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Faced with the prospect of tax increases and cuts to public services, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg and California Senator Roderick Wright have co-authored an online poker bill which could help raise up to $200 million each year for the cash-strapped state. Highlighting... 

In accordance with its Gambling Act, at the beginning of January the Belgian Gaming Commission approved three sites for online poker and instructed the country’s four largest Internet service providers to block access to all other unauthorized sites. In order... 

The newly regulated online poker market in Spain is due to start operations on June 1st, with many big name companies expected to receive their licences by the end of this month. These companies include PokerStars, 888, Ladbrokes and bwin.party, but their interests... 

Atlantic City’s woes seem set to continue after gambling figures for April were released showing a huge 10% decline in revenue to $260.6 million, from $289.4 million in the same month a year earlier. According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement... 

After five months of modest gains, the Nevada Gaming Control Board has now released its report for March revealing a 10.8% decline in casino revenue to $854.5 million compared to $958.7 million in March 2011. Overall, slot machine revenue was down 6.7% to $579.7... 

The American Gaming Association (AGA) has just released its annual report for 2011, revealing a 3% increase in revenue to $35.6 billion for the country’s 492 non-Indian casinos. In total, 339,000 people were employed within the industry down less than 0.5%... 

Unibet Group PLC has released its first quarter financial results for 2012, revealing a 36% rise in revenue to £51.12 million ($82.6m), compared to £37.50 million in the same period a year ago. The gross winnings revenue figure was also an all-time high for the... 

This week, Lock Poker signalled it’s intention to expand operations after announcing  it was to leave the Merge Gaming Network and acquire the assets of the Cake Poker Network in order to launch its own network called Revolution Gaming on June 1st. The move... 

Gambling revenue in Macau has continued to surge after the Chinese enclave recorded a 22% rise in casino earnings to 25 billion patacas ($3.13 billion) for the month of April. That is equivalent to around $105 million taken each day from gamblers. Although the... 

Back in November 2010, Jerry Rape won $1,377,015 playing the slots at Creek Casino Montgomery in Alabama but was denied his winnings after the Indian casino claimed it was a computer malfunction.  At the time of his win, flashing lights and sirens went off on...