30th
June Sydney Source:
TheAge.com.au
Tabcorp
abandons the high-rollers
30th
June Sydney & Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
Aristocrat and CDS Announce
Completion of Merger
28th
June Sydney & Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo Asia/Reuters & Dow Jones
Tabcorp
stops casino high roller incentives
Australia's
Tabcorp, Harrah's Extend Casino Relationship
28th
June Canberra Source:
The Australian
Senate to vote on online
gambling ban
27th
June Kuala Lumpur
Source: Yahoo Asia/Reuters
Genting
says casino licence safe despite threats
27th
June Australia Source: Herald
Sun
Mates
fight over $1m casino win
26th
June Macau & Antiqua
Source: Yahoo Asia/Reuters
Macau
gambling king Ho hits jackpot online
26th
June Australia Source: ABC
News Online
Brown urges further amendments
to planned Net gaming ban
25th
June Hong Kong Source: Hong
Kong iMail
Officials
'lost on overseas bets'
Estimates are that HK$20
Billion is now placed annually with offshore bookmakers.
25th
June Philippines Source:
iWon.com/Reuters & Northern Light
Mondragon
to re-open casino to pay debts
Mondragon
in talks with 6 potential investors
The property at the former
Clark airforce base closed in 1998 and will re-open on July 6th as a partnership
with PAGCOR having a 75% interest.
24th
June Queensland, Australia
Source: News.com.au
Lockout
staff return to casino
500 gaming staff walked
out for 24 hours on Friday night over wages that according to the article
"have not risen in 15 years". Management have apparently offered 3%.
23rd
June Australia Source: ABCNews
ONline
Jupiters' gaming staff to
strike over failed enterprise talks
23rd
June Las Vegas & Sydney
Source: Yahoo/Business Wire
ALL And CDS Merger Approved
in Nevada and Mississippi
The Aristocrat/Casino Data
Systems merger.
22nd
June Victoria, Australia
Source: Herald Sun
Coins-only
call for pokies
Victoria's 27,403 machines
contribute 10% of the state's total revenue. 68% of peple in a recent survey
would like to see bill acceptors removed from machines.
22nd
June Australia Source: iTnews.com.au
Lasseters
to relist
The online casino out of
Alice Springs is said to have 160,000 registered players of whom 10,000
have been active in the last 90 days.
21st
June Australia Source: Christian
Science Monitor
An
Aussie shift on gambling
he CSM takes a look at Australia
that with a population of 19 million is home to 20% of the world's slots.
20th
June Sydney & Melbourne
Source: Sydney Morning Herald & News.com.au
Casino
ethics questioned after woman loses $8m
Mum
wins $8m, then blows it
The
Vietmanese player won at Star City, Sydney and then apparently did it all
back at the Crown Casino, Melbourne.
19th
June Malaysia Source:
TheStar.com.my
PAS:
Private gambling allowed
18th
June New Zealand Source:
Otago Daily Times
Casinos
take aim at pub gaming rooms
18th
June Hong Kong Source:
HK-iMail.com & Yahoo Asia/AFP
Slide
in race bets brings action call
Hong
Kong Jockey Club sees slump in racing betting turnover
The
last meeting of the season at Sha Tin saw an attendance of 61,000. There
was a decline in the handle of 2.3% for the period to HK$8.532 billion
($10.5 billion).
15th
June Macau & Hong Kong
Source: Asia Week - Cover date June 22nd
Another
Turn of the Wheel
A
further in depth look at the gaming operations of Sociedade de Turismo
e Diversoes de Macau.
13th
June Kuala Lumpur
Source: Yahoo Asia/Reuters
Malaysia
Islamic party allies decry casino comment
12th
June Hong Kong Source:
China Times
China to Start Corruption
Trials over Massive Gambling Racket
11th
June Philippines
Source: Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
Pagcor
To Reopen Mondragon's Mimosa
9th
June Macau Source: Las Vegas
Review Journal/AP
Gaming
czar to lose monopoly
The LVRJ running an earlier
AP story that gives an interesting profile of Dr Stanley Ho.
9th
June NSW, Australia
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Flashy
lures to play the pokies banned under tougher gaming law
8th
June Macau Source:
Hong Kong iMail
King
of Gamblers holds lion's share, says casino company
Interesting background on
the shareholder structure of STDM who's net profit in 2000 was $1.4
billion.
7th
June Thailand Source:
Bangkok Post
Odds raised on casinos
Authorities are concerned
about the loss of revenues caused by Thai's travelling over the border
to the Cambodian casinos in Poipet.
6th
June Macau Source: Yahoo
Asia/AP
Macau
Tycoon Ho Faces End To His Gambling Monopoly
Profile on the 80 year old
Dr Ho and his company, who's 40 year old gambling concession comes to an
end on December 31st.
6th
June Victoria, Australia
Source: News.com.au/Herald Sun & Ninemsn.com.au
Town
wants to save its pokies
Hotels hit out at pokie
criticisms
The Australian Hotels Association
(AHA) has replied to the former Crown Casino boss comments that poker machines
are a social evil.
6th
June New South Wales Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Gaming
complaints up as staff cut
5th
June Australia Source: News.com.au
Anti-gamblers
welcome jackpot crackdown
The Australian Federal Government
is proposing to get rid of wide area Pokie jackpots.
5th
June Melbourne Source: Sydney
Morning Herald
Hotel
tipped to be casino's crowning glory
The Southern hemisphere's
largest casino will begin construction in August on an additional 20 storey,
469 room hotel tower at a cost of A$150 million.
4th
June Melbourne Source: Yahoo
Asia/Dow Jones
Australia's
Crown Casino: Work To Begin In August
Australia
PBL/Crown: A$16.1M Tax-Free Earnings In 1H
4th
June New South Wales Source:
News.com.au - June 1st
Ban
poker machine ads: Pell
In an attempt to curb problem
gambling Sydney's new Archbishop has called for an end to Pokie advertising
and venues opening 24 hours.
1st
June Hong Kong & Antigua
Source: IWorldInteractive.com
Son-in-law
'misused' Stanley Ho's name in website
30th
May NSW, Australia Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Gamblers
to up the ante once again
Planning
ahead, New South Wales is budgeting to cash in A$907 million in gaming
machine revenue in the financial year 2004/5.
29th
May Austria & Australia
Source: Australian Financial Review
Arab conflict hits casino
Casinos Austria International
expect profits to be off one third due to the continuing closure of the
Oasis Casino in Palestine.
29th
May Canberra, Australia
Source: TheAge.com.au
Online
gambling ban likely to be extended
29th
May Canberra, Australia
Source: Yahoo Asia/Reuters
Australia
pushes ahead with Internet gaming ban
29th
May Australia Source:
Ninemsm.com.au
Howard backs internet gaming
ban
29th
May Perth, Australia
Source: CNET/Bloomberg & The West Australian
Packer,
Williams Buy Into Perth's Burswood Casino, Paper Says
Burswood shares rally on
reports of Packer link
28th
May Sydney Source:
Sydney Morning Herald & Yahoo/AFP
PBL
eyes Vanuatu for Net casino
Kerry
Packer moves to set up online gambling from Vanuatu
26th
May Taiwan Source:
Taipei Times
Aussie
gambler bets on Taiwan
25th
May Taiwan Source: Yahoo
Asia /Dow Jones & Las Vegas Sun
Publishing
& Broadcasting/Taiwan-3: Govt Decision Awaited
Packer,
Trump, MGM MIRAGE studying Taiwan casino opportunity
24th
May Japan & Korea Source:
Masui Gaming Machine
Matsui
Gaming Machine sign exclusive distributorship
24th
May Taipei, Taiwan
Source: Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones
Decision
On Casinos In Taiwan Penghu Still A Few Mos Away
24th
May Sydney & Taiwan
Source: Yahoo Asia/Dow Jones & Northern Light
PBL
In Bid To Build Casino In Taiwan
Australia's
Packer eyes license for casino off Taiwan- Report
Both MGM Mirage (MGG) and
PBL are reported to have approached Penghu about establishing a casino
and beach resort on the island.
23rd
May Sydney Source:
The Daily Telgraph/News.com.au
Gambler
in casino ban - A Hungarian man has been accused
of cheating Star City by using a microprocesser hidden in his shoe.
22nd
May Cairns, Australia Source:
Accor Asia- Pacific
Reef
Casino Trust posts best ever financial performance
The Hotel and Casino located
in North Queensland is operated as a joint venture by Accor and Casinos
Austria.
21st
May Sydney & Las Vegas
Source: Northern Light & Yahoo/Asia Pulse
Australia's
Aristocrat to merge with Casino Data
Aristocrat
details U.S. bond, share placement
20th
May Sydney Source: Sydney
Morning Herald
The
Sydney gambler who won $10m in one month
How
Star City first lost the money and then the player.
19th
May Victoria, Australia
Source: TheAge.com.au
A
game for high rollers
Brief
article on Baccarat play in Australia containing misleading statistics
on hold percentages
19th
May Victoria, Australia
Source: TheAge.com.au
Victoria
depends most on gaming
The
state budget for 2001 expects that 17.2% of total revenues will come from
gambling. A$900 million from Pokies alone.
18th
May Victoria, Australia
Source: TheAge.com.au
Punters
to pour $1.4b into coffers
The
Victorian State Goverment have revealed their 2001 budget that relies heavily
on Pokie machine tax revenue and the Crown Casino Melbourne.
18th
May Las Vegas & Sydney
Source: Yahoo Asia/Reuters & News.com.au
Aristocrat
wins final Nevada approval
Aristocrat
gets the nod for Penguin play
The
game had been on trial at the Sunset Station Hotel & Casino, There
are presently some 2,500 Pequin Pays throughout the US.
17th
May Nevada & Sydney
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Aristocrat
Announces Final Approval of Its First Nevada Entry;
Penguin Pays® Games to Be Installed Throughout Nevada Casinos
13th
May South Australia Source:
ABC News Online
Call for SA to introduce
pokies supertax
12th
May Australia & Canada
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Throwing
our money away
As the Australian Federal
parliament gets set to debate Internet gaming laws the SMH looks at the
10,000 strong Kahnawake tribe of Quebec, who's reservation now plays host
to some of the Internets best known gaming sites.
12th
May South Australia Source:
TheAdvertiser.com.au
Casino
owner likely bid for TAB
11th
May Melbourne Source:
CNet/Bloomberg News
PBL
Will Spend A$200 Mln Completing Crown Casino, Paper Says
9th
May Japan Source: CNN Travel/Reuters
Tokyo governor suggests
building casinos
8th
May Australia Source: ABC
News Online
Queensland Govt bans more
poker machines in hotels
8th
May Las Vegas & New Zealand
Source: Las Vegas Sun
Company
installing slot software package
Harrah's Entertainment will
trial the "seePower" slot monitoring system from NZ company Compudigm International.
8th
May New South Wales Source: Sydney
Morning Herald
Resignation
rocks TAB's venture into gaming
The planned launch of a
progressive jackpot system for Pokies in the state has encounted software
problems.
7th
May New Zealand Source:
New Zealand Herald
Sky
City says let public decide
The NZ Government is presently
gathering information as part of a gambling review the recommendations
expected to be published in July.
5th
May Australia Source:
The Australian
Gambling
ban could end TV game shows
4th
May New Zealand Source:
Newsroom.co.nz
New
Gaming Taxes Could Kill Rugby
2nd
May Las Vegas & Australia
Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Shuffle Master Announces
Closing of QuickDraw(R) Transaction And Contracts With Shuffler R&D
Heads
2nd
May South Australia & New
South Wales Source: News.com.au
Survey
backs pokies ban
Warnings
on pokies to ease betting abuse
1st
May Japan & Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Japanese pachinko to make
trans-Pacific leap
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