Japanese Lawmakers Discuss Addition of Poker at Casino Floors

Japanese Lawmakers Discuss Addition of Poker at Casino Floors

by August 13, 2017

With the Japanese Cabinet Office currently working on a second casino bill, discussions have emerged on the type of games that should be allowed at the country’s first gambling resorts.According to local media, proposals have been made for poker to be added to the list ...

Online Gambling Hopes Not Dead Yet in Several US States, Despite Slow Legalization Progress

Online Gambling Hopes Not Dead Yet in Several US States, Despite Slow Legalization Progress

by August 12, 2017

Although there has been apparent significant support for the legalization of online gambling in several US states over the past several years, no proposed bill in any of those states has made it to the crucial vote that would make it a law.Given the progress Pennsylvania mad ...

Last of Detained Crown Casino Employees to Be Released on August 12

Last of Detained Crown Casino Employees to Be Released on August 12

by August 11, 2017

The final six of a total of 16 Crown Resorts employees are set to be released from Chinese detention centers on Saturday, according to local media reports. The Australian casino operator’s Head of International High Roller Operations, Jason O’Connor, is also among the staff membe ...

Biggest Online Casino Jackpot Wins in 2017

Biggest Online Casino Jackpot Wins in 2017

by August 11, 2017

Although much younger than their physical predecessors, online slots games have developed a huge and devoted following, comprised of a mixture of people of different ages, from different parts of the world, and from different social strata.The experience games of this kind o ...

The Stars Group to Pursue Casino and Sportsbook Merger and Acquisition Opportunities

The Stars Group to Pursue Casino and Sportsbook Merger and Acquisition Opportunities

by August 10, 2017

Canadian gambling giant The Stars Group posted on Wednesday its first financial report since the completion of its rebranding. In general, the financial picture presented by the company was quite bright with considerable year-on-year increase in key performance indicators that en ...

MGM’s Cotai Casino Could Benefit from Its Delayed Opening

MGM’s Cotai Casino Could Benefit from Its Delayed Opening

by August 10, 2017

The gambling crackdown initiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping revealed to the Macau government the special administrative region’s high reliance on its casino industry. And it also showed the casino industry’s great reliance on revenue from VIP players from Mainland China. ...

Nationwide Online Gambling Ban Passes Through Australian Senate

Nationwide Online Gambling Ban Passes Through Australian Senate

by August 9, 2017

The Australian Senate approved earlier today the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016, which would generally place a nationwide ban on the provision of online casino and poker services.The bill’s passage through the upper house of the Australian Parliament came only a we ...

Slovakia, Poland, and Czech Republic Engage Local ISPs to Block Unlicensed Gambling Operators

Slovakia, Poland, and Czech Republic Engage Local ISPs to Block Unlicensed Gambling Operators

by August 9, 2017

ISP blocking has been a tool commonly deployed as part of the regulation process of one European iGaming market or another. Generally speaking, governments have been opting for that approach to prevent unlicensed online gambling operators from servicing players from their respect ...

Australia’s Online Poker Legalization Effort Gains Greater Support and Media Attention

Australia’s Online Poker Legalization Effort Gains Greater Support and Media Attention

by August 8, 2017

If there is one particular thing we have learned about Australia over the past several months, this would be that it has one of the tightest online poker communities in the world. Late last year, local players woke up to the news that the provision of online poker services could ...

Portuguese Regulator Issues Eighth Online Gambling License

Portuguese Regulator Issues Eighth Online Gambling License

by August 8, 2017

The online gambling regulator of Portugal – Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) – issued late last week the eighth license for the provision of iGaming services in the country’s recently regulated market.The eighth license’s holder is actually a company that is a ...

Gambling Industry Poised to Bring Further Economic Growth to Malta

Gambling Industry Poised to Bring Further Economic Growth to Malta

by August 7, 2017

The Government of Malta will strive to improve the island nation’s GDP growth from last year by reaching a 6.5% real-term economic growth by the end of 2017. In 2016, a GDP growth of 5% was registered. Lawmakers will also try to ensure a 0.5% GDP surplus this year.Speaking t ...

Global Casino Championship Kicks Off at Harrah’s Cherokee on August 8

Global Casino Championship Kicks Off at Harrah’s Cherokee on August 8

by August 7, 2017

The WSOP Global Casino Championship with a guaranteed $1-million prize pool, one of this summer’s hottest poker events, is just a day away. The tournament is summoning its participants tomorrow, August 8, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, North Carolina.Unlike ...

UK Chancellor of Exchequer Reportedly Blocks Gambling Machines Crackdown

UK Chancellor of Exchequer Reportedly Blocks Gambling Machines Crackdown

by August 6, 2017

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has reportedly blocked attempts for a fixed-odds betting terminals crackdown, The Daily Mail wrote on Saturday. The story was later on branded as ‘fake news’ by Tracey Crouch, the Under Secretary of State for Sport an ...

Greek Finance Ministry Proposes Reduction of OPAP-Operated Video Lottery Terminals

Greek Finance Ministry Proposes Reduction of OPAP-Operated Video Lottery Terminals

by August 5, 2017

The Greek Ministry of Finance proposed on Friday a reduction in the number of video lottery terminals (VLTs) local operator OPAP should be allowed to roll out in the country to 25,000 from the previously approved 35,000 such devices.A bill on the matter was introduced to the ...

Antigua and Barbuda to Seek Further Help from WTO in US Online Gambling Dispute

Antigua and Barbuda to Seek Further Help from WTO in US Online Gambling Dispute

by August 4, 2017

The government of Antigua and Barbuda issued a statement to congratulate Calvin Ayre shortly after the gambling businessman saw all felony charges brought against him by the US dropped.Mr. Ayre was indicted by the District of Maryland US Attorney back in 2012 for violating U ...