Environmental Group Challenges Cyprus Casino Environmental Impact Review

Environmental Group Challenges Cyprus Casino Environmental Impact Review

by June 5, 2018

An environmental organization blasted Cypriot gaming regulators and authorities for giving the nod to the construction of the €550-million City of Dreams Mediterranean integrated resort without a proper assessment of the impact on nearby protected areas.In a statement on its ...

Swedish Parliamentary Committee Approves Proposed Gambling Bill

Swedish Parliamentary Committee Approves Proposed Gambling Bill

by June 5, 2018

Sweden’s Committee on Cultural Affairs has backed the proposed gambling bill. The approval of the Swedish parliamentary committee was the latest hurdle to be overcome by the draft gambling legislation before the bill becomes a law.The final vote on the Swedish gambling bill ...

New ACT Gambling Tax to Take Effect in January 2019

New ACT Gambling Tax to Take Effect in January 2019

by June 5, 2018

The government of the Australian Capital Territory confirmed Tuesday the implementation of a 15% point of consumption tax on online betting services. The new taxation regime is set to come into force on January 1, 2019.The new tax was presented earlier today as part of ACT’s ...

Bloomberry Buys Solaire Resort & Casino Land for $710 Million

Bloomberry Buys Solaire Resort & Casino Land for $710 Million

by June 4, 2018

Philippine gaming and hospitality company Bloomberry Resorts Corporation announced today that it has completed the purchase of the portion of land where its Solaire Resort & Casino is located.The company, led by Philippine businessman Enrique Razon, paid the amount of PH ...

Turkish Police Raids Illegal Gambling Parlors as Part of Government’s Gambling Crackdown

Turkish Police Raids Illegal Gambling Parlors as Part of Government’s Gambling Crackdown

by June 4, 2018

An unprecedented nationwide raid of the Turkish National Police ended up with eighty people being arrested and 36 businesses shut down. Late Saturday saw thousands of places in a total of 81 provinces around the country being attacked over alleged illegal gambling.As the Dai ...

Hard Rock’s Atlantic City Casino to Feature Popular Trump Taj Mahal-Era Facilities

by June 2, 2018

While what was formerly known as Trump Taj Mahal is now bearing a new marquee, some of the property’s most popular facilities will be restored to life when it reopens as Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on June 28.Hard Rock revealed on Friday that the Scores s ...

Finnish National Betting Agency Veikkaus Announces Massive Lay-Offs

Finnish National Betting Agency Veikkaus Announces Massive Lay-Offs

by June 1, 2018

The Finnish national betting agency, Veikkaus Oy, eliminated a total of 129 jobs after co-determination negotiations were brought to an end at the beginning of the week.Veikkaus is currently fully-owned by the country’s Government, which has allowed to impose a legal monopol ...

Tiverton Casino Allowed to Provide Around-the-Clock Gambling Services

Tiverton Casino Allowed to Provide Around-the-Clock Gambling Services

by June 1, 2018

The Tiverton Town Council approved on Thursday a one-year pilot program that would allow the town’s new casino to offer gambling 24 hours a day, local news outlets report.The approval came a week after Twin River Tiverton Casino owners announced that construction of the prop ...

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem License Extended for Another Five Years

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem License Extended for Another Five Years

by May 31, 2018

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, the smallest casino resort operated by gambling giant Las Vegas Sands, will have its license extended for five more years after members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved the move unanimously this past Wednesday.The Northampton C ...

Hard Rock Announces $700-Million Tampa Casino Expansion

Hard Rock Announces $700-Million Tampa Casino Expansion

by May 31, 2018

Florida-based gaming and hospitality operator Hard Rock International unveiled Wednesday a massive $700-million expansion plan for its Tampa hotel and casino property. The expansion will include the addition of more gaming options, a new hotel tower, and multiple new entertainmen ...

Macau Legend’s Cape Verde Casino to Swing Its Doors Open in August

Macau Legend’s Cape Verde Casino to Swing Its Doors Open in August

by May 30, 2018

Part of Macau Legend’s $300-million casino resort in Cape Verde will open doors this August, CEO David Chow Kam Fai told local media earlier today after the company’s Annual General Meeting at the Legend Palace.Macau Legend will open a hotel and casino in the tiny northwest ...

Las Vegas Workers’ Unions Reveal Strikingly High Sexual Harassment Rates at City’s Casinos

Las Vegas Workers’ Unions Reveal Strikingly High Sexual Harassment Rates at City’s Casinos

by May 30, 2018

A survey commissioned by the Las Vegas Culinary Union found that 59% of all interviewed cocktail servers and 27% of all interviewed housekeepers have been harassed sexually by casino resorts guests, members of the management team or other individuals while at their workplace. ...

Trump Plaza Casino Demolition Postponed, Likely to Happen This Fall

Trump Plaza Casino Demolition Postponed, Likely to Happen This Fall

by May 30, 2018

The shuttered Trump Plaza casino resort in Atlantic City is not going be demolished anytime soon as the popular gaming hub is entering its tourism season, The Press of Atlantic City reports.The casino closed doors in the fall of 2014 and has remained vacated since then. It w ...

Japan Could Extend Current Diet Session to Vote on Integrated Casino Resorts Bill

Japan Could Extend Current Diet Session to Vote on Integrated Casino Resorts Bill

by May 29, 2018

The Japanese Government and ruling coalition are considering the possible extension of the ongoing Diet session to the end of June or the beginning of July in order to make sure the casino gaming expansion bill is to be passed, along with the piece of legislation focused on labor ...

Israel Rolls Out Cryptocurrency Transaction Regulations

Israel Rolls Out Cryptocurrency Transaction Regulations

by May 29, 2018

A new legislation crafted by Israel’s Ministry of Justice that obligates local banks and other financial institutions and service providers to watch for and report in due course any suspicious virtual currency-related transactions, including cryptocurrency transfers to online gam ...