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After successfully meeting all of Curacao’s eGaming requirements, the Breakout Gaming Group, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, has secured a gaming license to operate on the Dutch Caribbean island.
The Breako...
In the United Kingdom, the indecisive result of last Thursday’s general election could soon lead to a less than rosy future for operators of the nation’s 34,388 land-based fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).
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Following the passage of legislation early in 2015 that legalized the provision of poker and casino games as well as sportsbettting via the Internet, the online gambling market in Portugal has reportedly genera...
Nevada-based Golden Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:GDEN) announced Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire casino holding company American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC for $85...
The Nigerian Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives in charge of investigating the activities of telecom operators and service providers in the African nation has issued an order to the National Lotte...
In Australia, the national competition regulator has reportedly extended its deadline to make a final determination on the long-awaited $4.8 billion takeover of Tatts Group Limited by rival bookmaker Tabcorp Ho...
A vote on Friday by the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, determined there will be an investigation into the source of $4.3 million in funding for a York County casino proposal hea...
The state of Texas has reportedly filed a federal lawsuit against the Tigua Indians amid allegations that the tribe’s Speaking Rock Entertainment Center near the city of El Paso violates local gaming laws and t...
After revealing in May that it was preparing to spend some $500 million in order to transform the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort into the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Hard Rock Cafe ...
Over the past two weeks, 80 people, including 24 women, were arrested as part of a crackdown on illegal gambling in Sarawak, one of the two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo.
Local news agency, New St...
In the Philippines, junket operator Suncity Group has reportedly fallen foul of the nation’s gambling regulator after allegedly setting up operations at a small casino in the city of Pasay without permission.
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In Connecticut, the tribal joint venture behind the plan to bring a satellite casino to the small community of East Windsor has reportedly revealed that construction on the new facility could begin as soon as t...
Set to close at the month's end, Japan’s Ordinary Diet Session has made no significant legislative progress on preparing for integrated resorts (IRs) after both the opposition and the ruling party failed to com...
In Massachusetts, a special state commission studying the possibility of legalizing online gambling met last week and could soon reportedly recommend an all-inclusive approach to the industry in the future.
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Two individuals who recently stayed at a Las Vegas resort have, according to the Southern Nevada Health District, contracted Legionnaires’ disease.
According to the Health District, the two guests stayed sep...