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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.
In the nearly decade-long battle over legal sports betting in the state, New Jersey filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week stating that the federal ban on the practice is not legal because i...
Lottery officials in Massachusetts have reportedly expressed concerns over New Hampshire’s recent legalization of keno along with the neighboring state’s plan to begin selling its own gambling products online.
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In Australia, last week reportedly saw a local Australian Capital Territory (ACT) politician propose legislation that could see Casino Canberra permitted to operate up to 200 slots as well as 60 fully-automated...
In Uruguay, legislators have reportedly passed proposed legislation that would ban most online gambling including poker, roulette and video slots while giving the South American nation’s executive branch contro...
The Nevada Gaming Commission will reportedly hold a special meeting later today in order to address a number of issues surrounding how the western state’s recent legalization of marijuana should effect its lice...
The Osage Nation is pulling out all the stops in its effort to open a casino in Crawford County near the city of Cuba on Interstate 44, approximately 80 miles southwest of St. Louis, Missouri.
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In New York, the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo has reportedly stated that it may allow a new non-tribal gambling facility to open in downtown Niagara Falls in direct response to the current impasse su...
In China, the government reportedly instituted new regulations late last week that have been designed to stop the flow of money abroad by limiting outbound investment in a number of sectors including the gambli...
In Oklahoma, the federal government is being sued by the Comanche Nation over a rival casino currently being built in the small town of Terral in Jefferson County on land situated less than two miles from the b...
In Russia, the government has reportedly reacted to criticism over the lack of investment in the Primorsky Krai gambling zone by announcing that it intends to pass federal legislation to streamline the process ...
Arguments will be heard next month by a federal appeals court in a 15-year legal battle that has prevented the Mechoopda Tribe from opening a casino on ancestral territory located about ten miles south of the c...
Japan’s Civil Code is in the process of being revised to lower the age of adulthood on the island nation from 20 years of age to 18. However, according to Asia Gaming Brief, the government has decided the chang...
Online poker players in Australia saw their hopes for a fully legal game dashed yesterday. The Senate passed a modified version of the Internet Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 on August 9 which includes a provisio...
After last week announcing that it had become a member of the American Sports Betting Coalition, the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) has now released a statement designed to clarify why it enrolled in...
The struggle to legalize gambling in the state of Georgia continues as lawmakers are still having trouble coming to some form of compromise as to what gaming options should be offered and how to go about it. Op...