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.
These days, all we hear are layoffs at Twitter, Google, and Amazon. But they aren’t the only ones who recently needed to fire many employees. Macon County’s Victoryland Casino laid off hundreds of employees. Dr...
Following the official legalization of online sports betting in Maryland, the government is considering the possibility of legalizing online casino play too.
Knowing this, on Wednesday, Senators Ron Watson a...
The Las Vegas Strip tried to increase the prices - and they won’t profit from that. On the contrary, the company will experience a significant loss.
On Wednesday, a class action lawsuit was filed against th...
The owner of Harrah’s Resort Southern California, the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians, has decided not to have the state of California oversee its gaming operations following the 2011 Supreme Court ruling. The t...
In Touch Games (ITG), a leading operator, aggregator and platform provider in the mobile gaming industry, has to pay a fine of £6.1m to the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for breaching anti-money laundering laws...
Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators’ revenues had to be monitored by the third-party auditor, and it’s not uncommon - but what is surprising is that the third-party auditor doesn’t possess the business permit....
On January 24, 2023, Premier Greyhound Racing, a leading UK-based greyhound racing company, signed a lucrative deals with the four UK retail betting operators, Entain (Ladbrokes & Coral), William Hill, Padd...
Stakelogic, an innovative Malta-based iGaming provider, has signed a beneficial agreement following its recent collaboration with BetShop, this time with Latvia and MGA-licensed, fastest-growing online casino o...
The innovative content provider to the iGaming industry, Boldplay, has successfully acquired a Gibraltar gaming license to make its gaming portfolio available at multiple regulated casino sites across the count...
Shark77, a fast-growing casino and sports betting operator based in Malta, must pay in full a 900,000 eur fine to the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), better known as the Dutch gambling regulator, for operating in the...
A scandal rocks the international gambling world as Unibet, one of the top names in gaming, faces potential fines for allegedly targeting Polish customers.
Unibet, most significantly known as the sports bett...
On January 17, North American company GAN Limited, a leading B2B supplier of SaaS solutions for online real money gaming and a globally recognized B2C online sports betting and casino operator under its flagshi...
TonyBet, a leading Estonia-based online casino and sportsbook brand, must pay a fine of £442,750 to the UK Gambling Commission and will receive an official warning from the regulator for failing to implement "f...
The trial of Alvin Chau, former CEO of Suncity Group, has finally ended. Macau Court of First Instance sentenced Chau, who was in charge of a Macau junket operator, to 18 years in prison. He has been found guil...
GGPoker, the Isle of Man-based leading provider of popular poker games around the world, and the first-class Czech online operator King’s slots s.r.o., a subsidiary of casino giant King's Entertainment Group, a...