BGT Judge David Walliams Faces Backlash for Promoting Gambling Website

BGT Judge David Walliams Faces Backlash for Promoting Gambling Website

by May 6, 2018

Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams has become a subject of heavy criticism from fans of the popular talent show and responsible gambling organizations for participating in the latest advertising campaign for an online casino, The Daily Star reports.Mr. Walliams, ...

Melco Ditches Junkets for New Casino Tower at City of Dreams Macau

Melco Ditches Junkets for New Casino Tower at City of Dreams Macau

by May 4, 2018

Melco Resorts & Entertainment will not resort to junket operators to bring VIP customers to the new tower at its City of Dreams Macau integrated resort, Lawrence Ho, CEO and Chairman of the major developer, has said.Melco is set to open the Morpheus tower at City of Drea ...

Details Emerge about New Downtown Las Vegas Casino and Hotel Tower

Details Emerge about New Downtown Las Vegas Casino and Hotel Tower

by May 4, 2018

A new casino complex with a 459-foot-tall hotel tower is set to replace the former Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas, local news outlet Las Vegas Sun has reported citing documents submitted with city officials.The new property will feature a 117,740-square-foot casino, th ...

Unregulated Online Gambling Operations Account for 54% of Sweden’s iGaming Market

Unregulated Online Gambling Operations Account for 54% of Sweden’s iGaming Market

by May 3, 2018

Sweden’s gambling market was worth SEK5.63 billion (approximately $631.9 million, €528.4 million) during the first quarter of 2018, up 2.8% from the same three-month period a year ago, the latest figures released by the country’s gambling regulator Lotteriinspektionen show.H ...

Galaxy Still Pursues Philippines Casino Expansion Despite Boracay’s Closure

Galaxy Still Pursues Philippines Casino Expansion Despite Boracay’s Closure

by May 3, 2018

Macau gaming and hospitality operator Galaxy Entertainment Group is still committed to building an eco-friendly $300-million to $500-million casino resort on the Philippine island of Boracay, the company itself said in its financial report for the first quarter of 2018.Galaxy ...

Japan Casino Bidding Process Will Begin in Late 2019, Melco CEO Believes

Japan Casino Bidding Process Will Begin in Late 2019, Melco CEO Believes

by May 2, 2018

The bidding process for Japan’s first integrated resorts will likely begin late next year or even in 2020, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho said in an interview with business media outlet Bloomberg.Melco currently operates integrated resorts in ...

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City to Hire Recovering Addicts

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City to Hire Recovering Addicts

by May 2, 2018

The Atlantic and Cape May Country Drug Court has been renamed as Recovery Court and has partnered with Atlantic City’s casino labor union to provide participants with training for the city’s gaming industry, local news outlet Breaking AC reports.The Drug Court program in Atl ...

Construction of $400-Million Costa Rica Casino Resort to Begin Next Year

Construction of $400-Million Costa Rica Casino Resort to Begin Next Year

by April 28, 2018

Construction work on a $400-million hotel and casino resort in Costa Rica is expected to begin in early 2019, after the project has received the necessary approval from the host municipality and tourism regulators, local news outlet The Costa Rica Star reports.The property w ...

Triton Super High Roller Series Returns to Maestral Resort & Casino in May

Triton Super High Roller Series Returns to Maestral Resort & Casino in May

by April 26, 2018

Located in one of the most spectacular parts of the Adriatic coast, the recently renovated Maestral Resort & Casino near Budva, Montenegro is just weeks away from swinging its doors open to one of this year’s hottest poker events – the Triton Super High Roller Series 2018. ...

Caesars Expands to Mexico with $200-Million Non-Gambling Resort

Caesars Expands to Mexico with $200-Million Non-Gambling Resort

by April 26, 2018

Las Vegas gaming and hospitality giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced on Wednesday plans to build a non-gaming resort in a key Mexican tourism destination as part of its global expansion strategy.The new project was unveiled just days after the major company announced ...

Ocean Resort Casino Opening Reportedly Set for June 28

Ocean Resort Casino Opening Reportedly Set for June 28

by April 26, 2018

Ocean Resort Casino, formerly Revel, might be targeting a June 28 opening, local news outlet The Press of Atlantic City reported on Wednesday citing unnamed sources. The date is the same one Hard Rock International has selected to reopen the former Trump Taj Mahal casino resort a ...

Three Video Games with Loot Boxes Violate Belgian Gambling Law, Regulator Finds

Three Video Games with Loot Boxes Violate Belgian Gambling Law, Regulator Finds

by April 25, 2018

At least three video games featuring loot boxes have been breaching Belgian gambling laws, an investigation by the Belgian Gaming Commission has shown. The news about the regulator’s position on the widely publicized issue comes shortly after its Dutch counterpart released its ow ...

Indiana Casino Regulator Approves Relocation of Caesars’ Horseshoe Southern Indiana onto Land

Indiana Casino Regulator Approves Relocation of Caesars’ Horseshoe Southern Indiana onto Land

by April 25, 2018

The $85-million project for the relocation of the Horseshoe Southern Indiana riverboat casino onto nearby land received the necessary green light from the Indiana Gaming Commission on Tuesday. Construction on the land-based facility is expected to begin in June.During a Tues ...

Norway Rolls Out New Rules to Combat Unlicensed Gambling Operations

Norway Rolls Out New Rules to Combat Unlicensed Gambling Operations

by April 25, 2018

A coalition of four Norwegian parties has presented the country’s legislature, the Storting, with a set of measures aimed at better protecting Norsk Tipping’s monopoly over the provision of gambling services and at blocking unlicensed international operators from targeting local ...

A Total of 29,319 Belgians Self-Excluded Themselves from Gambling in 2017

A Total of 29,319 Belgians Self-Excluded Themselves from Gambling in 2017

by April 23, 2018

As many as 29,319 Belgians self-excluded themselves from gambling (both online and at land-based venues) in 2017, according to a press release published earlier today on the official website of Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Geens.The reported figure represents a 9% increa ...