Massachusetts Casino Regulator Votes to Settle Wynn Lawsuit

Massachusetts Casino Regulator Votes to Settle Wynn Lawsuit

by February 21, 2019

MassGaming voted to settle lawsuit with Steve Wynn to clear way for publication of Wynn Resorts suitability probe findingsThe Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted on Wednesday to reach a settlement with embattled casino boss Steve Wynn that will hopefully remove all legal ob ...

D.C. Council Passes Sports Betting Bill, Gives Betting Contract to Intralot

D.C. Council Passes Sports Betting Bill, Gives Betting Contract to Intralot

by February 20, 2019

Legal sports betting services could go live in the District of Columbia before the start of the new NFL seasonThe D.C. Council passed on Tuesday a legislation that authorizes the provision of sports betting services and makes D.C. Lottery’s vendor, Intralot, the exclusive pro ...

SJM to Complete Lagerfeld-Designed Hotel as “Legacy to His Creative Genius”

SJM to Complete Lagerfeld-Designed Hotel as “Legacy to His Creative Genius”

by February 20, 2019

Yesterday, fashion lost one of its greatest couturiers, a guiding force that shaped the industry for more than five decades. We may be bidding farewell to Karl Lagerfeld, but his enormous legacy will live on forever.Macau casino operator SJM Holdings, with which Lagerfeld wo ...

Big Fish Faces Class Action Suit over Illegal Online Casino Games

Big Fish Faces Class Action Suit over Illegal Online Casino Games

by February 19, 2019

Social games publisher Big Fish Games has been hit by another lawsuit questioning the legality of its social casino games in WashingtonBig Fish Games, along with its new owner Aristocrat Leisure, has been named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit filed last week in the U ...

MGA Cracks Down on Four Online Gambling Operators

MGA Cracks Down on Four Online Gambling Operators

by February 19, 2019

MGA has suspended/terminated the licenses of four online gambling companies and has directed them to cancel operationsThe Malta Gaming Authority is getting tougher on erring licensees as it moved to suspend the licenses of two online gambling companies and to terminate the li ...

Greece to Publish Hellinikon Casino Concession Tender This Week

Greece to Publish Hellinikon Casino Concession Tender This Week

by February 18, 2019

The bidding process for a concession for a casino at the site of the former Athens airport is to start this week, according to media reportsThe call for tender for a casino concession at the site of former Ellinikon International Airport near Athens is ready to be published i ...

Philippine Taxman to Track Undocumented Gambling Workers with New Registration Requirements

Philippine Taxman to Track Undocumented Gambling Workers with New Registration Requirements

by February 18, 2019

Philippine-licensed online gaming operators now need to register with local taxman as a prerequisite for their license renewalThe Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has required all foreign and Philippines-based online gambling operators licensed by the local regulat ...

Lawsuit Alleges Boston Casino License Process Was Marred By Fraud and Cronyism

Lawsuit Alleges Boston Casino License Process Was Marred By Fraud and Cronyism

by February 17, 2019

One of the losing Boston casino bidders seeks $3 billion from Wynn Resorts, claims licensing process was compromisedAmended complaints in an ongoing lawsuit filed by Sterling Suffolk Racecourse against Las Vegas casino giant Wynn Resorts claim that the license application pr ...

Norway Pens Warning Letters to Six Malta-Licensed Gambling Operators, Blocks Transactions

Norway Pens Warning Letters to Six Malta-Licensed Gambling Operators, Blocks Transactions

by February 17, 2019

Norway has blocked transactions with six Malta-licensed online gambling operators, accusing those of illegally targeting Norwegian players, the Times of Malta reportsUnder Norway’s current law, gambling services can only be provided by two state-run entities – Norsk Tipping, ...

European Casino Association Presents New Strategy, Welcomes Newest Member

European Casino Association Presents New Strategy, Welcomes Newest Member

by February 15, 2019

The General Assembly of the European Casino Association (ECA) approved the organization’s strategy for the next three years and welcomed its newest member during this year’s edition of ICE London earlier this monthProviding more details about its new strategy, ECA said in a p ...

Phil Ivey’s Baccarat Edge-Sorting Partner Inspires Feature Film

Phil Ivey’s Baccarat Edge-Sorting Partner Inspires Feature Film

by February 15, 2019

The story of the queen of baccarat, Kelly Sun, is getting a feature film produced by the team behind box office smasher Crazy Rich AsiansThe producers of 2018 hit movie Crazy Rich Asians are now onto a new exciting project that involves putting the story of one of the world’s ...

ESPN, Poker Central Release 50th WSOP Live Broadcast Schedule

ESPN, Poker Central Release 50th WSOP Live Broadcast Schedule

by February 14, 2019

While there are still a few months until the World Series of Poker, preparations for a very special edition of the popular poker festival are in full swingPoker Central and ESPN released on Wednesday their preliminary schedule for live coverage of the 50th edition of the worl ...

Gambling, Porn Apps Elude Apple Policing through Its Enterprise Certificate Program

Gambling, Porn Apps Elude Apple Policing through Its Enterprise Certificate Program

by February 13, 2019

Another scandal involving Apple’s Enterprise Certificate program is brewing just a week after news broke that Google and Facebook had misused said program to avoid App Store rules and collect user dataTechCrunch reported yesterday that it has uncovered that the developers of ...

Scientific Games Wins Bid to Power Turkey’s Sports Betting Operator

Scientific Games Wins Bid to Power Turkey’s Sports Betting Operator

by February 13, 2019

Scientific Games and a Turkish business conglomerate win the bid for the operation of Turkey’s state-owned sports betting brandA joint venture between a company owned by the Turkish Football Federation’s boss and US gambling giant Scientific Games has submitted the winning bi ...

Melco Selects GEK Terna and J&P Avax as Cyprus Casino Resort Contractors

Melco Selects GEK Terna and J&P Avax as Cyprus Casino Resort Contractors

by February 13, 2019

Melco picks major Greek construction companies as the preferred contractors for its first casino resort outside AsiaGreek construction companies GEK Terna and J&P Avax have been selected as the preferred contractors for the development of the first integrated casino resor ...