GBGC Global Gambling Report Updates
The 8th edition of the Global Gambling Report – Raising The Stakes includes the following new features and updates

• Full global gambling appendices for 2011 (sequence now runs from 2007 to 2011) 

• Updated gambling forecasts until 2017 
• Key Markets Database with data from 2001 to 2017f (in local currency and US$) 
• A new “at a glance” spreadsheet” of operators by category for each jurisdiction 
• Gambling spend per capita
• More photos of gambling outlets and venues 
The report includes company summaries for the likes of: Camelot (UK), Churchill Downs (US), Codere (Spain/Latin America), Las Vegas Sands (US), OPAP (Greece), SJM Holdings (Macau), amongst others.
Updates include: 

Asia 
Cambodia: employee strikes hit Naga World casino in Phnom Penh 
Georgia: further details on the casino sector in Georgia
India: reports that the casinos in Goa will be banned; government revenues from Goan casinos 
Indonesia: illegal gambling activities 
Malaysia: Genting intends to undertake a refurbishment plan 
Singapore: details of visit limits imposed on certain individuals to casinos 
Sri Lanka: information of the proposed casino resort 
Vietnam: update on Ho Tram casino opening date
  

Europe 
Belgium: 2012 lottery data by game 
Croatia: 2012 gambling data added for sports betting, casino, and gaming machine sectors 
Denmark: 2012 gambling data added for horse racing, gaming machines, casinos, and lottery 
Estonia: 2012 gambling data for the lottery in Estonia 
Finland: 2012 data added for sports betting and lottery sectors 
Greece: updated OPAP company report 
Ireland: details of lottery licence tender process 
Macedonia: information added on the number of gaming devices in operation 
Russia: continued action on illegal casinos in Russia in 2013 
Spain: details of the new, locally licensed internet gambling sector in Spain 
Sweden: 2012 gambling data added for all sectors 
Turkey: details of the Turkish lottery privatisation tender
  

Oceania 
Northern Marianas: a bill has been passed legalising casino gambling in Saipan
  

Africa 
South Africa: concern over the new lottery bill allowing a state body to run the lottery for up to 8 years
  

North America 
Illinois: ADW re-instated after five months of uncertainty; casino bill and internet gambling bill dead as legislative session ends 
Indiana: Indiana grand sold; Casino Aztar rebranded; increase in number of lottery retailers and extended opening hours 
Iowa: claims that 2013 will be a record year for the Iowa lottery 
Louisiana: further details of video poker tax rates; construction begins on Boomtown hotel; Jena Choctaw casino opens 
Massachusetts: the tax on winnings is applied to horseracing 
New Jersey: Revel’s casino restructuring ; progress in internet gambling partnerships 
Vermont: proposal to establish a state gambling commission