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Packer project will cost state $14m in taxes, says Echo boss (6/16/2013)
(Australia) -- James Packer's proposed hotel and casino at Barangaroo would ultimately see NSW stripped of $14 million in gambling taxes each year, an analysis...
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Indiana Gaming
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Ind. Casino Tax Revenue Down 18% (6/12/2013)
(Indiana) -- Indiana’s casino revenue – the state’s fifth largest source of tax revenue – declined significantly in May. Lawmakers passed a law...
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New casino tax break costs Indiana millions (6/11/2013)
(Indiana) -- Casino revenues continued to slump last month amid increased competition from gambling options in other states — but the big, new loser was the state...
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Statehouse Casino Debate May Shift to Tax Changes (3/21/2013)
(Indiana) -- On Wednesday, the House Public Policy Committee deleted Senate-approved proposals to let casinos move inland and let the racetrack casinos in Anderson and...
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Illinois Gaming
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Opinion: Step right up, gamblers, and be taxed (6/2/2013)
(Illinois) -- Let's hear it for the video gamblers of Southwestern Illinois. Thanks to their willingness to step up to the newly licensed video gambling machines and...
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Casino taxes could change to push gambling compromise (5/27/2013)
(Illinois) -- The Illinois House shepherd of a massive gambling expansion package said he's negotiating with lawmakers over possibly changing casinos' tax rates...
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Tax hangup stalls bill to expand gambling (5/27/2013)
(Illinois) -- Determining how much Illinois casinos should pay in taxes is a “logjam” that’s stalling a gambling expansion bill in the House. Rep....
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Delaware Gaming
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Chips are down, Dover Downs executives say (6/1/2013)
(Delaware) -- Dover Downs may begin layoffs and other cuts if the state legislature doesn’t lower taxes within the next month, executives said.
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Dover Downs threatens layoffs if casino taxes aren't lowered (5/24/2013)
(Delaware) -- Dover Downs, the casino operator and one of Dover’s largest employers, said it is considering laying off hundreds of its workers and shuttering...
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Online Gains No Substitute For Tax Relief, Say Delaware Casinos [sub. req'd] (5/13/2013)
(Delaware) -- Delaware’s status as an online gambling pioneer will not be enough to pull its casinos out of the red amid increasingly fierce regional competition,...
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Land Issues
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Wisconsin village, tribe clash over land tax exemption (5/30/2013)
(Wisconsin) -- The Village of Hobart and the Oneida tribe are both declaring victory after a federal order about land tax exemptions.
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Vikings Stadium
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Charities say e-pulltab tax deadline is a headache (5/24/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Linda Brausen has no problem with the new, more timely way that Minnesota will collect taxes on e-pulltab games to help fund the Vikings stadium. Instead...
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Smokers may help fund Vikings stadium construction (5/16/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Minnesota legislative tax negotiators tentatively approved a plan today to use cigarette tax increase funds and close corporate tax loopholes to provide...
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Sports memorabilia tax won’t pay for Vikings stadium (5/14/2013)
(Minnesota) -- It sounds like sports fans will not be paying a new tax on pro jerseys, posters and trading cards to help pay for new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
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National Indian Gaming Association
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Tribal Leaders Meet To Discuss Indian Country Tax Strategy (5/23/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Tribal leaders gathered this morning at the Great Plains Indian Gaming Association's Conference and Tradeshow to discuss tax issues affecting...
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Miccosukee Tribe
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IRS bills Indian tribe $170M for failing to report payments to members (5/22/2013)
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service has ordered a Florida Indian tribe to pay $170 million for failing to withhold taxes on gambling distributions.
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IRS hits Miccosukee Tribe with $170M bill (5/22/2013)
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service has hit the Miccosukee Tribe with a $170 million bill for failing to withhold taxes from gambling profits given to members,...
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IRS slams Miccosukee Indians with hundreds of millions in tax liens (5/21/2013)
(Florida) -- The Internal Revenue Service has slammed the Miccosukee Indians with a bill of $170 million for the West Miami-Dade tribe’s failure to report and...
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New York Land Claims
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Oneida Nation land won't be taxed: Read the full Oneida-New York settlement here (5/21/2013)
(New York) -- When the sweeping settlement was announced last week by New York and the Oneida Indian Nation, officials gave just the bare outlines. But starting Monday,...
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Colorado Gaming
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Colorado Casino Tax Rate To Stay The Same (5/20/2013)
(Colorado) -- Colorado’s tax rate of 20 percent for brick-and-mortar commercial casinos will not be changed, according to reporting from The Denver Post. There was...
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New Jersey Online
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Christie administration downgrades revenue estimates (5/20/2013)
(New Jersey) -- A new battle of the budget erupted today as Gov. Chris Christie once again had some choice words for the state’s top legislative budget officer for...
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NJ Online Gambling Taxes Just $40m For First Year? (4/29/2013)
(New Jersey) -- NJ Online Gambling Taxes Just $40m For First Year?Originally, the New Jersey state treasury estimated online gambling would be worth $1.2 billion in...
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Online Gaming
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SID SALTER: GOP should heed Moak’s online gaming tax effort (5/20/2013)
(Mississippi) -- In this age of hyper-partisan politics at every level, Democrats and Republicans generally torpedo the political initiatives of their partisan opponents...
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Manila Casino
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Pagcor appeals to BIR to soften stance on taxes (5/19/2013)
(Philippines) -- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is appealing to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to soften its stance on the taxes slapped on...
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Philippines can ‘do right thing’ over 30 pct levy: Lawrence Ho (5/10/2013)
(Philippines) -- Income tax issue could be ‘neutralised’ by a reduction of payments to local regulator, says Melco Crown boss
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Philippines can ‘do right thing’ over 30 pct levy: Lawrence Ho (5/9/2013)
(Macau) -- Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd’s co-chairman Lawrence Ho Yau Lung said this week he is “hopeful” that the Philippine government “will...
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Tax blow for Philippines (5/2/2013)
(Philippines) -- In the Philippines, Manila’s attempt to challenge the casinos of Macau and Singapore has been hit by a ruling that the country’s casino...
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Gaming stocks battered due to BIR ruling (4/29/2013)
(Philippines) -- Gaming stocks were battered yesterday on the back of knee-jerk reactions from an operational problem in one of newest and major casino operators in the...
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PH attracts casino investors with lower taxes (4/6/2013)
(Philippines) -- The Philippines' gaming tax rate has been effective in bringing in high-end casino investments into the country. This is according to officials from...
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Wynn Resorts
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Wynn reiterates: Nevada casinos 'in ill health' (5/14/2013)
(Nevada) -- Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chairman Steve Wynn defended his recent remarks to Nevada lawmakers on the health of the gaming industry while voicing support for a broad-...
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Mining & Drilling
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Tribe: Oil tax changes not enough (5/7/2013)
(North Dakota) -- A new tribal oil tax agreement is a “huge improvement” but still contains bad language that doesn’t recognize tribal sovereignty,...
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No agreement yet on oil extraction tax (4/19/2013)
(North Dakota) -- Conference committee members are expecting to continue work on an oil extraction tax bill after failing to come to a final agreement during two Friday...
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Oil industry wants change to ND tribal oil taxes (4/10/2013)
(North Dakota) -- North Dakota's oil industry is endorsing a change to a revenue sharing agreement that the state has had with the Three Affiliated Tribes since 2008.
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ND, tribal leaders work on oil tax agreement (4/6/2013)
(North Dakota) -- Oil drilling on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota could be in danger if state legislators and tribal leaders can’t reach an agreement...
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Pennsylvania Revenue
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Property tax relief from slot revenue declines in Bucks County (5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Most area homeowners will receive less relief in their property tax bill than a year ago as revenue from Pennsylvania's 11 casinos with slot...
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Oneida Nation
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OP/ED: Oneida Nation doesn't share the sacrifices of state and local taxpayers (4/21/2013)
(New York) -- To the Editor: I am not a foe of the Oneida Nation -- I am glad that they are prospering. I have friends who work for the Oneidas, and I am glad that they...
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West Virginia Gaming
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Bill to lower casino fees appears dead (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill to lower the fees on West Virginia's racetrack casinos has stalled in a House committee. The bill would have lowered the fees by $1 million...
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Casino Fee Bill Faces Opposition (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Delegate Erikka Storch knows how important Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack is to the local economy, but she also knows many of her fellow...
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Casino Fee Bill Off The Table (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- The House of Delegates Judiciary Committee removed the bill to reduce annual table gambling fees by $1 million from its agenda Friday, but local...
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House won't support Senate casino bills (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Pendleton County won’t be getting a casino at a resort planned to be developed there and the casinos that are already here won’t be...
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New W.Va. casino on track; casino fee bill dies (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A West Virginia House committee approved the construction of the state's sixth casino but also declined to consider a Senate bill that would lower...
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Senate bill to reduce WV casino fees appears dead (4/5/2013)
(West Virginia) -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Miley, D-Harrison, said he removed Senate Bill 615 from the committee's April 5 meeting agenda because he...
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Gaming industry pushes for cut in table game fees (4/2/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill to reduce table game licensing fees at state racetracks received another major overhaul in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, after the...
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W.Va. Senate moves to lower table game fees on profitable casinos (4/2/2013)
(West Virginia) -- As West Virginia casino revenues decline, the state Senate has endorsed giving them a one-time break in fees that would amount to a $4 million annual...
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Gambling bill backed on first reading (4/1/2013)
(West Virginia) -- A bill to lower table gambling license fees for West Virginia racetracks had its first of three required readings in the state Senate Friday before it...
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Table games licensing fee cut stuck (4/1/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Senate Finance Committee members addressed two bills dealing with casino gambling Monday -- but not a proposal to reduce the table game licensing fee...
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W.Va. Senate advances bill to build new casino (4/1/2013)
(West Virginia) -- As revenues continue to decline in West Virginia's five casinos, the Senate Finance Committee has passed a bill authorizing a sixth casino in the...
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Taiwan Casino
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Taiwan proposes gaming tax one-third of Macau’s (4/4/2013)
(Taiwan) -- Taiwan’s cabinet has recommended a 13 percent tax on gross gaming revenue for any casinos built on outlying islands according to the Commercial Times,...
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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3 Indian smoke shops on Long Island to pay NYC $10M for untaxed sales (4/3/2013)
(New York) -- Authorities say three smoke shops that operated on a Long Island Indian reservation must pay New York City more than $10 million for selling untaxed...
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Cough up $10M! Cigarette shops on L.I. reservation burned for untaxed sales (4/3/2013)
(New York) -- Three Indian smoke shops must pay more than $10 million to New York City for trafficking untaxed cigarettes off a Long Island reservation, a Brooklyn...
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Other News
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City hits the jackpot with gambling taxes (6/15/2013)
(Washington) -- The City of Mountlake Terrace saw general government revenue go almost a percentage point higher than expected during the first three months of 2013, and...
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Are ‘entertainment fees’ and ‘resort fees’ just a way for hotels to jack up their rates? (6/14/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Golden Nugget officials say there’s a valid reason behind their decision to add a $5 nightly fee to customers' bills. The casino-resort is...
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No tax break for Delaware casinos (6/14/2013)
(Delaware) -- House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf said casino executives lobbying for a tax cut are “out of luck” this year, despite threats of layoffs....
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Sri Lanka gaming tax to be on par with the rest of the world: minister (6/13/2013)
(Sri Lanka) -- Sri Lanka's gaming taxes could be made to be on par with the rest of the world, investment promotions minister Lakshman Abeywardena said amid queries...
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Casino bill sponsor bets on decrease in tax rates (6/12/2013)
(Delaware) -- Tensions were high during the Gaming and Parimutuels Committee hearing Wednesday, in which lawmakers held an informational session on the casino industry...
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Pachinko firm seeks dry run for Japan casino licence (6/12/2013)
(Japan) -- Gaming tax rates key to overseas investor interest in Land of Rising Sun, says Morgan Stanley
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Nevada lawmakers consider not taxing complimentary meals at casinos (6/1/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Lawmakers worked quickly Saturday on a late-session measure to settle a decade-long dispute and cement a $233 million settlement over taxation of free...
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Senate Passes Bill that Would Allow Tribes to Collect Sales and Use Taxes on Internet Sales (5/31/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- The Internet sales tax bill that was recently passed by the Senate includes a provision that would allow tribal governments to require online...
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Gaming tax likely to rise after concession expiry: Macquarie (5/30/2013)
(Macau) -- Equities research house says Macau has history of increasing its cut of gambling revenue
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Tribe must keep paying taxes on Hobart land, at least for now, ruling says (5/29/2013)
(Wisconsin) -- Hobart and the Oneida Tribe of Indians are both declaring victory following a recent federal order concerning a request by the tribe to have some of its...
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Tax Commission approves comped meals settlement (5/29/2013)
(Nevada) -- An agreement has been reached to end a years-long dispute between Nevada's resort casinos and the state over whether free meals provided to customers and...
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Nevada casinos, Tax Commission reach deal on comped meals (5/28/2013)
(Nevada) -- Nevada casinos, restaurants and resorts reached an agreement with the state Tuesday that, pending legislative approval, would bring an end to a yearslong...
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Tax Commission ratifies $233 million settlement in casino comped meals lawsuit (5/28/2013)
(Nevada) -- The Nevada Tax Commission signed off on a $233 million settlement with the state's largest casino resorts to free them from paying sales taxes on the...
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Shiprock McDonald's taxes displease customers (5/23/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Would you like extra taxes with that? McDonald's has been tacking a double-tax onto items sold at its Shiprock franchise, which has left some...
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Star casino faces new tax (5/22/2013)
(Australia) -- ALREADY faced with losing its monopoly in NSW, Sydney's Star casino is facing a multi-million-dollar new tax. The NSW government has introduced...
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Electric Daisy Carnival, Speedway to fight proposed entertainment tax (5/14/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, is expected to take critics head on today at the first public hearing of her proposed...
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Navajo oil and gas company may be exempt from fuel tax (5/11/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company is on its way to securing a mutually beneficial deal with the tribe. The company, which is owned by the tribe, may...
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Pokies operators fume over $85m levy (5/6/2013)
(Australia) -- Pokies operators Tabcorp and Tatts will consider launching legal action against the Victorian government after the duo were hit with nearly $85 million in...
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Athens wants to defer recovery of aid to casinos (4/22/2013)
(Greece) -- Among a number of ongoing Greek cases, the monopoly of the OPAP (the Greek state lottery) is not the only one keeping the world of gambling on tenterhooks....
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Casinos to be closed in Nepal’s five-star hotels for failing to pay fees (4/19/2013)
(Nepal) -- Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) would start a process to scrap casino operating licenses of the country’s five-...
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