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Genting Massachusetts to assist Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s $500 million casino resort

February 16, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Massachusetts

According to Maybank (Malayan Banking Berhad), in return for managing fees and interest income, Genting Massachusetts may help the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe build and manage its $500 million First Light Resort an...

Controversy causes head of Chilean Gaming Control Board to resign

Kim M

February 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, World Casino News, Central & South America Gaming, Gaming Industry News, Chile, Casino project updates, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Renato Hamel, the head of the Chilean Gaming Control Board (SJC), will resign, and according to local press, the reason could be due to the growing controversy surrounding the awarding of the license for the ne...

MGM tops off National Harbor casino

Kim M

February 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Maryland

Upon completion sometime later this year, the ribbon will be cut by MGM Resorts International on its long-awaited $1.3 billion MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino just four miles from Alexandria, in Prince ...

Taj Mahal takeover could be sidetracked based on Local 54 appeal

Kim M

February 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Bankruptcy, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New Jersey

If the U.S. Supreme Court is asked by a union to review a case over pension and health benefits rescinded from casino workers, plans for the Trump Taj Mahal to rise from the depths of bankruptcy under new owner...

Construction of Cape Verde casino resort started by Macau Legend

Kim M

February 14, 2016

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Construction of its $290 million Cape Verde Casino Resort has officially begun for Macau-based casino and hotel operator Macau Legend Development Limited. The groundbreaking ceremony on the islet of Sanat Ma...

California online poker bill taking shape; Racetracks offered $60m buy-off to stay out of the game

Kim M

February 14, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, North America Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Online Poker, California, Poker, Conferences / Trade Shows, Online Gambling News

Following a meeting of key tribal gaming groups on Thursday in Sacramento, and the release of new draft legislation, prospects of a newly drafted iPoker bill showed signs of life this week. An amendment to l...

Rock Gaming’s three Ohio properties inks social casino deal with GAN

Kim M

February 13, 2016

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Game manufacturers, Licensed online casinos in USA, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Ohio

Lady Luck has once again smiled upon the award winning developer and supplier of online gaming content and enterprise-level B2B gaming software. GAN, formerly known as GameAccount Network plc, has signed an agr...

Tuskegee mayor claims AG Strange is conspiring with the Indians to keep VictoryLand shuttered

Kim M

February 13, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, North America Casino News, Alabama, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

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Last November, when Governor Robert Bentley issued an executive order stripping Attorney General Luther Strange’s office of its authority to enforce anti-gambling laws, instead giving that authority to local of...

Off-reservation casino being considered by Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Kim M

February 13, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Michigan

Considering the announcement in December by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) that this year’s ballot would include two multi-million dollar casino referendums, including money for the renovation of thei...

Sparks Nugget to be acquired by Marnell Gaming

Kim M

February 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Nevada

Nevada-based gaming operator, Marnell Gaming, LLC, and the Nugget Casino Resort , located in Sparks, Nevada, announced on Wednesday that the Las Vegas company owned by Anthony Marnell III is in agreement to buy...

Over seven years casino tax bills shorted by $4.8 million by Washoe County

Kim M

February 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Taxation, Nevada

Due to a miscalculation of a complicated gaming tax formula that was recently discovered, since 2009 local casinos have been under-billed by Washoe County; totaling nearly $5 million in shortages to local gover...

First half of 2016 expected to see 30 percent net income hike for SkyCity

Kim M

February 11, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, New Zealand, Economy/Finance, Oceania Casino News

As it benefits from improved trading, first-half profits are expected to rise as much as 30 percent for New Zealand’s only listed casino company, SkyCity Entertainment Group. The company cited lower funding ...

Feds charge Kansas man with using fake ‘players cards’ at casino

Kim M

February 11, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino Cheating, Gaming Industry News, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Kansas

A former tribal casino employee has been charged with embezzlement by Federal prosecutors in a scheme involving fake “players cards” at a northeast Kansas casino. On Tuesday, a criminal complaint was filed t...

Decreased revenues expected in St. Lawrence County from Akwesasne Mohawk Casino

Kim M

February 10, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, New York

Officials in St. Lawrence County were expecting to collect $3 million in revenue for 2015 from the tribal-state compact agreement, but instead will fall nearly $500,000 short. Based on receipts recently rece...

No jail time for card swapping poker players at London casino

Kim M

February 10, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino Heists, Casino News, World Casino News, Casino Cheating, Gaming Industry News, European Casino News, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, United Kingdom

Rather than jail time, suspended sentences were given to three men who were part of a gang that cheated the Grosvenor Victoria Casino out of thousands of pounds. The Evening Standard reported that the gang n...

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Genting Massachusetts to assist Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s $500 million casino resort

Controversy causes head of Chilean Gaming Control Board to resign

MGM tops off National Harbor casino

Taj Mahal takeover could be sidetracked based on Local 54 appeal

Construction of Cape Verde casino resort started by Macau Legend

California online poker bill taking shape; Racetracks offered $60m buy-off to stay out of the game

Rock Gaming’s three Ohio properties inks social casino deal with GAN

Tuskegee mayor claims AG Strange is conspiring with the Indians to keep VictoryLand shuttered

Off-reservation casino being considered by Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Sparks Nugget to be acquired by Marnell Gaming

First half of 2016 expected to see 30 percent net income hike for SkyCity

Feds charge Kansas man with using fake ‘players cards’ at casino

Decreased revenues expected in St. Lawrence County from Akwesasne Mohawk Casino

No jail time for card swapping poker players at London casino

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