The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday unanimously rejected a concept of allowing casino customers to use their debit cards to buy ticket in-ticket out vouchers that can be gambled on slot machines. The proposal, which had been requested through a partnership between Global Cash Access and slot machine giant International Game Technology, was denied by commissioners for several reasons. The most prominent concern by the five-member panel was they didn’t see the need for that particular system to be established.

Legislative fraction of PRD in the House of Legislators remarked that the approval of the new 20% tax to games and draws will allow the ending of money laundering and the proliferation of such businesses in Mexico. It remarked the importance of the Special Tax on Products and Services (IEPS), which will tax with a 20% fee to bets and draws.

Brussels, Belgium: Belgium’s gaming commission took international gambling Web site Unibet to task on Wednesday over its game allowing gamblers to place bets on when the country’s political crisis will come to an end. The commission said it filed a complaint with the Brussels prosecutors office claiming Unibet’s game of chance on when Belgium’s deeply divided political leaders will form a new national government was against the law. Elections were held June 10.

Britons are no more addicted to gambling than they were eight years ago, a surprising new report has found. The survey by the Gambling Commission said around 32 million people took part in some type of gambling activity in the past year – a million down on the 33 million who gambled in 1999. If the number of people playing just the National Lottery are discounted, the findings showed the number of gamblers betting in other types of games had increased by 2% from 46% to 48%.

Mexican legislators approved in a commission a 20% tax to operators of bets and draws, a duty that could affect the profitability of several games and draws belonging to media company Televisa and entertainment firm CIE. In a press release sent by the House of Legislators, they said that the duty had been proposed as part of the Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS), included in a tax reform which is being debated in the Congress.

Just weeks after the introduction of the UK Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission has announced that it will publish its prevalence study examining problem gambling in the UK on September 19. „There will be a presentation to industry bodies on the Tuesday evening before it is released the next day,” one gambling industry source, who did not wish to be named, told news agency Reuters.

The Economy Commission of the House of Legislators agreed on the proposal for the Tax Reform of the federal government in order to add a 20% fee on the performance of bets and draws. The project of the report, ready for approval next week in San Lázaro, indicates that the gambling industry with bets and draws neither brings society the direct and indirect benefits it demands, nor it fully compensates the associated costs.

On the 31 August 2007, the UK Gambling Commission released the rules of casino games in Great Britain. This document sets out the rules, including layouts, odds and any side bets, for each game on the list of approved games, or approved for trial. This rules aim to ensure a consistent approach in providing casino games in Great Britain. Licensees must follow any rules for the playing of approved casino games (or games being trialed), or other games of chance.

Atlantic City will soon become the next testing ground for what many are calling the next generation of slot machine technology. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission last week approved testing of server-supported gaming in Atlantic City casinos. It means that tests will now be conducted of systems that download game content and peripherals from a central server to terminals on the floor. The “server-supported” gaming approved differs from “server-based” gaming in that the game logic will still reside at the slot terminals on the floor.

Making the UK Gambling Commission’s „white list“ for jurisdictions whose gambling companies will be allowed to advertise in the United Kingdom ended up being a big boon for Malta. The U.K. Gambling Act of 2005 went into effect September 1, and one of the new laws permits only those companies based in the European Economic Area or countries given special approval from the Department for Culture, Media and Sports to advertise their online gambling ventures.

Isle of Man Chief Minister, Tony Brown on Friday announced the appointment of the Chairman, and a new member, of the Gambling Supervision Commission. It emerged that Claire Milne, a qualified solicitor and Manx advocate had been appointed Chairman of the Commission, replacing outgoing Chairman, Jane O’Rourke. Mrs Milne has a background in intellectual property, IT Law and data protection, including e-money, e-commerce and e-gaming.

Sweden has officially refused to meet long-standing European Union calls to open the country’s lucrative gambling market to non-Swedish companies. The Swedish government says while it intends to consider the demands, no changes to local law will be implemented. The government goes on to say it sees the lone Swedish exception to EU gambling laws as acceptable. In June the Commission demanded that Sweden scrap rules forbidding foreign firms from entering the Swedish betting market – an industry forecast to be worth over USD 5 billion dollars this year.