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MGM Resorts has confirmed that its $1.4 billion MGM National Harbor casino in Prince George’s county, Maryland will open to the public on December 8. The casino resort which overlooks the Potomac River is locat...
Speaking on behalf of Jamaica's Casino Gaming Commission (CGC), Walter Scott, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, recently expressed a desire to fill the position of CEO with someone from overseas.
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As part of their previously announced planned merger, British sportsbetting operators Ladbrokes and Gala Coral Group Limited have revealed that they will be offloading 359 licensed betting shops to rivals Betfr...
It took one week for the legislature of Nevada to decide to pass plans to begin the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas for the Oakland Raiders. On Friday, lawmakers approved a tax increase of almost 1% on h...
Gaming regulators in the state of New Jersey have released the figures for September, which revealed that casinos in the Garden State saw a decrease in revenue earnings when comparing the month this year to las...
The vote to legalize casinos on Penghu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands, was held on October 15 and close to 40 percent of the locals turned out to vote. The Penghu Election Commission released the results of ...
Authorities in China have arrested 18 Crown Resort employees and are questioning them in regards to their involvement in illegal gambling related activities. Gambling is banned in Mainland China with the except...
The San Carlos Apache Nation hopes to open its Apache Sky Casino located near Dudleyville on a 170-acre site on the southern end of its reservation in Arizona by mid-January 2017 at the latest.
While some of...
A judge in Iowa gave the winner of a Hot Lotto jackpot the green light to proceed with a lawsuit against the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and the state lottery that contends if a lottery vendor had no...
Star Entertainment announced on October 14 that it had received an official casino license from the Queensland government to proceed with its A$3 billion Queen’s Wharf casino development project in Brisbane, th...
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who ruled Thailand for the last 70 years, passed away on October 13 at Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital at the age of 88. Casinos have been forbidden under the king’s reign and now that a new...
At this point, there is a 50/50 chance that online casino gaming will be legalized and regulated in the state of Pennsylvania, at least as far as Representative John Payne is concerned. Payne recently provided ...
Issue 5 was set to be voted on this November, giving residents in Arkansas the right to choose if they would like to see casinos allowed in three counties of the state. Supporters of Issue 5 felt that the propo...
In California, a state appeals court has ruled against the United Auburn Indian Community in an action that was designed to stop the rival Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe Of Enterprise Rancheria from opening its plann...
Citing unspecified “inside sources”, Asia Gaming Brief has reported that Indian conglomerate Essel Group is planning to finally open a new offshore casino in Goa christened as the Casino Maharaja.
Mumbai-bas...