Latest Trial in Las Vegas Sands, Richard Suen Legal Dispute Starts This Month

Latest Trial in Las Vegas Sands, Richard Suen Legal Dispute Starts This Month

by March 5, 2019

Jurors sought for multi-million trial involving casino giant Las Vegas Sands and a businessman who helped the company set foot in MacauThe selection process of a jury for the upcoming trial involving Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen and Las Vegas casino giant Las Vegas Sand ...

888 Buys BetBright to Boost Growth across Sports Betting, Casino Verticals

888 Buys BetBright to Boost Growth across Sports Betting, Casino Verticals

by March 4, 2019

888 buys a proprietary sports betting platform to support its growth across the US, other regulated jurisdictionsOnline gambling group 888 Holdings Plc today announced that acquisition of online sports betting platform BetBright for £15 million in a move that the company beli ...

Victoria Rejects Crown’s Request to Delay the Start of Construction of One Queensbridge

Victoria Rejects Crown’s Request to Delay the Start of Construction of One Queensbridge

by March 4, 2019

Crown’s request to delay the start of construction of One Queensbridge rejected by the government of VictoriaCrown Resorts’ project for the construction of Australia’s tallest building hit another setback as the company received an informal notice that its request to delay th ...

Unionization Effort at Ocean Resort Casino Progresses Smoothly

Unionization Effort at Ocean Resort Casino Progresses Smoothly

by March 3, 2019

Ocean Resort Casino workers make important step toward unionization, secure approval from the New Jersey State Board of MediationWorkers at Ocean Resort Casino are entering the final stages of their unionization effort, The Press of Atlantic City reported Friday. The Atlantic ...

Connecticut Committee Votes to Draft Conflicting Casino Bills

Connecticut Committee Votes to Draft Conflicting Casino Bills

by March 1, 2019

Connecticut’s Public Safety and Security Committee voted Thursday to draft four bills that are all concerned with expanding gambling in the stateTwo conflicting bills regarding the expansion of Connecticut’s casino industry were voted to be drafted on Thursday by members of t ...

PGCB Hosts Hearing on Penn National Bid for Caernarvon Mini-Casino on March 4

PGCB Hosts Hearing on Penn National Bid for Caernarvon Mini-Casino on March 4

by February 28, 2019

Caernarvon Township residents sign petitions to voice their opinion on whether the area should host a mini-casino ahead of PGCB hearingThe debate over whether Caernarvon Township in Pennsylvania should host a mini-casino has heated up ahead of the upcoming public hearing on t ...

partypoker Partners King’s Casino for Czech Republic Comeback

partypoker Partners King’s Casino for Czech Republic Comeback

by February 28, 2019

partypoker goes live on desktop in the Czech Republic through a partnership with King’s Casino Rozvadov, mobile poker offering coming soonpartypoker has returned to the Czech gaming space two years after the reorganization of the local market and just as many years after the ...

Paul Phua Acquitted of Illegal Betting Operation Charges

Paul Phua Acquitted of Illegal Betting Operation Charges

by February 27, 2019

Macau court sides with Paul Phua, clears the Malaysian businessman of charges of being the mastermind behind an illegal betting operationThe Macau Court of First Instance decided on Tuesday to acquit Malaysian businessman and poker pro Paul Phua of charges of running an illeg ...

Consolidation to Wash Over Sweden’s Gambling Market, Svenska Spel CEO Says

Consolidation to Wash Over Sweden’s Gambling Market, Svenska Spel CEO Says

by February 27, 2019

Svenska Spel’s CEO believes Sweden’s gambling market is not big enough for 70 licensed operators, expects wave of consolidationA wave of consolidation will wash over the Swedish online gambling sector as the local market is adjusting to the new regulatory environment, the CEO ...

LeoVegas Ventures Into Sweden’s eSports Betting Space

LeoVegas Ventures Into Sweden’s eSports Betting Space

by February 26, 2019

LeoVegas explores a new vertical with today’s roll-out of its brand-new eSports betting website, pixel.bet, in SwedenLeoVegas is venturing into the lucrative eSports betting market with today’s launch of the newest brand in its online gambling portfolio – pixel.bet. The eSpor ...

Serial Troublemaker 1xBet Fined in the Netherlands

Serial Troublemaker 1xBet Fined in the Netherlands

by February 26, 2019

Kansspelautoriteit issued on Monday its first illegal gambling fine of the year, slapping €400,000 on 1xBet and xbet-1.comDays after the Dutch Senate passed the Remote Gaming Bill, paving the way for the re-organization of the local online gambling market, the Netherlands Gam ...

Connecticut Committee to Review Four Gambling Bills This Week

Connecticut Committee to Review Four Gambling Bills This Week

by February 25, 2019

Gambling expansion in Connecticut is set to receive a fair amount of attention this week as four bills on the matter are set to be discussed in the Legislature’s Public Safety and Security Committee, local newspaper The Day reportsIn his budget speech last week, Connecticut G ...

Malaysia’s WA Hospitality to Enter Cambodia’s Casino, Hospitality Market

Malaysia’s WA Hospitality to Enter Cambodia’s Casino, Hospitality Market

by February 25, 2019

Malaysian hotel operator WA Hospitality has revealed plans to enter the casino and hospitality market of Cambodia through a partnership with local real estate developer Won MajesticThe Malaysian company has signed an agreement to operate Won Majestic Casino Hotel & Resort ...

Greece Opens Bidding Process for Hellinikon Casino Resort

Greece Opens Bidding Process for Hellinikon Casino Resort

by February 23, 2019

Greek gambling regulator publishes a call for tenders for operators interested to obtain a casino license for the Hellinikon mega-resortThe bidding process for the development of a casino as part of a larger integrated resort set to be located at the site of the former Ellini ...

Caesars’ Largest Stockholder Presses for Sale, Joining Icahn and Other Investors

Caesars’ Largest Stockholder Presses for Sale, Joining Icahn and Other Investors

by February 23, 2019

Another major Caesars stockholder is pushing for the company’s sale to best serve and enhance shareholder valueCaesars Entertainment Corp.’s largest shareholder is urging the company to consider a sale, joining billionaire Carl Icahn and other investors who are pressing the g ...