Paddy Power Betfair CEO Backs Pending Gambling Machine Curbs

Paddy Power Betfair CEO Backs Pending Gambling Machine Curbs

by September 27, 2017

Paddy Power Betfair’s CEO Breon Corcoran has sided with proponents of the idea for a dramatic reduction in the maximum bets accepted by the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals. According to a letter written by the executive to UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch and ob ...

Philippine Authorities to Release New Casino Anti-Money Laundering Controls in Mid-October

Philippine Authorities to Release New Casino Anti-Money Laundering Controls in Mid-October

by September 27, 2017

The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is set to present a new framework for the regulation of the nation’s casinos as “covered persons” under the recently introduced amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 by mid-October.Attorney Mel Georgie Racela, ...

Pennsylvania and Michigan Still in the 2017 Online Gambling Legalization Mix

Pennsylvania and Michigan Still in the 2017 Online Gambling Legalization Mix

by September 26, 2017

Various states have attempted to legalize online gambling over the years after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was introduced back in 2006, but few have succeeded. There have been so many legislative failures, mainly resulting from the lack of enough support among ...

ASF Consortium May Sue Queensland Government over Failed Gold Coast Casino Project

ASF Consortium May Sue Queensland Government over Failed Gold Coast Casino Project

by September 26, 2017

Chinese-backed group of investors ASF Consortium may take legal action against the government of Queensland after its project for a A$3-billion casino resort in Gold Coast was nixed in August by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s administration.The investor group said on Monday ...

River Rock Casino Report Once Again Draws Attention on British Columbia’s Money Laundering Problem

River Rock Casino Report Once Again Draws Attention on British Columbia’s Money Laundering Problem

by September 25, 2017

Casino gambling has long been a profitable industry in British Columbia. Casinos located across Canada’s westernmost province have been particularly popular among high rollers from China, a trend that has turned into one of the main drivers behind its casino industry’s profitabil ...

Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein State Votes Down Latest Interstate Treaty on Gambling

Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein State Votes Down Latest Interstate Treaty on Gambling

by September 25, 2017

Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling has hit another setback after the Schleswig-Holstein government officially voted down on Friday the amendments that were implemented to the legislative piece back in March.Germany’s northernmost state also revealed plans for the introd ...

Ladbrokes Coral Seeks Advice for Post-FOBTs Review Merger and Acquisition Opportunities

Ladbrokes Coral Seeks Advice for Post-FOBTs Review Merger and Acquisition Opportunities

by September 24, 2017

British bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral has reportedly lined up City banks to review its consolidation opportunities, The Times has reported citing unnamed sources. The gambling operator is said to be prepping for the upcoming publication of the UK Government’s probe into the nat ...

Advertising Standards Authority Chairman Questions Effectiveness of Current Gambling Industry Controls

Advertising Standards Authority Chairman Questions Effectiveness of Current Gambling Industry Controls

by September 23, 2017

Lord David Currie, who is soon to assume the role of Chairman of UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), said in a recent interview with The Financial Times that the mid-2000s’ “liberalization” of the nation’s gambling market may have not been the right thin ...

Latest Casino Bonuses Acquires Affiliate Guard Dog amid Growing Consolidation in the Field

Latest Casino Bonuses Acquires Affiliate Guard Dog amid Growing Consolidation in the Field

by September 21, 2017

Latest Casino Bonuses has expanded its online gaming affiliate network with another important acquisition. News emerged on Wednesday that the LCB family has welcomed Affiliate Guard Dog in another deal that represents the wave of iGaming affiliate consolidation we have been witne ...

Bookmakers Cluster Betting Shops and FOBTs in UK’s Most Deprived Areas, Multiple Studies Find

Bookmakers Cluster Betting Shops and FOBTs in UK’s Most Deprived Areas, Multiple Studies Find

by September 20, 2017

The UK Government’s triennial review of the nation’s gambling industry is due to be published late next month, or precisely a year after it became known that measures to curb the highly controversial B2 gaming machines would finally be considered and would likely be introduced. ...

Legalized DFS Industry Will Open “Pandora’s Online Gambling Box”, Wisconsin Opposing Group Argues

Legalized DFS Industry Will Open “Pandora’s Online Gambling Box”, Wisconsin Opposing Group Argues

by September 19, 2017

A group of Wisconsin residents has voiced opposition to the recently renewed push for the legalization of daily fantasy sports (DFS). The Citizens Against Expanded Gambling group fears that expanded gambling in the state could inflict serious harm to the most vulnerable members o ...

Saxony-Anhalt Finance Minister Urges Speedy Implementation of Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling

Saxony-Anhalt Finance Minister Urges Speedy Implementation of Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling

by September 18, 2017

Germany’s long-time online gambling legalization effort could eventually fail, if its 16 federal states do not implement the Interstate Treaty on Gambling hastily, André Schröder, Finance Minister Saxony-Anhalt has warned. His statement was also supported by the Deutscher Lotto- ...

Victorian Government to Curb Gambling Advertising in Public Spaces

Victorian Government to Curb Gambling Advertising in Public Spaces

by September 17, 2017

A new gambling regulation bill has been in the works in the Australian state of Victoria, which, among other things, seeks to restrict sports betting-related advertisements in public spaces, local media reports.Victorian lawmakers have explained that the bill will likely be i ...

Islandia Village Board to Appeal Supreme Court Ruling against Local Casino

Islandia Village Board to Appeal Supreme Court Ruling against Local Casino

by September 16, 2017

The village of Islandia, located in the Suffolk County, New York, confirmed on Friday that it would appeal a Supreme Court ruling that the opening of a Suffolk OTB-run VLT casino at the local Jake’s 58 hotel was the result from improperly issued permits by village officials ...

Seneca Nation and New York State to Enter Arbitration over Casino Revenue Dispute

Seneca Nation and New York State to Enter Arbitration over Casino Revenue Dispute

by September 15, 2017

The Seneca Nation of Indians agreed to enter arbitration with the state of New York in an attempt to solve a prolonged dispute on whether the tribe’s three Western New York casinos should resume sharing slot machine revenue with the state.A spokesperson for the tribe announc ...