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From homegrown initiatives at the ballot box in rural America, to the fate of th six concessionaires in Macau as their licenses are set to expire betwwen 2020 nad 2022, to Asian marketplaces like Japan and Vietnam that are set to change the world casino landscape, you'll find all the news that's fit print here. Complementary sections include the over arching Gaming Industry News section as well as Licenses, Taxation, and Online Gambling Regulation.
Bookmakers in Kenya are reportedly breathing a sigh of relief this week after President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) put his signature to legislation that has more than halved their blanket tax rate to 7.5%.
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At the beginning of 2021, the New Hampshire Lottery Commission won a ruling in its case against the DOJ again. The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 2018 opinion of the Wire Act stands, which allows...
The firm behind one of the largest commercial casinos in Florida has reportedly filed a federal lawsuit in an attempt to invalidate a recent deal that is destined to bring legalized online sportsbetting to the ...
After being allowed to discard almost all of their coronavirus-related restrictions in May and the over 140 casinos in Las Vegas are reportedly in the midst of a renaissance courtesy of ever-increasing crowds a...
In the American state of North Carolina and the Catawba Indian Nation has reportedly opened a temporary casino as it continues work on making its more permanent Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort a reality.
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In the United Kingdom and the influential Betting and Gaming Council lobby group has called on the government to establish a gambling ombudsman so as to make it easier for land-based and online players to raise...
The governor for the American state of Wisconsin has reportedly signed a new gaming compact with the Oneida Nation that is to allow the federally-recognized tribe to launch land-based sportsbetting within its c...
In Germany and the New State Treaty on Gambling (GluNeuRStV) reportedly came into force yesterday so as to revolutionize the local iGaming market by allowing licensed operators to legally offer a range of onlin...
The casino-operating Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment enterprise of the federally-recognized Mohegan Tribe is set to enter the embryonic iGaming market of the United States via the launch of its new Mohegan Dig...
The governor for the northeastern American state of Maine has reportedly written a four-page letter to explain her reasons for officially vetoing a recent bill that was to have authorized local tribal casinos.
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Interstate online poker could reportedly soon be rolled out across the United States after the administration of President Joseph Biden yesterday declined to appeal a January ruling that had affirmed the curren...
The government of Vietnam is reportedly considering whether to extend a pilot program that allows locals to gamble within a narrow selection of the nation’s casinos by another two years.
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DraftKings Incorporated and FanDuel Group have reportedly thrown their substantial financial weight behind an effort that is attempting to bring legalized online sportsbetting to the southern American state of ...
In the western American state of Arizona and the federally-recognized Gila River Indian Community has reportedly announced plans that are to see it open a fourth tribal casino on land just south of the city of ...
Legislators in the American state of New Jersey reportedly passed a measure early last week that could allow local horseracing aficionados to begin placing fixed-odds wagers from as soon as next month.
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