Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Thursday it will be the first Nevada
company to introduce mobile gambling devices at its casinos.
The owner of The Venetian hotel-casino said it would introduce
games such as black jack, roulette, poker and slots as early as this year on
handheld devices provided by Cantor G & W (Nevada) LP, an affiliate of the financial
services company Cantor Fitzgerald.
The company said it would provide the mobile gambling services at
The Venetian after a field trial late this year or early next and after
receiving regulatory approval. It also plans to introduce the devices at The
Palazzo, a $1.8 billion resort scheduled to open next door in late 2007.
In March, the Nevada qiu qiu Commission approved
regulations that enable gambling on mobile devices in any public area of the
state’s casinos but not in hotel rooms or other places that cannot be
supervised.
Cantor managing director Joe Asher said the deal makes the
company the Sands’ exclusive mobile gambling provider but does not prevent
Cantor from making deals elsewhere.
American Online Gamblers are Affluent
as reported by CNN International
CARSON CITY,
Nevada (AP) — A gambling industry survey shows that people who use the
Internet to place their bets tend to be affluent and educated — a finding that
could help advocates of a federal law change to legalize such wagering.
Release of the American Gaming Association survey on Monday
follows the Washington, D-C.-based casino trade group’s recent call for a
congressional study of Internet gambling now that other countries, including
Great Britain, are moving to authorize online betting.
Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., AGA president, said the group has opposed
legalization of Internet gambling in the past "because regulators were
opposed to it, and we’re the strongest supporters of tough regulation."
"But the technology has changed greatly, and now Great
Britain is legalizing online gambling — and we’re saying that Congress ought to
take a look at (online gambling)," Fahrenkopf said.
"A lot of the opponents have been saying that the people who
gamble on the Internet are the ones who can least afford it," he added.
"But look at this survey. It shows they tend to be more educated and have
more money than other people."
The survey of 552 Internet gamblers, conducted by Peter D. Hart
Research Associates Inc., showed 41 percent had incomes of more than $75,000 a
year, while only 12 percent had incomes of less than $35,000.
More than two-thirds of the online gamblers were men, more than
two thirds were under age 40, most had started such gambling only in the last
two years, 61 percent had at least a college degree and nearly half of those
responding said the biggest reason for Internet betting was convenience.
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