30th
April Philippines
Source: Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
Philippine
Pagcor To Reopen Casino On SM Group Ppty
28th
April Australia Source:
News.com.au
Gamblers
rack up $13.3bn in losses
"Australians gambled away
more than the Tasmanian 1999-2000 GDP of $11.6 billion"
28th
April Australia Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Pokies
raise the stakes as a nation spends up
Australians lost an average
of A$931 per head during 1999/2000. Local and state Governments cashed
in A$4.4 billion of tax revenues and total gambling turnover was up 10%
at A$113.8 billion.
26th
April Chicago & Sydney
Source: Yahoo/Reuters
WMS says Australia plans
won't impact EPS
25th
April Sydney Source:
Sydney Morning Herald - April 26th
Whales
make too big a splash at casino
Star
City shies away from high rollers
25th
April Sydney & Melbourne
Source: News.com.au
High-roller
forces Star City to cut refund
The article contains an
amazing statistic on the potential refunds available to players who lose
A$1 million or more in Australian casinos. No surprise they find it difficult
to win.
24th
April Australia Source:
TheAge.com.au - April 20th
Call
for ATM limit at gaming venues
21st
April Perth Source: The
West Australian
Burswood slips as punters
win - The Perth casino operator issued a profit warning
after big wins by players during the first quarter.
20th
April Victoria, Australia
Source: TheAge.com.au - Editorial Comment
Brumby
bows to the pokie czars
More on the tax raise to
A$1,533. The Average pokie in Victoria has a win of A$80,000. The State
gets 16% of its revenue from gambling taxes and levies.
20th
April Sydney Source: Yahoo
Asia/Reuters
Australia's
NSW freezes gaming machine growth
19th
April Melbourne, Victoria
Source: Herald Sun/News.com.au & TheAge.com.au
Crime
web hits casino
A report detailing incidents
at the Southern Hemisphere's largest casino.
$35m
gaming windfall to boost hospitals
How the Victorian Government
intends spending additional revenue from an increase in Pokie taxes to
A$1,533 per machine.
19th
April Las Vegas & Queensland,
Australia Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Shuffle Master Agrees
to Acquire QuickDraw(R) Shuffler Business - SM's
market Cap. presently stands at almost $280 million with over 3,000 units
in operation.
18th
April Melbourne Source:
Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
Australia's
Tabcorp Unhappy With Gambling Machine Levy
The Victoria state government
plans increases to A$1,533 up from A$333 coming into effect July 1st.
17th
April Melbourne Source:
Sydney Morning Herald & TheAge.com.au - same report.
Crown
Casino tender papers locked away for two years
Access
to casino papers denied
17th
April Adelaide Source:
New Zealand Herald
Plan
to lure big spenders to casino is paying off
The A$13 million renovation
of the Adelaide casino. The property recieves some 5,400 visits a day and
is one of the cities top 10 employers
17th
April Bangkok Source: Manila
Bulletin - opinion/editorial & Bangkok Post
Casino proliferation in
Asia sparks debate
Officials losing their fight
against casinos
15th
April Thailand Source:
The Nation
Legal casinos may now be
on the cards
12th
April Sydney Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire & Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
Aristocrat Update on the
Acquisition of Casino Data Systems
Aristocrat/Casino
-2: Support Of International Bank
10th
April New Zealand Source: Newsroom.co.nz
"Pokie"
Numbers Increase Sharply
The Department of Internal
Affairs says the number of gaming machines outside casinos now stands at
18,650.
9th
April San Francisco & Hong Kong
Source: AsianWeek.com & Individual.com/AP
Addicted
to Big Money - and Bad Odds
Little
help available for chronic gamblers in betting crazed Hong Kong
6th
April Sydney Source: Yahoo
Singapore/Dow Jones
Australia's
Aristocrat Considers CDS Financing Options
6th
April Saudi Arabia Source:
BBC.co.uk
Long-distance
gambling den raided
5th
April Australia Source:
The Courier Mail
Advertising
for Internet gambling to be banned
4th
April Las Vegas Source:
Yahoo/PRNewswire
PDS Financial Corporation
Signs Licensing Agreement With Action Gaming, Inc.;
Agreement Will Allow PDS Gaming To Expand Line Of Digital Table Games
3rd
April Victoria, Australia
Source: TheAge.com.au
Gaming
laws curb growth
3rd
April Australia Source:
TheAge.com.au - OPINION
Gambling's
great web of lies
2nd
April Hong Kong Source:
Yahoo Singapore/Reuters
Hong Kong kicks around idea
of legalising soccer betting
1st
April Macau Source: MSNBC.com/Reuters
Macao’s
casinos look to future
In nine months the 40 year
old contract of STDM to run gambling on the former Portugese enclave comes
to an end.
30th
March Goa, India Source:
Yahoo Singapore/AFP - Mar 28th
Excise
officials shut down India's first off-shore casino
28th
March Macau Source: Yahoo
Singapore/Reuters
Macau
bets gambling king Ho will keep rolling
Dr Stanley Ho's 40 year
concession on casino gambling ends on December 31st. There are no shortage
of potential bidders for the new licenses.
26th
March New South Wales Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Carr shuffles pokie machine
changes off to 'research'
Three of the proposed measures
to limit the effects of problem gambling, including reducing the maximum
bet to $1 have been deferred.
23rd
March New South Wales Source:
ninemsn.com.au
eBet Ltd completes cashless
gaming system trial
After being tested at Pokie
clubs the system has recieved unconditional approval from the Government-Accredited
Testing Facility (ATF).
21st
March New South Wales, Australia
Source: The Australian
Clubs
punt on cashless pokies
20th
March Australia Source:
Ninemsn.com/AAP
Casino
workers fear gambler violence
he
Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU) calling for
the introduction of metal detectors in Australian casinos.
20th
March Taiwan Source: Taipei
Times
Penghu
residents unsure on casinos
The
group of 64 islands are located in the Taiwan straights in between Taiwan
and mainland China.
20th
March South Korea
Source: Korea Herald
Seoul
drags feet on Hyundais casino plan...
18th
March Macau Source:
Yahoo Singapore/AFP
Hong
Kong horseowner wins Macau baccarat tournament
Organized
by Dr Ho's Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) the first prize
was $640,000.
18th
March Hong Kong Source:
Yahoo Singapore/AFP
Hong
Kong debates plan to legalize football gambling
The
Hong Kong Jockey Club that has a monopoly on horse racing and lottery betting
had a turnover of $10.65 billion in 2000.
16th
March Goa, India Source:
PRNewswire
Casinos
Austria International Opens Casino on Boat in Goa
15th
March Alderney Source:
Ananova
Sportingbet
buys Australia's largest private bookmaker.
15th
March Philippines
Source: Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones
Malaysia's
Ekran Says Won't Sell Casino At Half Value
14th
March England & Cambodia
Source: EndX press release
EndX
in Cambodia
The company has recently
completed installation of their Pit Assistant solution at the 65 table
Holiday Palace casino in Poipet.
14th
March Australia Source:
Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones
Casinos
Austria/Earnings -2: Watching Israel, Palestine
14th
March Philippines
Source: Yahoo Singapore/Asia Pulse
Malaysia's
Ekran to Sell Casino Resort in the Philippines
13th
March Taiwan Source: Taipai
Times (OPINION)
Gambling
must not be legalized
13th
March New Zealand
Source: Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
NZ
Sky City Application For Convention, Gaming Expansion
Approval is being sought
to increase slot numbers to 1647 and tables to 110 for the Auckland
casino
9th
March Melbourne Source:
Herald Sun
MP
in more strife over pokies
9th
March Colombo Source:
Yahoo Singapore/AFP
Sri
Lanka gambles on casinos to fund war budget
9th
March Taipei Source:
China Times (English version) & FT.com
Mixed
Reactions to Proposal for Casinos on Offshore Islands
Taiwan
may end gambling ban
8th
March Taipei Source:
China Times (English version)
Taiwan
Legislators Pushing to Legalise Casino Business
8th
March Thailand & Cambodia
border Source: TheNation
Bt30
visas for Poipet casino clients
7th
March Victoria, Australia
Source: TheAge.com.au
Premier
seeks cap on gaming donations
6th
March New Zealand
Source: New Zealand Herald
Billions
feed NZ's big gamble
Eight
billion dollar bet we make every year
Gambling turnover in 2000
was NZ$8.4 billion an average of NZ$2500 per person. 45% being fed into
Pokies in hotels and clubs.
6th
March Melbourne Source:
Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
Proposed
Tax/Tabcorp -2: Industry Complains
More on the proposal for
a A$4,000 tax per machine in Victoria.
6th
March Wellington, New Zealand
Source: Yahoo Singapore/Dow Jones/Reuters
Sky
City To Rename Adelaide Casino
NZ's
Sky City plans NZ$37 mln conference centre
6th
March Seoul, South Korea
Source: Chosun Online - Editorial
Casinos
a Sure Bet?
5th
March Hong Kong Source:
Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
Hong
Kong Police Arrest 100 In Raid On Floating Casino
3rd
March Melbourne Source:
TheAge.com.au
Bracks
weak-kneed on gaming, says expert
The Victorian Government
plans to remove 406 out of a total of 27,500 gaming machines outside of
the Crown Casino.
2nd
March Seoul, South Korea
Source: Chosun.com & Yahoo Singapore
Race
for New Casinos in Seoul Under Way
Korea's
Hanmoo Set to Build Casino in Oakwood Hotel
South Korea is joint host
with Japan for the Soccer World Cup in 2002.
1st
March Victoria, Australia Source:
Herald Sun
Gaming
powerbrokers revealed
The Victorian Casino &
Gaming Authority has for the first time posted 4,000 names of associates
& operators online.
Tax
plan seeks $4000 pokie levy
Possible cost to Crown casino
A$10 million a year and Tattersall's and Tabcorp A$55 million each.
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