Macau Gambling Industry to Be Reviewed Next Year

by December 23, 2014

Fernando Chui Sai On, the CEO of Macau, announced that the government is about to start reviewing the local gambling sector at the beginning of spring.Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Macau last week and recommended the regulation and the supervision over the local gambli ...

British Poker Awards Event to Be Held in February at the Hippodrome Casino

by December 22, 2014

The ceremony for the prestigious British Poker Awards is going to be held on Feb.23rd and the Hippodrome Casino in London Leicester Square was announced to be the best place where event of this kind can take place. The best British poker players will get recognition and an award ...

Kentucky Senator Mike Wilson to Prosecute Illegal Online Cybercafés

by December 21, 2014

Mike Wilson, the State Senator of Kentucky, has focused his efforts on prosecuting the online cybercafés that provide illegal gambling products and services on the territory of the state.According to the Senator, these cafes have a devastating impact on the charitable and vet ...

Full Tilt Reduces Players’ Reward Points by 20%

by December 20, 2014

Four days ago, the popular platform Full Tilt surprised the UK-based players in a negative manner. It was announced that the reward points will be reduced by 20%.The reduction was said to be necessary due to the newly implemented gambling regulations the platform has to compl ...

BetConstruct to Provide Its Customers with Open Face Chinese Poker Game

by December 19, 2014

BetConstruct – a prominent provider of online and land based gaming products and services is about to make the Open Face Chinese Poker available to all its clients.Apparently, managers of BetConstruct have realized that the game is gaining more and more popularity and decided ...

New Jersey Residents to Decide on Expanding the Gambling Sector

by December 18, 2014

New Jersey authorities are currently discussing the alternative for elections to take place in November 2015 and local residents to decide if they want the gambling sector in New Jersey to be expanded or not.Yesterday, New York gambling regulators rejected all proposals for e ...

Brisbane Casino Bidders to Undergo Further Checking Procedures

by December 17, 2014

The members of the Queensland union have just announced that they would like one of the operators that have applied for acquiring a license and building a casino in Brisbane to undergo further checking procedures and be carefully monitored.The union has suspected one of the b ...

Russia Prosecutes Participants and Providers of Illegal Poker Activities

by December 17, 2014

Last week, the State Duma passed the so called Bill 478806-6, which makes the participation in online poker games illegal unless it takes place within the designated for that purpose areas.Live gambling activities have been prohibited on the territory of Russia for five years ...

Finnplay Provides Platform for TribeLotto

by December 16, 2014

Finnplay, the most popular Finnish online gambling company, announced that it is about to launch a platform for the operator TribeLotto. The move will enable the lottery provider to get a bigger share in the field of social gaming.An agreement between Finnplay and TribeLotto ...

New Jersey Reports November Revenues Generated Via Online Gambling

by December 16, 2014

The New Jersey gambling officials have just announced the revenues generated from online gambling activities during November and the numbers reported are a mixture of good and bad news.According to the information released, the overall situation with the revenues has never be ...

Implementation of Online Gambling Tax in Ireland Postponed for 2015

by December 15, 2014

It was announced that the plan the Irish gambling authorities had is not likely to be developed in the next few months. The proposal for increasing the taxation for online gambling was about to take effect really soon but all of a sudden it was delayed for next year.The delay ...

The Showboat to Be Converted into a Dormitory

by December 15, 2014

Last Saturday was the day when the Showboat Atlantic City casino was acquired by a New Jersey college. It is no longer managed by Caesars Entertainment Corp; the representatives of Richard Stockton College are now officially in charge of the property.The property purchase its ...

Discussions about Caesars Entertainment Debt Reconstructing Plan Reach a Dead End

by December 12, 2014

Caesars Entertainment Corp. has been making the headlines recently and it seems like the setbacks the company is experiencing are not going to end anytime soon.Lenders of Caesars have just informed the media that the company failed in reaching an agreement with the senior bon ...

Golden Nugget in Atlantic City Resentful Towards the Tax Relief Proposed

by December 12, 2014

Not long ago, New Jersey authorities announced that they will provide the struggling Atlantic City-based casinos with a tax relief also known as the collective tax payment. The news was well received by most casino owners but executives of one of the venues stated that the new bi ...

Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Fails to Launch a Poker Website

by December 11, 2014

The state of California has been making attempts to legalize the online poker activities as soon as possible and local authorities kept announcing that they are doing their best to accelerate the legislation process.Meanwhile, executives of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, ...