Look here to stay abreast of breaking industry news related to the actions of lawmakers who create and codify the rules and regulators who enforce them. The Gambling Commission in the UK features prominently in this section due to the age and maturity of the marketplace there, but you can stay up to date around the globe by bookmarking this section.
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.
The Minister of Tourism Development and Transport in Bermuda, Shawn Crockwell, announced the creation of a Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, several months after Parliament approved the Casino Gaming Act. Mr. C...
LAS VEGAS, NV, Feb. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - NYX Gaming Group Limited is pleased to confirm that Sportech-NYX Gaming LLC (SNG), the Group's joint venture with Sportech PLC ("Sportech"), received a transactional ...
Several measures involving gambling in Indiana have cleared their first hurdle - the House Public Policy Committee voted 10-2 to send House Bill 1540 on to a second committee. The bill includes provisions for ...
Gamblers who won $1.5 million at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City, have been ordered to return their winnings. A court judge has sided with the casino, instead of 14 gamblers who won when playing mini ...
Trump Taj Mahal Associates LLC has agreed to a $10 million civil penalty assessed by the US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The parent company of the struggling Atlantic City, New Je...
Anti-online gambling bill has reappeared this month, thanks to a congressman in Utah. The congressman has taken it upon himself to reintroduce the bill, which if enforced would mean a total ban on internet gamb...
There’s big news afoot in Cherokee County, where commissioners have rejected plans for the Quapaw Tribe to permit a casino in the region. Kansas’ Attorney General of the State was called in to deal with the ru...
Several Nepali casinos are set to re-open, after being closed down by strict governmental regulations in the spring of last year. A total of ten casinos were forced into closure, following their failure to rene...
Russia is set to close three casinos by the end of April, in a bid to boost attendances in Sochi. The city that hosted the Winter Olympics may have been the eye of the world then, but since, attendances in many...
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Idaho Racing Commission Director Frank Lamb announced Friday that he would leave his post a couple of months early. He had already said he would retire at the end of t...
Only two weeks after Boston Mayor Martin Walsh filed a lawsuit asking to rescind the license granted to Wynn Resorts by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (see story), the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has...
Casinos in Nepal, including the illustrious Casino Anna, have opened and nearly immediately been shut down again since they were all declared illegal by the Nepalese Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviat...
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to stop the Wynn Casino development approved in September unless Boston residents get a binding vote on the project's...
It took a little bit of political maneuvering and a goodly sum of cash, but on November 4, 2013 New York voters approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for up to 7 Las Vegas style casinos and a couple of slots parlor...
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Only a few minutes after the New York Gaming Facility Location Board Meeting began their meeting, the...