Crown Resorts Casinos Generate $665 Million from Chinese High Rollers

by July 10, 2017

Mainland China VIP casino customers lost around $665 million (A$875 million) at Crown Resorts casinos during the previous financial year, court filings from the Shanghai Baoshan district court showed.Obtained by Australian news outlet The Australian Financial Review (AFR), t ...

SportPesa to Leave Kenya Due to Massive Gambling Tax Hike

by July 8, 2017

Kenya’s approved gambling tax hike is already taking its toll as native operator SportPesa has confirmed that it would shut down its Kenyan operations, if the new taxation regime is imposed on January 1, 2018.In June, Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the East African natio ...

Bill Allows New Jersey Casinos to Remain Operational during State Shutdown

by July 7, 2017

Atlantic City casinos will operate as normal in case of any future government shutdowns under a piece of legislation produced by New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senators Jeff Van Drew and Jim Whelan.New Jersey was shut down earlier this week after Gov. Chris Ch ...

Queensland Premier Dismisses Possibility for More Gold Coast Casinos

by July 6, 2017

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told local media that she does not want Gold Coast to become a casino city. Ms. Palaszczuk’s comments came a day after news emerged that Las Vegas-based casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. was interested in operating a casino in th ...

NEKTAN Buys iGaming Marketing Business from Betfred Founder

by July 5, 2017

NEKTAN PLC, the international mobile gaming platform and content provider, today announced that it has acquired Nektan Marketing Services from Betfred Founder Fred Done and ActiveWin Media Founder Warren Jacobs in a £500,000 deal.Nektan Marketing Services was launched back in ...

Caesars in Talks to Expand into Queensland’s Casino Market

by July 5, 2017

Chinese-backed ASF Consortium has revealed that it has been in talks with casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. about potentially teaming up on a A$3-billion integrated resort in Australia’s Gold Coast city.ASF Consortium was selected by the Queensland government as the p ...

First Cypriot Casino to Generate €800 Million by 2022

by July 5, 2017

The Republic of Cyprus expects that its first casino resort will generate around €800 million in contributions to the economy in its second year of operation.The Government of the Mediterranean island nation and developers signed the final agreement that authorized the projec ...

Turkey to Launch Crackdown on Illegal Gambling Activities

by July 4, 2017

The Turkish government is planning to launch a crackdown on illegal gambling, local media has reported. Under a two-year plan, different government agencies will cooperate to tackle issues related to the unauthorized provision of gambling services of different kinds, including on ...

Japan’s Casinos to Contribute Funds for Problem Gambling Prevention

by July 4, 2017

Part of the money contributed to the Japanese government by the country’s future integrated resorts will be used to fund initiatives for problem gambling treatment and prevention, local media reported on Monday. The money collected will be directed towards the central government ...

Casino Boss Kazuo Okada Sues Family after Being Ousted from Okada Holdings Board

by July 3, 2017

Kazuo Okada is suing his family after being removed from the board of the Okada Holdings investment firm, the Japanese casino tycoon himself confirmed in an interview with global news outlet Reuters.Based in Hong Kong, Okada Holdings owns a majority stake in Japanese pachink ...

Hard Rock International Remains Sole Bidder for Catalan Casino

by July 3, 2017

Florida-based casino and café chain operator Hard Rock International has applied for a casino license to build an integrated resort not far from the city of Barcelona, Catalan media reported on Friday.It is believed that Hard Rock has remained the sole casino company interes ...

New Jersey Legislature Passes Daily Fantasy Sports Bill

by July 2, 2017

Daily fantasy sports may soon become a regulated industry in New Jersey after the state Legislature passed on Friday a bill that authorized the licensed provision of this type of service. The bill now needs one final approval from Gov. Chris Christie.The bill had previously ...

Colombia Opens Online Gambling Market with First License

by June 30, 2017

Colombian gambling regulator Coljuegos granted a first iGaming license, thus formally opening the country’s regulated iGaming market. Locally owned gaming company Aquila Global Group was the one to be authorized by the regulatory body. The operator is running the Wplay.co online ...

UK Gambling Commission Probes Ladbrokes over Sensitive Data Protection Concerns

by June 28, 2017

The UK Gambling Commission may launch a probe into the way gambling operator Ladbrokes protects and disposes of its customers’ personal information. The move may be found necessary after a recent incident in which papers containing sensitive details about customers of the company ...

Hard Rock International Pulls Out Of Cyprus Casino Project

by June 28, 2017

Casino operator Hard Rock International is pulling out of a €500-million project for the construction of what would be Europe’s largest integrated resort in the Republic of Cyprus.The announcement emerged on the same day when the Cypriot government gave formal permission to t ...