Northwest Herald – Just four months after the Island Lake Village Board narrowly rejected video gambling, it’s taking a second look. With all the surrounding communities allowing video gaming machines, business owners such as Jerry DeLaurentis, the owner of Sideouts Bar & Eatery and the adjoining bowling alley 3-D Bowl, have argued they’re losing business. “Video gaming is here in Illinois,” DeLaurentis said. “It’s here to stay. It’s not going anywhere. We need it in our town because we need to survive.” When the board last voted on the idea, Village President Charles Amrich cast the deciding vote, killing the ordinance….

Macau Business Daily – Gaming bosses seem confident that growth in Macau’s casino revenue will be somewhere in the middle of the range of 10 percent to 20 percent next year because mainlanders will keep coming here to gamble. The chief executive of SJM Holdings Ltd, Ambrose So Shu Fai, expects casino gross gaming revenue to expand next year even though the base for comparison this year will be high. Hong Kong’s Chinese-language Apple Daily quoted Mr So as saying many mainlanders had yet to visit Macau, so mainland money would continue to be the principal driver of gaming revenue…

Albuquerque Journal – A proposed new gambling agreement between the Navajo Nation and the state was met in the 2013 legislative session with complaints about the last-minute timing and a cascade of other questions and concerns. The proposal will be back again in 2014, and it doesn’t appear the welcome will be any warmer. But the nation says it intends to stick with what it has negotiated, at least for now. “We love our compact,” said Navajo Nation Council Delegate Lorenzo Bates. “On our side of the street, this is how we want to do business,” he said. The agreement…

Those who support Kentucky expanded gambling and legalizing casinos are back in the starting gate, mounting another campaign that promotes expanded gambling as a lucrative revenue source during lean times in hopes of a strong stretch run for a proposal mired in defeat. The latest version will be presented as a proposed constitutional amendment that would go on the 2014 fall ballot in Kentucky if approved by the General Assembly. Proposals have been drafted for introduction in the House and Senate. Its most ardent backers insist it’s not such a long-shot, but even they sound worn down by years of…

Belfast Telegraph – Moves to clear the way for the first casino to be built in Northern Ireland are expected to advance next year. Representatives of one Europe’s biggest gaming companies and Belfast City councillors have already had exploratory discussions over a multimillion-pound complex which would also include restaurants and a hotel. Up to 200 jobs could be created, it has been claimed. Northern Ireland’s gambling laws do not have provision for the opening of a purpose-built casino, but the UK-based Rank Group, which manages 55 casinos across Britain, has confirmed possible plans for one in Belfast. Dan Waugh, Rank…

Blackjack Champ – Gaming industry representatives were outraged last week over South Australian anti-gambling public service announcements. The billboards suggested online and mobile social gaming could encourage people to take up iPad gambling. Efforts of the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) to get the billboards taken down were successful, as South Australian officials finally caved in to their requests. The advertisements showed a young girl in front of a felt-covered table with chips and cards, holding an iPad, with the message “Gambling starts with games” written under the image. IGEA representatives claimed the billboards don’t follow the government’s own…