Hard Rock Hotel Coming to Dubai Marina

Hard Rock International, the Abu Dhabi Financial Group, and Sheffield Holdings have announced plans to build a Hard Rock Hotel in Dubai Marina. At 101 floors, the hotel will...

Published November 3, 2014

Crown in Controversy Over High Roller Secrets

New South Wales has censored portions of its agreement with Crown Resorts relating to VIP gaming at the company’s proposed Sydney megaresort (l.). Crown says they contain trade secrets....

Published October 27 2014

Tabcorp Buys ACTTAB

Australian betting operator Tabcorp has paid $105 million to buy racetrack betting operator ACTTAB from the Canberra government, getting 50-year Australian racetrack license in the bargain. ACTTAB distributes through...

Published October 27 2014

B.C. Casinos Rolling in ‘Suspicious’ Cash

An investigation of two casinos in British Columbia, the River Rock (l.) and the Starlight, found evidence of possible money laundering and flawed security protocols. According to CBC News,...

Published October 27 2014

Crown Deal Under Fire in Victoria

A controversial agreement with the state of Victoria provides Crown Resorts’ Melbourne flagship with insurance against the costs the casino might accrue from problem-gambling policies that don’t exist yet....

Published October 20, 2014

Union, Casino Workers Reach Agreement

Just prior to Canadian Thanksgiving on October 13, the 800 union-member employees at the Great Blue Heron Casino on Scugog Island in Ontario reached an agreement with the managers...

Published October 20, 2014

Licensing an Issue in Mexican Reforms

Casino operators in Mexico say they’re behind legislation to better regulate the industry, but they suggest the 10-year licenses the measure provides for are too short. The bill, currently...

Published October 20, 2014

Mexico Gets Tough on Casinos

Four casinos in Mexico City have had their licenses suspended, and more are expected to follow, as the government, led by Commission of Gaming President Fernando Zarate Salgado (l.),...

Published October 13, 2014

Ontario Candidate: Casinos Don’t Help Downtown Businesses

Mayoral candidate John Rodriguez said he emphatically opposes a casino located in downtown Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He claims a downtown casino would not benefit other businesses in the area....

Published October 13, 2014

Resort Casinos in Mexico’s Future

One of the lawmakers spearheading Mexico’s gaming reforms says full-scale casinos will be part of the country’s new gaming landscape. Designed to boost foreign tourism and investment, the casinos...

Published October 6, 2014

Barrier Reef Resort May Sell Shares

Hong Kong financier Tony Fung is considering an IPO to help fund his multibillion-dollar Aquis resort casino (l.) near the Great Barrier Reef on the north coast of Queensland....

Published October 6, 2014

Manitoba Sees Slight Growth in Online Bets

The Canadian province will see a net profit of about $300,000 from online gambling in its first fiscal year, short of the anticipated $1.5 million. The Manitoba government has...

Published October 6, 2014

Australia OKs Reef Casino Purchase

Hong Kong tycoon Tony Fung (l.) has cleared the last federal hurdle in his purchase of the Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns in the Australian state of Queensland. The...

Published September 29, 2014

Crimea Gaming Zone Moving Ahead

Crimea could be open for resort-scale gaming investment by next year, says the territory’s new leader. Premier Sergei Aksenov (l.) says the government is consulting with experts from around...

Published September 29, 2014

Second Casino Proposed for Tinian

An investment group based in Macau has proposed a $300 million resort casino for the island of Tinian in the U.S. territory of the Northern Marianas in the western...

Published September 29, 2014

Canada: No Decision on Sports Bets

Proposed legislation that would have legalized sports bets in Canada remains stalled in the Senate. It’s been two years since the law was OK’d in the House of Commons;...

Published September 29, 2014

Chinese ‘Squeeze Out’ Bahamas Investors

With practically every major development in the Bahamas, including the multibillion Baha Mar casino complex (l.), financed in whole or part by the Chinese, local institutions, service providers and...

Published September 29, 2014

Problem Gambling Group Battles NZ Ministry

The Problem Gambling Foundation claims the New Zealand Health Ministry wants to take away its state-funded counseling contract and give it to the Salvation Army because of the PGF's...

Published September 29, 2014

Preliminaries Approved At B.C. Place Casino

Preliminary site preparation has been allowed to go forward at Paragon Gaming's $535 million casino/hotel complex (l.) next to B. C. Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. The controversial...

Published September 29, 2014

Mexico May Update Gaming Laws

Casino resorts could be allowed in Cancun and Puerto Penasco as part of an update of Mexico's gaming laws, which originated in the first half of the last century....

Published September 29, 2014