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TODAY'S HEADLINES

Thursday January 31, 2013

 

LOTTERY NEWS

1. Arizona Lottery Reports Record-Breaking Mid-Year Results.
2. Red Ball Promotion Increases PICK 3 Winnings by About 20%.

 

LEGAL, LEGISLATIVE, POLITICAL & GOVERNMENT

1. ASA Bans Health Lottery Ad.
2. Senate Leader Threatens Legislative Move to Stop Internet-Based PA Lottery Games.
3. Finance Ministry Unveils Bill Taxing Lottery Tickets.
4. Lawmakers Advance Lottery Bill That Would Allow Wyoming to Enter Into Multistate Games.
5. Oklahoma Lottery Officials Get Little Backing for Proposal to Reduce Minimum Profit Requirement.
6. Lawsuits By Gamblers Unlikely to Succeed.
7. Gaming Law Draft Ready to Be Sent to the Executive Yuan.
8. President Files Objection to Parliament on ‘Activity of Bookmaker and Totalizator Offices’ Law.
9. 50-50 Raffles Are Now Legal After Overhaul of ‘Games-of-Chance’ Law.
10. Sportech Waits for £80m VAT Decision.
11. Phone, Email Records Subpoenaed in Iowa Lotto Mystery.
12. House Panel Weighs Giving A Boost to Charitable Gaming.
13. Confusion Over Sands China's 200 Additional Gaming Tables.
14. Crown Petitions to be Dismissed from Multi-Million-Dollar US Legal Battle.

 

VENDOR NEWS

1. Pioneering Gaming Solutions by INTRALOT Interactive at ICE 2013.
2. GTECH Corporation’s Global Technology Solutions Support Organization Achieves CMMI® Level 3 Rating.
3. Mr Green Enters Agreement with Quickspin.
4. William Hill Signs Up to Next Generation of Retail Betting Software with Openbet Promote.
5. Gaming Standards Association Announce Five-Year Strategic Plan.
6. NYX OGS Releases DC Warner Bros Games.

 

GAMING MACHINES (VLTS)

1. IGT Supplies 1,375 VLTs to the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.
2. Video Lottery Distributors Outraged Over Machine Upgrades.

 

MARKET WATCH

1. Scientific Games Announce Extension of Exchange Offer for $300 Million of 6.250% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2020.
2. SNAI Expects A Drop in Revenue From Horseracing Sector.
3. Atlantic City Casino Files Notice Indicating Staff Reduction as a Formality Only.
4. Mohegan Sun Parent 1Q Profit Down, Cash Flow Up.
5. IGT Urged to Shift Focus to Asia.
6. Melco Crown Entertainment and MCE Finance Announce Pricing of Senior Notes Offering.

 

CASINO NEWS

1. Cost of Sands China's French-Themed Casino Resort Increases.
2. Las Vegas Sands Revamping Its Compliance Procedures.

 

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

1. Cutting the Lottery Budget Would be “Extremely Unwise” – Director.
2. Names for Gaming Commission Surface.

 

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