Two Casinos Coming To Samoa

Following the devastating 2009 tsunami, the South Pacific island of Samoa hopes to boost tourism with two new casinos. One will open in August at Aggie Grey's Lagoon Beach...

Published August 4, 2014

Guyana President Wants Law Changed

In Guyana, only three gaming licenses are allowed in each administrative region. President Donald Ramotar (l.) wants that law amended to allow any hotel that meets certain requirements to...

Published August 4, 2014

Bahamas Businessman: Don’t Waive VAT for Web Shops

A Bahamas business leader is urging the government to rethink its decision to make legalized web shop gaming exempt from a value-added tax. Edison Sumner of the Bahamas Chamber...

Published August 4, 2014

Turks and Caicos Move Closer to Casinos

A bill to legalize casinos is moving forward in Turks and Caicos. The island government is working to develop an appropriate regulatory framework, and three resort chains planning to...

Published August 4, 2014

Crown Partners for Brisbane Bid

The battle for a resort casino in Brisbane (l.) is down to rival joint ventures by Crown Resorts and Echo Entertainment. Crown is partnering with China property giant Greenland,...

Published July 28, 2014

Quebec Casino Workers to Strike

More than 1,000 employees at two casinos in Quebec will likely walk off the job for 24 hours this Monday. It’s a show of force without much muscle, as...

Published July 28, 2014

Saipan Awards Casino License

The road to Saipan’s first and only casino has been a bumpy one. There have been allegations of favoritism and shady dealings in connection with the bidding process. But...

Published July 21, 2014

Boomtown Sydney

Sydney is enjoying a surge in new hotel construction that will see room supply in Australia’s largest city grow by 20 percent before the decade is out. Overseas visitation...

Published July 21, 2014

Crown Sydney Wins License Approval

New South Wales regulators have OK’d a license for James Packer’s multibillion-dollar Crown Sydney (l.), paving the way for the luxury resort to open in 2019. Billed as a...

Published July 14, 2014

Fung’s Reef Purchase Raises Concerns

Tony Fung will dominate gaming in northern Queensland with ownership of the Reef casino in Cairns (l.) while he builds his $8 billion Aquis super-resort on the coast. The...

Published July 14, 2014

Victoria’s Club Market Plans Electoral Assault

Slot operators in the Australian state of Victoria are furious over a tax hike imposed earlier his year and plan to make the government pay come November. They say...

Published July 14, 2014

Ontario Casinos Feeling the Pressure

As new casinos are planned for nearby New York State, two gaming halls (Casino Niagara at left) in the Canadian province of Ontario are looking a little worse for...

Published July 14, 2014

Bahamas: The Nanny Nation?

Charges of discrimination have been leveled against the Bahamian government, which continues to uphold a ban on casino visitation by residents of the island nation. But Tourism Minister Obie...

Published July 14, 2014

Sun International Buys Up Chilean Casino

Sun International Ltd., the second largest casino operator in South Africa and owner of Sun City, has paid $146 million to buy the rest of the Monticello Casino (l.)...

Published July 14, 2014

SABMiller to Sell Billion-Dollar Casino Stake

U.K.-based beverage company SABMiller will sell off a non-core asset: it’s stake in a South African hotel-casino company. SABMiller’s stake in Tsogo Sun Holdings of worth in excess of...

Published July 14, 2014

Tatts Wins, Victoria Loses

A long-running court battle between gaming operators Tatts and Tabcorp and the state of Victoria has ended in a big win for Tatts. Tabcorp was not so lucky. Both...

Published July 7, 2014

Plot Thickens on Saipan

Two bidders for a casino license on the Pacific island of Saipan are at war. Marianas Stars is suing rival Imperial Pacific alleging illegal behavior and has obtained a...

Published July 7, 2014

Bermuda Tourism Authority Focuses On Online Promotion

Bermuda is turning to the internet to better get its tourism information out to the public. As much as 82 percent of the island’s tourism promotion will now be...

Published July 7, 2014

Echo, Chow Tai Fook Join Forces in Brisbane

Echo Entertainment appears to have outflanked rival Crown Resorts in Brisbane, combining its bid for the Queensland capital’s new casino license with those of Chinese powerhouses Chow Tai Fook...

Published June 30, 2014

Tinian Owners Sue Saipan Rival

The fight over Saipan’s new casino license has gotten ugly. One bidder, which happens to own the competing casino, the Tinian Dynasty (l.), on neighboring Tinian island, has accused...

Published June 30, 2014