Events & Reports

MGM Springfield Casino Resort Draws 1 Million Visitors in First 40 Days

MGM Springfield Casino Resort Draws 1 Million Visitors in First 40 Days

by December 21, 2018

MGM Springfield welcomes 1 million visitors in first weeks, state gaming regulator praises the resort’s effort to prevent minors from entering the casino floorMGM Springfield welcomed 1 million visitors during its first forty days of operation, property officials told t ...

Curaçao Government Strengthens Oversight of Online Gambling Industry

Curaçao Government Strengthens Oversight of Online Gambling Industry

by December 21, 2018

Recent hefty fines on Curaçao-licensed online casinos trigger tougher oversight of the local gambling industryThe Curaçao government revealed plans to tighten its grip on the provision of online gambling services from the territory of the Dutch Caribbean island, local news ou ...

Italy’s Betting, Casino Sectors Voice “Utmost Concern” about Newly Proposed Gambling Tax Hike

Italy’s Betting, Casino Sectors Voice “Utmost Concern” about Newly Proposed Gambling Tax Hike

by December 21, 2018

Proposed new gambling tax rates aggravate Italian casino, betting sectors’ malaise from upcoming implementation of blanket ban on gambling adsItaly’s government has stricken the nation’s gambling industry once again with a newly emerged proposal for an incre ...

Pennsylvania’s First Sportsbook Handles $1.4 Million in First Two Weeks

Pennsylvania’s First Sportsbook Handles $1.4 Million in First Two Weeks

by December 19, 2018

First released numbers show Keystone State residents are hungry for sports betting action; Hollywood Casino records betting handle of $1.4 million in first two weeksFirst two weeks of legal sports betting in Pennsylvania saw revenue of more than $500,000 on betting handle of ...

D.C. Council Passes Sports Betting Bill, Mayor and Congress to Review the Piece

D.C. Council Passes Sports Betting Bill, Mayor and Congress to Review the Piece

by December 19, 2018

D.C. could soon become the first US jurisdiction without casinos to offer legal sports betting servicesThe District of Columbia voted on Tuesday to authorize the provision of in-person and mobile sports betting within city limits, thus making the nation’s capital the la ...

Gambling Habits In Men And Women

Gambling Habits In Men And Women

by December 18, 2018

Back then, it was only men who could gamble. It was unimaginable to see a lady in places of questionable moral such as casinos, pubs and similar.  Just look at the movies, it was always fancy-dressed men enjoying roulette surrounded by smiling chicks who were observing quietly. ...

William Hill to “Definitely” Appeal €300,000 Fine for Accepting Dutch Gamblers

William Hill to “Definitely” Appeal €300,000 Fine for Accepting Dutch Gamblers

by December 18, 2018

Dutch gambling regulator imposes €300,000 fine on William Hill, operator to “definitely” appeal the punitive actionBritish bookmaker William Hill has become the latest of a growing list of operators to be slapped a hefty fine by the Dutch gaming authority, Kansspelautoriteit. ...

Rhode Island Senate President Optimistic about Legalization of Mobile Betting

Rhode Island Senate President Optimistic about Legalization of Mobile Betting

by December 18, 2018

Rhode Island could legalize mobile betting next year, activity to double sports betting revenue contributions to the stateA key Rhode Island legislator is optimistic that the state will start offering legal mobile sports betting sometime next year, CBS affiliate WPRI-TV repor ...

Online Casino Operator L&L Europe Receives Swedish Gambling License

Online Casino Operator L&L Europe Receives Swedish Gambling License

by December 17, 2018

Lotteriinspektionen issues five more gambling licenses ahead of the reorganization of the Swedish gambling marketThe Swedish gambling authority, Lotteriinspektionen, has given the nod to five more gambling companies to operate in Sweden’s reorganized gambling market, th ...

LeoVegas Gears Up for Sports Betting, Casino Expansion in Spain

LeoVegas Gears Up for Sports Betting, Casino Expansion in Spain

by December 14, 2018

LeoVegas eyes Spanish-speaking online gambling markets, makes first foray into those with license application in SpainOnline gambling operator LeoVegas announced earlier this week that it has applied for a license for the provision of casino games and sports betting in Spain. ...

Brazil’s President Signs Landmark Sports Betting Bill

Brazil’s President Signs Landmark Sports Betting Bill

by December 13, 2018

Brazil finally legalizes sports betting after years of failed attempts for expansion of the nation’s gambling industrySports betting is now officially legal in Brazil after the country’s outgoing President Michel Temer put his signature on a swiftly passed piece o ...

Chicago Mayor Wants a Casino that Will Rival Indiana’s Horseshoe Hammond

Chicago Mayor Wants a Casino that Will Rival Indiana’s Horseshoe Hammond

by December 13, 2018

Chicago’s outgoing Mayor believes that a downtown casino would hurt the city’s convention businessChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel presented his vision for a long-sought casino in Chicago during a Wednesday meeting with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, floating a po ...

Sands President Meets with Osaka Leaders as Company Pursues Casino License

Sands President Meets with Osaka Leaders as Company Pursues Casino License

by December 12, 2018

Las Vegas Sands President courts Osaka officials, pitches multi-billion-dollar integrated resort planLas Vegas Sands President Robert Goldstein met today with Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui and Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura to present the two officials with his company’s ...

Chicago Mayor to Push for Casino, Legalized Marijuana

Chicago Mayor to Push for Casino, Legalized Marijuana

by December 12, 2018

Rahm Emanuel is making what could be his last push as a mayor to bring a casino to the Windy City and secure new tax revenueChicago’s outgoing mayor Rahm Emanuel will reportedly make a push for the legalization of recreational marijuana and the opening of a casino in Ch ...

Caesars in Good Position to Enter Japan’s Casino Market, Company Exec Believes

Caesars in Good Position to Enter Japan’s Casino Market, Company Exec Believes

by December 11, 2018

Japan is set to open three integrated resorts in the next decade and some of the world’s gambling giants are eyeing expansion into that lucrative marketCaesars Entertainment Corp. is positioned to enter the lucrative Japanese gaming market, the company’s Executive ...