State regulators are to some extent accepting the word of casino operators about the take from thousands of coinless slot machines on which millions of dollars in state revenue are based, a Division of Special Revenue official acknowledged.

But Michael Janusko, the assistant chief of the division’s integrity assurance unit, also said he is “comfortable” with how the state verifies the casinos’ haul, calling its methods comparable to those of regulatory agencies in other states.
“We really have a really good take on how much money is coming out of those slot machines,” he said. “We’re comfortable with the way we get the information.”

The official’s comments came in response to questions raised by some division employees concerning the newly implemented “ticket in/ticket out” system under which slot machine players who win are rewarded with a paper voucher instead of coins.

Connecticut is home to two of the world’s biggest casinos that reportedly together operate about 13,000 slot machines.

More than $5.3 billion went into “selected video facsimile/slot machines” at the Foxwoods Resorts Casinos in Ledyard between July 2006 and January 2007, when players won $472.2 million, division data show.

The state, entitled to 25 percent of that amount, took in $118 million.

Players over the same period deposited $6.3 billion in video facsimile/slot machines at the Mohegan Sun casino in Montville, winning $543.7 million, the data show.

The state’s share was $135.9 million.

The Mohegan Sun casino announced last week that all of its slot machines would be coin-free by May 1, and Foxwoods is expected to be coinless by year’s end.

The division employees, who insisted on anonymity because they fear retribution, said the ticket in/ticket out system eliminates the use of casino personnel to sell change and fill the hoppers on slot machines, but poses an accounting problem.

They said that while the division can review computer tapes of those transactions, there is only occasional audit testing, which is done “after the fact.”

The employees also charged that the division has not assigned accountants on a regular basis to either Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun and that there are no routine, daily checks on the system. Division accountants do conduct random audits, they said, but only after the fact.

Finally, the employees questioned why the division doesn’t have 24-hour staffing at the casinos, saying the Mohegan Sun sometimes does “drops and buys” – in which money is emptied from machines and added up in the counting room – when no division “liaison officers” are present.

Janusko confirmed that no division accountants are assigned to either casino on a regular basis, saying that instead there are “liaison officers up there close to 24/7.”

He said some of those officers may have financial backgrounds or experience, but that they were regular personnel and “not accountants.”

Asked if some were present at the casinos at all times, Janusko demurred, saying he couldn’t “speak to that” because the liaison officers came from a different unit than his.

“They try to keep everyone on, but with the staff they have it is not always a possibility,” he said.

Janusko said division auditors, on the other hand, “go out in the field on a monthly basis, for three or four days a month,” and that they “randomly sample days” at the casinos.

“It might be anywhere from five to 10 days of activity,” he said. “They look at some reports on the tickets that have been redeemed or issued, making sure the information on those reports is matching up with what’s on their ledgers.”

Janusko said it was “maybe partially fair” to say that the state was taking the casinos’ word about how much money was generated by their slot machines.

“We have access to the system reports on how much the ‘tickets in/tickets out’ are,” he said. “We’re certainly not looking at anything in real time, but we’re probably auditing a couple of months after the fact.

“We’re verifying what they have reported – the initial amounts are reported by the casinos and we verify.

“We’re happy doing it this way,” he added. “I guess from an auditing perspective I think it’s pretty consistent with the way other regulatory bodies do it, as far as I know.”

Since online casinos began over 10 years ago, women have grown part of the internet gambling industry. Research shows that they continue to grow in number. As more babes play at online casino websites, more of them join the distinguished club of online casino winners. All right!

Research of women’s gambling habits reveals that women prefer gambling small amounts rather than risking high amounts. They still, however, go after the great prizes that online casino sites offer, just as men do if not more than men. Betting small amounts of as little as a single dollar (or euro, or pound for that matter) may win them prizes upwards of 50,000 dollars, sometimes much higher. Fast games such as Wheel of Fortune and Monopoly that make them fast and big winners are often what women look for at online casino sites.

And so, as women play more – they win more! Women make up about 70 percent of online casino members today. They also make up about the same percent of online casino winners. As gambling becomes more popular among women and word of their winnings spreads, stories of female online casino winners will be heard around the world.

Con la febbre del gambling che per arrivare all’apice per il capodanno in Grecia, fonti hanno detto che si prevede che i greci abbiano giocato circa 8,5 milioni Euro quest’anno con sempre più alte spese nei casinò, sulle lotteria di OPAP e giochi illegali online.

Circa 3 milioni di Euro saranno spesi in tutti i nove casinò del paese nel 2007 mentre il fatturato annuale da OPAP, una delle ditte più grandi quotata nella Borsa di Athene è circa 3,5 milioni di Euro. Si prevede che il numero degli ospiti che vanno ai casinò raddoppieranno durante la stagione festiva.

Le statistiche mostrano che il Loutraki casino, ad ovest di Athene, è stato visitato da circa 3.000 persone al giorno ma la cifra aumenta a circa 5.000 intorno a Natale.

Allo stesso tempo gli scommettitori al gambling elettronico illegale spendono quasi 1,5 milioni all’anno al loro passatempo. Le puntate illegali su Internet hanno vinto più ammiratori visto che danno migliori ricompense di OPAP e l’opportunità di scommettere su solo una partita – che aumenta la probabilità di vincere.

Il numero delle persone che giocano [ai gioci illegali] è minore di quelle che giocano ai giochi legali, ma le somme delle scommesse sono più alte, ha detto un superiore della polizia.

Tanti proprietari delle agenzie di scommessa pare stiano aiutando ad aumentare lo sviluppo del gambling elettronico illegale accettando puntate dalla loro clinetela affidabile e poi trattando la puntata loro stessi per una commissione del 4 percento. La fonte dalla polizia ha aggiunto che un proprietario su dieci fa cosi.

Il nuovo film di James Bond, Casino Royale sarà esotico, ma non ci sarà nessuna Moneypenny, nessun Q e niente dispositivi. Ci sarà M. e, certamente ci saranno sempre belle ragazze.

Daniel Craig ha detto “Volevamo un’attrice che prendesse la parte della ragazza di Bond con l’attitudine da – dobbiamo capovolgere il ruolo -”.

Chi lo sa,che tipo di film avrebbero fatto se fossero riusciti ad ingaggiare le persone che avevano inizialmente scelto, che il direttore Martin Campbell conferma includeva sia Angelina Jolie che Charlize Theron. Ma Craig insiste che in Eva Green, la sensuale, seria attrice francese che ha fatto la stella per il film The Dreamers (2003) e Kingdom of Heaven (2005), hanno trovato la persona adatta.

“Lei è straordinariamente bella,” dice l’attore, “che è perfetto per questo perché in realtà non sappiamo chi lei veramente sia. C’è un buon attrito. E secondo me, è più provocante che ‘Ciao, Come sta?’ ‘ho freddo’ ‘Ebbene andiamo a letto, cara”

Ovviamente, non c’è nessuno con il nome di Kissy o Onatopp in Casino Royale. Ma quanto sono cambiate le cose per le altre due ragazze di Bond?

Da quando l’industria del gambling online è stata mirata dal governo di Stati Uniti, quale sono le probabilità per l’industria negli Stati Uniti?

Ecco una breve dettagliata analisi degli eventi:

L’arresto di Peter Dicks (il presidente non esecutivo di Sportingbet) in settembre.

L’arresto di David Carruthers (CEO di BetonSports) in luglio.

Un progetto di legge passato nella camera bassa degli Stati Uniti che proibisce alle banche e alle ditte di carta di credito di trattare pagamenti ai siti di gambling su internet all’estero.

Direi che questi sono colpi forti da parte del governo americano nella lotta contro il gambling sull’internet.

L’arresto e le accuse contro Carruthers hanno causato la chiusura degli affari di BetonSports per lo meno temporaneamente con la sua base di clienti americani.

Dall’altra parte,Dicks, la cui ditta Sportingbet dice che non accetta scommesse per telefono, è stato accusato secondo resoconti sotto la legge di Louisiana per gambling tramite computer. Adesso è stato liberato ed è nel Regno Unito.

I membri dell’ American Gaming Association, come MGM Mirage, adesso dicono che vogliono operare I propri siti di gambling per proteggere I loro affari dalla competizioni straniere. Gambling Online, legale o no, è trincerato nel terreno americano, a dispetto dei troppo entusiasti pubblici ministeri.

The media coverage of the banning of online casinos in the USA has been ongoing. But the online casino industry doesn’t remain idle. While some US government officials see the recent developments as a big success, it is safe to say that the internet casino industry is in no way going to stop. The US government knows that it is a hard job to ban online casino games from its many US fans, which is why those in the government opposing the online casino industry have chosen some alternatives in which to practice the ban… by forbidding US gamblers from using credit cards in order to take care of their online casino funds.

In that way, the dirty work is handed over to the banks who aren’t too happy with this. However, you don’t have to be a genious to know that there are so many other ways around this. For example, there are the more traditional form of checks and wire transfers to the more advanced forms of payment such as Ecocard which is a virtual debit card and Netteler, both offering a secure and advanced method of payment very popular through the net.

The online casino industry is not based in the US, but scattered safely around the Caribbean, Europe and Central America were privately owned online casino companies don’t seem to be too worried. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is looking at putting pressure on the US government to cancel the new law restraining banks and credit companies from transmitting online casino gambling funds. Their claim is that the new US legislation exempts US based online betting companies from these restraints, while specifically targeting foreign online casinos. Lawyers presenting Antigua and Barbuda even claim that the new laws may bring much complaints from the European Union as well.

In the time since the US Congress decided to pass the Internet Gambling law, online gaming group PartyGaming has announced that it will cancel its dividend which was due to be paid at the end of this month.

The world’s biggest internet gambling company said that it had decided to cancel the interim dividend of three cents a share in order to spend the money, a total of £64 million, on acquisitions.

The company, which derives 90 percent of its revenues from the US through sites such as sportsbetting.com and betonusa.com, said that the ‘material adverse change’ to its business from the new law could put it in ‘technical default’ of its loan agreement.

Get ready, get set, gamble! After stumbling and bumbling, gambling expansion will be a slots-playing reality in the state of Pennsylvania later this year.

Due to the licensing approval by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, folks in eastern Pennsylvania will be able later this year to wager on machines at “racinos”… a half-racetrack, half-casino operation.

Because the proprietors of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and Philadelphia Park can’t wait to get started, they’ve already begun building temporary slots parlors they plan to open before year’s end.

For people who enjoy mindless gambling… slot machines involve only luck, no skill. So go and enjoy!

Purple Lounge Online Casino has been searching for a new babe to represent the company’s image.

After hundreds of applicants, the field has been narrowed down to 9 hot babes that cut the grade. Sizzling!

The nine finalists will be at the concluding tournament of the FHM Norway/Purple Lounge poker tour. On the 22nd of September, the tour will finish at Club Mosquitoes, Oslo, bringing together 36 poker players, all aiming to win the tournament and a trip to Las Vegas.

During the evening the new girl of Purple Lounge will be crowned. The judges will be looking not just for beauty but class, sophistication, glamour and of course, big tits, I mean… a love of poker.

In order to test their skills, the girls will take part in a beauty contest, a game of poker (strip poker maybe?) and a quiz.