Events & Reports

Czech Finance Ministry Struggles to Collect Fines from Erring Gambling Operators

Czech Finance Ministry Struggles to Collect Fines from Erring Gambling Operators

by October 11, 2018

Finance Ministry says it lacks the tools to collect the fines it has slapped on illegal gambling operatorsThe Czech Ministry of Finance managed to collect only a fraction of the fines it has imposed on illegal online gambling operations since the beginning of 2017, local news ...

Around 3% of Bulgaria’s Population Hit by Gambling Addiction

Around 3% of Bulgaria’s Population Hit by Gambling Addiction

by October 11, 2018

Despite being the poorest EU country, Bulgaria has a booming gambling industryMore than 200,000 Bulgarians suffer from one form of gambling addiction or another, local news outlet 24 Chasa reports citing information from a report compiled last year. Bulgaria is the poorest na ...

Majority of Japanese Gamblers Fail to Tax Big Winnings, Board of Audit Reveals

Majority of Japanese Gamblers Fail to Tax Big Winnings, Board of Audit Reveals

by October 10, 2018

Japanese gamblers tend to avoid declaring big winnings, Board of Audit report findsAround 80% of all gambling winnings of JPY10 million (approximately $88,500) or over from a single bet are not declared to Japanese tax authorities, local news outlet Asahi Shimbun reports citi ...

Italy to Award Online Gambling Licenses by Year’s End

Italy to Award Online Gambling Licenses by Year’s End

by October 9, 2018

Verification of online gambling license applications enters final stages, licenses to be issued by the end of the yearItaly’s process of issuing online gambling licenses to companies interested to operate in the local market is entering its final stages, Italian news outlet A ...

Las Vegas Rumor Mill Churns Out Reports about Rio Casino Demolition, Redevelopment into MLB Ballpark

Las Vegas Rumor Mill Churns Out Reports about Rio Casino Demolition, Redevelopment into MLB Ballpark

by October 9, 2018

Rio could be demolished to make room for Major League Baseball ballparkThe Las Vegas rumor mill has been churning out some particularly curious stories lately and we are all in to cover the juiciest ones properly. Focus this week has been on the off-Strip Rio All-Suite Hotel ...

Netherlands’ Failure to Regulate Online Gambling a “Disgrace”, Says Kansspelautoriteit Chairman

Netherlands’ Failure to Regulate Online Gambling a “Disgrace”, Says Kansspelautoriteit Chairman

by October 8, 2018

Dutch Senate yet to vote on Remote Gambling Bill that the Lower House approved two years agoThe Chairman of the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit, Jan Suyver, called it a disgrace that the Netherlands has failed to re-regulate and liberalize its online gambling mar ...

Caesars Selling Off-Strip Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Fresh Round of Reports Suggests

Caesars Selling Off-Strip Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Fresh Round of Reports Suggests

by October 8, 2018

Sale of Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, located just off the Las Vegas Strip, might be imminent this time, according to reportsReports about the potential sale of Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the off-Strip resort that has been hosting the World Series of Poker since 20 ...

Casino Boss Sheldon Adelson Buys $40-Million Penthouse in Tel Aviv’s Akirov Towers

Casino Boss Sheldon Adelson Buys $40-Million Penthouse in Tel Aviv’s Akirov Towers

by October 5, 2018

The Las Vegas casino boss owns one more apartment in the locally popular residential towersUS casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has increased his real estate portfolio with the recent purchase of a penthouse in one of the Akirov Towers in Tel Aviv, local financial news outlet the ...

West Virginia Lottery Commission Approves Permanent Sports Betting Rules, Rejects Integrity Fee Proposal

West Virginia Lottery Commission Approves Permanent Sports Betting Rules, Rejects Integrity Fee Proposal

by October 4, 2018

Integrity fee should be a matter discussed between casinos and sports leagues, without the state, says WV Racing Association PresidentThe West Virginia Lottery Commission approved Wednesday the permanent rules for the operation of legal sports betting on the territory of the ...

Google Play Wipes 56 Gambling Apps Targeting Vietnamese Gamblers

Google Play Wipes 56 Gambling Apps Targeting Vietnamese Gamblers

by October 3, 2018

Removed apps have offered casino-style games, which are prohibited under Vietnamese gambling lawsGoogle has wiped out 56 gambling apps from its Google Play app store as those were breaching Vietnam’s existing gambling laws, local news outlet Vietnam News reports citing offici ...

Mansion Closes Dutch Accounts in the Latest of Flurry of Developments in the Local Gambling Space

Mansion Closes Dutch Accounts in the Latest of Flurry of Developments in the Local Gambling Space

by October 1, 2018

The Dutch online gambling market has long been among Europe’s most attractive ones. Despite the lack of proper regulations authorizing the provision of online gaming and betting services by international companies, some of the world’s largest online gambling operators have been t ...

Two West Virginia Casinos Delay Sports Betting Launch

Two West Virginia Casinos Delay Sports Betting Launch

by September 29, 2018

The launch of sports betting operations at two West Virginia casinos has been delayed, local news outlet the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported citing information from the West Virginia Lottery.Lottery spokesperson Randy Burnside told the media outlet earlier this week that sp ...

Is Europe’s Casino Industry Ready to Embrace the Integrated Resort Model?

Is Europe’s Casino Industry Ready to Embrace the Integrated Resort Model?

by September 28, 2018

The integrated resort model has become the standard in Las Vegas, Macau, and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region that annually see large inflow of international visitors. However, even though Europe might be the leader and the main driver of growth within the regulated onl ...

City of Dreams Manila Warms Up for New PokerStars-Branded Live Poker Festival

City of Dreams Manila Warms Up for New PokerStars-Branded Live Poker Festival

by September 28, 2018

The PokerStars LIVE Manila poker room at City of Dreams Manila is setting up its tables for the upcoming PokerStars Live Manila Super Series 9. This thrilling poker festival will run October 1-7 and will feature 15 different poker tournaments, including a PHP3-million guaranteed ...

WPT and APT Arrive to Vietnam to Turn the Country into Major Poker Draw

WPT and APT Arrive to Vietnam to Turn the Country into Major Poker Draw

by September 27, 2018

Vietnam is one of Asia’s most popular tourism destinations and the next two weeks will see the country become a major draw for poker players from all around the continent and the rest of the world as there will be two major poker festivals to take place there.The World ...