Events & Reports

Around 3% of Bulgaria’s Population Hit by Gambling Addiction

Around 3% of Bulgaria’s Population Hit by Gambling Addiction

by October 11, 2018

Despite being the poorest EU country, Bulgaria has a booming gambling industryMore than 200,000 Bulgarians suffer from one form of gambling addiction or another, local news outlet 24 Chasa reports citing information from a report compiled last year. Bulgaria is the poorest na ...

Trump Lobbies Japan’s PM to Consider GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson for Casino License

Trump Lobbies Japan’s PM to Consider GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson for Casino License

by October 11, 2018

President Trump stars in another media storm with reports about attempts to advance major GOP donor and casino boss Sheldon Adelson as a winning bidder in Japan’s casino license raceUS President Donald Trump has used his political clout to advance the personal interests of La ...

Majority of Japanese Gamblers Fail to Tax Big Winnings, Board of Audit Reveals

Majority of Japanese Gamblers Fail to Tax Big Winnings, Board of Audit Reveals

by October 10, 2018

Japanese gamblers tend to avoid declaring big winnings, Board of Audit report findsAround 80% of all gambling winnings of JPY10 million (approximately $88,500) or over from a single bet are not declared to Japanese tax authorities, local news outlet Asahi Shimbun reports citi ...

Tabcorp Emerges as Likely Buyer of West Australia’s TAB Betting Agency

Tabcorp Emerges as Likely Buyer of West Australia’s TAB Betting Agency

by October 10, 2018

Media reports suggest that the nation’s largest gambling operator will add the betting agency to its portfolioAustralian gambling giant Tabcorp is billed as the likely new owner of the West Australia TAB totaliser betting agency, according to a new round of reports from finan ...

Italy to Award Online Gambling Licenses by Year’s End

Italy to Award Online Gambling Licenses by Year’s End

by October 9, 2018

Verification of online gambling license applications enters final stages, licenses to be issued by the end of the yearItaly’s process of issuing online gambling licenses to companies interested to operate in the local market is entering its final stages, Italian news outlet A ...

Las Vegas Rumor Mill Churns Out Reports about Rio Casino Demolition, Redevelopment into MLB Ballpark

Las Vegas Rumor Mill Churns Out Reports about Rio Casino Demolition, Redevelopment into MLB Ballpark

by October 9, 2018

Rio could be demolished to make room for Major League Baseball ballparkThe Las Vegas rumor mill has been churning out some particularly curious stories lately and we are all in to cover the juiciest ones properly. Focus this week has been on the off-Strip Rio All-Suite Hotel ...

Netherlands’ Failure to Regulate Online Gambling a “Disgrace”, Says Kansspelautoriteit Chairman

Netherlands’ Failure to Regulate Online Gambling a “Disgrace”, Says Kansspelautoriteit Chairman

by October 8, 2018

Dutch Senate yet to vote on Remote Gambling Bill that the Lower House approved two years agoThe Chairman of the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit, Jan Suyver, called it a disgrace that the Netherlands has failed to re-regulate and liberalize its online gambling mar ...

Caesars Selling Off-Strip Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Fresh Round of Reports Suggests

Caesars Selling Off-Strip Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Fresh Round of Reports Suggests

by October 8, 2018

Sale of Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, located just off the Las Vegas Strip, might be imminent this time, according to reportsReports about the potential sale of Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the off-Strip resort that has been hosting the World Series of Poker since 20 ...

Southland Racetrack Backs Arkansas Casino, Betting Expansion Effort

Southland Racetrack Backs Arkansas Casino, Betting Expansion Effort

by October 7, 2018

Proposed casino expansion expected to save the racetrack $86 million in taxes during first three yearsOwners of the Southland Park Gaming & Racing greyhound racetrack in West Memphis have poured $50,000 into the ongoing campaign for casino expansion in Arkansas, local new ...

Virginia Family Organization Condemns Bristol Casino Proposal

Virginia Family Organization Condemns Bristol Casino Proposal

by October 6, 2018

Casino plan promises $1.5 billion in contributions for Southwest VirginiaA prominent Virginia family foundation formally opposed the proposed construction of a $150-million casino resort in the city of Bristol. Casino-style gambling is currently prohibited in the state, and t ...

Czech Gambling Group SAZKA Shelves London IPO Plans in Nightmare Week for LSE

Czech Gambling Group SAZKA Shelves London IPO Plans in Nightmare Week for LSE

by October 5, 2018

A nightmare week for the London Stock Exchange continues as SAZKA Group puts listing on ice due to market volatilityCzech lottery and betting operator SAZKA Group has iced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, citing market’s volatility as the reason behind its decisio ...

West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Casino Targets Fall Opening of Sportsbook

West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Casino Targets Fall Opening of Sportsbook

by October 5, 2018

Wheeling Island Casino targets fall launch of sports betting, football season on property’s radarLegal sports betting is almost ready to arrive at Wheeling Island Hotel Casino Racetrack in Wheeling, West Virginia, although an official date for the launch of the property’s spo ...

MGA Spills Details on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Sandbox Framework during Inaugural Delta Summit

MGA Spills Details on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Sandbox Framework during Inaugural Delta Summit

by October 4, 2018

“The MGA’s strategic mission is to be at the forefront of gaming regulation whilst embracing innovation”, says newly appointed MGA Chief Executive Officer Heathcliff FarrugiaThe Malta Gaming Authority released today information about its recently introduced Sandbox Framework ...

West Virginia Lottery Commission Approves Permanent Sports Betting Rules, Rejects Integrity Fee Proposal

West Virginia Lottery Commission Approves Permanent Sports Betting Rules, Rejects Integrity Fee Proposal

by October 4, 2018

Integrity fee should be a matter discussed between casinos and sports leagues, without the state, says WV Racing Association PresidentThe West Virginia Lottery Commission approved Wednesday the permanent rules for the operation of legal sports betting on the territory of the ...

Google Play Wipes 56 Gambling Apps Targeting Vietnamese Gamblers

Google Play Wipes 56 Gambling Apps Targeting Vietnamese Gamblers

by October 3, 2018

Removed apps have offered casino-style games, which are prohibited under Vietnamese gambling lawsGoogle has wiped out 56 gambling apps from its Google Play app store as those were breaching Vietnam’s existing gambling laws, local news outlet Vietnam News reports citing offici ...