马萨诸塞州签署部落协议经营赌场 英国开放首个赌马场

　　马萨诸塞州（美国）已经签署协议允许在该国东南部的独家试行经营赌场。53页的协议中列出了计划，国家将获得赌场博彩业收入的21.5%--比美国其它任何决策都合算，问题是他们愿意承认授予部落特权对国家"财务上有害",因为他们能从一个商业中得到更多的税率为25%.他们与部落联手的原因，如果还不明确，那就是为了帮助玛许比万帕诺亚格部落成为自给自足的。

　　在监管者对推出苏城赌场牌照拍卖计划之后，将很快就会公开投标。爱荷华州赛马和博彩委员会对开放申请新的许可证，标案截止于11月1日。这是为了2013年4月18日授予牌照，这经过了佩恩国际游戏公司和当前的执照持有者（非盈利组织密苏里河历史发展）好几个月的艰辛谈判。谈判停滞不前，是因为当前的执照持有人，想要得到超过他们目前3%的收益，而佩恩公司拒绝支付。他们的提议中包含了苏城的市中心的一个1亿美元综合设施。新的许可证持有人必须保证苏城的场所能吸引大量的赌场业务。

　　在理事会同意启动正式申请流程之后，伍尔弗汉普顿将举办英国的第一个赛马赌场。据报道，伍尔弗汉普顿马场的80个槽场馆将为这个城市创造280个竞技场休闲课程所有者的就业机会，.委员会的领导人罗杰·劳伦斯补充称："就业和利益再生是在申请过程的条件的一部分。我们做决定时必须把它们作为权衡的一部分。"

　　"这些企业创造了就业机会，如果我们看在伦敦纽汉姆开设的那个，就会发现他们可以有一个积极的再生影响。它花了很长时间才走到这阶段，因为给我们的指导是缓慢而来的。"

　　正式的申请程序于8月开始，当场所开放时，提供最高达4000英磅的现金奖金。

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　　An agreement has been signed in Massachusetts that allows one tribal casino exclusivity in the South East of the state. A 53-page agreement lays out the plans that would see the state receive 21.5 percent of the casino's gambling industry revenue - a more lucrative deal than any other in the U.S.A. The problem is they readily admit that granting exclusivity to the tribe is "financially detrimental" to the state because they could get more from a commercial one taxed at 25 percent. The reason they're teaming up with the tribe, if it wasn't clear already, is to help the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe become self-sufficient.

　　Sioux City's casino licence could soon be up for grabs after regulators moved forward with plans to auction it off. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission are opening the licence up to new applicants and have set a November 1 deadline for expressions of interest. This is with a view to awarding the licence by April 18, 2013 and it follows months of fraught negotiations between Penn National Gaming and the current licence holder, non-profit group Missouri River Historical Development. Talks stalled as the current licence holder wanted more than 3 percent of revenues they currently get, with Penn refusing to pay. Their proposal would have seen a $100 million complex go up in downtown Sioux City. The new licence holder must, as a condition, keep the venue in Sioux City and it's likely to attract interest from a number in the casino business.

　　Wolverhampton will play host to the U.K.'s first racino after the council agreed to launch a formal application process. Express and Star reports that Wolverhampton Racecourse's 80-slot venue will create 280 jobs for the city and is to be run by the course owner Arena Leisure. Leader of the council Roger Lawrence added: "Jobs and the regeneration benefits are part of the criteria in the application process. They are part of what we have to balance in making a decision.

　　"These sorts of ventures create jobs and if we look at one that has opened in Newham in London, they can have a positive regenerative impact. It has taken a long time to get to this stage because the guidance was slow in coming to us."

　　The formal application process starts in August and the venue, when open, can offer a maximum cash prize of ?4,000.