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Crown Resorts Limited selling off final stake in casino-operating joint venture

May 9, 2017

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Limited has announced that it expects to receive around $1 billion after agreeing to sell off its remaining stake in the Asian gambling and entertainments joint venture ...

Government of Australia confirms gambling advertising ban during early live sports broadcasts

Marie Kelley

May 7, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Australia

The gambling industry of Australia has seen several changes and plans emerge within the past few months in many areas including possible plans by the government to ban ISPs to shutdown operators who are not lic...

Australian Government Considers Blocking ISPs in order to combat unlicensed iGambling sites

Marie Kelley

May 3, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia

Lawmakers of Australia have been quite busy over the past few months, working to change the law in a number of ways in regards to the gambling industry. Just last month, the Senate decided to pass a piece of le...

IPI reports $2.15 billion in VIP chips at Best Sunshine Live for April 2017

Lars Jones

May 2, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan

While still struggling to open their $500 million Garapan, Saipan casino resort, Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited (HKEx 1076) is still racking up the profits at their temporary casino located in ...

Pacific Consortium stops work on Tatts Group takeover offer

Lars Jones

May 1, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Economy/Finance, Horse Racing, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

KKR & Co. backed Pacific Consortium announced on Friday it was done working on an A$6.15 billion (US$4,627,260,000) acquisition offer for Tatts Group Ltd after the target company's board said Friday the off...

Australian government unified on problem gambling measures

Lars Jones

April 27, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Online gambling regulation, Illegal Bookmaking, Unlicensed Operation

An agreement has been reached among federal, state, and territory ministers in Australia in a continued effort to crack down on problem online gambling. Among the items under consensus is a voluntary opt-out...

Best Sunshine Live casino granted license extension to August of 2018

Adam Morgan

April 27, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Saipan, Licenses, Northern Mariana Islands

After announcing in February that it would be applying for an extension to continue operating its temporary Best Sunshine Live casino past an April 30 deadline, Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited h...

Pacific Consortium sweetens Tatts acquisition offer

Chris Hohenstein

April 21, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Oceania Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

A bidding war could ensue with the latest offer from Pacific Consortium to purchase Tatts Group Ltd – an Australian based lottery and betting company. In 2016, the private equity group offered a buyout which...

Premiere Vanuatu hotel and casino offered up for sale

Lars Jones

April 20, 2017

Vanuatu, Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia

Zagame Corporation is reportedly putting their Grand Hotel & Casino resort in Vanuatu on the market with expectations of fetching around $25 million for the premier property. The casino is part of the Za...

Saipan: Progress seen in damaging IPI contractor/worker disputes

Lars Jones

April 20, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Saipan, Labor Relations, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan

The Commonwealth Casino Commission of the Northern Mariana Islands has reached out to developers of the yet to open Imperial Pacific Resort and asked them to solve problems between IPI contractors and the Chine...

Alleged leaders of illegal labor force in Saipan released

Lars Jones

April 17, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Saipan, Crime, Labor Relations, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan

A US Federal Judge for the NMI District Court has ordered the release of Qi Xiufang and Guo Wencai, two people arrested earlier in relation to as many as 180 illegal 'tourists' from China who were employed by a...

Tabcorp Holdings Limited hails “strong start” to partnership with SIS Limited

Adam Morgan

April 12, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, United Kingdom

Australian retail and online gambling provider Tabcorp Holdings Limited has joined with British firm Sports Information Services (SIS) Limited to announce that the pair’s previously agreed greyhound racing part...

32Red withdraws services from Australia in wake of gambling regulation changes

Marie Kelley

April 6, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Online gambling regulation, Online Gambling News

Potential changes to gambling regulations in Australia have led to several online companies leaving the country in order to avoid any retribution for offering their services without licensing. 888 Holdings, Wil...

Tonga issues tentative approval for first-ever casino

Adam Morgan

April 3, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Oceania Casino News

The government of Tonga is reported to have tentatively approved a scheme that will see a firm called Amira-Union-Gatti partner with American company Red Warrior Entertainment to build and operate a first casin...

Imperial Pacific says ready to open Saipan casino

Lars Jones

April 3, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Saipan, Saipan

On the heels of a construction fatality and federal charges being filed against contractors at the company's Imperial Pacific Resort - Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited, now says it is ready to op...