Events & Reports

Global Gambling: Five Stories to Watch For in 2018

Global Gambling: Five Stories to Watch For in 2018

by December 30, 2017

In the very final days of 2017, many are probably asking themselves what the highlights of this past year were and what 2018 has in store. In the context of the global gambling industry, 2018 may turn out to be a year of big changes, hopefully positive onescas. A new major market ...

High Court Judge Supports Kenya’s New Gambling Tax

High Court Judge Supports Kenya’s New Gambling Tax

by December 29, 2017

Kenyan betting operator SportPesa began informing local sports clubs that it would withdraw its sponsorship following a High Court ruling issued yesterday that supported the upcoming implementation of a betting tax increase.Kenya-facing betting operators are currently requir ...

Ireland to Keep Betting Tax at Current Level in 2018

Ireland to Keep Betting Tax at Current Level in 2018

by December 28, 2017

Broadly debated betting tax hike was rejected by the Irish Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, local media reported on Wednesday. Betting operators will still be taxed on 1% on their revenue in 2018.However, Minister Donohoe confirmed that a change in the way licensed bookm ...

Wealthiest Gambling Bosses of 2017 – the Rags-to-Riches Stories of Five Remarkable Visionaries

Wealthiest Gambling Bosses of 2017 – the Rags-to-Riches Stories of Five Remarkable Visionaries

by December 26, 2017

Building wealth is hard. Keeping and increasing that wealth is even harder. It requires deployment of smart strategies and risk-taking. The five people below have apparently found the recipe for building wealth. What is more, they have managed to overcome the challenges of being ...

Upcoming Poker Tournaments – Holiday Edition

Upcoming Poker Tournaments – Holiday Edition

by December 25, 2017

After unwrapping their Christmas presents and emptying their Christmas socks, many would likely feel tempted to head to a nearby or not so nearby casino for some holiday edition poker action. If there are such avid poker players among our readers, we at Casino News Daily have com ...

Shared Online Poker Liquidity Progress: Will the Project Go Live in 2018?

Shared Online Poker Liquidity Progress: Will the Project Go Live in 2018?

by December 24, 2017

With online cash game poker being in a state of decline for years, it was last summer when the regulators of four European segregated markets decided that something should be done, and done quickly. The French gambling regulator ARJEL initiated year-long discussions with its coun ...

New Jersey’s Gambling Industry Enters Year of Big Changes

New Jersey’s Gambling Industry Enters Year of Big Changes

by December 23, 2017

A year of big changes may be coming for Atlantic City and New Jersey’s gambling industry. In the first place, Atlantic City, once the only casino gaming hub on the US East Coast, will see the re-opening of at least one previously closed casino. This is hoped and expected to ...

GVC Holdings to Acquire Ladbrokes Coral in a £4-Billion Deal

GVC Holdings to Acquire Ladbrokes Coral in a £4-Billion Deal

by December 22, 2017

Today, gambling operator GVC Holdings officially announced that it reached an agreement to buy the UK bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral Group for a prize amounting to up to £4 billion. The two companies are to join forces at a time when both of them have been looking for consolidation in ...

Tabcorp-Tatts Merger to Bring Aroud AU$130 Million to the New Entity

Tabcorp-Tatts Merger to Bring Aroud AU$130 Million to the New Entity

by December 21, 2017

The saga of the long-awaited merger between the Australian gambling operators Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group is coming to an end, and a new era is set to begin in the local gambling industry.At the time when Tabcorp published a media release, revealing that the Australian ...

William Hill Appoints New Chairman at Critical Times

William Hill Appoints New Chairman at Critical Times

by December 20, 2017

Today, the leading British gambling operator William Hill announced that it appointed Roger Devlin at the position of its chairman designate. Mr. Devlin, who is known as a veteran in the betting industry as well as an executive of the Football Association.Mr. Devlin is to jo ...

Ukraine Needs to Regulate Gambling Industry under Social Responsibility Principles, Says UGIA

Ukraine Needs to Regulate Gambling Industry under Social Responsibility Principles, Says UGIA

by December 19, 2017

The Ukrainian Association of the Gaming Industry (UGIA) which organized the first-ever global conference Ukrainian Gaming Summit 2017 posted an event press release today. The organization’s President Iryna Sergienko commented that Ukraine needs to follow the example of other Euro ...

Gambling Ads Come Under Fire in Norway and Sweden

Gambling Ads Come Under Fire in Norway and Sweden

by December 17, 2017

A fresh wave of regulatory criticism towards gambling-related ads on Norwegian and Swedish media was unleashed earlier this week. State-run organizations are tasked with the provision of gambling services in both Scandinavian countries, and any international operators targeting l ...

Turkey’s Banking Regulator Restricts Mobile Transactions as Part of Gambling Crackdown

Turkey’s Banking Regulator Restricts Mobile Transactions as Part of Gambling Crackdown

by December 15, 2017

Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency – Bankacılık Düzenleme ve Denetleme Kurumu (BDDK) – has taken additional measures against the illegal provision of gambling services in the country, local news outlet Hurriyet Daily News reported on Thursday.The regulator pl ...

Vote on Brazil’s Gambling Bill Delayed Again

Vote on Brazil’s Gambling Bill Delayed Again

by December 14, 2017

A long-delayed vote on the legalization of a number of gambling options was delayed once again by Brazilian lawmakers, local media reported. Members of the Brazilian Senate’s Constitution and Justice Commission were expected to finally cast their votes on a related legislative pi ...

Brazil’s Constitution and Justice Commission to Vote on Gambling Legalization Bill

Brazil’s Constitution and Justice Commission to Vote on Gambling Legalization Bill

by December 13, 2017

Brazilian lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that calls for the legalization and regulation of a number of gambling services in the country. Members of the Senate’s Constitution and Justice Commission are set to cast their votes on the legislative piece today, December 13, after ...