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Only three days after North Carolina Governor, Roy Cooper, signed legislation that legalized sportsbetting and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has reportedly announced plans to premiere sportsbooks at both...
North Carolina has become the latest state in the US to legalize sports betting. On Friday, Governor, Roy Cooper, decided to sign S 154 into law, which allows the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to offer sport...
Following the recent passage of legislation that is to allow Chicago host a casino for the very first time and the giant city’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, has reportedly launched an online survey that is asking res...
It looks as if Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte’s 17-month-old moratorium on the building of any new casinos outside of Manila, may soon be coming to an abrupt end.
According to a Thursday report from t...
The majority of the casino-operating tribes in Oklahoma are reportedly united in their antagonism towards a recent call from the state’s new Republican governor that they should be asked to pay a higher range o...
A pair of officials from the UK Gambling Commission have reportedly told legislators that their body currently has little authority to police the purchase by video gamers of extra in-game content and so-called ...
In Japan and the governing coalition of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly overcame a splintered opposition yesterday to win a clear majority of seats in the nation’s 245-member upper legislative chamber.
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Despite a reported large amount of interest on the part of both lawmakers and aficionados, the western American state of Washington will likely not pass legislation to officially legalize sportsbetting until at...
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), in Massachusetts, has reportedly agreed to temporarily halt construction on its envisioned Class II electronic bingo hall for the island of Martha’s Vineyard while i...
The first half of 2019 reportedly saw Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau regulator record an increase of almost 25% year-on-year in the number of casino exclusion requests.
According to a Wedn...
The possible opening within the next decade of a trio of Japanese integrated casino resorts will reportedly not damage the future prospects of the coming $1.6 billion Project Inspire venue Mohegan Gaming and En...
A little over a month after New York’s gaming regulator approved new rules that allow for the provision of land-based sportsbetting and Rivers Casino and Resort Schenectady has become the first to take advantag...
The Ministry of the Presidency in Spain has reportedly announced the formation of a special commission that is to be tasked with helping the nation to combat match-fixing in sport and stamp out associated insta...
Despite opening less than a month ago and the new Encore Boston Harbor is reportedly already being taken to court by a group of players angered at the way it is allegedly operates its slots and games of ‘6 to 5...
Recent allegations that Asian junket operator Suncity Group has been illegally offering ‘proxy’ online gaming services may have seriously hurt the firm’s prospects at obtaining a land-based casino license in Ma...