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We also cover industry events such as SAGSE LATAM, new casino openings in Chile and Argentina, Colombian regulatory matters, and mergers & acquisitions country by country.
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Another step has been taken by Brazil towards launching a regulated online gambling market, after proposed comprehensive gambling legislation was amended and approved by a House of Representatives committee.
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The Ovalle Casino Resort in Chile was originally expected to open in about a month, but developers, the Boldt Group in association with Grup Peralada, are still awaiting final acceptance of the facilities by th...
A director of Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) is involved in a money laundering probe that purportedly involves the listed manager of 5Dimes online sport book. Local media, La Nacion reported Tuesday that two account...
A probe by the U.S. tied to possible money laundering is reviewing whether the Western Union Co. was aware of gaming transactions involving other nations, and if the firm had sufficient safeguards against such ...
Renato Hamel, the head of the Chilean Gaming Control Board (SJC), will resign, and according to local press, the reason could be due to the growing controversy surrounding the awarding of the license for the ne...
World tennis was rocked this week when a player from South America got candid and revealed that match fixing was a common occurrence on the circuit and it wasn’t a secret as both players and the authorities tha...
February 1st, regulators and industry insiders will be sharing their expertise on the ever-evolving online gaming industry at the 6th Annual Regulatory Conference on International Online Gaming to be staged at ...
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...
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According to recent research reports, it is believed that if Brazil is able to pass gambling legislation, the country could have a major provider of slots gaming. Eilers Research, LLC Founder and the Director o...
A senate committee has helped Brazil to take great strides into the gambling industry, approving legislation that will allow for gambling in the country including online activity. It was on Wednesday that Bill ...
In the Chilean region of Bio Bio, Nuble is one of four provinces that has been proposed as the site for a casino by the Argentine-Spanish Boldt-Peralada group. The group has tried three times to have their casi...
Casino revenue in Chile in October reached $39.6 million, which is 19.5% better than results noted in October, 2014. Additionally, the number of visitors jumped by 11% at 490,786, whereas the average spend grew...
The ‘Brazil Agenda’ is a new report proposed by Senator Maggi that would legalize casino gaming, bingo and ‘the animal game’ in Brazil. The Brazilian gaming market would be able to grow considerably with the ap...
A project that would legalize gaming in Brazil is the purpose for the first meeting of the Special Committee on National Development in the Brazilian Senate.
The revision of a bill presented by Senator Ciro ...