PokerStars Owner Snaps Up SkyBet, Creates Largest Listed Gambling Company

PokerStars Owner Snaps Up SkyBet, Creates Largest Listed Gambling Company

by April 22, 2018

Canadian online gambling giant The Stars Group announced Saturday that it would buy UK counterpart Sky Betting & Gaming in a move that would create the largest publicly listed online gambling company, boost The Stars Group’s sports betting product, and secure the combin ...

Arkansas AG Asks Court to Side with Her in Ongoing Dispute with Casino Group

Arkansas AG Asks Court to Side with Her in Ongoing Dispute with Casino Group

by April 21, 2018

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge asked the state’s Supreme Court to reject a request to force her to give the nod to the wording of a ballot measure that, if approved, would allow for the establishment of up to four casinos across the state.The Driving Arkansa ...

Kenya Could Scrap 35% Gambling Tax and Introduce Tax on Winnings

Kenya Could Scrap 35% Gambling Tax and Introduce Tax on Winnings

by April 20, 2018

Kenya’s current 35% tax on betting and gaming services could be scrapped by the government in favor of a 15% one under growing pressure from the country’s gambling industry.Local media reports that National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale submitted earlier this week the ...

Four out of Ten Loot Boxes Violate Dutch Gambling Law, Local Regulator Finds

Four out of Ten Loot Boxes Violate Dutch Gambling Law, Local Regulator Finds

by April 19, 2018

Four out of ten loot boxes in video games were found to be violating the Dutch Betting and Gaming Act (Wet op de kansspelen), the local gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit, said in a report on the matter.The gambling regulator pointed out that loot boxes incorporate eleme ...

Redone Trump Taj Mahal Casino to Open Doors on June 28 under the Hard Rock Brand

Redone Trump Taj Mahal Casino to Open Doors on June 28 under the Hard Rock Brand

by April 19, 2018

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, the latest Hard Rock-branded resort, will open doors on June 28, executives announced during a Wednesday press conference livestreamed from the company’s Times Square café to Tanger Outlets The Walk in Atlantic City.The property is ...

Galaxy Scraps Boracay Casino Plan, Seeks Alternative Site

Galaxy Scraps Boracay Casino Plan, Seeks Alternative Site

by April 17, 2018

Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group has scrapped plans to build a $500-million gaming resort on Boracay and will seek an alternative site for a project of similar scale, an official from the Philippine Department of Tourism told media today.It became known earli ...

Hard Rock Seeks Site Approval for Atlantic City Casino

Hard Rock Seeks Site Approval for Atlantic City Casino

by April 17, 2018

Gaming and hospitality company Hard Rock International will today seek site approval for its $500-plus-million casino resort on the Atlantic City Boardwalk from the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. The state agency is set to hold a public meeting later today ...

Eldorado Resorts Announces Duo of Casino Acquisition Deals, Buys Tropicana from Carl Icahn

Eldorado Resorts Announces Duo of Casino Acquisition Deals, Buys Tropicana from Carl Icahn

by April 16, 2018

Nevada-based gaming company Eldorado Resorts announced today a duo of acquisition deals that would expand its footprint across several new markets and would enlarge its portfolio of hotel and casino properties.The operator said that it has entered into an agreement to buy Gr ...

China Moves to Expand Gambling on Hainan

China Moves to Expand Gambling on Hainan

by April 15, 2018

China announced plans to expand gambling in Hainan in a bid to help its ailing southernmost province. The planned expansion will include the development of horse racing and of an instant and sports lottery. According to experts, the move could eventually lead to China opening the ...

Development of Poland’s Gambling Market a Year after Its Regulation

Development of Poland’s Gambling Market a Year after Its Regulation

by April 8, 2018

Poland’s new gambling law took effect almost precisely a year ago. And while the legislative framework was touted as one that would liberalize the market and provide international operators with attractive opportunities to operate in a regulated environment, the country’s newly f ...

Dutch Lawmakers Make Little Progress Toward iGaming Regulation as Pressure for Change Grows

Dutch Lawmakers Make Little Progress Toward iGaming Regulation as Pressure for Change Grows

by April 6, 2018

It has been 12 years since the European Commission first urged the Netherlands to remodel its gambling regulatory framework in a manner that would allow foreign gambling companies to provide online gambling services in the country. And it has been more than three years since Dutc ...

UK National Lottery Profits Rise as Funds Handed to Good Causes Drop

UK National Lottery Profits Rise as Funds Handed to Good Causes Drop

by April 5, 2018

A parliamentary committee has slammed UK’s National Lottery for failing to contribute more money to good causes, while recording a continued growth in profits.The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently presented a report on the general financial performance of Nati ...

Boracay Closes for Cleanup on April 26, Galaxy Yet to Apply for Casino Construction Permits

Boracay Closes for Cleanup on April 26, Galaxy Yet to Apply for Casino Construction Permits

by April 5, 2018

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed Wednesday that the island of Boracay will be closed for environmental cleanup for six months starting April 26. The popular tourist destination will not receive visitors during that period as all accommodation facilities and attracti ...

Temporary Casino to Open in Limassol, Cyprus Later in 2018

Temporary Casino to Open in Limassol, Cyprus Later in 2018

by April 4, 2018

A temporary casino will open doors in the Republic of Cyprus later this year, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman Lawrence Ho confirmed in the company’s annual report.Melco won an exclusive license to operate the tiny Mediterranean nation’s first casino resort in the ...

Borgata Casino and Gemaco Move to Settle High-Profile Dispute Off Court

Borgata Casino and Gemaco Move to Settle High-Profile Dispute Off Court

by April 3, 2018

Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino has moved to settle the remaining portion of its claim against card manufacturer Gemaco in a high-profile case involving the gambling venue and popular poker pro Phil Ivey.Legal news outlet Law360 reported that according to a Friday letter file ...