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Over a week ago, the Seminole Tribe of Florida tried to get the state governor back on board with blackjack gaming, but the tribe has yet to garner a response. Governor Rick Scott has yet to state if he will be...
Update: 7-06-2015
The following is an updated and corrected version of a story we ran yesterday.
The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe has said they plan to continue with the re-purposing of an unfinished communit...
Las Vegas Sands said Thursday that Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd, Singapore is interested in running a casino and convention complex in Thailand. Asiaone quotes Krist Boo, vice president for communications as saying...
Local media are reporting that a proposed smoking ban could effect about half of all junket employee's jobs. There are 3,000 to 5,000 junket employees in Macau servicing over 170 VIP gaming promoters. Mr. Kwok ...
The Pojoaque Pueblo tribe has filed a lawsuit against the state of New Mexico and has refused to enter into a new gambling contract which the tribe feels is unfair as it seeks to impose higher gambling taxes wh...
An ongoing lawsuit has placed the Pojoaque Pueblo casinos in New Mexico in jeopardy of closing. The two casinos owned by the tribe are operated in the area north of Santa Fe and a gaming compact with the tribe ...
Macau was once a gambling haven as casinos provided gamblers with VIP treatment in order to attract them and keep their business. Smoking wasn’t considered a luxury but a basic right in casinos until Macau deci...
Macau, the biggest gambling hub in the world, is located just an hour away by ferry from Mainland China. Some of the biggest casino brands in the world like the Las Vegas Sands Corp., MGM Resorts International ...
The dispute between the new owners of the former Revel casino and the ACR Energy Partners continues to go on as both parties are unable to reach a mutual agreement. ACR Energy Partners used to be the sole power...
Atlantic City enjoyed a casino monopoly in the state for nearly 40 years due to a 1976 approval that is written into the state's constitution. There is a group of people who would like to change the law and all...
According to an article in the Saigon Times, VnExpress has reported that Thua Thien-Hue Province last week asked the Prime Minister of Vietnam to include the Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone in a list of areas to...
In the ongoing tug-of-war between Alabama businessman, Milton McGregor and Attorney General, Luther Strange, Assistant Attorney General John Kachelman has filed a notice of appeal to the most recent ruling. In ...
On the heels of Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio's efforts to stick a fork in legal online gambling in the U.S., Republican Texas Congressman, Joe Barton has re-introduced legislation that would clarify online po...
The government of Cyprus is reportedly satisfied with all amendments and changes that have occurred with the country's casino authorization bill and the law is expected to be voted on and approved by a majority...
Last November South Dakota voters passed Constitutional Amendment Q by a margin of 14% with even higher approval numbers coming out of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations. The amendment authorizes all...