NY Gaming Facility Location Board Seeks Contract Extension with Taft

by March 21, 2015

The spokesman of the New York Gaming Facility Location Board Lee Park announced that the board was going to extend the contract with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP.The latter is a company that provides gaming advisory services and it has been working closely with the bo ...

Quickspin and Relax Gaming to Launch Casino Platform

by March 20, 2015

Quickspin, a Sweden-based developer of slots for the international gambling market, announced that it had signed a partnership deal with software provider Relax Gaming Ltd.Under their agreement, Quickspin will be given the opportunity to offer its customers a new casino platf ...

Sky Bet to Become Major Betting Company in the UK

by March 20, 2015

The Chief Executive of Sky Betting and Gaming, Richard Flint commented on the upcoming business ventures of the company and said that the joint efforts of company’s executives were going to make Sky even more recognizable brand and further consolidate its positions on the U ...

New Mexico Legislature Passes Tribal Casino Compact

by March 20, 2015

The New Mexico House of Representatives voted in favor of the proposal for a new gambling agreement between the state and five Indian tribes to be signed, as the current one is about to expire in June. Thus, they will be able to keep on operating their casinos.The new compact ...

Sun International Becomes Sole Stakeholder of Peermont Group

by March 20, 2015

Mere hours ago, it was announced that Sun International and Peermont Group have reached an agreement and the latter is to be acquired by the South African hotel chain for the sum of R9.5 billion or $775 million.Apart from that, both parties agreed on settling the objection, r ...

Jim Mullen Succeeds Richard Glynn as Ladbrokes Chief

by March 20, 2015

It has just been announced that Jim Mullen was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of UK-based gambling company Ladbrokes. Mr. Mullen will take up his new post on April 1 from former CEO Richard Glynn.At present, Mr. Mullen is taking the position of Managing Director ...

Okada’s Mississippi License Renewed Despite Bribery Investigation

by March 20, 2015

The casino mogul Kazuo Okada, mainly associated with the ventures of the company Universal Entertainment and the Wynn Resorts issues, has been making the headlines recently.Yesterday, the Mississippi gaming officials settled down around the decision of renewing the license of ...

Senate Committee Approves Connecticut Casino Bill

by March 20, 2015

The Connecticut Public Safety and Security Committee voted in favor of a bill that would allow the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe to establish as many as three new casinos on the territory of the state and to operate those together.Connecticut has not ...

MassGaming Extends Deadline for Southeastern Massachusetts Casino Bidders

by March 20, 2015

As previously reported, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission was supposed to discuss the opportunity for extending the deadline for casino bidders willing to complete the Southeastern Massachusetts project.Mere hours ago, it became clear that the developers that proposed proje ...

Carl Icahn Rants about Trump Taj Mahal Workers’ Continuing Unrest

by March 19, 2015

Billionaire Carl Icahn wrote an open letter to Local 54 of the UNITE HERE labor union, which was released to media earlier today. The investor suggested that the union resorts to tactics that are usually preferred by mobsters, in order to achieve its goals.Last week, it becam ...

Gulfport Harbor Casino to Be Launched in 2016

by March 19, 2015

Rotate Black MS, LLC, the company which is in charge of the construction of a $170-million casino resort in Gulfport, Mississippi, announced that the venue is currently being under construction and will be completed in the fall of 2016.In fact, the company missed its deadline ...

Quapaw Tribe Walks Out of Emerald City Casino Project

by March 19, 2015

The Chairman of the Quapaw Tribe, which manages the Downstream Casino, announced that casino executives have decided to abandon their plans for submitting a proposal for establishment of a casino near Pittsburg, Kansas.Actually, the casino owner Phil Ruffin and the Quapaw Tri ...

MassGaming to Discuss Deadline Extension of Casino Applications

by March 19, 2015

Two major real estate executives have joined the team that had proposed the construction of casino in Somerset, a town in Southeastern Massachusetts. However, it was announced that the bid would need a bit more time and this is why its development team asked the state Gaming Comm ...

Indiana Casino Bill Advances in Senate

by March 19, 2015

The Indiana Public Policy Committee voted in favor of House Bill 1540, which is intended to help the state’s gambling industry. Last year, committee members rejected a similar proposal.The bill, which was proposed by Rep. Tom Dermody (R-LaPorte), would allow Indiana’s t ...

Alberta Expands Online Gambling to Fund Rural Charities

by March 19, 2015

Authorities of the Canadian province Alberta revealed that they are considering expanding the local gambling market and limiting the inequity between casinos in rural and urban areas. That was the information announced by Robin Campbell, the Finance Minister of Alberta.During ...