NEWS & NOTES

Sky News has unveiled a new website portal—”Westminster Accounts”—that allows users to look up a member of parliament (MP) and see their relationships with the gaming industry. The data is derived by the politicians’ financial disclosures. That includes donations, gifts and other benefits, such as hospitality tickets to sporting events. ● The Philippine casino regulator posted a total of 333 self-exclusion requests in 2022, up 61.7 percent from 2021. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., known as PAGCOR, said its player exclusion program aids “patrons who feel that relatives or [they] themselves are developing a problem with gambling.” Since such data was first compiled in September 2013, more than 2,500 people have self-excluded from casinos, with 770 still active as of December 31. ● The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority and its partner, British Columbia Lottery Corporation, announced the first two months of regulated online gambling brought in more than $30 million, with $12 million in November and $18.2 million in December.