Events & Reports

Crown Resorts Denies Money Laundering, Criminal Ties Allegations

Crown Resorts Denies Money Laundering, Criminal Ties Allegations

by July 31, 2019

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts has denied allegations that its casinos in Melbourne and Perth have turned into a money launderers’ paradise after a bombshell investigation threw shade at the company’s VIP operations.In a statement issued earlier today, the operator ...

Bombshell Investigation into Crown Resorts’ High Roller Business Alleges Organized Crime Ties

Bombshell Investigation into Crown Resorts’ High Roller Business Alleges Organized Crime Ties

by July 28, 2019

A joint investigation by Australian media outlets The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and television show 60 Minutes aided by one of the biggest corporate data leaks in Australia details the dangerously close ties of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts with Asian organized cr ...

Dutch Gambling Regulator Cracks Down on Affiliates

Dutch Gambling Regulator Cracks Down on Affiliates

by July 21, 2019

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has conducted a fresh crackdown on gambling affiliate websites to prevent such operations from targeting Dutch online gamblers, the regulator revealed in a Friday statement.Kansspelautoriteit said that its latest campaign involved reviewing ...

Genting’s Malaysian Casino Facing Stiff Regional Competition

Genting’s Malaysian Casino Facing Stiff Regional Competition

by July 19, 2019

Genting Group’s Malaysian casino resort might not be as attractive to Asean gamblers as it used to be due to stiff regional competition, according to research house Affin Hwang Capital Research.In its homeland, Genting operates the Resorts World Genting integrated resort, wh ...

Betclic Wins Italian Gambling License Rejection Appeal

Betclic Wins Italian Gambling License Rejection Appeal

by July 19, 2019

French online gambling company Betclic Everest Group won on Thursday its appeal of the Italian gambling regulator’s decision from earlier this year not to renew the operator’s license for the provision of services in the country.The regional administrative court of Lazio (Ta ...

iovation Manager Talks iGaming Fraud Prevention and Authentication

iovation Manager Talks iGaming Fraud Prevention and Authentication

by July 16, 2019

Financial crimes prevention and player authentication are two very serious topics of conversation when it comes to online gambling, and a company that became part of the TransUnion group not long ago is well-versed in them.Established in 2004, iovation provides digital busin ...

Wynn’s Boston Casino Takes In $16.8 Million in First Week

Wynn’s Boston Casino Takes In $16.8 Million in First Week

by July 16, 2019

During its first week of operation, Encore Boston Harbor generated nearly as much gaming revenue as MGM Springfield did for the whole month of June, figures released by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission showed.The latest integrated resort in the portfolio of Las Vegas gami ...

Microgaming’s Progressive Slots Pay Out Nearly €90 Million in Wins in H1

Microgaming’s Progressive Slots Pay Out Nearly €90 Million in Wins in H1

by July 12, 2019

Microgaming’s progressive jackpot network awarded nearly €90 million across more than 1,150,000 jackpots during the first half of the year, the major online casino supplier said in a press release on its official website.The first six months of the year to June 30 saw Microg ...

PGCB Starts New Round of Mini-Casino Auctions on Sept. 4

PGCB Starts New Round of Mini-Casino Auctions on Sept. 4

by July 11, 2019

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced Wednesday that it would hold an auction for the right to apply for a license for the development of a mini-casino in the state on September 4.The gaming regulator has so far selected the winning bidders for five such projects, ...

A Host of Companies Interested in Buying Caesars Strip Casinos after Eldorado Merger

A Host of Companies Interested in Buying Caesars Strip Casinos after Eldorado Merger

by July 10, 2019

Caesars Entertainment Corp. will likely have to offload some of its Strip properties in order to receive Federal Trade Commission clearance for its proposed merger with Eldorado Resorts, and analysts have listed some of the companies that might be interested in acquiring such pro ...

GVC Denies Allegations of Indirect Turkish Gambling Market Presence

GVC Denies Allegations of Indirect Turkish Gambling Market Presence

by July 9, 2019

GVC Holdings denied allegations that, through its CEO Kenny Alexander, it has not entirely cut ties with its Turkish operation, which it sold back in 2017 in order to be allowed to complete its £3.2 billion takeover of rival Ladbrokes Coral.A Sunday Times report established ...

Number of Korean Teen Gambling Addicts Rises Significantly

Number of Korean Teen Gambling Addicts Rises Significantly

by July 8, 2019

Problem gambling and gambling addiction among teenagers is on the rise in South Korea, recently released data by the Korea Center on Gambling Problems (KCGP) showed.Local news outlet Korea Bizwire reported that the number of teenagers who were treated for gambling addiction ...

Turkish Dealings Could Hamper GVC’s US Betting Hopes

Turkish Dealings Could Hamper GVC’s US Betting Hopes

by July 7, 2019

GVC Holdings’ Turkish operations could have hampered the company’s takeover of UK bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral in 2017, and could now prove to be a major obstacle for its big American hopes. In fact, the operator being present in a country where gambling is banned could have cost it ...

Betting Brokerage Closes Business with Betfair Clone Site after Financial Times Investigation

Betting Brokerage Closes Business with Betfair Clone Site after Financial Times Investigation

by July 6, 2019

Online sports betting brokerage Asianconnect88 has closed its business with a website connected to Betfair after a recent investigation by the Financial Times detailed an obscure pattern of the P2P gambling exchange using third-party websites to avoid identity checks of new custo ...

Svenska Spel’s Research Council Grants SEK5 Million for Addiction Research

Svenska Spel’s Research Council Grants SEK5 Million for Addiction Research

by July 5, 2019

Svenska Spel’s independent Research Council has granted funding to five new research projects aiming to find ways to better understand and treat gambling addiction, the Swedish gambling operator announced today.The five projects will be able to share SEK5 million (approx. $5 ...