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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Online poker operator PokerStars announced on Thursday that it will reimburse players of PKR after the latter poker room was shut down in early May due to serious financial issues.…
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Market research firm Opinium today released the results of recent research focused on the “changing face” of the UK gambling customer as the nation’s industry is in the middle of…
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Florida’s Seminole Tribe and Governor Rick Scott reached an agreement about the tribe’s exclusivity over the provision of blackjack within the state’s borders more than a month after the Legislature…
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NEKTAN PLC, the international mobile gaming platform and content provider, today announced that it has acquired Nektan Marketing Services from Betfred Founder Fred Done and ActiveWin Media Founder Warren Jacobs…
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Chinese-backed ASF Consortium has revealed that it has been in talks with casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. about potentially teaming up on a A$3-billion integrated resort in Australia’s Gold Coast…
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The Turkish government is planning to launch a crackdown on illegal gambling, local media has reported. Under a two-year plan, different government agencies will cooperate to tackle issues related to…
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Europe’s online poker landscape is about to change in just two days from now when the gambling regulators of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal are set to sign a much-anticipated…
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The Philippine Department of Finance expressed confidence that the country’s government will continue receiving much needed revenue from casinos once a previously revealed plan for their privatization is completed. It…
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Kazuo Okada is suing his family after being removed from the board of the Okada Holdings investment firm, the Japanese casino tycoon himself confirmed in an interview with global news…
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Daily fantasy sports may soon become a regulated industry in New Jersey after the state Legislature passed on Friday a bill that authorized the licensed provision of this type of…
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An anti-online gambling lobbying group backed by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson may have lost an important ally in the US Department of Justice, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself…
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The results from a government-led review of the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) will not be made public before October due to the recent UK general election, Minister Tracey…
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A year after the French government amended the country’s gambling law in a manner that paved the way for shared liquidity negotiations, the first agreement for the creation of an…
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Poker players and personalities Mike Sexton and Bruno Fitoussi will be presented with the WPT Honors Award for their outstanding contributions to the growth of the World Poker Tour brand…
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The number of casino-related suspicious transaction reports (STR) increased almost 24% year-on-year in Macau in 2016, figures presented by the Macau Financial Intelligence Office and cited by casino news outlet…
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The UK Gambling Commission may launch a probe into the way gambling operator Ladbrokes protects and disposes of its customers’ personal information. The move may be found necessary after a…
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Casino operator Hard Rock International is pulling out of a €500-million project for the construction of what would be Europe’s largest integrated resort in the Republic of Cyprus. The announcement…
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The Portuguese gambling regulator, Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), issued on Monday the seventh license for the provision of online gambling services since the local market’s regulation.…
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Gambling operator William Hill is planning to close its Israel-based office, forex trading news outlet LeapRate has reported citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. The major UK bookmaker…
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The deal for the construction of the Republic of Cyprus’ first casino is set to be signed today, local media has reported. At the time of writing, contract parties are…
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Hungary’s online gambling regulatory regime has been declared incompatible with EU principles and rules, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled late last week. The ruling came as…
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If the five-year process for the regulation of Germany’s online gambling market could be likened to anything in the world, that would be a large field planted with powerful explosive…
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Online gambling giant Amaya Inc. is eyeing expansion into the emerging Indian online poker market, CEO Rafi Ashkenazi told media on Wednesday after the company’s annual shareholders meeting. It also…
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Representatives of the Spanish gambling regulator – Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), and its Danish counterpart – Spillemyndigheden, participated earlier this week in a meeting that saw gambling…
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that the state’s Gaming Control Board should review the application for the construction of Philadelphia’s second casino and particularly the property’s proposed…
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Casino operator Hard Rock International has announced a Memorial Day 2018 opening of what would be Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, or its first gambling venue in the…
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Online gambling-focused performance marketing company Catena Media today announced yet another acquisition deal that saw it purchase all iGaming affiliate assets of Delilah Holdings. The transaction is expected to be…
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Japanese slot machine and pachinko maker Universal Entertainment Corp. revealed on Monday that the investigation into its founder, Kazuo Okada, has been extended to include two more instances of allegedly…
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Tiger Resort, Leisure, and Entertainment Inc. ousted on Friday Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada from his post as Chairman of the company’s board. Mr. Okada was replaced by Justice Manuel Lazaro.…
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Although many believed that 2017 may be the year when New York legalizes online poker, it now seems that proponents of the idea may have to wait until next year…