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 Philippines government was very eager to encourage foreign gambling establishments to set up new casinos in the country and capitalize on the decline of Macau’s gambling industry. However things haven’t wor...
The edge of wine country in California’s Santa Ynez Valley is the site of the latest water war. A group of landowners there are rolling the dice with an 1897 lawsuit in an attempt to stop an expansion of the Ch...
This week Colombia’s gambling regulator, Cojuegos, advised that three proposals had been drafted covering technical and regulatory requirements necessary for online gambling operations. Feedback of the document...
The ruling party in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party, is pushing to build casinos in the country before the 2020 Olympics take place. The plan for casinos is to add the gaming facilities to large integrated ...
A case is currently being considered by the Florida Supreme Court that has the potential to change the gaming landscape of the state, specifically for rural Gadsden County, Gretna Racing and the Poarch Creek In...
The U.S. state of Georgia is gearing up for a fight to decide gambling's future there. The fight will see titans battle for the hearts, minds, and possibly pocketbooks (political campaigns) of lawmakers in the ...
Just three days after Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe, a company that could benefit from the deal, wrote a huge check to Scott’s political committee. Resorts Wo...
One day after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan declared daily fantasy sports betting illegal in the Prairie State, on Thursday, separate lawsuits were filed by Boston-based DraftKings and New York-based F...
At least 10 people in Massachusetts don't want to see a second slots parlor follow Plainridge Park. The group of residents have filed a complaint with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts against the Att...
The decision as to where to locate a casino near the Massachusetts border may be later in 2016 than originally planned for by the states two federally recognized tribes.
The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan t...
On Wednesday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined what is now a growing list of states and issued an opinion saying fantasy sports games played on sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel are considered i...
Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle as well as from unions to put the question of expanded gambling in New Jersey in front of voters in November 2016. Currently the former #2 gambling destination in t...
The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered the owners of Rivers Casino in Des Plaines to pay around $3 million in back taxes to Cook County. In a separate ruling, they will also have to pay taxes of about $1 millio...
Since the news broke that the Florida Governor and the Seminole Tribe reached a $3 billion compact for gaming in the state, Senator Maria Sachs has decided the state needs to create a gambling commission. On Mo...
On Monday the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians announced a settlement had been reached with the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) clearing a significant hurdle towards the reopening of its Chukch...