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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.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades announced on Wednesday that the selection process for an integrated casino resort in Cyprus would begin this week.
In an attempt to boost tourism of the third largest is...
With an estimated 57 million people participating in fantasy sports this year, the leagues and now daily fantasy sports (DFS) have taken sports betting into the stratosphere, and leading the industry in daily’s...
Slot parlors are growing out of control in Panama, especially in lower income neighborhoods so consultation has begun in the government to draft a law to restructure the Gaming Control Board to address the issu...
Football fans will place an estimated $93 billion in illegal bets on NFL and college football games this season with Nevada sports books seeing only $2 billion of legal betting action, according to new estimate...
Thursday the Idaho Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and voided the governor's veto of a bill outlawing instant or historical racing machines in the state with immediate effect. Governor B...
Attorneys for the Tohono O’Odham Nation want a federal judge to force the state to issue Class III licensing for the tribe’s casino in western Maricopa County.
On Thursday attorney for the Tohono, Danielle S...
Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama wants to know, if the state were to create a lottery, would this be the beginning of Las Vegas-style casino gambling in the area? The governor wrote a letter to the Alabama Su...
The casino industry in the United States has gone through a rough period over the last 18 months but Maryland casinos have been an exception to the general market stagnation. The five casinos in the state of Ma...
Ukrainian parliament member and co-author of the Draft Law, that would legalize gambling in Europe's second largest country, Gennadiy Krivosheya, will speak in Kiev at the Radisson Blu Hotel where the very firs...
The Bombay High Court in Mumbai, India told the Maharashtra state government on Friday to respond as to whether they plan to legalize casinos there. The court first asked the government for clarification in Mar...
The Bermuda Gaming Commission has appointed its new executive director, a former gaming senor executive from the United States.
Stepping down from his role as commissioner for the California Gambling Control...
Alabama’s hopes to close casinos operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians have been dashed by a federal appeals court.
The state of Alabama does not have the right to bring a federal claim against the tr...
Ireland’s gambling authority has released 27 remote gaming licences that allow operators to offer their services to Irish players. All licences are valid for two years and after that period licensees will have ...
The Philippines has encouraged gambling enterprises to set up multi-million dollar casinos in the country as the casino industry was expected to generated significant gaming revenue for the government and also ...
Atlantic City has witnessed a significant slump in the casino industry and as a result, four out of the twelve casinos in Atlantic City have been forced to shut down in the last 18 months. Once a thriving hub f...