing cards. There are three things to consider in your quest for the perfect deck of cards: Paper or Plastic?Poker or Bridge?Standard or Jumbo? Let's take these questions one at a time… Paper or Plastic?Don't feel guilty for buying plastic cards...read more

Lawsuit on tip pooling at Wynn thrown out

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A District Court judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit brought by two dealers from Wynn Las Vegas who sought to end the Strip casino's recently implemented and much debated tip pooling policy. Attorneys for the dealers said they plan to appeal the ruling to the Nevada Supreme Court. In his decision, Judge Douglas Herndon said there was no contract of employment between the dealers and Wynn, which meant that Nevada law allows an employer to change any tip pooling policies...read more

AGA Announces Communications Awards Winners

During November's Global Gaming Expo (G2E), the American Gaming Association (AGA) recognized the importance of communications to the gaming industry with the sixth annual AGA Communications Awards. The awards, which recognize outstanding corporate communications and advertising in the gaming industry, were presented on Nov...read more

Bodog cuts back on U.S. ads, moves to Antigua

Online gambling giant Bodog.com Entertainment says it is pulling gaming advertising in the U.S. in order to focus on international expansion. The company also announced it has shifted its global headquarters from Costa Rica to Antigua. The company calls its advertising pullback "extensive" and says it applies to television, radio, magazine and newspapers ads for its free-play Bodog.net site in the U.S...read more

Las Vegas Sands to launch online casino

Las Vegas Sands shocked the online gambling world this week by announcing it would launch a real-money Internet casino for the U.K. this spring. The Sands' online venture will combine elements of its popular Las Vegas casino gaming brands and feature a full package of casino games and poker...read more

Mergers and acquisitions: Station founders bid to take company private

NEW YORK -- The news Monday that a partnership headed by the founders of Station Casinos and Los Angeles-based Colony Capital had offered to take the gambling company private in a $4.7 billion transaction brought renewed interest in the gaming industry as a target for private equity investors. Some gaming analysts had a simple question in looking at the potential Station Casinos buyout: What's next? "The only real surprise was the timing," said Dan Ahrens, a Dallas-based portfolio manager who oversees the Gaming and Casino Fund...read more

Sands to enter online gaming

ALDERNEY AND LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. will venture into the world of online gambling through a partnership with fledgling wireless-gaming device provider Cantor Gaming. The casino operator announced Monday it will offer its gaming property brands -- Venetian, Sands, Palazzo and Paiza -- to an online casino site targeted toward gamblers in the United Kingdom...read more