Events & Reports

Finland’s National Health Institute Calls for Gambling Machines Crackdown

Finland’s National Health Institute Calls for Gambling Machines Crackdown

by November 9, 2017

The Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos – THL) recommended that gambling machines at supermarkets across the country be removed in a bid for the country to reduce gambling addiction rates, local news outlet Yle has reported.The ...

How Will the New Regulatory Approach to Gambling Affect UK’s iGaming Industry?

How Will the New Regulatory Approach to Gambling Affect UK’s iGaming Industry?

by November 8, 2017

The UK online gambling industry has been expanding quickly over the past decade in a bid to accommodate the explosion in demand. Figures from the UK Gambling Commission showed that online gaming and betting services generated the amount of £4.5 billion in the period between Octob ...

Analysts Bullish on Success of Naga 2 Casino Resort Project

Analysts Bullish on Success of Naga 2 Casino Resort Project

by November 7, 2017

Analysts believe that Naga 2, the recently opened extension of the NagaWorld casino complex in the Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, has bright future if it succeeds to attract VIP casino players from Mainland China and other countries around the Asia-Pacific region.Naga 2 cele ...

Gambling Entrepreneur Antanas Guoga Mentioned in Leaked Paradise Papers

Gambling Entrepreneur Antanas Guoga Mentioned in Leaked Paradise Papers

by November 6, 2017

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released on Sunday the so-called Paradise Papers, a trove of 13.4 million leaked files that expose the offshore interests and activities of some of the world’s richest and most powerful.Members of US President ...

Pennsylvania Cities Begin Satellite Casino Discussions after Gov. Tom Wolf’s Gambling Expansion Green Light

Pennsylvania Cities Begin Satellite Casino Discussions after Gov. Tom Wolf’s Gambling Expansion Green Light

by November 3, 2017

Pennsylvania’s sweeping gambling reform has already begun changing the state’s gambling landscape and debates over further alterations have been taking place in different parts of the Keystone State. As reported by local media, multiple Pennsylvania cities have commenced talks on ...

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Fires at Secret Meeting between Casino Boss and Massachusetts Governor

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Fires at Secret Meeting between Casino Boss and Massachusetts Governor

by November 3, 2017

A Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate blasted what turned out to have been a clandestine meeting between casino boss Steve Wynn and the state’s current Governor Charlie Baker during the latter’s recent visit to Nevada, local news outlet MassLive reported.Gov. Baker, who man ...

Casino Boss’ Son Develops Multi-Purpose Complex in Thriving Chicago District to Lure Amazon

Casino Boss’ Son Develops Multi-Purpose Complex in Thriving Chicago District to Lure Amazon

by November 2, 2017

The son of US casino mogul Neil Bluhm has announced plans for the development of a multi-purpose complex in a flourishing Chicago district as the city is attempting to catch the attention of online retailer Amazon, which is looking for home of its second headquarters.Andrew ...

Bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair Incoming CEO Takes Over from Breon Corcoran in January 2018

Bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair Incoming CEO Takes Over from Breon Corcoran in January 2018

by November 1, 2017

Peter Jackson will assume the role of a CEO of Irish bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair on January 8, the company confirmed today. Mr. Jackson is taking over from Breon Corcoran, who has been part of Paddy Power for the past sixteen years.Mr. Corcoran announced his intentions to ...

Casino Operator MGM Resorts International Eyes Japan and Macau for Asian Expansion

Casino Operator MGM Resorts International Eyes Japan and Macau for Asian Expansion

by October 31, 2017

Las Vegas-headquartered casino operator MGM Resorts International is mainly interested in extending its footprint in two particular Asian jurisdictions – Macau and Japan, despite the fact that a number of other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including the Philippines and S ...

Greek Parliament to Vote on Online Gambling Legalization Proposal This Week

Greek Parliament to Vote on Online Gambling Legalization Proposal This Week

by October 30, 2017

The Greek Parliament is set to vote on a draft legislation that includes measures for the legalization and regulation of online betting and gaming activities this week, local media reports. The bill aims to provide much needed revenue to the country’s coffers, to create new jobs, ...

FOBTs Review Expected to Be Released This Week

FOBTs Review Expected to Be Released This Week

by October 29, 2017

The long-anticipated results from the UK Government’s probe into the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals are expected to be released this week by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The industry review was launched last October and was intend ...

Japan’s Government May Resume Casino Talks before the End of 2017

Japan’s Government May Resume Casino Talks before the End of 2017

by October 27, 2017

When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election in September, many believed that the country’s casino legalization effort was dead for the year. Some analysts even forecast that it would not be before the end of 2018 that a vote on a bill that would set the princip ...

Massachusetts’ First Casino Recaptures Gambling Revenue from Neighboring States, Study Finds

Massachusetts’ First Casino Recaptures Gambling Revenue from Neighboring States, Study Finds

by October 27, 2017

The greater portion of money spent at Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Massachusetts would have been spent at casinos in neighboring states, a 2016 report the results of which were made public by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday showed.The study was compi ...

Swansea City Council Considers Casino Ban Extension

Swansea City Council Considers Casino Ban Extension

by October 26, 2017

The Swansea City Council may extend a previous ban on the opening of new casinos in the city for three more years, the BBC reported earlier today. The prohibition was introduced in 2014, following growing concerns over the way any potential opening of new gambling venues could af ...

Winamax Buys bet-at-home’s Italian iGaming License ahead of Shared Online Poker Liquidity Launch

Winamax Buys bet-at-home’s Italian iGaming License ahead of Shared Online Poker Liquidity Launch

by October 25, 2017

French gambling operator Winamax has completed the acquisition of the existing Italy-facing license of iGaming brand bet-at-home, a majority stake in which is held by another French gambling company – Betclic Everest Group. The announcement was first published by Italian gambling ...