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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.
On Monday, Terry McAuliffe, the Governor of Virginia, signed the Fantasy Contests Act into law. This new law will establish a legal framework for fantasy sports operators to conduct contests within the state. T...
Nevada was one of the first states to raise concerns over the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry over the fact that the DFS games were similar to casino games and hence must be regulated, like the casino indus...
The debate to introduce two new casinos in North Jersey continues to heat up as the pros and cons of this move was once again discussed in an Assembly committee hearing on the 7th of March 2016. This was the 5t...
A non-Indian gaming facility is being blamed by the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma for impeding its land-into-trust efforts in Arkansas.
It’s been two years since the Quapaw Tribe filed a land-into-trust applicati...
The state of West Virginia is currently dealing with a major budget shortfall and serious issues such as decaying roadways. Two bills have been introduced to try and help the budget shortfall but would be harmf...
Canada’s legalization of single-game sports betting could keep billions of dollars in the country and create more than 200 jobs, according to a motion approved by the Niagara Regional Council.
A motion intro...
If the Senate passes a bill today that the House overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday, voters in Tiverton and statewide will get a chance to approve or deny Twin River Management's plan to move their Newport Gr...
Nearly 20,000 temporary and permanent jobs could be at stake in Florida if the Legislature can't come to terms with passing a gambling bill. Governor Rick Scott told reporters following a Cabinet meeting today ...
Having been fully translated from English into Greek, regulations for the first legal casino in Cyprus are set to be heard before the full House of Representatives on March 10. The delay is seen to have been ca...
It looks as though Georgia residents who wish to gamble will have to continue to do so outside of their state after lawmakers failed to bring the casino legislation to the House floor for vote by a key deadline...
There were once over 30,000 legal and illegal casinos operating in Russia, with as many as 4,000 of them being sanctioned. In 2007 special gambling zones were created, mostly away from population centers, and i...
A “proposed committee substitute” to be considered today by Florida's House Finance and Tax Committee would keep most of the proposed Seminole compact intact and expand gambling in more areas of the state. It ...
A bill floated on behalf of West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin would strip funding from the state's horse tracks four years earlier than planned, reaping an estimated $9 million a year for the general reve...
Feasibility studies conducted in December by the Israeli Finance Ministry and the Tourism Ministry confirm the envisaged casino sector is capable of generating $US336 million in annual revenue. That number thou...
Legislation approved by a state House committee on Thursday could mean as many as four casino resorts for the state of Georgia.
A constitutional amendment asking voters to allow casinos as well as legislatio...