Hundreds of illegal slot machines and other “gambling devices” are being sent to the CRUSHER. The 320 machines — seized by cops across South Africa’s Eastern Cape province — are said to be worth £17 MILLION to the gangs running them. Tax “The machines would have generated around £6,500 per day,” said a spokesman for […]

Atlantic City’s casinos took another HIT last month as the recession bit deeper. Figures from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission show the resort’s combined revenue was down 9.4 PER CENT on the previous January, with slots hit harder than table games. ‘No Surprise’ Playing down the significance of the fall, commission spokesman Dan Heneghan […]

A slot-machine operator hit by new laws which TREBLED its tax bill has been bailed out by a private equity firm. JVH Gaming — the biggest gaming arcade operator in the Netherlands — ran up debts of £235 MILLION after the Dutch government increased gaming taxes from 11 per cent to 29 per cent. Budget […]