Irish Publicans Found to Be Offering Illegal Gambling Services to Pub-Goers

Irish Publicans Found to Be Offering Illegal Gambling Services to Pub-Goers

by October 1, 2017

Multiple complaints have emerged about Irish pub holders taking illegal bets at their venues, The Sunday Times reports. In addition, it seems that some of the publicans have been taking advantage of promotional screens installed by bookmakers at their facilities.Said screens ...

Ladbrokes Under Fire over Failure to Discourage FOBTs Addict from Gambling

Ladbrokes Under Fire over Failure to Discourage FOBTs Addict from Gambling

by September 30, 2017

Another British bookmaker has appeared on the UK Gambling Commission’s radar screen for allegedly failing to follow the regulator’s main principles for socially responsible provision of gambling services.The Guardian reported that gambling operator Ladbrokes Cora ...

MGM Cotai Casino Resort Opening Set Back to Late January 2018

MGM Cotai Casino Resort Opening Set Back to Late January 2018

by September 29, 2017

Casino operator MGM Resorts International today announced that the opening of MGM Cotai, its second integrated resort in Macau, will be delayed to January 29, 2018. The property was previously scheduled to finally open doors in the fourth quarter of the year.MGM Cotai’s openi ...

British Columbia Appoints Investigator to Probe Into Suspicious Transactions at Local Casinos

British Columbia Appoints Investigator to Probe Into Suspicious Transactions at Local Casinos

by September 29, 2017

British Columbia’s new Attorney General David Eby has appointed an independent investigator to conduct a review of the anti-money laundering controls deployed by local casinos and gambling regulators.The announcement about the upcoming probe comes shortly after Attorney Gener ...

Paddy Power Betfair CEO Backs Pending Gambling Machine Curbs

Paddy Power Betfair CEO Backs Pending Gambling Machine Curbs

by September 27, 2017

Paddy Power Betfair’s CEO Breon Corcoran has sided with proponents of the idea for a dramatic reduction in the maximum bets accepted by the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals. According to a letter written by the executive to UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch and ob ...

Philippine Authorities to Release New Casino Anti-Money Laundering Controls in Mid-October

Philippine Authorities to Release New Casino Anti-Money Laundering Controls in Mid-October

by September 27, 2017

The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is set to present a new framework for the regulation of the nation’s casinos as “covered persons” under the recently introduced amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 by mid-October.Attorney Mel Georgie Racela, ...

ASF Consortium May Sue Queensland Government over Failed Gold Coast Casino Project

ASF Consortium May Sue Queensland Government over Failed Gold Coast Casino Project

by September 26, 2017

Chinese-backed group of investors ASF Consortium may take legal action against the government of Queensland after its project for a A$3-billion casino resort in Gold Coast was nixed in August by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s administration.The investor group said on Monday ...

Ladbrokes Coral Seeks Advice for Post-FOBTs Review Merger and Acquisition Opportunities

Ladbrokes Coral Seeks Advice for Post-FOBTs Review Merger and Acquisition Opportunities

by September 24, 2017

British bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral has reportedly lined up City banks to review its consolidation opportunities, The Times has reported citing unnamed sources. The gambling operator is said to be prepping for the upcoming publication of the UK Government’s probe into the nat ...

Advertising Standards Authority Chairman Questions Effectiveness of Current Gambling Industry Controls

Advertising Standards Authority Chairman Questions Effectiveness of Current Gambling Industry Controls

by September 23, 2017

Lord David Currie, who is soon to assume the role of Chairman of UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), said in a recent interview with The Financial Times that the mid-2000s’ “liberalization” of the nation’s gambling market may have not been the right thin ...

Latest Casino Bonuses Acquires Affiliate Guard Dog amid Growing Consolidation in the Field

Latest Casino Bonuses Acquires Affiliate Guard Dog amid Growing Consolidation in the Field

by September 21, 2017

Latest Casino Bonuses has expanded its online gaming affiliate network with another important acquisition. News emerged on Wednesday that the LCB family has welcomed Affiliate Guard Dog in another deal that represents the wave of iGaming affiliate consolidation we have been witne ...

Tribal Casino Revenue Dispute Could Hit Niagara Falls Financial Stability

Tribal Casino Revenue Dispute Could Hit Niagara Falls Financial Stability

by September 20, 2017

The New York State Comptroller’s Office has warned that the city of Niagara Falls could see a serious shortage of finances as a result from a prolonged dispute between state officials and the Seneca Nation of Indians.In February, the Senecas stopped contributing slot machine ...

Legalized DFS Industry Will Open “Pandora’s Online Gambling Box”, Wisconsin Opposing Group Argues

Legalized DFS Industry Will Open “Pandora’s Online Gambling Box”, Wisconsin Opposing Group Argues

by September 19, 2017

A group of Wisconsin residents has voiced opposition to the recently renewed push for the legalization of daily fantasy sports (DFS). The Citizens Against Expanded Gambling group fears that expanded gambling in the state could inflict serious harm to the most vulnerable members o ...

Western Australia to Crack Down on Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Business

Western Australia to Crack Down on Lottoland’s Lottery Betting Business

by September 18, 2017

The government of Western Australia is working on a draft bill that would seek to ban the provision of betting on lotteries services within the state’s borders. The move was confirmed by Premier Mark McGowan.Western Australia’s top official has told local media that the prep ...

Victorian Government to Curb Gambling Advertising in Public Spaces

Victorian Government to Curb Gambling Advertising in Public Spaces

by September 17, 2017

A new gambling regulation bill has been in the works in the Australian state of Victoria, which, among other things, seeks to restrict sports betting-related advertisements in public spaces, local media reports.Victorian lawmakers have explained that the bill will likely be i ...

Islandia Village Board to Appeal Supreme Court Ruling against Local Casino

Islandia Village Board to Appeal Supreme Court Ruling against Local Casino

by September 16, 2017

The village of Islandia, located in the Suffolk County, New York, confirmed on Friday that it would appeal a Supreme Court ruling that the opening of a Suffolk OTB-run VLT casino at the local Jake’s 58 hotel was the result from improperly issued permits by village officials ...