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 ...

Star Entertainment Revenue Boosted by VIP Customers and Queensland Businesses

Star Entertainment Revenue Boosted by VIP Customers and Queensland Businesses

by May 28, 2018

One of the largest Australian gaming and entertainment groups, Star Entertainment Group, shared that high-roller customers and Queensland businesses have brought larger revenue, at a time when the company has been focused on new Gold Coast- and Brisbane-located projects’ roll-out ...

British Bases Deny Reports about Objections to Melco’s Cyprus Casino Resort Plan

British Bases Deny Reports about Objections to Melco’s Cyprus Casino Resort Plan

by May 26, 2018

The British Bases in the Republic of Cyprus have denied reports that they have raised objections to the €550-million Limassol casino plan over environmental or any other concerns, local news outlet Cyprus Mail reports.The Bases said in a recent statement that they “have no j ...

Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino to Feature William Hill-Operated Sports Book

Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino to Feature William Hill-Operated Sports Book

by May 25, 2018

Ocean Resort Casino, one of the two casinos set to open doors in Atlantic City on June 28, will feature a sports book on its casino floor, property principal Jordan Deifik said Thursday. It was also understood that the betting facility will be operated by UK bookmaker William Hil ...

Hard Rock Given the Nod to Build €2-Billion Casino Resort in Catalonia

Hard Rock Given the Nod to Build €2-Billion Casino Resort in Catalonia

by May 25, 2018

The Government of Catalonia has given the nod to the €2-billion project for the construction of an integrated resort with a gaming floor in Tarragona. The plan has been proposed by Florida-based gaming and hospitality company Hard Rock International as part of its strategy for gl ...

Borgata Casino Ready to Offer Sports Betting on First Day It Becomes Legal in New Jersey

Borgata Casino Ready to Offer Sports Betting on First Day It Becomes Legal in New Jersey

by May 23, 2018

Atlantic City’s highest grossing casino resort, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, is ready to begin offering sports betting on the very day the provision of that service is legalized by New Jersey lawmakers, officials for the property said Tuesday.The Borgata already features ...

Cherry’s Top Executive Probed for Insider Trading

Cherry’s Top Executive Probed for Insider Trading

by May 23, 2018

The CEO of Stockholm-listed gambling operator Cherry AB, Anders Holmgren, has been investigated by Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority (ECA) on insider trading suspicion, the company itself confirmed in a Tuesday statement.The ECA searched Cherry’s head office on Tuesday in re ...