Events & Reports

New Jersey Gambling Industry’s Eventful Year Continues with Massive Sports Betting Expansion

New Jersey Gambling Industry’s Eventful Year Continues with Massive Sports Betting Expansion

by August 6, 2018

The US Supreme Court struck down a long-existing federal ban on sports betting in mid-May to finally give the green light to a big change to the nation’s gambling industry at a time when it seemed that little was happening in the US gambling space.The SCOTUS ruling tha ...

Poker Tournaments Starting August 6-12

Poker Tournaments Starting August 6-12

by August 6, 2018

August has arrived with all the happy days full of cold drinks and barefoot beach walks. But a poker player would, among other things, be interested to know where the hottest poker events will take place. The upcoming week has a lot to offer in that regard and Casino News Daily h ...

Number of Self-Excluded Players from Malta’s Casinos Rises in 2017

Number of Self-Excluded Players from Malta’s Casinos Rises in 2017

by August 4, 2018

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 the Malta Gaming Authority.The reported figure represents a 9% increase from 2016 wh ...

Hard Rock Eyes Sunny Gold Coast for Casino Resort Business Expansion

Hard Rock Eyes Sunny Gold Coast for Casino Resort Business Expansion

by August 3, 2018

Gaming and hospitality company Hard Rock International has reportedly set sights on Australia’s Gold Coast as the next destination it wants to expand its integrated resort business into, local news outlets report.Reports about Hard Rock’s interest in the Gold Coast emerge sh ...

European Poker Tour Returns to Sunny Barcelona This Month

European Poker Tour Returns to Sunny Barcelona This Month

by August 2, 2018

One of the hottest summer poker festivals annually taking place on European soil is just three weeks away from kicking off in sunny Barcelona. The EPT brand is back now after a short hiatus and is ready to storm the popular Spanish city.This year’s EPT Barcelona is slated to ...

Albanian President Vetoes Bill Cutting Gambling Taxes

Albanian President Vetoes Bill Cutting Gambling Taxes

by August 1, 2018

Albanian President Ilir Meta vetoed earlier this week a bill calling for the introduction of significantly lower gambling taxes, local news outlet Tirana Times reports.The legislative piece was approved by the ruling Socialist Party early last month. In general, the bill pro ...

LeoVegas Tries to Educate Italian Politicians about Gambling Ads Benefits

LeoVegas Tries to Educate Italian Politicians about Gambling Ads Benefits

by August 1, 2018

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 the country, the company itself said in its Q2 report which it released e ...

Casino Operator Melco Gets Into Lucrative eSports Market with Dedicated Venue

Casino Operator Melco Gets Into Lucrative eSports Market with Dedicated Venue

by July 31, 2018

Major gaming and hospitality company Melco Resorts & Entertainment is looking to tap into the exploding eSports market with today’s opening of its first eSports venue. The facility, branded Macau Estadium, is located at the company’s Studio City integrated resort.The bra ...

EGBA and LOGiCO: Italy’s Gambling Advertising Ban “Will Have a Counterproductive Effect”

EGBA and LOGiCO: Italy’s Gambling Advertising Ban “Will Have a Counterproductive Effect”

by July 30, 2018

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 ban on all forms of gambling advertising in the country.The letter, publi ...

Slovakia Submits New Gambling Law for EC Review

Slovakia Submits New Gambling Law for EC Review

by July 27, 2018

Slovakia submitted earlier this week a draft legislation that proposes major reforms to the country’s gambling industry for a review by the European Commission. Among other things, the piece aims to liberalize the country’s online gambling market and allow for international compa ...

Swiss Gambling Ban Sees Overwhelming Support from All Age Groups, Study Finds

Swiss Gambling Ban Sees Overwhelming Support from All Age Groups, Study Finds

by July 27, 2018

There was no significant difference in the way voters from different age groups voted on the proposed ban on the provision of online gambling services by offshore operators in Switzerland, a recently published VOTO study shows.VOTO reports are compiled after each referendum ...

Thai Police Detain Six Chinese Nationals Involved in Illegal Gambling Operation

Thai Police Detain Six Chinese Nationals Involved in Illegal Gambling Operation

by July 26, 2018

Six Chinese nationals were detained in Thailand for the provision of illegal gambling services on the territory of the country in the latest wave of raids conducted by Thai police.The arrested individuals, two women and four men, were found to have operated an online gamblin ...

Exclusive Interview with PlayOJO’s Ohad Narkis on UK Gambling Industry’s Challenges

Exclusive Interview with PlayOJO’s Ohad Narkis on UK Gambling Industry’s Challenges

by July 25, 2018

For its latest online gambling industry interview Casino News Daily has reached out to Ohad Narkis from PlayOJO, an innovative online casino that launched last year and is aiming to challenge the big industry names. Having previously worked for some of the global gambling industr ...

Facebook Follows Google in Banning Gambling Adverts in Italy

Facebook Follows Google in Banning Gambling Adverts in Italy

by July 25, 2018

Another major advertising medium has changed its policies for advertising gambling products in Italy after Google AdWords informed last week Italy-facing advertisers that they will no longer be able to promote gambling products and services in the country.Following the recen ...

“Huge Net Cash Pile” Could Win Genting Singapore a Coveted Japan Casino License

“Huge Net Cash Pile” Could Win Genting Singapore a Coveted Japan Casino License

by July 24, 2018

Genting Singapore has a significant chance to win a license for the operation of an integrated resort with a casino floor in Japan, a report by research firm Maybank Kim Eng says.Japan has just completed its two-phase casino gambling legalization process to lay the foundatio ...