Fort Sill Apache Tribe Denied New Mexico Gambling Compact

by March 26, 2015

The Governor of New Mexico, Susana Martinez, explained to the state Supreme Court during a meeting on Wednesday that she has the authority not to approve a contract between New Mexico and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, as it has not been federally recognized to provide gambling serv ...

Tohono O’odham Nation Deterred from Building Casino in Arizona

by March 26, 2015

Members of the US House Committee approved a bill intended to prevent the establishment of a casino in the western part of Phoenix. H.R. 308 was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee, which means that Tohono O’odham Nation will be prevented from establishing a casino ...

Mixed Reactions to RAWA at First Hearing

by March 26, 2015

The Restoration of America’s Wireless Act or HR 707, as it was submitted to the House, was finally reviewed by the Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on March 25, 2015. Initially, the proposed legislation that would ban online gambling on the territory of the Uni ...

MGM Deters Maryland Residents from Joining Casino Construction

by March 26, 2015

The state of Maryland is going to have a luxurious casino resort established within a year. The building procedures are already underway and yesterday, the top executive of MGM Resorts determined the progress of the mega project as “remarkable”.Currently, as many as 1,000 wor ...

Suncity Group Joins Major Casino Project in Vietnam

by March 26, 2015

It was announced mere hours ago that Macau-based junket operator Suncity Group joined Hong Kong property developer Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Vietnamese investor VinaCapital and they will work together on the construction and operation of a $4-billion casino resort on the terr ...

Casino Resorts to Be Legalized in Georgia

by March 26, 2015

Today, the future development of the gambling sector in Georgia, is to be determined. A legislation bill will be introduced to the members of the House and if the proposal gets their approval, as many as six casinos are likely to open doors in Georgia.According to the prelimi ...

Delaware and Nevada Commence Online Poker Liquidity Sharing

by March 25, 2015

It was reported that the states of Delaware and Nevada, which had previously signed an agreement to share poker pools from online players as an attempt to increase their revenues, have eventually introduced a soft launch phase of the joint venture.Online poker in Delaware is ...

LeoVegas to Work in Collaboration with Odobo

by March 25, 2015

The popular casino firm LeoVegas is going to work in collaboration with Odobo and as a result of their partnership, LeoVegas will be eligible for accessing more than 50 HTML5 games available on the Marketplace platform.In point of fact, Odobo has been a widely preferred suppl ...

888poker Inks Sponsorship Deal with WSOP

by March 25, 2015

Gibraltar-licensed poker provider 888poker, which is also known to power the Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. sites operating on the territory of New Jersey, Nevada, and the United Kingdom, inked a sponsorship and content deal with the World Series of Poker.Under the n ...

UK Poker Players Might Pay Tax on Their Winnings

by March 25, 2015

Apparently, the question about the game of poker or to be more precise, the disagreements as to whether it should be regarded as a game of luck or a game requiring particular skills, is back on the agenda.This time, the study conducted among players from the UK and the Nether ...

Frank Freedman Appointed as Four Winds Casinos Chief Operating Officer

by March 25, 2015

The emblematic Four Winds Casinos have a new chief operating officer. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians appointed Frank Freedman as a successor of Matt Harkness. According to the information included in a special press release on the matter, Mr. Harkness has parted ways wit ...

Showboat Might Not Be Converted Into Campus

by March 25, 2015

It was reported that Showboat Atlantic City, one of the city’s iconic casinos, which closed doors in August 2014, might not be converted into a university campus as it was initially planned.The local Stockton University purchased the shuttered gambling venue in order t ...

Emergency Team Members Pessimistic About AC Casino Sector

by March 25, 2015

As expected, the emergency team, appointed two months ago with the aim of conducting a research and proposing resolutions about stabilizing the financial condition of Atlantic City, released its report mere hours ago.As previously announced, managers of the emergency team wer ...

Emergency Report to Propose Solutions for AC Struggling Economy

by March 24, 2015

Needless to say, the gambling sector of New Jersey is experiencing major financial hurdles and regardless of authorities’ efforts, the consequences of the closures of the four casinos last year and the problematic economy in general cannot be easily overcome.In point o ...

Japanese Legislators to Resubmit Casino Bill

by March 24, 2015

Japanese casino proponents announced earlier today that they are planning to once again submit a bill that would legalize the establishment of gambling venues at integrated resorts to the country’s legislature. Lawmakers have previously refused to pass the proposal into law ...