Court Orders Operators to Refund Dutch Gambling Losses

A Dutch court has ordered two gaming companies hosting players from the Netherlands without a license to refund a total of €450,000. The losing players sued to get their...

Published April 29, 2024

Kazakhstan Lawmakers May Shake Up Gambling Ads

The republic of Kazakhstan appears headed toward banning bloggers from advertising gaming platforms and online gaming. Bloggers would still be able to cover sporting events, but not run gambling...

Published April 29, 2024

Puerto Rican Senate Approves New Slot License Regulations

After first taking a pass on it, the Senate of Puerto Rico has approved Regulation for the Issuance, Management, and Control of Licenses for Slot Route Gaming Machines. It...

Published April 29, 2024

Canadian Court: Excluding Casino Managers Doesn’t Violate Labor Code

Preventing casino operation supervisors from joining a union at Casino de Montréal doesn’t violate their freedom of association, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Supervisors later formed their...

Published April 29, 2024

Bell Two Continues for Star as Foster, Cooke Give Testimony

Star Chairman David Foster and former CEO Robbie Cooke gave testimony in Bell Two inquiry hearings last week as the company continues to spiral deeper into regulatory and financial...

Published April 29, 2024

Crown Sydney Returns to Suitability; CEO Still Cautious

Crown Sydney (l.) has retained its casino license, according to NSW state regulators. While this is certainly good news for the company, it still faces massive operational challenges ahead,...

Published April 29, 2024

Suntrust Gets $38 Million Loan to Complete Westside City

Suntrust Resort Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of LET Group Holdings of Hong Kong, has announced that it has secured a $38 million loan to complete its Westside City hotel...

Published April 29, 2024

Could Casino Revive Malaysian ‘Ghost Town’?

Officials in Malaysia are reportedly considering a casino in Forest City, a $100 billion project in the planned Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone. Observers have called the development a white...

Published April 29, 2024

Saipan Regulator Delays IPI License Decision

Regulators in the Northern Mariana Islands canceled an April 19 hearing in which they were to consider revoking the gaming license held by casino operator Imperial Pacific International. No...

Published April 29, 2024

MGM Secures $3.4 Billion in Funding for Japan IR

MGM Resorts and Orix Corp., partners in a multibillion-dollar integrated resort project in Osaka, Japan, have finalized $3.4 billion in loans to fund the development. The IR on Yumeshima...

Published April 29, 2024

Pennsylvania Gamblers Spend More Time Online

A study of Pennsylvania’s gamblers finds that far more of them play on online gaming sites than wager at brick and mortar casinos. The numbers come from a study...

Published April 29, 2024

Massachusetts Mayor Wants MGM To Stay

Springfield, Massachusetts Mayor Domenic Sarno (l.) said he’s spoken with MGM about keeping its casino open, but added a new owner must be a known brand with “financial sustainability”...

Published April 29, 2024

Ground Broken for Las Vegas-Los Angeles Rail Line

Ground was broken last week for the high-speed railway from Brightline West that aims to connect Las Vegas and Southern California, the first step for a project that has...

Published April 29, 2024

Pennsylvania’s Rivers Removing 302 Slots

Regulators in Pennsylvania have approved the petition of Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino to make significant changes to its gaming floor, including removal of 302 slot machines.

Published April 29, 2024

Eureka Casino Announces $100 Million Renovation and Expansion

Eureka Casino in Mesquite (l.) will undergo a two-phase renovation and expansion, to the tune of $100 million. Officials said the first renovation phase should be completed by 2027,...

Published April 29, 2024

Iowa Drops Casino License Moratorium

In the last minutes of the legislative session, the Iowa Senate did not agree with the House to extend the gaming license moratorium for another five years, giving Cedar...

Published April 29, 2024

Virginia Governor Approves Petersburg Bill

Petersburg will replace Richmond as one of five Virginia casino host cities under legislation signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (l.). A voter referendum could be held in November. Casino...

Published April 29, 2024

Alabama Gambling Expansion On Hold

A conference committee of Alabama House and Senate lawmakers working on expanded gambling legislation has not met recently, although one member said the committee has held “several productive meetings.”...

Published April 29, 2024

Report: NGCB Now Involved in Las Vegas Money Laundering Probe

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has now joined in the federal money laundering investigation involving multiple Las Vegas casinos and former industry executive Scott Sibella, after it initially cleared...

Published April 29, 2024

Macau Aims to Be ‘City of Performing Arts’

With new non-gaming investments by Macau’s Big 6 gaming concessionaires, the city is well on the way to becoming what Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has called a “city...

Published April 22, 2024