The maximum soccer entity has determined the cloth to be worn by the 32 teams that will be playing the first stage in Germany from June 9th. FIFA determined the color for the shorts, shirts and socks for every team.

In most cases the traditional characteristics of the country’s clothes will be respected. For the first game that Argentina will be playing against Netherlands, they will be wearing the usual white and sky blue shirt with black shorts and white socks. Netherlands will be wearing their classic orange shirt.

Yogonet officially announced the release of the Yogonet Directory (first edition), a guide offering addresses and phone numbers of all the companies related to gambling industry in Latin America and Spain. This directory will be freely distributed and sent mainly to gambling executives in America.

The Yogonet Directory will include a complete list of developers, distributors and sales representatives in this industry, all along Latin American countries and Spain.

If you want mom to know how special she is, there’s nothing better than a pair of handmade 12mm dice earrings with Swarovski AB crystals on the sides. Also features various lengths of gold chain dangling three inches. They cost $65 and are available at CasinoCenter.com.

Following the jewelry line, casinocenter.com invites you to give mom a beautiful costume-designed gold-plated bracelet that is a lucky charm at the same time. You can buy it for $45.

Italian Internet service providers (ISPs) have brought a lawsuit against the government’s new regulations with regards to online gambling, as they would affect services provided to some Internet gaming sites.

As a consequence of this “censorship case”, at first the providers carried out the new regulations, modifying their services in order to avoid that Italians could access prohibited sites. However, ISPs are now raising their voices, as they consider that this law is an act of violence against their companies and their clients’ liberty of action.

The global incomes of casinos in Macau grew 16.5% during the first quarter of 2006, compared to the last three months of 2005, according to the city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Office.

Altogether, the revenues generated by the 19 casinos that are operating in Macau reached 1,5 billion dollars, most of which came from Chinese tourists who visited the small peninsula from the rest of the country.

Mississippi Gaming Commission recently approved the new casino plans presented by Leucadia National Corp., a New York based enterprise, which is interested in rebuilding Biloxi’s Hard Rock Casino and Resort. The floating Casino was scheduled to open the same day that hurricane Katrina destroyed it. The casino value was $235 million.

GTECH Holdings Corporation announced that incomes for the first four months of the current year have reached $368,3 million; that is 9% more than the incomes registered in the same period of 2005.

GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company that provides integrated technology, creative content, and business services to effectively manage and grow today's evolving gaming markets. In targeted economies, the company also leverages its operational presence and infrastructure to supply commercial transaction processing services.

The III Castilla & León Gaming Congress, held on the 18th and 19th of April in Burgos (Spain), referred mainly to legal aspects, taxes and advertising in the gambling industry, besides other hot topics related to bingos, rooms and casinos.

The Congress, organized by the Ministry and Territorial Administration of the Castilla y León’s Board, was also sponsored by Burgos’ city and county council. About 150 experts gathered in this event “to create a forum of debate and reflection about the problems that affect this market”, according to a press release sent to MediaGambling’s newsroom.

A casino established in Oklahoma and its manager agreed to pay fines for up to $2.5 million for violations of the federal precautions destined to fight financial crime.

However, the government authorities informed that, in spite of the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma and Edward E. Street, the man that guides the daily operations of the game’s precinct, agreed to the imposed sanction, neither denied or admitted the committed accusations.

Australian casinos are pressing the federal government to reach an agreement and be exonerated from the “Know your Clients” bill. The bill has been proposed by the government to fight money laundry and terrorism. The bill says that all Australian financial institutions and casinos must check all their clients’ background.

However, Chris Downy, CEO for Australian Casino Association, plans to argue the bill. According to Downy, casinos should be treated differently.