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 Australian Government keeps working hard to protect the players who are at risk of problem gambling and online gambling harm. The most recent step the Government took is banning credit card payments.
Bi...
Dutch gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) conducted an extensive research of ten online gaming providers to investigate the extent of due diligence implemented in their online operations to co...
After the bribery case in Hong Kong was revealed in May last year, the sales manager who has been charged with offering various bribes has pleaded guilty.
Guilty over the bribery:
The employee and former d...
In the statement released on September 12, 2023, Philippine gaming regulatory body Pagcor warned the public about the rising number of suspicious gambling websites in the country using the regulator's logo with...
The largest gambling company in Australia, Tabcorp Holding Limited, settled the dispute it had with the Australian Taxation Office, which occurred because of the issues with the income tax treatment for many li...
After Crown Resorts had gone through a tough period, it seems that things finally started to be better.
Operating without junkets or agents:
The renowned casino operator from Australia released a brand n...
On September 9, 2023, a day after the gambling license issuance, Bally's opened its temporary casino at the Medinah Temple in Chicago's River North area. The first and currently the only casino in Chicago repor...
Recently, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), Nevada’s regulatory body, proposed approval of licenses for Station Casinos, owned by Red Rock Resorts Inc., involving validation of executives and officers for...
PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) is one more time in the middle of the scandal, which occurred when its chairman and nine other members were accused of graft.
The missing money:
The Office ...
As Finland moves along the path to open up for the online gambling market specifying January 2026 as the latest deadline to launch the respective licensing system, the country's commitment to end the monopoly g...
Following the announcement that Ohio lawmakers officially passed a measure to legalize retail and online sports wagering in December 2021 and that both officially became legal on the first day of this year, the...
Following one-day strike employee strike that was reported on July 10, 2023, Casino Victoria de Grasse located in the Alpes-Maritimes jurisdiction of France, has decided to cease operations for good. The decisi...
In Touch Games, Limited has its license to operate in Great Britain suspended. The UK Gambling Commission sees the online gambling business as unsuitable to hold the license after the review. The Gambling Act 2...
There’s a chance that the United Arab Emirates might be allowing commercial gaming in its casinos. Recently, the country established a federal authority whose duty will potentially be to oversee and run the nat...
New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group is facing a temporary casino operator's license suspension after the country's Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs lodged the respective application to the ...