Mandalay Bay Owner Sues October 1 Mass Shooting Victims, Seeks Liability Protection

Mandalay Bay Owner Sues October 1 Mass Shooting Victims, Seeks Liability Protection

by July 17, 2018

Las Vegas casino giant MGM Resorts International is suing over 1,000 victims of last year’s Mandalay Bay mass shooting in a bid to avoid liability claims, local news outlet Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.The company has filed lawsuits in Nevada and California courts arguin ...

Casino Exclusion Requests on the Rise in Macau, Regulator Reveals

Casino Exclusion Requests on the Rise in Macau, Regulator Reveals

by July 17, 2018

A total of 233 requests for casino floor exclusion were submitted to the Macau Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau during the first half of the year, the regulator said Monday. The applications filed were 54 more than those in the six months ended June 30, 2017.Of all ...

Norway’s Gambling Market Worth NOK43.7 Billion in 2017

Norway’s Gambling Market Worth NOK43.7 Billion in 2017

by July 16, 2018

Norway’s regulated gambling market was worth NOK43.7 billion (approximately $5.4 billion/€4.6 billion) in 2017, figures released today by the country’s gambling regulator, Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet, show. Unregulated online gambling operations raked in net sales of between N ...

MGM’s Maryland Casino Resort Opens $48-Million Expansion

MGM’s Maryland Casino Resort Opens $48-Million Expansion

by July 16, 2018

MGM National Harbor unveiled Sunday a nearly $50-million expansion of its gaming floor to respond to growing demand for additional gambling services. The expansion project was completed a year and a half after the hotel and casino resort opened doors in Prince George’s County, Ma ...

Poland’s Regulated Gambling Market Remains Unpopular as Blacklist of Erring Operators Keeps Growing

Poland’s Regulated Gambling Market Remains Unpopular as Blacklist of Erring Operators Keeps Growing

by July 15, 2018

More than a year after the re-regulation of Poland’s gambling market the country’s Finance Ministry, the governmental entity charged with overseeing all things gambling, has remained consistent in its efforts to detect violators of rules and to penalize those.The ...

Poker Tournaments Starting July 16-22

Poker Tournaments Starting July 16-22

by July 14, 2018

This year’s edition of the WSOP is just days away from its end after more than a month of thrilling poker action at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. However, there are a number of exciting events slated to kick off next week in different popular poker destinations around the wor ...

SLS Casino Reminisces About Happy Past with Reported Rebranding as Grand Sahara

SLS Casino Reminisces About Happy Past with Reported Rebranding as Grand Sahara

by July 13, 2018

The new owner of SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas is reportedly looking to rebrand the property as Grand Sahara Resort as part of a planned $100-million renovation and upgrade, Eater Vegas reports.Privately-owned gaming company The Meruelo Group acquired the struggling Strip ...

Casino Giant Melco Looks Forward to Working with Cyprus’ New Tourism Ministry

Casino Giant Melco Looks Forward to Working with Cyprus’ New Tourism Ministry

by July 13, 2018

Melco Resorts & Entertainment, the operator of the Republic of Cyprus’ first casino, welcomed the recently approved creation of a Junior Ministry of Tourism that will look to further improve the state of the tiny Mediterranean nation’s tourism industry.Hong Kong-based Me ...

Caesars Completes Sale of Caesars Palace’s Octavius Tower to VICI

Caesars Completes Sale of Caesars Palace’s Octavius Tower to VICI

by July 12, 2018

Las Vegas gaming and hospitality giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. and real estate investment trust VICI Properties announced the completion of the latter’s acquisition of the Octavius Tower at Caesars Palace for the total amount of $507.5 million in cash.Under the terms of ...

Chinese Police Bust $1.5-Billion Bitcoin Betting Operation

Chinese Police Bust $1.5-Billion Bitcoin Betting Operation

by July 12, 2018

Chinese police have arrested more than 540 individuals for their alleged involvement in an illegal online betting operation that accepted bitcoin only to avoid regulatory and legal pitfalls. The case was labeled China’s first major one to involve the provision of illegal gambling ...

Swedish Gambling Authority Posts License Application Forms ahead of Market Re-Regulation

Swedish Gambling Authority Posts License Application Forms ahead of Market Re-Regulation

by July 11, 2018

The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, published Tuesday a confirmation that the application process for gaming and betting licenses under Sweden’s new gambling law would begin on August 1, 2018. The regulator also uploaded the application form for operators interes ...

Court Sides with Sportsbet to Block CrownBet’s Planned Rebrand

Court Sides with Sportsbet to Block CrownBet’s Planned Rebrand

by July 11, 2018

Australian bookmaker Sportsbet has succeeded in its endeavor to block rival CrownBet’s planned rebrand (at least for now), after a Federal Court injunction order was issued on Wednesday compelling the latter operator to nix its plans, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.Canadi ...

Glendale Officials Acknowledge Accepting Gifts from Tribe ahead of Land Sale Vote

Glendale Officials Acknowledge Accepting Gifts from Tribe ahead of Land Sale Vote

by July 10, 2018

Glendale, Arizona officials admitted to accepting gifts from the Tohono O’odham Nation as the City Council approved late last month the sale of a portion of land to the tribe near the site where it is currently building a $400-million casino.The Arizona Republic report ...

MGM’s Springfield Casino Resort to Offer Free Parking

MGM’s Springfield Casino Resort to Offer Free Parking

by July 10, 2018

MGM Springfield, the $960-million integrated resort slated to open doors in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 24, will offer free parking to customers and the general public, a spokesman for the property told local media late last week.News about the free parking opportun ...

Twitter Removes William Hill Emoji from #ItsComingHome Hashtag ahead of England vs Croatia Semi-Final

Twitter Removes William Hill Emoji from #ItsComingHome Hashtag ahead of England vs Croatia Semi-Final

by July 9, 2018

Twitter has decoupled British bookmaker William Hill’s branding from the increasingly popular #ItsComingHome hashtag over the weekend as the social network drew criticism for its participation in the promotion of gambling services to underage users, The Drum reports.Fans of ...