Georgia GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Vow to Oppose Casino Gambling Legalization Efforts

Georgia GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Vow to Oppose Casino Gambling Legalization Efforts

by October 9, 2017

Georgia’s leading GOP gubernatorial candidates confirmed that they will all oppose any attempts for the legalization of casino gambling in the state. The state’s next gubernatorial election will take place in November 2018 and it is believed that Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, former Sen. ...

Gambling CEO Breon Corcoran Reportedly Considered for Uber Head of Northern Europe Position

Gambling CEO Breon Corcoran Reportedly Considered for Uber Head of Northern Europe Position

by October 8, 2017

Breon Corcoran, the outgoing CEO of retail and online gambling behemoth Paddy Power Betfair, is reportedly been considered as a top candidate for the recently vacated Head of Northern Europe position at private hire transport company Uber.Jo Bertram, who assumed the General ...

Two Separate Studies Back Revenue Cannibalization Fears Surrounding Cedar Rapids Casino Proposals

Two Separate Studies Back Revenue Cannibalization Fears Surrounding Cedar Rapids Casino Proposals

by October 6, 2017

The potential opening of a casino in the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa could impact the state’s casino market quite negatively as the new venue would cannibalize revenue from existing gaming properties, according to two recently published reports.The Iowa Racing and Gaming Comm ...

Alabama Renews Electronic Bingo Machines War with Local Casinos

Alabama Renews Electronic Bingo Machines War with Local Casinos

by October 5, 2017

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is suing five commercial casinos located in five different counties over their operation of electronic bingo machines. AG Marshall, who assumed office in February, said in a Wednesday statement that electronic bingo machines were illegal i ...

Colorado-Based Firm Reportedly Buys Shuttered Revel Casino

Colorado-Based Firm Reportedly Buys Shuttered Revel Casino

by October 4, 2017

Former Revel Casino in Atlantic City may soon switch ownership, according to the Press of Atlantic City. The local news outlet reported on Tuesday that a Colorado-based property management firm has submitted a sale agreement to the Atlantic County Clerk’s Office, thus making it k ...

Casino Operator Caesars to Emerge from Bankruptcy by October 6

Casino Operator Caesars to Emerge from Bankruptcy by October 6

by October 3, 2017

Major casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. confirmed on Monday that it will emerge from prolonged bankruptcy by the end of the week. The company was scheduled to host an investor webcast yesterday but canceled it in the wake of a deadly mass shooting during a concert on th ...

DDoS Attack Disturbs Lottery Sales on UK National Lottery’s Website

DDoS Attack Disturbs Lottery Sales on UK National Lottery’s Website

by October 2, 2017

The UK National Lottery has confirmed that a DDoS attack knocked out its official website on Saturday evening. There are Lotto draws on Saturday and the activity on the lottery operator’s website is usually higher that day.Lottery tickets can be purchased from authorized ret ...

Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project Faces Opposition from Italian Politicians

Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project Faces Opposition from Italian Politicians

by October 2, 2017

Powerful political opposition in Italy could upset the applecart for the shared online poker liquidity project the country’s gambling regulators have been working on with their counterparts from France, Spain, and Portugal for over a year now.The scheme would allow online pok ...

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 ...