Events & Reports

Unnecessary Bureaucracy and High Tax Rates Drive Gambling Operators Away from Czech iGaming Market

Unnecessary Bureaucracy and High Tax Rates Drive Gambling Operators Away from Czech iGaming Market

by August 4, 2017

Early this year, the Czech Republic adopted new gambling laws after a thorough overhaul of its existing legislative framework. The country was among several member states to have been scolded by EU authorities for failing to implement gambling legislations that comply with the un ...

Hong Kong Businessman Reportedly Eyes Vacant Gold Coast Casino License

Hong Kong Businessman Reportedly Eyes Vacant Gold Coast Casino License

by August 4, 2017

A Hong Kong billionaire investor is reportedly considering the possibility to build an integrated resort in Australia’s Gold Coast region, The Gold Coast Bulletin reported earlier today citing an unnamed resource.Reports are emerging just days after the Queensland government ...

Malta Prime Minister Inaugurates The Stars Group’s New Maltese Office

Malta Prime Minister Inaugurates The Stars Group’s New Maltese Office

by August 3, 2017

Canadian online gambling company The Stars Group has moved its office in Malta to a new location, local media has reported. The new office was inaugurated by Joseph Muscat, who was recently re-elected as Prime Minister of the island nation.It was only a few days ago when the ...

Public Hearings on Casino Resorts Set to Be Held in Japan

Public Hearings on Casino Resorts Set to Be Held in Japan

by August 2, 2017

Public hearings in relation to the recently released recommendations for the regulation of Japan’s young casino industry will take place in nine Japanese cities, The Japan Times reported earlier today.Japanese officials from a specially assembled government committee will tr ...

India Sports Betting Legalization Talks Progress

India Sports Betting Legalization Talks Progress

by August 2, 2017

Shortly after Indian news outlets reported that the country’s Sports Ministry has initiated talks over the potential legalization of sports betting activities beyond horse racing, it has become known that an official from the ministry has discussed the matter with a member of the ...

Amaya Becomes The Stars Group after Planned Rebranding

Amaya Becomes The Stars Group after Planned Rebranding

by August 1, 2017

Canadian online gambling giant Amaya announced earlier today that it has completed its planned rebranding as The Stars Group and the relocation of its headquarters from Montreal to Toronto. It also revealed a new corporate logo and launched a new website to mark the beginning of ...

Italy Reports Continued Cash Game Drop amid Final Shared Online Poker Liquidity Preparations

Italy Reports Continued Cash Game Drop amid Final Shared Online Poker Liquidity Preparations

by August 1, 2017

Recent articles by Casino News Daily showed similar trends in the online poker markets of France and Spain. Online gambling figures released today by Italian gambling authorities appeared as yet another manifestation of the insecure state of Europe’s online poker, particularly of ...

Too Strict Regulations Could Scare Off Casino Operators from Japan

Too Strict Regulations Could Scare Off Casino Operators from Japan

by July 31, 2017

Analysts believe that major casino operators could reduce or even back off from investment plans for the construction of integrated resorts in Japan, after an advisory panel recommended on Monday too strict regulations for the operation of the country’s nascent casino industry. ...

Betway Partners Hands Online Gambling Affiliate Accounts to Rogue Buffalo Partners

Betway Partners Hands Online Gambling Affiliate Accounts to Rogue Buffalo Partners

by July 31, 2017

As a news website and an affiliate, Casino News Daily has always strived to provide honest and unbiased information about the latest happenings in the global gambling industry. And we consider it now our duty to provide the latest information on a topic that has been discussed in ...

Spanish Gambling Regulator Releases Information about Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project

Spanish Gambling Regulator Releases Information about Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project

by July 30, 2017

Spain’s gambling regulator – Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) – published on Friday information about the draft resolution that will allow the country to participate in the shared online poker liquidity project.Spain has been one of the four regulated j ...

Caesars Entertainment Enters Gold Coast Casino Agreement

Caesars Entertainment Enters Gold Coast Casino Agreement

by July 29, 2017

Caesars Entertainment Corp. has penned an agreement with ASF Consortium that could potentially see the Las Vegas-headquartered gambling company operate the casino portion of a A$3-billion resort in Australian tourist city Gold Coast.The agreement started due diligence and wo ...

Spain’s Latest Cash Game Poker Figures Come as Another Call for Regulatory Action

Spain’s Latest Cash Game Poker Figures Come as Another Call for Regulatory Action

by July 28, 2017

Spain’s online gambling market has continued its year-over-year growth, according to figures posted by its gambling regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ).Spain-facing operators generated a total of €121.3 million in gross gaming revenue during the three m ...

Financial Conduct Authority and Other UK Watchdogs Shrug Shoulders on Skrill’s Conflict-of-Interest Gambling Affiliate Business Model

Financial Conduct Authority and Other UK Watchdogs Shrug Shoulders on Skrill’s Conflict-of-Interest Gambling Affiliate Business Model

by July 28, 2017

Last week, Casino News Daily produced an article on Skrill’s practice to target potential online casino players, sports bettors, and forex/binary options traders among its existing customers via email marketing. In the current article we intend to pay a bit more attention on the ...

France’s Cash Game Poker Maintains Downward Trend ahead of Shared Liquidity Network Launch

France’s Cash Game Poker Maintains Downward Trend ahead of Shared Liquidity Network Launch

by July 27, 2017

Online poker’s continued decline in France was one of the main reasons why the country initiated the creation of a network that would see its player pool merged with those of Italy, Spain, and Portugal.Now, as the four countries have just signed their first shared online poke ...

Shareholders Approve Proposed Caesars Merger

Shareholders Approve Proposed Caesars Merger

by July 26, 2017

Major casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. and leisure company Caesars Acquisition Company announced that shareholders have approved their proposed merger that will help Caesars’ main operating unit to eventually exit bankruptcy.The two companies need to receive the g ...