Sky to Limit Gambling Ads to One per Commercial Break from New Premier League Season

Sky to Limit Gambling Ads to One per Commercial Break from New Premier League Season

by November 4, 2018

Sky is looking to crack down on gambling ads amid tumultuous times for UK’s gambling industryPay-TV giant Sky announced plans to significantly limit the number of gambling ads that are shown across its programing amid rising concern over the overexposure of vulnerable p ...

Hard Rock’s Atlantic City Casino Fined for Compliance Failures

Hard Rock’s Atlantic City Casino Fined for Compliance Failures

by November 3, 2018

The casino company has failed to inform the New Jersey gambling regulator about the employment of a marketing executiveCasino and hospitality company Hard Rock International was fined by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement for compliance failures, local news outlet ...

Dutch Regulator Fines Online Gambling Operator with Questionable Reputation

Dutch Regulator Fines Online Gambling Operator with Questionable Reputation

by November 2, 2018

Dutch Gambling Authority scolds another erring operator for targeting local playersAnother online gambling operator has incurred the wrath of Kansspelautoriteit, the regulatory body charged with monitoring the Netherlands’ gambling market. In a statement from earlier today, t ...

Caesars CEO to Step Down, Company Signs Brand Sponsorship with New Raiders Stadium in Vegas

Caesars CEO to Step Down, Company Signs Brand Sponsorship with New Raiders Stadium in Vegas

by November 2, 2018

Caesars CEO steps down after three years at the company’s helm; the casino operator becomes first founding sponsor of Las Vegas StadiumCaesars Entertainment Corp. CEO Mark Frissora announced Thursday that he is resigning after three years in the role. Mr. Frissora will step d ...

Norwegian TV Host Sues Gaming Innovation Group over Failed Collab

Norwegian TV Host Sues Gaming Innovation Group over Failed Collab

by November 1, 2018

Popular television personality claims he has reached a verbal agreement entitling him to 3.4 million shares now worth NOK10 millionPopular Norwegian TV presenter Hallvard Flatland says he is entitled to 3.4 million shares in online gambling group Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) ...

Key Cayman Islands Lawmaker Slams Tougher Illegal Gambling Penalties

Key Cayman Islands Lawmaker Slams Tougher Illegal Gambling Penalties

by November 1, 2018

Opposition leader proposes alternative approach toward addressing gambling-related issuesThe Cayman Islands government opposition leader has criticized the recently introduced Gambling (Amendment) Bill 2018 that calls for the implementation of higher fines and longer prison t ...

William Hill Makes £242-Million Offer to Buy MRG ahead of Major UK Gambling Industry Disturbances

William Hill Makes £242-Million Offer to Buy MRG ahead of Major UK Gambling Industry Disturbances

by October 31, 2018

William Hill looks to expand European presence, diversify revenue mix, improve online performance with MRG marriageWilliam Hill today announced that it has made a cash offer to acquire Malta-headquartered online gambling operator Mr Green & co AB (MRG) as the British book ...

Shuttered Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino Still Out of Luck, Gets Zero Bids at Foreclosure Auction

Shuttered Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino Still Out of Luck, Gets Zero Bids at Foreclosure Auction

by October 31, 2018

Primary lender assumes ownership of failed Lucky Dragon casino resort; property receives no offers at foreclosure auctionThe unfortunate Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino was released back to its primary lender after it got zero bids at a Tuesday auction in Las Vegas. Located in ...

Daphne Caruana Galizia Assassination Suspect Cleared of Casino Fraud Charges

Daphne Caruana Galizia Assassination Suspect Cleared of Casino Fraud Charges

by October 30, 2018

Muscat is a known criminal, one of three individuals charged with the murder of Daphne Caruana GaliziaVince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, has been cleared of charges in a casino fraud case going back to 2007, local news outlet Malta Today reports. Muscat is one of the three men ...

Andorran Government Extends Review of Casino License Appeals to November 27

Andorran Government Extends Review of Casino License Appeals to November 27

by October 30, 2018

The government of the tiny nation needs one more month to review the paperwork filed by companies opposing the issuing of a casino license to local company Jocs SAThe government of Andorra has extended the deadline for issuing its response to the appeals filed against the gra ...

Cayman Islands Legislators Table New Anti-Illegal Gambling Bill

Cayman Islands Legislators Table New Anti-Illegal Gambling Bill

by October 29, 2018

Cayman Islands lawmakers look to clamp down on illegal gambling with heftier finesCayman Islands lawmakers have indicated their intentions to ramp up efforts to crack down on illegal gambling with the recent introduction of a piece of legislation that, if adopted, would incre ...

Is Brazil’s New Far-Right President Threatening the Country’s Gambling Legalization Effort?

Is Brazil’s New Far-Right President Threatening the Country’s Gambling Legalization Effort?

by October 29, 2018

Brazil’s newly-elected President could leave it to individual states to determine whether they want to legalize gamblingFar-right congressman and former army captain Jair Bolsonaro has been declared the new President of Brazil after winning a sweeping victory over Workers’ Pa ...

Interest in €8-Billion Athens Integrated Resort Narrows to Three US Casino Giants

Interest in €8-Billion Athens Integrated Resort Narrows to Three US Casino Giants

by October 22, 2018

The winning bidder for a casino license for the €8-billion Hellinicon integrated resort likely to be announced in Q1 2019Three major casino companies have remained interested in participating in the tender process for a gaming license as part of a larger project for the const ...

Caesars to Decline Tilman Fertitta Casino Merger Offer

Caesars to Decline Tilman Fertitta Casino Merger Offer

by October 22, 2018

Caesars is reportedly more interested in acquiring Jack Entertainment properties than Tilman Fertitta’s merger offerCaesars Entertainment Corp. has chosen to reject an offer from billionaire gaming boss Tilman Fertitta that would have seen his own empire merge with the Las Ve ...

Indiana Could See $466 Million in Economic Impact from Sports Betting

Indiana Could See $466 Million in Economic Impact from Sports Betting

by October 21, 2018

Gambling research firm recommends that Indiana legislators act on sports betting during 2019 legislative sessionLegal sports betting in Indiana could annually generate $466 million in economic impact by the first five years, if the State General Assembly legalizes the activit ...