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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.
A proposal to bring a casino to Rockaway Beach is unlikely to come to fruition, according to the mayor of the small resort town in southwest Missouri.
Mayor Don Smith told the Springfield News-Leader that th...
Nevada voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to not only decide between Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump but also whether their state should join a handful of others that have legalized recreational marijuana...
Senior political figures were on hand earlier this week as the Japan Academy Of Integrated Resort And Gaming Studies held its 13th annual meeting at a Tokyo hotel and discussed proposed legislation that would l...
The Meadowlands Liberty Convention & Visitors Bureau (MLCVB) a proponent of expanding casinos into the northern part of New Jersey released information Friday afternoon pointing to a possibility that the od...
As the November 8 deadline approaches for voters in New Jersey to decide whether they want the North Jersey casino referendum approved or not, campaigns for and against the referendum continue to spend heavily ...
Despite adjourning for the remainder of the year last week without approving a measure that would have reinstated a local share tax on casino revenues, a Pennsylvania legislator is advising potentially worried ...
Sports betting is legal only in Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon as all the remaining states follow the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which has banned sports betting since 1992. On ...
The Florida Supreme Court reviewed a proposal on November 2 that looks to amend the constitution and give voters in the state the right to control the growth of casino games. The ‘Voter Control of Gambling in F...
In New Jersey, two state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would repeal all local laws and regulations that prohibit and regulate sportsbetting in order to circumvent the federal ban instituted in 1992...
In Massachusetts, the Special Commission On Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming And Daily Fantasy Sports has met for the first time since Republican governor Charlie Baker signed economic development legislati...
The Philippines has continued to tighten financial regulations on the casino industry in an effort to stop money laundering activities in the country. Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr from Quezon City recently introd...
Vietnam currently does not allow local residents to gamble at any of the casinos in the country but has been discussing the possibility of amending that law for an extended period of time. A number of internati...
On Monday, Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) Chief Executive Officer James Murren said that the company could spend close to $10 billion on an integrated resort (IR) in Japan via a publicly trad...
Late last week, it was announced that the states of Germany were able to reach an agreement to see a new gambling treaty created. The new agreement will see the cap placed on the number of sports betting licens...
A proposal by Robert L. Johnson (pictured here with former President George W. Bush), the majority owner and founder of Caribbean CAGE, LLC, a leading route-installed gaming company headquartered in Puerto Rico...