Great Canadian Purchase by U.S. Fund Moves Forward

Various Canadian regulatory agencies have approved of the purchase of Great Canadian Gaming Corp. by the U.S.-based Apollo Global Management Inc. Shareholders have approved of the $45 per share...

Published April 21, 2021

Brazilian President Supports Casino Legalization

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro (l.) supports a bill introduced by Senator Ciro Nogueira to allow casinos to reopen. It has been a misdemeanor to operate casinos for 80 years....

Published April 21, 2021

Crown On the Road to NSW License

Australia’s Crown Resorts, battered by revelations that it tolerated money laundering and operated in a culture of noncompliance, could recover sufficiently to win a gaming license for its Barangaroo...

Published April 21, 2021

Casino Investment Sparks Investigation of Chilean President

Chilean investigators are looking into the blind holdings of President Sebastian Pinera (l.). The president owns an interest in the Enjoy Casino, and recently issued a decree that benefits...

Published April 5, 2021

Australia Blocks Another 10 Illegal Gambling Websites

The Australian Communications and Media Agency has begun efforts to block 10 illegal offshore betting websites. Since 2019, the agency has blocked 238 sites and taken down an additional...

Published April 5, 2021

Australian Research to Look at Effect of Covid on Gambling

The state government of Victoria, Australia has announced it will underwrite research into the effects of Covid-19 on gambling patterns among Victorians.

Published April 5, 2021

Sri Lanka Creates Special Gaming Economic Zone

Sri Lanka is moving towards opening a Chinese-run special economic zone that would allow casinos, similar to Macau. The zone would be confined to the part of Colombo Port...

Published April 5, 2021

Paraguay to Host a Floating Casino

An Argentine firm, Comercial de Turismo, hopes to build an eight-level floating casino boat to anchor in the Triple Frontier region of Paraguay. A consul from Paraguay calls it...

Published March 29, 2021

Canadian Casinos Eager to Reopen

Casinos in Canada are considering a number of reopening plans based on the success of provincial Covid mitigation plans. The government of Alberta may be close, but British Columbia...

Published March 29, 2021

Blackstone’s Crown Gambit

Crown Resorts’ recent troubles have made it ripe for the picking, and the U.S.-based Blackstone Group was first in line. Its AU$8 billion offer was submitted last week.

Published March 29, 2021