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More Casinos Switching to Ticket Technology - 2005-01-06
Ethel Smith is finding fewer and fewer casinos to gamble in because she likes to do it the old-fashioned way, using real coins.

…More and more casinos are converting to the ticket in, ticket out technology, which converts money to a piece of paper.The technology saves labor costs for casinos and limits the potential for work-related injuries.

But slot technicians are complaining because they no longer receive the tips they did when they gave personal assistance to gamblers.
Read the full story at Casino City Times, MA

Gala blames government as it unwinds casinos plan - 2005-01-06
Ambitious plans by the bingo hall operator Gala Group to build eight new casinos across Britain have fallen apart after Tessa Jowell, Culture Secretary, imposed controls on the number of establishments allowed under new gambling legislation. Gala and its US partner Harrah's announced yesterday that their $1 billion arrangement, announced in June 2003, was being unwound because the Government performed a surprise U-turn last month and capped the number of new casinos at 24 by 2012.
Read the full story at Telegraph.co.uk, UK