The Guardian – As MPs debate the impact of fixed-odds betting machines, we look at the data to find out which forms of gambling are the most popular in which parts of the country – and what has changed. Labour is to press the coalition on their gambling policy on Wednesday during an opposition day debate. Ed Miliband has said Labour would give councils the power to ban high-stakes roulette machines from bookmakers’ shops, and the party wants the government to adopt similar plans. The gambling industry has been accused of focusing these roulette machines (known as fixed-odds betting terminals, or…

The Hill – Online gaming is a pressing issue that affects millions of American consumers, major businesses and the U.S. economy. With so much at stake, I recently testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade) to deliver a clear message: the attempted prohibition of online gaming simply does not—and will not—work. Under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 and the Wire Act, the federal government has tried to crack down on operators running illegal offshore gambling sites. This attempted prohibition has failed by every measure. Last year, before a single…

Online-Casinos.com – The European online gambling market is lucrative for the governments of a few smaller jurisdictions that may be small in actual size but globally well connected and stable. An economy that has invested in high tech online gambling has reaped the benefit of those employed in the industry. Governments all over the world are solidly committed to continuing the use of the taxes derived from gambling for social purposes and a better standard of living. One good example of the location location idea are the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy. One of these islands is the…

Lehigh Valley Music – Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, which already has one of the busiest music venues in the world with its Sands Bethlehem Event Center, and offers nightclub performers in its Molton Lounge, will soon offer a new type of entertainment: For children. Kids Quest children’s entertainment centers, which operates 19 Kids Quest locations and eight Cyber Quest locations nationwide – nearly all at casinos – announced today it will open a center at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem this spring. Founded in 1992, Kids Quest is a family-owned business that, for an hourly fee, lets ages 6 weeks…

Las Vegas City Life – A downtown property owner is proposing a 23-story, 300-room “boutique hotel” near the corner of Bridger Avenue and Fourth Street. “It is a project for a boutique hotel focusing on people who come to Las Vegas, who would be using or visiting the Fremont Street Experience area, but wouldn’t necessarily want to stay there,” said Bradley Hofland, the Las Vegas attorney who owns the existing office at 228 Fourth Street and is seeking city approval for the project. “It’s more of a business hotel, near the courthouse, the Smith Center and the World Market Center.”…

Aljazeera – Labour Party wants to limit hi-tech betting machines that account for over half of the industry’s annual income. Britain’s opposition Labour Party is arguing for tighter controls on the country’s gambling industry. It wants to limit the number of hi-tech betting machines in local betting shops, which critics say are particularly addictive. There are 33,000 terminals in the UK today that account for over half of the gambling industry’s multi-billion dollar annual income. The industry, naturally, does not want tighter controls. Al Jazeera’s Simon McGregor-Wood reports from London. SOURCE