The situation of workers is getting worse every day on the south coast of China, where salaries are very low in general, with the sole exception of the gambling industry. Sociedade de Jogos de Macau has recently announced an increase in salaries, paid vacations and additional bonuses as an attem

According to the Mexican court verdict last January, the Canadian company Thunderbird will have to pay 175 million dollars to the State for reparation.

Between 2000 and 2001, the company opened three slot machine houses in Tamaulipas. The Government Secretary closed them because they were forbi

The slot machines developer WMS Industries informed on May 7th that their incomes rose to $110,7 million during the first quarter of the year, which means a company growth of 3% in 2006.

The firm’s shares were 5% lower ($29,36). The net incomes for the first quarter of the year were $9,2 mil

The project that sanctions the use and tenancy of slot machines outside casinos had a wide acceptance In the Senate. Its approval counted with 28 votes in favor and the abstention of an independent senator.

Now the project will return to the Constitution Commission for its discussion in particula

The development of the online casino industry is becoming more and more important every day. Gambling and gaming have already turned into the fifth investors in the online advertising industry. Besides, 39% of these ads are published in general interest and leisure portals.

According to a study

Professor Peter Collins is a gambling expert from Manchester and the Director of Salford University’s Center for the Study of Gambling. For more than 20 years he has studied casinos from all around the world and has come to the conclusion that super casinos create fewer problem gamblers.

He rece

During a hearing held by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort announced its plans to build a slot parlor evoking old Western-style saloons, hotels and banks.

The casino would cost $40 million and house 500 slot machines. According to Nemacolin officials the project

Codere has completed the acquisition of “Rete Franco Italia” after being authorized by the Italian AAMS (Autonomous Administration of State Monopoly), with which they incorporate 9,000 new gambling machines spread in 4,200 sites, according to a press release from the Spanish enterprise.

“Rete Fr

The houses of 46 employees of Casino Aztar in Missouri were damaged by the April 2nd tornado. Fifteen of them lost everything.

The casino didn’t suffer damages but it felt the consequences of the storm through its employees and decided to help them out.

David Ledford has worked for Azta

“We are still evaluating the situation, but until the present the impact of the May 1st strike doesn’t seem to have had a significant impact on our industry”, said Debra Nelson, spokeswoman of MGM Mirage Inc., a company that runs casinos in Las Vegas, such as Bellagio and MGM Grand, where emplo