Japan’s Government Denies Reports about Trump Instructing Abe to Consider Las Vegas Sands as Winning Casino Bidder

Japan’s Government Denies Reports about Trump Instructing Abe to Consider Las Vegas Sands as Winning Casino Bidder

by October 12, 2018

Diet spokesperson denies reports about Trump’s alleged attempts to meddle in Japan’s casino license bidding processA top spokesman for the Japanese government denied on Thursday reports alleging that US President Donald Trump has asked Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during ...

Trump Lobbies Japan’s PM to Consider GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson for Casino License

Trump Lobbies Japan’s PM to Consider GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson for Casino License

by October 11, 2018

President Trump stars in another media storm with reports about attempts to advance major GOP donor and casino boss Sheldon Adelson as a winning bidder in Japan’s casino license raceUS President Donald Trump has used his political clout to advance the personal interests of La ...

Caesars to Welcome First Guests of Non-Gambling Dubai Resorts in Mid-November

Caesars to Welcome First Guests of Non-Gambling Dubai Resorts in Mid-November

by October 10, 2018

Caesars’ first post-bankruptcy properties set to open doors in Dubai in mid-NovemberHotel room bookings are now available for Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s two new non-gaming resorts in Dubai, Casino News Daily has learned. It seems that one of the two properties is set to op ...

Tabcorp Emerges as Likely Buyer of West Australia’s TAB Betting Agency

Tabcorp Emerges as Likely Buyer of West Australia’s TAB Betting Agency

by October 10, 2018

Media reports suggest that the nation’s largest gambling operator will add the betting agency to its portfolioAustralian gambling giant Tabcorp is billed as the likely new owner of the West Australia TAB totaliser betting agency, according to a new round of reports from finan ...

Albanian Government Orders Casinos, Betting Shops Out of Cities

Albanian Government Orders Casinos, Betting Shops Out of Cities

by October 9, 2018

Government moves to curb gambling in one of Europe’s poorest countriesThe government of Albania has ordered the relocation of all casinos and sports betting shops out of residential areas and to city outskirts in an effort to stop the proliferation of gambling in one of Europ ...

Bicol, Philippines Police Detain More Than 2,700 Individuals in Illegal Gambling Crackdown

Bicol, Philippines Police Detain More Than 2,700 Individuals in Illegal Gambling Crackdown

by October 8, 2018

Bicol police nab thousands in fight against illegal gambling in the region, vows to intensify crackdownThe Philippine National Police in the Bicol (PNP Bicol) region nabbed as many as 2,701 individuals on illegal gambling charges during the first three quarters of the year, t ...

Southland Racetrack Backs Arkansas Casino, Betting Expansion Effort

Southland Racetrack Backs Arkansas Casino, Betting Expansion Effort

by October 7, 2018

Proposed casino expansion expected to save the racetrack $86 million in taxes during first three yearsOwners of the Southland Park Gaming & Racing greyhound racetrack in West Memphis have poured $50,000 into the ongoing campaign for casino expansion in Arkansas, local new ...

Virginia Family Organization Condemns Bristol Casino Proposal

Virginia Family Organization Condemns Bristol Casino Proposal

by October 6, 2018

Casino plan promises $1.5 billion in contributions for Southwest VirginiaA prominent Virginia family foundation formally opposed the proposed construction of a $150-million casino resort in the city of Bristol. Casino-style gambling is currently prohibited in the state, and t ...

Czech Gambling Group SAZKA Shelves London IPO Plans in Nightmare Week for LSE

Czech Gambling Group SAZKA Shelves London IPO Plans in Nightmare Week for LSE

by October 5, 2018

A nightmare week for the London Stock Exchange continues as SAZKA Group puts listing on ice due to market volatilityCzech lottery and betting operator SAZKA Group has iced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, citing market’s volatility as the reason behind its decisio ...

West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Casino Targets Fall Opening of Sportsbook

West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Casino Targets Fall Opening of Sportsbook

by October 5, 2018

Wheeling Island Casino targets fall launch of sports betting, football season on property’s radarLegal sports betting is almost ready to arrive at Wheeling Island Hotel Casino Racetrack in Wheeling, West Virginia, although an official date for the launch of the property’s spo ...

MGM Bid to Centralize Lawsuits against October 1 Shooting Victims Fails

MGM Bid to Centralize Lawsuits against October 1 Shooting Victims Fails

by October 4, 2018

Company rejects claims that it should be held liable for “deaths, injuries, and emotional distress” resulting from the deadliest mass shooting in modern US historyA federal judges panel denied on Wednesday a request by MGM Resorts International to centralize a number of lawsu ...

MGA Spills Details on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Sandbox Framework during Inaugural Delta Summit

MGA Spills Details on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Sandbox Framework during Inaugural Delta Summit

by October 4, 2018

“The MGA’s strategic mission is to be at the forefront of gaming regulation whilst embracing innovation”, says newly appointed MGA Chief Executive Officer Heathcliff FarrugiaThe Malta Gaming Authority released today information about its recently introduced Sandbox Framework ...

FTC Approves Penn National Gaming’s $2.8-Billion Acquisition of Fellow Casino Company

FTC Approves Penn National Gaming’s $2.8-Billion Acquisition of Fellow Casino Company

by October 3, 2018

Companies should divest casino assets in three Midwestern cities over competition concernsThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved earlier this week Penn National Gaming’s previously announced purchase of fellow casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment in a deal valued at ...

Failed Lucky Dragon Casino Resort Closes Hotel Tower

Failed Lucky Dragon Casino Resort Closes Hotel Tower

by October 3, 2018

Failed casino resort scheduled to be sold at foreclosure auction on October 30The nine-story hotel tower of the failed Lucky Dragon Las Vegas boutique casino resort closed doors Tuesday, October 2. The hotel’s closure came after the casino and food and beverage facilities at ...

Eldorado Completes Tropicana Acquisition in Latest US Land-Based Casino M&A Deal

Eldorado Completes Tropicana Acquisition in Latest US Land-Based Casino M&A Deal

by October 2, 2018

Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts, Inc. has completed the previously announced acquisition of fellow gaming and hospitality business Tropicana Entertainment Inc. in a deal valued at around $1.85 billion.The transaction comes as the latest in a flurry of merger and acquisition de ...