Inaugural Sochi casino to hold December 31 soft launch Adam Morgan Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino openingsRussia December 3, 2016 0In Russia, the first casino near the southern city of Sochi has announced that it will be holding a soft...
Crown taps outside legal in exposure assessment on Chinese charges Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationAustraliaChinaEconomy/FinanceUnlicensed Operation November 26, 2016 0James Packer’s Crown Resorts has reportedly deployed a host of high-powered in-house and outside legal advisers and counsel to help...
Big operators consider closing doors to Australia if new legislation passes Alex Lanter Gaming Law & LegislationPoker LawAustraliaOnline gambling regulation November 23, 2016 0It’s seems that the recent efforts of the Australian Government to tighten regulations for online operators could see a number...
Crown Resorts Limited employees officially charged in China Adam Morgan Latest Casino and Gambling NewsChinaGaming Industry NewsCrime November 21, 2016 0The 18 employees of Crown Resorts Limited arrested in China last month have now been officially charged with “gambling crimes”...
DraftKings And FanDuel proposed merger to take place in second half of 2017 Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsMergers, Acquisitions & PartnershipsFantasy SportsMassachusettsNew York November 19, 2016 0DraftKings and FanDuel are two of the biggest Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) operators in the United States and control a...
Kazuo Okada’s Universal Entertainment loses defamation case against Reuters Japan Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsJapanFines, Lawsuits & LitigationPhilippines November 18, 2016 0Billionaire Kazuo Okada, the chairman of Japanese based Universal Entertainment, had filed a case against the Japanese division of Thomson...
UK’s ICO lowers the boom on text spamming affiliates Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsData ProtectionUnited Kingdom November 10, 2016 0Certain spam from online gambling affiliates will no longer be tolerated by the UK. Today more than 400 letters went...
Malaysian Inspector General of Police says no evidence to prove Malaysia is Asian match-fixing hub Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsUnlicensed OperationSports bettingMalaysiaRacketeeringSingapore November 9, 2016 0During the recent Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) forum in Singapore, Chris Eaton the ex-FIFA security chief stated that Singapore...
Sochi officials award inaugural casino license to LLC Domain Adam Morgan Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino project updatesLicensesRussia November 8, 2016 1As negotiations to bring gambling to the Crimea region of Russia continue at pace, local officials in the southern city...
Regulators warning Florida card rooms, “Change the way games are played” Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsPoker LawFloridaFines, Lawsuits & Litigation November 3, 2016 0The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) has started to issue warning letters to card rooms at Florida...
New poll results show most Americans are in favor of legalized sports betting Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationIllegal BookmakingSports betting November 3, 2016 0Sports betting is legal only in Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon as all the remaining states follow the Professional and...
Melbourne Cup organizers tread carefully in China after Crown crisis Kim M Latest Casino and Gambling NewsHorse RacingChina October 31, 2016 0Organizers of the Melbourne Cup, the Victoria Racing Club, are treading lightly as they prepare the first big marketing push...
Naskila Gaming continues apace in spite of threatened shutdown Adam Morgan Latest Casino and Gambling NewsTribal GamingFines, Lawsuits & LitigationTexas October 26, 2016 2Despite facing opposition from state officials that could still see it forced to close its Naskila Gaming facility near the...
Gujarat High Court wants state government to make a decision on whether poker is a game of skill or chance Renee Kingsley Latest Casino and Gambling NewsGaming Law & LegislationIndiaPokerFines, Lawsuits & Litigation October 23, 2016 0The game of poker continues to grow rapidly in India and most states in the country will soon have to...
Situation deepens for detained Crown Resorts Limited employees Adam Morgan Latest Casino and Gambling NewsChinaGaming Industry NewsCrime October 20, 2016 0The case against the 18 employees of Crown Resorts Limited detained over the weekend just got worse as Chinese police...