Robert Johnson’s Casino News Daily archive follows the business and technology behind gambling. His published coverage includes US sports-betting legislation, casino development proposals and operators entering new markets.
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The British Bases in the Republic of Cyprus have denied reports that they have raised objections to the €550-million Limassol casino plan over environmental or any other concerns, local news…
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Twin River Tiverton Casino Hotel in Tiverton, Rhode Island will open doors on September 1, precisely a month ahead of schedule, property officials confirmed Thursday. John Taylor Jr., Chairman of…
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Ocean Resort Casino, one of the two casinos set to open doors in Atlantic City on June 28, will feature a sports book on its casino floor, property principal Jordan…
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The CEO of Stockholm-listed gambling operator Cherry AB, Anders Holmgren, has been investigated by Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority (ECA) on insider trading suspicion, the company itself confirmed in a Tuesday…
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The Swedish gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, has warned 39 online media outlets to stop promoting unlicensed gambling company as the activity is illegal under Sweden’s Lottery Act. The move comes as…
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A team of Queensland tourism officials will be traveling to Macau and Las Vegas in a bid to attract major gaming and hospitality operators to the Australian state, local media…
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Las Vegas gaming and hospitality giant MGM Resorts International will hold this week nine public meetings in Massachusetts where it is looking for staff for its $960-million MGM Springfield casino…
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William Hill’s newly appointed Chairman has penned a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May in a last-ditch effort to convince Britain’s top lawmaker that the planned massive crackdown on fixed-odds…
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A Nevada task force approved Friday a set of recommendations made in a previously compiled report that seek to update an obsolete state law and obligate local casinos to submit…
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The Las Vegas UNITE HERE Culinary and Bartenders Unions announced Wednesday that they will hold a strike vote on May 22, allowing their members to cast votes on whether they…
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The New Jersey Casino Control Commission is set to rule later today on whether it would grant a casino license to the new Hard Rock hotel and casino complex, which…
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The CEO of Electronic Arts, Andrew Wilson, said in an investor call Tuesday that loot boxes should not be considered gambling. Mr. Wilson’s comments came shortly after the in-game purchasable…
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Moldova’s Public Property Agency (APP) is no longer holding the monopoly over gambling after the country’s latest change of course regarding the provision of services of this nature, news outlet…
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Norway’s Storting, the country’s supreme legislature, adopted on Monday, May 7, a set of measures aimed to prevent foreign gambling companies from targeting local gamblers and to protect the gambling…
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It has been a little over three years now since Portugal adopted its new gambling law, obligating interested remote gambling operators to obtain a license from the local regulator Serviço…
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Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams has become a subject of heavy criticism from fans of the popular talent show and responsible gambling organizations for participating in the latest advertising…
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Melco Resorts & Entertainment will not resort to junket operators to bring VIP customers to the new tower at its City of Dreams Macau integrated resort, Lawrence Ho, CEO and…
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A new casino complex with a 459-foot-tall hotel tower is set to replace the former Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas, local news outlet Las Vegas Sun has reported…
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Sweden’s gambling market was worth SEK5.63 billion (approximately $631.9 million, €528.4 million) during the first quarter of 2018, up 2.8% from the same three-month period a year ago, the latest…
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Macau gaming and hospitality operator Galaxy Entertainment Group is still committed to building an eco-friendly $300-million to $500-million casino resort on the Philippine island of Boracay, the company itself said…
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The bidding process for Japan’s first integrated resorts will likely begin late next year or even in 2020, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho said in an…
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The Atlantic and Cape May Country Drug Court has been renamed as Recovery Court and has partnered with Atlantic City’s casino labor union to provide participants with training for the…
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Construction work on a $400-million hotel and casino resort in Costa Rica is expected to begin in early 2019, after the project has received the necessary approval from the host…
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Located in one of the most spectacular parts of the Adriatic coast, the recently renovated Maestral Resort & Casino near Budva, Montenegro is just weeks away from swinging its doors…
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Las Vegas gaming and hospitality giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced on Wednesday plans to build a non-gaming resort in a key Mexican tourism destination as part of its global expansion…
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Ocean Resort Casino, formerly Revel, might be targeting a June 28 opening, local news outlet The Press of Atlantic City reported on Wednesday citing unnamed sources. The date is the…
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At least three video games featuring loot boxes have been breaching Belgian gambling laws, an investigation by the Belgian Gaming Commission has shown. The news about the regulator’s position on…
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The $85-million project for the relocation of the Horseshoe Southern Indiana riverboat casino onto nearby land received the necessary green light from the Indiana Gaming Commission on Tuesday. Construction on…
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A coalition of four Norwegian parties has presented the country’s legislature, the Storting, with a set of measures aimed at better protecting Norsk Tipping’s monopoly over the provision of gambling…
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As many as 29,319 Belgians self-excluded themselves from gambling (both online and at land-based venues) in 2017, according to a press release published earlier today on the official website of…