Bulgarian -Â Organizers of toto and lotto and of casino betting on the outcome of a sports competition and uncertain events will pay a 10 per cent tax on their income, Bulgaria’s Parliament resolved, passing conclusively the new Corporate Income Tax Act. The National Assembly Budget and Finance Committee proposed that the rate of this tax…
Pennsylvania gambling regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Philadelphia to become the nation’s largest city with casino games, while rejecting Donald Trump’s bid for a slot-machine parlor and plans for another casino near the Gettysburg battlefield.The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chose from among 13 groups of casino giants, politically connected investors, celebrities and nationally known developers…
Spain has just announced plans to regulate Internet gambling. Italy has already begun to regulate Internet gambling. The UK’s new laws to regulate Internet gambling will be implemented in 2007. The EU is putting strict guidelines on European nations to protect against protectionism. And the Bush led United States is sticking by its prohibitionist terms….
For many NFL fans, there are millions of dollars up for grabs over the final weeks of the season. They watch every game, every player, in the hopes that those receivers, running backs and quarterbacks can turn small investments into big money. Their hopes are pinned on the fates of their fantasy football teams. Sounds…
No matter who wins the 11 slots licenses up for grabs this week, the introduction of casino gambling will affect the commonwealth and its largest cities for decades — if not generations. The seven members of the state Gaming Control Board plan to vote Wednesday on awarding $50 million licenses for six slots parlors at…
Russia’s lower house of parliament on Friday backed sweeping gambling legislation force casino games across the country to relocate into four designated zones.The State Duma voted 425-0 on a key second reading to pass the Kremlin-backed legislation, which would set up the four special regions by July 1, 2009. All gambling and slot machine businesses —…
In a move viewed by many in the sector as the latest evidence of a shift towards the liberalisation of gambling in Europe, Rome will award new casino gaming licences to a range of national and international companies vying for the chance to run betting shops, kiosks, casino games and online gambling services. Europe’s €50bn ($65bn)…
A top German court said on Friday it rejected a constitutional challenge to a ban on internet sports betting brought by an online sports betting company.The company had cited a March 1990 ruling in the state of Thuringia, dating back to the formerly Communist East Germany, which allowed sports betting. A subsequent ruling in 2004…
Long Time Gambling Critic (Mark McNaughton) Won Thousands At Slots: A recently appointed member of the Pennsylvania gaming board was a longtime critic of gambling games when he was a legislator but he has won thousands of dollars at casinos games, a newspaper reported Sunday. Former state Rep. Mark McNaughton voted against the state’s slot machine law…
Everest Poker has decided to create a competition pitting Scandinavians against one another and lining up an extremely attractive prize and location for the finale in late February. Everest Poker is proving once again that it is one of the most imaginative online poker rooms in Europe today with this latest competition. Poker Players from all…