By 
Anthony Huber ·
During its first week of operation, MGM Springfield saw huge attendance in August and generated $9.5 million in gambling revenue, according to the state regulator’s latest report. Despite being seen…
By Anthony Huber ·
Several international gaming giants are apparently eying the ambitious €8 billion Hellinikon casino project, intended to become the first integrated casino resort in Europe. The gambling sector is expected to…
By 
Terry Davis ·
Florida’s gambling industry has stepped up efforts to fight an amendment that will be voted on the November 6 ballot and that, if approved, will give state residents the authority…
By 
Robert Johnson ·
“It is an exciting time for Atlantic City”, David Rebuck, Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said on Wednesday after the publication of the August report about…
By Robert Johnson ·
New York hedge fund HG Vora Capital Management LLC has quietly built a 4.9% stake in Las Vegas casino and hospitality giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. and is pressing for the…
By Terry Davis ·
Online gambling company MRG, recently rebranded from Mr Green, announced today that it has become the latest target of the Netherlands Gaming Authority’s punitive actions against unregulated remote gambling operations…
By Terry Davis ·
Nearly 12% of high school students living on South Korea’s Jeju Island are at high risk of becoming gambling addicts, according to a recent study. The research was conducted by…
By Robert Johnson ·
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,…
By Robert Johnson ·
Melco (Philippines) Investments Limited, operator of City of Dreams Manila, today revealed plans to delist from the Philippine Stock Exchange, citing the inability to raise funds for planned expansion of…
By Robert Johnson ·
The New York Jets are reportedly holding talks with some of New Jersey’s operational sportsbooks in a bid to find an official gambling sponsor for the 2018 NFL season, the…
By Robert Johnson ·
Bettors wagered $9.8 million at Mississippi’s licensed sportsbooks in the period between August 1-September 3, Allen Godfrey, Executive Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, revealed on Thursday. Mississippi was the…
By Terry Davis ·
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…
By Robert Johnson ·
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…
By Robert Johnson ·
Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino was billed as a property of many firsts. Most notably, it was the first hotel and casino resort to be built from the very ground…
By Robert Johnson ·
Sports betting companies were the most popular search terms on Google in August, according to data recently released by the major search engine. ‘Sportpesa’, ‘betpawa’, ‘betika’, ‘betin’, ‘forebet’ were found…
By Robert Johnson ·
South Korea’s Minting and Security Printing Corporation has agreed to create new chips for Grand Korea Leisure, the state-run entity operating the Seven Luck casino in Seoul. The state-owned corporation…
By Robert Johnson ·
West Virginia quietly became the fourth state to launch legal sports betting after the US Supreme Court struck down in May a federal ban on wagering on professional and collegiate…
By Robert Johnson ·
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…
By Robert Johnson ·
Nayong Pilipino Foundation officials once again denied corruption allegations and stressed on the legality of the foundation’s deal with Hong Kong casino resort developer Landing International Development that secured the…
By Terry Davis ·
For nearly a decade now, the Las Vegas rumor mill would, every once in a while, produce a story revolving around the potential sale of Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino,…
By Terry Davis ·
Tourism spending on sightseeing, entertainment, and gambling in Singapore increased 6% during the first quarter of the year to S$1.498 billion (approximately $1.1 billion), according to official data released by…
By Robert Johnson ·
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…
By Robert Johnson ·
Kenyan lawmakers may finally agree to reduce the 35% tax on betting and gaming that took effect early this year to 15% as the nation’s gambling industry is growing restless…
By Robert Johnson ·
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…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit, has slapped a hefty fine on a Betsson subsidiary for serving Dutch players without holding the necessary permission, the Malta-headquartered online gambling operator revealed in…
By Robert Johnson ·
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…
By Terry Davis ·
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…
By Robert Johnson ·
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…
By Robert Johnson ·
The European Gaming & Betting Association has once again urged Norwegian lawmakers to craft a “modern, open to competition” gambling regulation framework as a consultation on recently proposed restrictions in…
By Robert Johnson ·
Italy’s retail betting sector generated revenue of €490.6 million during the first seven months of the year, a period that included the FIFA World Cup, Italian gambling news outlet Agimeg…