Bribed Japanese Lawmaker Lobbied Tourism Ministry for Casino Resort Airport

Bribed Japanese Lawmaker Lobbied Tourism Ministry for Casino Resort Airport

by January 4, 2020

A Japanese lawmaker at the center of a casino bribery scheme personally enquired with Japan’s transport ministry over a plan for the development of an integrated casino resort with an airport in Hokkaido on behalf of the company he allegedly took a bribe from, according to source ...

Germany Begins Sports Betting Licensing Process

Germany Begins Sports Betting Licensing Process

by January 4, 2020

Germany’s experimental sports betting regulatory regime started on January 1, which means that operators willing to run wagering services on the territory of the country can now only do this after obtaining licenses from the competent licensing authority – the Darmstadt Regional ...

Gambling Group Aspire Global Settles Dispute with Israeli Taxman

Gambling Group Aspire Global Settles Dispute with Israeli Taxman

by January 3, 2020

Online gambling group Aspire Global has settled a tax dispute with the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) and has agreed to pay €13.7 million in retroactive taxes as part of the recently reached settlement.The tax dispute stemmed from a previously disclosed tax audit relating to man ...

DraftKings Signs Betting Marketing Deal with The Madison Square Garden Company

DraftKings Signs Betting Marketing Deal with The Madison Square Garden Company

by January 3, 2020

Sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has extended its partnership with The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) to become the Official and Exclusive Sports Betting and Daily Fantasy Sports Partner of the New York Knicks and Rangers as well as of Madison Squa ...

Japanese Lawmaker’s Detention Extended as Casino Bribery Scandal Brews On

Japanese Lawmaker’s Detention Extended as Casino Bribery Scandal Brews On

by January 3, 2020

A Tokyo court earlier today gave the nod to a request from city prosecutors to extend the detention of Japanese lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto through January 14.Mr. Akimoto, a former member of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who served in the lower house of the coun ...

MaxEnt Leaves UK to Explore Well-Regulated European Gambling Markets

MaxEnt Leaves UK to Explore Well-Regulated European Gambling Markets

by January 3, 2020

Malta-based online gambling operator Max Entertainment this week announced that it has decided, albeit “with a heavy heart”, to leave the UK gambling market citing Brexit concerns and shift in corporate focus to other well-regulated markets.In June 2019, MaxEnt had its UK li ...

Five More Lawmakers Named in Japan Casino Bribery Scandal

Five More Lawmakers Named in Japan Casino Bribery Scandal

by January 2, 2020

An adviser to Chinese online sports lottery operator 500.com, which is currently under investigation for allegedly bribing a Japanese lawmaker to back and boost its bid to build a casino resort in the country, told investigators that the company also gave money to five more lawma ...

Wazdan Ventures into Hungarian Market with Grand Casino

Wazdan Ventures into Hungarian Market with Grand Casino

by January 2, 2020

Online casino games studio Wazdan has debuted a selection of its content in Hungary’s regulated iGaming market through a partnership with the country’s only Hungarian Gaming Commission-licensed online casino, Grand Casino.In a press release that hit the wire earlier today, Wa ...

Las Vegas Scoop: Sale of Tropicana Casino Might Be Under Way

Las Vegas Scoop: Sale of Tropicana Casino Might Be Under Way

by January 2, 2020

What better way to start another year of casino news than with a big fat Las Vegas scoop. One of the world’s biggest casino hubs is always awake and alive, and so is its rumor mill.The latest gossip churned out by that never-sleeping buzz machine claims that Tropicana Las Ve ...

No Illegal Online Gambling Activities Discovered in Cambodia after Ban

No Illegal Online Gambling Activities Discovered in Cambodia after Ban

by January 2, 2020

No illegal online gambling activities were detected during the first day of inspections of Cambodia’s casinos, according to information from the country’s Interior Ministry.Last summer, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive prohibiting all forms of online gambl ...

HollywoodCasino.com Player Hits Six-Figure Jackpot on Divine Fortune in Final Days of 2019

HollywoodCasino.com Player Hits Six-Figure Jackpot on Divine Fortune in Final Days of 2019

by January 1, 2020

A player on HollywoodCasino.com, the online gaming operation of Pennsylvania casino operator Penn National Gaming, rang in 2020 with freshly acquired fortune after hitting a six-figure jackpot in the final days of 2019.The player, who asked to remain anonymous, won the Mega ...

Indiana Race Tracks to Launch Live-Dealer Table Games Today

Indiana Race Tracks to Launch Live-Dealer Table Games Today

by January 1, 2020

Indiana’s two major horse race tracks are set to ring in 2020 with long-coveted live-dealer table games as part of a wider gambling expansion campaign authorized by Gov. Eric Holcomb this past May.Both Harrah’s Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Grand Racing and Casino in ...

Three Oklahoma Tribes Sue Governor Over Casino Compacts Renewal

Three Oklahoma Tribes Sue Governor Over Casino Compacts Renewal

by January 1, 2020

Oklahoma’s three largest tribes that operate casinos are suing Gov. Kevin Stitt as they seek to have their gaming compacts with the state renewed for another 15-year period.The Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, and the Choctaw Nation on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in an Oklahom ...

Online Gambling Ban Leaves Thousands of Cambodians Unemployed

Online Gambling Ban Leaves Thousands of Cambodians Unemployed

by January 1, 2020

More than 7,000 Cambodians have been left unemployed and a number of casinos around Cambodia have closed doors as a result from a recently enforced ban on online gambling.More layoffs and closures are expected to occur as the government begins today to carry out inspections ...

Anticipation Grows as Aussie Millions Poker Championship Is Just Around the Corner

Anticipation Grows as Aussie Millions Poker Championship Is Just Around the Corner

by December 31, 2019

If you ask me, Melbourne is the best place to be in in January as it the first major stop on the live tournament poker calendar and also the host of the annual Australian Open.Focusing on poker, for another year Crown Melbourne, one of Australia’s premium casino locations, w ...