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- Russian parliament to consider draft law on gambling business 24.10.2006
- President Vladimir Putin introduced today in the parliament a draft law proposing a new set of regulations for the gaming industry.
- Russians veto casino bill 18.10.2006
- The Russian State Duma–their version of parliament–voted down a bill that would have created a new regulatory framework for Russian casinos. Existing regulation, it seems, is something of a slapdash affair.
- Russia rejects casino regulation 18.10.2006
- As reported by RIA Novosti: "The State Duma has voted down a bill on state regulation of the gambling and betting industry. Characteristically, the Russian parliament's lower house buried the bill in its second reading, long after its pivotal concept of reducing the number of casinos to enlarge the surviving ones found official approval.
- Russia: Kremlin Sets Its Sights On Gambling 16.10.2006
- Speaker Boris Gryzlov has announced that the State Duma is set to consider the first reading of a new bill that would push the bulk of Russia's gambling halls into four Las Vegas-style "colonies."
- Sun plans to build casino in Russia 12.10.2006
- South Africa’s biggest casino company, Sun International, said on Tuesday it was planning a significant investment near Moscow to build a casino complex with Russian Belaya Dacha Group.
- Russia: 315 more Moscow gambling venues to be closed down 09.10.2006
- 315 more casinos will be closed down in Moscow until the end of 2006, RBC news agency reports with reference to the department of foreign affairs. In early 2006 there were 2,770 gambling establishments. Nine of them have been closed recently. 1,915 more casinos and slot halls were moved away from the town.
- Moscow police close another casino 07.10.2006
- Moscow police said Friday they have closed the fourth casino, which is allegedly owned by Georgian mafia.
- Russia’s Putin Moves to Restrict Gambling to Unpopulated Areas 05.10.2006
- President Vladimir Putin has proposed a bill restricting the flourishing gambling business in Russia to four sparsely populated territories, news agencies report.
- Russian Gambling Industry Pulls In $6 Billion in Wagers 23.08.2006
- As reported by Mos News: "Despite the fact that only 19 percent of the adult Russian population approve of casino slots, the Russian parliament said that the country's gambling industry has reached a size of over $6 billion in total wagers, mostly bankrolled by a few high rollers.
- News about WMS and Orion 29.05.2006
- WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE:WMS) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of privately-held Orion Financement Company ("Orion Gaming"), a Netherlands-based company that designs, manufactures and distributes casino-based gaming machines. The acquisition will expand WMS' international presence and game library, while adding a proven product development team focused on international opportunities.
- THE FIRST IPO OF A RUSSIAN GAMING BUSINESS OPERATOR MAY NOT TAKE PLACE 22.05.2006
- Cyprus-registered Ritzio Entertainment Group, which controls up to 10% of Russia's gambling industry, has postponed an initial public offering (IPO) of 15% of its shares until a law regulating the gambling business in Russia has been adopted, Boris Belotserkovsky, one of the company's owners, said, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported Thursday.
- The State Duma oppresses gaming halls 27.03.2006
- The draft on state regulation of gaming business was admitted in it’s first reading by the deputies of the State Duma.
- Govt. gambling regulation bill passes 1st reading 24.03.2006
- The lower house of parliament passed Friday the first reading of a bill on the government regulation of gambling.
- The State Duma passed a law on canceling of licensing of the gaming equipment for the period of half a year 10.03.2006
- Today the State Duma has passed the law canceling the licensing of the gaming equipment for the half a year ahead.
- Patriarch concerned over rampant gambling in Russia 24.02.2006
- The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said on Friday that he was concerned over the increasingly large number of people becoming addicted to casino gambling in Russia and other former Soviet republics.
- ADIB bases a Museum of gaming 06.02.2006
- ADIB declares a creation of the Museum of gaming on the basis of the Association.
- Gaming Business Association (ADIB) announced a release of a new book of Evgeny Kovtun “Gaming in Russia: Legislative Control” 18.01.2006
- The book was published in Saint-Petersburg by a “Juridical center-press” printing house.
- Olympic Casino opens its 8th casino in Lithuania 07.01.2006
- On 1 January 2006 Olympic Casino Group Baltija opened its 8th casino in Lithuania. The new facility - Olympic Casino Babilonas – is located in the shopping and entertainment centre Babilonas in the town of Panevezys.
- Olympic Casino opened its second slot machine casino in Tartu 06.01.2006
- Olympic Casino, the leading casino operator in Estonia, opened in the first minutes of 2006 a new gaming hall in Annelinna shopping centre in Tartu, having invested 11 million kroons in it.
- “Miss Gaming Industry” awards- in Russia for the first time. 27.12.2005
- The first official international beauty awards took place in England on 9th of August, 1908. Workers of the Gaming Business Association decided not to wait the centenary celebration of this remarkable date and to hold their own international beauty awards for title “Miss Gaming Industry”.
- The Best Game of Russia - 2005 20.12.2005
- Is there any businessman dealing with organizing and carrying out gambling games and wager in the field of playing machines that did not hear about Crazy Monkey Game worked out by holding company Fair Game – Igrosoft?
- Moscow Changes Gambling Rules 23.11.2005
- Moscow City Duma passed yesterday, November 23, 2005, a bill on Gambling Business Facilities in Moscow, whereby the gambling halls should be located at least 100 meters from the educational institutions and no game machines could be installed in housing dwellings, state offices, hospitals, stores or supermarkets. This move of the Moscow Duma signals redistribution of gambling business has started in Moscow with only the large players expected to survive.
- ADIB furthers to regions 15.11.2005
- ADIB sent its proposals on licensing of gaming business to Federal Government of Russia. 20.10.2005
- ADIB sent its proposals on licensing of gaming business to Federal Government of Russia. As is known, the President of Russian Federation Putin V.V. has signed the Federal Law ¹ 80 on 02.07.2005, according to which the order of licensing of activity on the organization and on on carrying out of gaming and bets has been changed.
- Evgenie Goroshko became an ADIB representative in Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk area 18.10.2005
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