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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Paddy Power Betfair’s CEO Breon Corcoran has sided with proponents of the idea for a dramatic reduction in the maximum bets accepted by the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals. According…
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The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is set to present a new framework for the regulation of the nation’s casinos as “covered persons” under the recently introduced amendments to the…
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Various states have attempted to legalize online gambling over the years after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was introduced back in 2006, but few have succeeded. There have been…
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Chinese-backed group of investors ASF Consortium may take legal action against the government of Queensland after its project for a A$3-billion casino resort in Gold Coast was nixed in August…
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Casino gambling has long been a profitable industry in British Columbia. Casinos located across Canada’s westernmost province have been particularly popular among high rollers from China, a trend that has…
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Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling has hit another setback after the Schleswig-Holstein government officially voted down on Friday the amendments that were implemented to the legislative piece back in March.…
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British bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral has reportedly lined up City banks to review its consolidation opportunities, The Times has reported citing unnamed sources. The gambling operator is said to be prepping…
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Lord David Currie, who is soon to assume the role of Chairman of UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), said in a recent interview with The Financial Times that the mid-2000s’…
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Latest Casino Bonuses has expanded its online gaming affiliate network with another important acquisition. News emerged on Wednesday that the LCB family has welcomed Affiliate Guard Dog in another deal…
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The UK Government’s triennial review of the nation’s gambling industry is due to be published late next month, or precisely a year after it became known that measures to curb…
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A group of Wisconsin residents has voiced opposition to the recently renewed push for the legalization of daily fantasy sports (DFS). The Citizens Against Expanded Gambling group fears that expanded…
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Germany’s long-time online gambling legalization effort could eventually fail, if its 16 federal states do not implement the Interstate Treaty on Gambling hastily, André Schröder, Finance Minister Saxony-Anhalt has warned.…
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A new gambling regulation bill has been in the works in the Australian state of Victoria, which, among other things, seeks to restrict sports betting-related advertisements in public spaces, local…
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The village of Islandia, located in the Suffolk County, New York, confirmed on Friday that it would appeal a Supreme Court ruling that the opening of a Suffolk OTB-run VLT…
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The Seneca Nation of Indians agreed to enter arbitration with the state of New York in an attempt to solve a prolonged dispute on whether the tribe’s three Western New…
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A Hague court ruled that Swedish iGaming operator Betsson’s claim against the Dutch gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit, was inadmissible. The gambling group sought a court’s decision earlier this year, arguing that…
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Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives passed late last night a financial plan that aims at closing a $2.2-billion gap in the state’s budget for the current financial year. As expected, the…
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It was two years ago when it first became known that the Italian online gambling market would be expanded significantly. Back in 2015, the Southern European country’s government agreed to…
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UK gambling operators could annually lose more than £150 million in revenue as a result from the pending crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals, The Financial Times reported citing gambling analysts.…
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France has made significant progress in preparing the necessary documentation for the completion of the shared online poker liquidity project, Clément Martin Saint Léon, Head of Consumer Protection at ARJEL,…
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Fixed-odds betting terminals will certainly be subjected to a crackdown by the UK Government, after Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond withdrew his opposition to the proposed limitations on the…
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives returned from its summer recess on Monday. House lawmakers as well as their counterparts from the Senate are faced with the task of putting an…
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Casino resort developer Landing Jeju Development is set to launch another set of facilities as part of the KRW2-trillion Jeju Shinhwa World complex, currently being under development on South Korea’s…
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A controversial new plan for the construction of an integrated resort in Gold Coast has been facing stronger and growing opposition, as city residents staged a rally in the Australian…
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Codeta has become yet another online gambling brand to join the mass departure of international iGaming operators from the Australian market. Online gambling affiliates promoting the casino have been informed…
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Last year was a pivotal one for the UK gambling market for a myriad of reasons, with one of those reasons being the fact that online gambling became the largest…
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UK gambling operator Ladbrokes Coral has made 15 donations to British MPs, the BBC reported citing information from the UK Parliament’s official website. The major company has thus been placed…
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Gauselmann Group’s Cashpoint sports betting brand has acquired Tipico’s brick-and-mortar betting operations in Denmark. Under the recently sealed deal, Cashpoint has assumed ownership over three betting outlets in the country’s…
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The proposed construction of the Twin River Tiverton casino complex received a final important approval on Wednesday, when members of the Tiverton Planning Board gave the nod to the project…
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Online poker room PokerStars announced on Tuesday that it will introduce the PokerStars Winning Moments video feature that will help online players celebrate, remember, and share their moments of triumph…