iGaming Business – Gaming entertainment products supplier WMS Industries has reported a fall in fourth-quarter net income despite a significant increase in revenue associated with interactive products and services. Revenue for the quarter climbed to $203 million (€153 million) from $196 million a year ago, with interactive gaming products and services accounting for a rise of $16.2 million to $17.4 million year-on-year. Overall gaming operations revenue increased by about a third to $83.4 million. However, product sales revenue fell by 10.3% and unit shipments declined by 12.7%. “Our investments in research and development during the last several years have supported…

iGaming Business – Consumer online search volumes pertaining to sports betting, poker, bingo and casino, have suffered their sharpest drop yet in the UK, according to a report digital marketing agency Greenlight. Search habits made on Google UK during July revealed that the overall number of gaming-related searches dropped 34% to 995,830 on the 1,5 million figure achieved the month before and was the sharpest drop in search numbers since August 2012. News of the drop in igaming-related queries in the UK comes after the government’s announcement of the 15% point of consumption tax on operators due to be implemented…

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New York Daily News – State Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick says the bill would target businesses that have been deemed sales tax exempt, such as outdoor concerts, boxing matches and pleasure houses. The tax man may soon be visiting a few Nevada brothels. A bill to be introduced in the Nevada legislature on Wednesday will propose an 8% flat tax for live entertainment at business ventures in the state ranging from brothels to the annual Burning Man festival. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick (D-North Las Vegas) says the bill would target events and businesses that have either been deemed exempt from…

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New York Daily News – Brothels like The Mustang Ranch in Nevada are hurting from sex workers using the internet to find clients. A brothel lobbyist tells the News that while some dens of iniquity can survive, others may not be so lucky. First, it was bookstores. Then, the newspaper business. Now, an unlikely industry is suffering from the prevalence of the internet — brothels. These Nevada “dens of iniquity” are facing a fate of ill-repute. Because prostitutes can now use the Internet to find their clientele, they’re finding less of a need for legal brothels. George Flint, the senior…