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Robert Johnson ·
The Greek Finance Ministry is reportedly preparing a tender for a consultant that will in turn help in drafting the tender for casino bids for the $8-billion development project at…
By Robert Johnson ·
France has withdrawn its bid to host the 2025 World Expo, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire confirmed on Sunday in an interview with local news television channel BFM TV. With…
By 
Terry Davis ·
London, Las Vegas, and Macau will be the most exciting destinations where poker festivals are set to kick off in over the course of the next few days. Emblematic casinos…
By Robert Johnson ·
Fixed-odds betting terminals will ultimately have their maximum stake cut to £2, The Sunday Times reported citing unnamed sources close to UK’s new Culture Secretary Matt Hancock. Earlier this month,…
By Robert Johnson ·
British ministers have faced heavy criticism for supposedly using a biased report on the impact of a massive crackdown on the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals located in betting shops…
By Terry Davis ·
A gambling expert predicted back in 2014 that New York’s first commercial Las Vegas-style casinos would miss the ambitious gross gaming revenue projections they had put forward in a bid…
By Robert Johnson ·
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) today announced that it has urged the Norwegian Data Protection Authority to investigate a long-standing online payment blocking scheme that, according to the…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Palazzo, one of the brightest stars in the constellation of Las Vegas Strip casinos, celebrated its tenth anniversary this past Wednesday. It was on January 17, 2008 when the…
By Robert Johnson ·
Opponents of Switzerland’s recently approved new gambling law have gathered enough valid signatures to initiate a referendum against the legislative piece, the Swiss Digital Society confirmed on Twitter earlier this…
By Terry Davis ·
In a somewhat surprising move, PokerStars launched on Tuesday the first shared online poker tables as part of the shared liquidity project four Southwestern European countries initiated several years ago…
By Terry Davis ·
A resolution regarding the shared online poker liquidity project was published in Spain’s Official State Gazette, Boletín Oficial del Estado, on Monday, thus officially giving the scheme the go-ahead. The…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Dutch Gaming Authority, Kansspelautoriteit, said in a Friday statement that cryptocurrency investment regulation does not fall under its purview. The gambling regulator also revealed that it had conducted extensive…
By Terry Davis ·
It is that time of the year when Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino gears up for the traditional WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, a festival that has always attracted great attention.…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has demanded the introduction of regulations that would make it harder for children to access free-to-play online casino games, the Sunday Times reports.…
By Robert Johnson ·
Congressmen from the state of New Jersey have sent a letter to the US Department of Justice, asking that the current legal status of online gambling in the nation is…
By Robert Johnson ·
Online gambling customers from Brazil were informed earlier this week that online payment service provider NETELLER would no longer process deposits to online gambling operators. Players will be able to…
By Terry Davis ·
The number of gambling venues has dropped in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, since the beginning of 2018, local news outlet The Slovak Spectator reported. The decrease was due to…
By Robert Johnson ·
In a recent conversation between the outgoing CEO of the UK Gambling Commission, Sarah Harrison, and the Director of the Dutch Gaming Authority, Marja Appelman (pictured left), the two gambling…
By Terry Davis ·
The online poker sector in Europe’s segregated markets is on the threshold of a new era, as first shared online poker tables are slated to go live within the next…
By Terry Davis ·
The youth organizations of four Swiss parties have a little over a week to collect over 50,000 valid signatures and thus initiate a referendum against several provisions of the country’s…
By Terry Davis ·
Italy is expected to launch the call for bids from online gambling operators by the end of this week, Italian gambling news outlet AgiproNews reported on Monday. The call will…
By Robert Johnson ·
With the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure currently taking place, poker eyes are mostly set to the Bahamas and the ongoing poker festivities there. However, the new week is set to bring…
By Robert Johnson ·
A convention and entertainment center will open doors at ilani Casino Resort in the heart of Southwest Washington in April, Kara Fox LaRose, President and General Manager of the resort,…
By Terry Davis ·
Poland’s state-run online casino will not be launched before the third or fourth quarter of the year, the country’s Deputy Finance Minister Piotr Walczak confirmed late last year. The politician…
By Robert Johnson ·
Casino expansion proponents in Georgia may be gearing up for another push as the state’s 40-day legislative session is set to begin next week, local news outlet The Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Dutch Council of State ruled late last year that there is no legal merit to the local Gaming Authority’s argument that it should be allowed to punish online payment…
By Robert Johnson ·
Hong Kong-headquartered integrated resort operator Silver Heritage Group opened last week a casino at its Nepal-based Tiger Palace Resort after receiving the necessary regulatory approval. In a filing to the…
By Terry Davis ·
Kenyan sport betting operator SportPesa will appeal a High Court ruling from last week, according to which the government of Kenya had not breached Constitution by introducing a 35% tax…
By Terry Davis ·
Europe’s online gambling scene saw a number of important changes last year. More EU countries officially regulated their iGaming markets (the Czech Republic, Poland), while other countries acknowledged the importance…
By Terry Davis ·
The first days of a new year mean different things to different people. Some are recovering from heavy partying and struggling with the aftermath of all the liquory nights they…