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Earlier this week, the Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley, announced that a special session was to be held in the state to discuss the possibility of the state lottery. This was surprising news as the lottery h...
Hong Kong conglomerate Lai Sun Group has signed a deal with Village Roadshow Limited that will see the Australian theme park operator’s Village Roadshow Theme Parks subsidiary operate its new Hollywood-themed a...
Malaysian firm Genting Group has floated a unique proposal to environmental regulators in Florida in hopes of receiving permission to build a 50-yacht marina on a waterfront site it owns in downtown Miami.
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A group supporting a proposed amendment to Arkansas’s constitution to legalize casinos in three counties was granted a 30-day extension to gather the additional signatures necessary to get the measure on the No...
Ladbrokes and the Gala Coral Group are merging, but one condition remains, the group still need to sell up to 400 betting shops before the merger will be complete. The Competition Markets Authority has confirme...
When three months go by and the Powerball jackpot isn’t hit, the amount tends to climb to new heights. After last night’s drawing, the prize was not won and the amount rose to $422 million.
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In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Mississippi State Port Authority (MSPA) amended its lease agreement with the casino operators of the Island View Casino Resort enabling them to secure funding to build a new ...
In the Philippines, the operator of Oriental Paradise Casino has been ordered to close the facility after allegedly failing to comply with revenue-sharing rules set by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
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Ard van der Steur, the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice raised concerns over the Curaçao online gambling industry in June 2016, during a meeting of the four justice ministers in the Dutch Kingdom. The min...
The state of Alabama has been struggling to raise sufficient funds to take care of basic services and for over a decade has had to borrow heavily and make use of one time funds to pay for these services. Govern...
The Supreme Court Of Nevada has reversed a judgment against Las Vegas Sands Corporation that could have seen the American casino operator forced to pay upwards of $100 million to Hong Kong businessman Richard S...
Las Vegas Sands this week reported that at its Marina Bay Sands resort VIP volume for the second quarter of 2016 decreased by 29 percent, but a 0.7 point increase in VIP along with a 6 percent rise in slots han...
The Alabama-Coushatta tribe cannot seem to catch a break. Almost 15 years ago, the tribe was operating a casino in East Texas that was shut down by state officials due to the argument that state law overrides n...
Although no details have yet been revealed about the number of new-to-market gaming tables Wynn Palace has requested, earlier reports indicate that the US$4.1 billion Cotai venture is set up for at least 500 ta...
In 2004, the World Trade Organization decided on a ruling that would agree online gambling operators licensed in Antigua had been treated unfairly by the United States as these operators had been blocked from p...