BJ21.com Newsletter
February 22, 2007
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Compiled by Al
Rogers
Al@bj21.com
Neteller blames job cuts on U.S. gambling crackdown
Neteller, the online payment processing group, will trim about 250 jobs
at sites in Canada and the U.K.
NETELLER
Press release regarding downsizing and employee layoffs
As a result of the Group's voluntary withdrawal from the US market, the
Group has substantially completed the necessary reorganisation and
restructuring of its operations to reduce its headcount and align
related costs with anticipated revenues of its worldwide business.
PPA aims to change unfair gaming laws
During the midnight hours as the Senate was preparing to adjourn for
the elections, the Port Security Act was passed. Senator Bill Frist
attached the Unlawful Internet Gambling enforcement Act (UIGEA) to Port
Security Act. Most of the senators had voted and left the Senate floor,
their knowledge of the attachment is questionable.
Harrah's,
MGM Gain Clout With Early Nevada Caucus
The companies see a chance to lobby potential presidents to support a
study of legalizing Internet gambling, which is currently banned; on
immigration, to give undocumented workers already in the nation a path
to citizenship; and to block any move to outlaw betting on college
sports. The companies also want to assure that anti-terrorism laws
don't keep foreign visitors from coming, and spending.
Revenue
Drop Vexes Atlantic City Casinos
But for the first time, annual revenue from Atlantic City's casinos
could decline in 2007. The industry faces increased competition from
slot machines in neighboring states, new restrictions on smoking and
the closing of one casino.
Thanks to Green Chip member Toddler
for providing this link.
Both
sides trade barbs in dealers' union fight
A union drive at city casinos is starting to sound more like a nasty
political campaign, with each side accusing the other of using
intimidation tactics and dirty tricks.
NJ Seeks Complete Casino Smoking Ban
Unhappy with a partial casino smoking ban recently approved by Atlantic
City, state senators on Wednesday moved to completely prohibit smoking
in the city's 11 casinos by expanding a state law banning smoking in
most public places.
Jeff
Simpson on why Binion's is likely to go on the block - or worse, close
A minor casino news story last week has big implications for a landmark
Las Vegas casino.
Shuffle
Master Bets On RFID Poker Chips
Casinos have sought in vain to accurately track table game bets and
rate a player's wagering tendencies - until now. Shuffle Master has
acquired two RFID patents that will allow them to track every chip on
the table.
Thanks to Green Chip member Tony
Dalben for providing this link.
House OKs table games bill ...
Games like poker and blackjack are one step closer to becoming a
reality in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, following a vote Friday
by the House of Delegates to permit table games at four racetracks
throughout the state.
...
Table-gambling industry wants its taxes lowered
State senators are expected to take up a bill to legalize table games
at West Virginia’s four racetracks this week, and industry lobbyists
hope they will scale back what would be the nation’s highest tax rate
for casino gambling.
New
York-to-Atlantic City train may bypass New Jersey stops
New Jersey's gambling mecca will soon be more easily accessible by rail
- just not if you live in New Jersey.
Experts
foxed by Hard Rock deal
Wall Street analysts freely confess they don't understand how all the
moving parts of Morgans Hotel Group's acquisition of the Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino intermesh. As for Morgans, its joint-venture partner
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (a subsidiary of principal lender Credit
Suisse First Boston), and its casino-management company, Golden Gaming
... well, they're not talking.
Renovations are fueling Aladdin's identity change to Planet Hollywood
The Aladdin will soon fade into the long line of old Strip property
names that live on in name only.
Regulators OK planning for new Natchez casino
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has approved site planning for a new
casino in Natchez.
Atlantis
sets quarterly, yearly revenue records
Monarch Casino & Resort, which owns the Atlantis in south Reno,
reported record revenues from all major departments to cap off 2006.
Few
casinos target Hispanic market
But unlike just about every other billboard in town, Terrible's Rail
City Casino is promoting its "gratis" offer in Spanish.
Three-ring circus of a weekend -- NBA events, Chinese New Year, holiday
combine to keep casinos hopping
Last weekend's triple whammy on the Strip -- the National Basketball
Association's All-Star Game, Chinese New Year and Presidents Day
Weekend -- brought large crowds but may not have translated into the
overflowing casino cash boxes that operators had expected.
Richland
Casino Closes Its Cardroom
Joker's Casino & Sports Bar closes its gambling business this week.
It's the second Tri-City cardroom to close in seven months.
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Beat the Players - Casinos, Cops and the
Game Inside the Game, by Bob Nersesian
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