Gaming Industry News (GIN) 08 Dezember 2011

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Rank Group calls for single rate on gambling tax

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The Rank Group has called on the UK Government to set a single tax rate for online and land-based gambling. Chief executive Ian Burke said that such a move would benefit the economy through job creation and more sustainable tax generation, and reminded the coalition of their pre-election pledges, to bring the taxation of bingo in licensed clubs in line with other forms of gambling. ......

DCMS promises to monitor new Health Lottery LOTTERY John Penrose MP, the UK minister responsible for gambling, said that he would be carefully monitoring the new Health Lottery following concerns over the impact on charitable donations that its minimum level of contributions would make. He added that the DCMS would be working with the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission to assess the impact on the National Lottery, which donates 28p on every £1 ticket, as opposed to the Health Lottery's 20p, before deciding whether to change regulations. ......

Google and Manchester City FC team-up at ICE Conferences' What Next for Mobile Gaming panel session EXHIBITION Premiership front runners Manchester City will team-up with online search giant Google at the What Next for Mobile Gaming panel session, which is part of the conference programme taking place 23rd - 26th January, 2012 in London alongside the ICE Totally Gaming exhibition. Jonathan Abraham, Senior Industry Manager Mobile at Google, and Richard Ayers, Head of Online at Manchester City FC, will be joined by Sportingbet's Head of Mobile, Rick Brownlow, to debate a range of business issues, including how mobile gaming can be used to acquire new customers, the pros and cons of WAP vs App. development, and which geographical regions will be next to experience the mobile revolution. For more information visit www.icetotallygaming.com/conferences

Global gaming revenues to reach $183bn by 2015 ONLINE Global gaming revenues will increase by 9 percent year-on-year over the next 3 years, and reach $183 billion by 2015 according to financial consultancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The expected rise will be driven by the popularity of casinos and online gaming in Asia, specifically Macau, and a current boom period in Britain, which was singled out for having the largest legal online gaming market. ......

Probability reports increase in revenues while reducing its losses MOBILE Probability Gaming's net gaming revenues increased by 41 percent, to £3,271,000, for the first half of its 2012 financial year. The mobile gambling specialist cited the rapid growth of its iPhone and Android smartphone offerings, accounting for more than 50 percent of monthly revenues by the end of the period, for also helping its pre-tax loss to decrease by 91 percent, to £65,000.

Genting Poker Series second leg announced CASINO The second leg of Genting Poker's £800,000 ‘Genting Poker Series’ has been announced and will take place at the Fox Poker Club in London’s West End during the spring of 2012. A spokesperson for Genting called the club a great location with a terrific player base.

New UK supercasino attracts 30,000 in first three days CASINO London's new Aspers Casino, located in Westfield Stratford City, has registered over 30,000 people through its doors in the first three days since opening. More than 18,000 meals and drinks, 4,500 pints of beer, 500 cocktails and 6,000 loyalty club cards have been sold at the 'supercasino', more than four times the expected amount according to a spokesperson.

Ladbrokes agrees new £540m debt facility BETTING Bookmaker Ladbrokes has agreed a new five-year £540 million debt facility with its banks. Britain's second-biggest betting firm said the new facility would mature in 2016, and replace its existing £560 million facility that was due to mature in

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