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US in Focus

Progress in Petersburg, new casino coming to Iowa, WSOP tops attendance record for second straight year, Live! Pittsburgh starts big renovations and more.

Published July 13, 2024

Will IPI Finally Unload Saipan Casino?

Embattled Saipan casino operator Imperial Pacific International may at last be ready to put its Garapan casino resort (l.) on the block. IPI has informed the U.S. District Court...

Published July 8, 2024

INTERNATIONAL GAMING STANDARDS ASSOCIATION WELCOMES INDUSTRY LEADER AND STANDARDS CHAMPION CONTINENT 8 TECHNOLOGIES

IGSA, July 1

Published July 8, 2024

Expanse Studios Targets African iGaming Boom with Betika Partnership

Expanse Studios, July 1

Published July 8, 2024

Philippine Senator Presses for iGaming Ban

Philippine Senator Joel Villanueva (l.) has again called for the abolition of the country’s online gaming industry. Reports have linked so-called POGOs to human trafficking, kidnapping and murder.

Published July 8, 2024

New Seminole Hotel Casino Marks Topping Out Ceremony

The Seminole Tribe held a newsworthy event without the need for a battery of lawyers. The hospitality conglomerate topped off its new hotel and casino near Lake Okeechobee with...

Published July 8, 2024

Delaware Lawmakers End Without Sports Betting Expansion

The Washington, D.C. City Council approved an expansion of its market that will increase the number of sportsbook operators. Delaware lawmakers failed in their effort to take a similar...

Published July 8, 2024

U.K. Public Opposes Gambling Affordability Checks, says Survey

The U.K. gambling public doesn’t take well to “financial risk checks” before being allowed to play. That’s the takeaway from a 2021 survey conducted by the U.K. Gambling Commission...

Published July 8, 2024

Argentine City Stops Issuing iGaming Licenses to Fight Underage Gambling

Buenos Aires, Argentina has stopped issuing online gambling licenses. The Executive of Buenos Aires is reacting to a public becoming alarmed at underage gambling.

Published July 8, 2024

Singapore to Enact Stricter AML Measures

In light of fresh concerns about money laundering, Singapore casinos will soon begin conducting financial due diligence on all cash deposits exceeding SG$4,000. The current threshold is SG$5,000.

Published July 8, 2024

Kentucky Judge Upholds Skill-Game Ban

A Kentucky judge has rejected a claim that a 2023 law banning so-called “skill games” violated the state’s constitution, upholding the ban of the unregulated machines.

Published July 8, 2024

Work Starts on New Hampshire Casino

Construction has begun on a new casino in Rochester, N.H., to feature a 32,000-square-foot gaming and hospitality space in a parking lot at the Lilac Mall.

Published July 8, 2024