Queensland Labor Party Remains Tight-Lipped on Great Keppel Casino Project

Queensland Labor Party Remains Tight-Lipped on Great Keppel Casino Project

by November 1, 2017

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk promised that a Labor government will contribute A$25 million for Great Keppel Island’s rejuvenation, although there was no mention of the potential construction of a boutique casino on the island. The Labor party is vying for a second ter ...

Victoria’s Greens Party Calls for Suspension of Poker Machine Bill Discussions

Victoria’s Greens Party Calls for Suspension of Poker Machine Bill Discussions

by October 31, 2017

The Victorian Greens party has called for the planned and currently discussed extension of the licenses of poker machines to be suspended while the Crown Melbourne casino is investigated by state gambling regulators over allegations for pokies rigging and money laundering.A ...

Casino Operator MGM Resorts International Eyes Japan and Macau for Asian Expansion

Casino Operator MGM Resorts International Eyes Japan and Macau for Asian Expansion

by October 31, 2017

Las Vegas-headquartered casino operator MGM Resorts International is mainly interested in extending its footprint in two particular Asian jurisdictions – Macau and Japan, despite the fact that a number of other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including the Philippines and S ...

BetStars Enters Czech Republic’s Regulated Gambling Market

BetStars Enters Czech Republic’s Regulated Gambling Market

by October 30, 2017

BetStars has become the first international online sports betting brand to enter the Czech Republic’s newly regulated market. Local poker news outlet Poker Arena reported on Sunday that the brand’s name has appeared on the list of licensed providers of iGaming services. Said list ...

Greek Parliament to Vote on Online Gambling Legalization Proposal This Week

Greek Parliament to Vote on Online Gambling Legalization Proposal This Week

by October 30, 2017

The Greek Parliament is set to vote on a draft legislation that includes measures for the legalization and regulation of online betting and gaming activities this week, local media reports. The bill aims to provide much needed revenue to the country’s coffers, to create new jobs, ...

FOBTs Review Expected to Be Released This Week

FOBTs Review Expected to Be Released This Week

by October 29, 2017

The long-anticipated results from the UK Government’s probe into the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals are expected to be released this week by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The industry review was launched last October and was intend ...

Queensland Government Announces Massive Casino Resort Project for Cairns

Queensland Government Announces Massive Casino Resort Project for Cairns

by October 28, 2017

The government of Queensland announced on Friday plans for the development of a Global Tourism Hub on the waterfront of the city of Cairns, local news outlet the Cairns Post reported yesterday.State Treasurer Curtis Pitt was among the government representatives that visited ...

Japan’s Government May Resume Casino Talks before the End of 2017

Japan’s Government May Resume Casino Talks before the End of 2017

by October 27, 2017

When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election in September, many believed that the country’s casino legalization effort was dead for the year. Some analysts even forecast that it would not be before the end of 2018 that a vote on a bill that would set the princip ...

Massachusetts’ First Casino Recaptures Gambling Revenue from Neighboring States, Study Finds

Massachusetts’ First Casino Recaptures Gambling Revenue from Neighboring States, Study Finds

by October 27, 2017

The greater portion of money spent at Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Massachusetts would have been spent at casinos in neighboring states, a 2016 report the results of which were made public by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday showed.The study was compi ...

Swansea City Council Considers Casino Ban Extension

Swansea City Council Considers Casino Ban Extension

by October 26, 2017

The Swansea City Council may extend a previous ban on the opening of new casinos in the city for three more years, the BBC reported earlier today. The prohibition was introduced in 2014, following growing concerns over the way any potential opening of new gambling venues could af ...

Hard Rock International Celebrates $1.5-Billion Hollywood Casino Expansion

Hard Rock International Celebrates $1.5-Billion Hollywood Casino Expansion

by October 26, 2017

Casino operator Hard Rock International detailed on Wednesday the ongoing expansion of its domestic flagship property Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. During a special guitar smashing ceremony to celebrate the progress of the $1.5-billion project, the ...

Winamax Buys bet-at-home’s Italian iGaming License ahead of Shared Online Poker Liquidity Launch

Winamax Buys bet-at-home’s Italian iGaming License ahead of Shared Online Poker Liquidity Launch

by October 25, 2017

French gambling operator Winamax has completed the acquisition of the existing Italy-facing license of iGaming brand bet-at-home, a majority stake in which is held by another French gambling company – Betclic Everest Group. The announcement was first published by Italian gambling ...

Tioga Downs Casino to Open Hotel in November

Tioga Downs Casino to Open Hotel in November

by October 24, 2017

Tioga Downs Casino in Nichols, New York is gearing up for the November opening of its hotel portion. The gambling venue was the last one to receive a license from the New York State Gaming Commission and the first to open doors.Tioga Downs Casino, formerly only a racetrack, ...

UK Labour’s Jo Stevens Believes Government’s Gambling Review “Is Long Overdue”

UK Labour’s Jo Stevens Believes Government’s Gambling Review “Is Long Overdue”

by October 23, 2017

Welsh Labour MP Jo Stevens believes the liberalization of gambling in the United Kingdom that occurred more than a decade ago was a rushed decision. Ms. Stevens talked to BBC Two presenter Victoria Derbyshire about the pending publication of the government’s review of the nation’ ...

Macau Developer 13 Holdings Raises Funds to Complete Resort by March 2018

Macau Developer 13 Holdings Raises Funds to Complete Resort by March 2018

by October 23, 2017

Shares in 13 Holdings, the developer behind The 13 integrated resort currently under construction in Macau’s Coloane area, sunk more than 50% today after it was announced late last week that the company would seek funds to complete the property.Construction work on the $1.6- ...