Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd in central Japan will offer roulette game at its automatic teller machines (ATM) when customers finish transferring funds starting in September. The game, called Lady Luck, will appear at the end of a transaction and allow customers to play for up to 1,000yen in prize money.

LOS ANGELES (AP)– Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once opposed unlimited expansion of gambling on Indian lands, has signed deals with several tribes allowing them to install tens of thousands of new slot machines. The latest of the amended state gambling compacts were announced Wednesday _ two agreements that would allow the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation to install up to 3,000 new slot machines…

Taking a cue from BetOnSports, British bookmaker Ladbrokes has decided delay its entry in the US market, and instead opted to tap into the Italian market by way of a €100 million (£68 million) joint venture investment with Italian betting company Pianetta Scommesse [...]

Party Gaming would use the $500 Million debt facility it secured at the end of June to finance the deal.
After recently acquiring Gamebookers for £69 Million, the move for Victor Chandler, which does not accept US bets, would confirm Party’s ambition of further reducing its dependency on US revenues.
When news of a possible acquisition of [...]

Former BetOnSports chief executive, David Carruthers, was reportedly released from prison on Wednesday after posting the required $1 million dollar-bail raised by his erstwhile company. As part of the bail requirements, Mr Carruthers has been ordered to stay in St Louis, Missouri, and will be fitted with an electronic tag to monitor his movements during the course of the trial.<

It is as yet unclear whether the New York listed company will wait until the merger is completed before making a move, but it is known that Harrah’s chief executive Gary Loveman wants to expand the group’s overseas activities due to a drop in share prices due to concerns of ’soaring construction costs in Las [...]

Professor Jim Orford submitted a report to the Department of Trade and Industry stating that gambling could be one of Britain’s most serious addictions by 2026 because of the new relaxed gaming laws.
Prof. Jim Orford, teaches clinical and community psychology at the University of Birmingham, said that the laws governing the industy would have problems [...]

Internet gaming group BETonSPORTS , which removed its Chief Executive, David Carruthers, from his post following his detention in Texas last month, closed its U.S.A. facing business.
The company said it would cease operations in Costa Rica and Antigua, where its U.S. operations are based, because they were no longer viable amid a restraining [...]

Betcorp, the AIM-listed online gaming company, has announced that it is no longer taking telephone bets from American residents, and is reviewing its US-facing businesses which currently account for up to 85% of revenue, in the wake of the BetOnSports affair.
Chief executive Colin Walker explained that Betcorp would continue to monitor its US-facing businesses [...]

Online casino software group Playtech has announced that it has signed a contract with Ukbetting to migrate its casino brands to the Playtech software platform [...]