Corona Ltd., a subsidiary of Malta-based online gambling operator Betsson, announced yesterday that it has decided to appeal the fine it has been issued by the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit,…
Ukrainian lawmakers recently listed poker in the country’s Register of Recognized Sports after the game was considered a form of gambling and was therefore illegal for nearly a decade. This…
A new round of news has arrived from the Netherlands, following the late-August announcement that the local gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit, has slapped a €300,000 fine on a Betsson subsidiary for…
A tech-savvy Finnish teenager who defrauded a Malta-based online casino out of €138,000 was given on Monday a suspended sentence of one year and eight months, local news outlet Yle…
The Northern Marianas Casino Commission has asked Hong Kong-listed integrated resort developer Imperial Pacific International to fast-track the construction of luxury villas as part of its major development in the…
Amendment 3 will see support from 71% of Florida’s residents who are likely to cast their vote in the upcoming General Election in November, the results from a recently conducted…
It has been three months since the US Supreme Court struck down the 1992 nationwide ban on sports betting. The historic ruling led up to the legalization and launch of…
Chinese casino tycoon Lui Che Woo is confident that Galaxy Entertainment Group will build a $500-million integrated resort with a gaming floor on the Philippine island of Boracay, despite President…
Greece’s land-based casinos saw an enormous slump in the amount wagered by customers in 2017. According to information released by the Hellenic Gaming Commission earlier this week, patrons wagered €1.58…
The Chairman of Hong Kong-listed casino and hospitality operator Landing International Development Ltd. has gone missing in what could be described as the latest of a series of unfortunate events…
Illinois lawmakers gathered public input on Wednesday about a potential expansion of the state’s gambling industry that could see the construction of up to five new casinos, addition of table…
Five casino giants have expressed interest in building a casino resort at the site of the former Ellinikon International Airport near Athens, Greece, the Hellenic Gaming Commission has revealed. The…
The Myanmar Public Affairs Management Committee submitted on Tuesday a bill calling for the legalization of casinos as the country is struggling to find sources of additional revenue to close…
An observant Finnish teenager defrauded a Malta-licensed online casino out of more than €250,000 last year by spotting and exploiting a software glitch, local news outlet Yle reported on Monday.…
Belarusian lawmakers do not expect any significant boom in the number of licensed online casinos, following the recent approval of a decree that legalized that type of activity in the…
A Cebu City official has revealed that a planned ground-breaking ceremony for an PHP18-billion casino resort would be held on August 25, despite a series of recent warnings from Philippine…
Apple has reportedly pulled thousands of gambling apps from its Chinese App Store after facing media backlash for failing to prevent Chinese customers from being exposed to banned content. State-controlled…
The state of Massachusetts is just a few days away from celebrating the grand opening of its first commercial casino – the $960-million MGM Springfield. The property will feature a…
MGM Springfield’s request for an animated parking garage sign was denied by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission during a Tuesday meeting. Gaming commissioners voted 5-0 against the use of animations citing…
The recent participation of Casino News Daily team members in several iGaming conferences has, among other things, confirmed what we all expected – Sweden and the re-regulation of its gambling…
Italy’s highly controversial Dignity Decree, which among other things contains provisions for a blanket ban on all forms of gambling advertising, was published on Saturday in the country’s Official Gazette…
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…
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree under which online gambling is now legal in the country, Belarusian state-run media outlet BelTA reported on Wednesday. Citing Lukashenko’s press service, the…
Residents of the Indian state of Goa might be banned from local casinos from next year, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday. The state currently has 15 operational casinos…
As many as 1,393 people submitted requests to be barred from Malta’s casinos and other land-based gambling venues in 2017, local news outlet Malta Today reports citing official data by…
Australian gambling operator Crown Resorts will keep the license for its Melbourne casino operation, following today’s publication of a review of the business by the Victorian Commission for Gambling and…
LeoVegas is trying to educate Italian politicians about licensed operators’ work toward socially responsible provision of gambling services and overturn a pending ban on all forms of gambling advertising in…
New tourism projects would be welcome on Boracay when it opens after its six-month environmental cleanup, except casino resorts, a spokesperson for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said in series…
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the Italian Online Gaming Association (LOGiCO) sent a joint letter to Italian ministers in hopes to overturn a proposed and much-supported blanket…
There will be no casino on the island of Boracay, a spokesperson for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday, following recent comments by gaming and leisure company Leisure &…