Susan Sutton’s published work explores the intersection of gambling, public policy and live events. Her Casino News Daily archive includes enforcement stories, casino development debates and reports from the poker tournament calendar.
The lack of solid regulation in the Ukrainian gambling and betting industry has resulted in a booming underground gambling business while millions of dollars are going down the drain. According…
A massive joint operation of the police in Phuket and the Royal Thai Army has failed spectacularly as officers were conducting a raid on an illegal gambling den. On Thursday…
The Philippines’ Department of Justice has said that in order to enforce his “no casino” policy on Boracay Island, president Rodrigo Duterte should issue an executive order. Such an act…
One of Europe’s most exciting poker festivals, Battle of Malta, is returning for its seventh season, promising poker players a €1,000,000 guarantee for its Main Event. This year, the festival…
Police in the Indian state of Odisha has arrested more than 500 individuals for illegal gambling in the Ganjam and Jajpur districts. The arrests were a result of police raids…
The World Poker Tour and partypoker Live will be co-hosting five poker events next year, including the popular WPT Barcelona and the first ever WPT festival in Russia. The two…
Horseshoe Casino Baltimore has entered an official partnership with the Baltimore Ravens in the second deal of this kind since September when the National Football League (NFL) allowed its teams…
US’ poker pro Zachery Schneider came out victorious Monday night at the $1,700 Main Event during the 2018/2019 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond. After three days of grinding poker play, he…
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has honored a request made earlier by the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force to shut down all gambling operations and cancel current gaming licenses…
After creating controversy with its decision not to honor a fan’s bet after a glitch in the live odds-making system, FanDuel back-pedaled to avoid the negative publicity. The Newark resident…
Scientists have revealed an area of the brain associated with high-risk behavior after conducting a study on two gambling monkeys. Interestingly, they managed to teach them odds and found out…
WSOP Circuit regular Zack Milchman returns as a chip leader for the final day of $400 NLH Monster Stack tournament, which is currently underway at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. This…
The law that prohibited casino operators and employees in Pennsylvania to contribute to political campaigns has been officially lifted. In a state, where the commercial casino revenue is second only…
Several states have already legalized sports betting after the historic United States Supreme Court decision in May, which deemed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) unconstitutional. The next…
The tax on gambling remains a hot issue for Kenyan politicians as President Uhuru Kenyatta rejected the Finance Bill 2018 and proposed to cut the tax from 35% to 15%.…
The number of daily visitors at the recently opened MGM Springfield has been around 50,000 on average during weekends and approximately 25,000 on weekdays, which significantly exceeds expectations. Revenues have…
Defeating more than 1,200 poker players, Ryan Weiss took down the second event during 2018/2019 WSOP Circuit, which is currently running in Seminole Casino at Coconut Creek. Along with the…
Medical researcher Richard Jarecki who cracked roulette in the 1970s, winning millions of dollars in European casinos, died on July 25 at the age of 86. Taking advantage of flawed…
The International Monetary Fund expects Macau to become the richest place in the world by 2020, overtaking oil-rich Qatar as the jurisdiction with the highest GDP. Meanwhile, the trade war…
A large number of gambling-related mobile applications have been removed from the App Store and hundreds more would likely follow after Apple implemented a new App Review policy today. In…
Bagging over one million in chips Wednesday evening, poker pro Jeremy Meacham led the six finalists for Day 3 of the 2018 WSOP Global Casino Championship. The prestigious tournament returns…
Yesterday, the National Assembly of Vietnam thumbed up a new piece of legislation which would allow local citizens to wager on football matches held overseas. The Assembly’s decision coincided with…
A massive campaign against gambling machines has started in the Eastern region of Kenya, with local security agencies trying to remove the terminals which have gained much popularity across the…
Swiss voters backed the proposed nationwide ban on remote gambling operations yesterday. The final results of the June 10th referendum showed that the majority of local voters came out in…
Gambling channels have been terminated under YouTube’s Arbitrary Moderation Process. The video-sharing website YouTube seems to have started closing users’ gambling channels, The Atlantic reported. Brian Cristopher, a user and…
Shane Rattenbury, leader of the Australian Greens party, has admitted that the poker machine trading scheme which had been unveiled by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has not worked as…
An unprecedented nationwide raid of the Turkish National Police ended up with eighty people being arrested and 36 businesses shut down. Late Saturday saw thousands of places in a total…
The Finnish national betting agency, Veikkaus Oy, eliminated a total of 129 jobs after co-determination negotiations were brought to an end at the beginning of the week. Veikkaus is currently…
A nationwide opinion poll in Switzerland has shown that plans for a gambling law amendment are making progress ahead of the vote scheduled for June 10th. Only a few weeks…
One of the largest Australian gaming and entertainment groups, Star Entertainment Group, shared that high-roller customers and Queensland businesses have brought larger revenue, at a time when the company has…