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

Casino Debuts Near Carberry, Manitoba

First Nations' Sand Hills Casino recently opened to the public near Carberry, Manitoba. The third First Nations operation, the property is managed by Hemisphere Gaming, which financed and developed...

Published June 30, 2014

Yida International to Invest $2B in Caribbean

A Beijing-based investment group has announced plans to spend $2 billion on the development of a destination resort with a casino on the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and...

Published June 30, 2014

Casino Nova Scotia to Get $10M Upgrade

The operator of Casino Nova Scotia’s properties in Halifax and Sydney will invest $10 million in capital improvements in the facilities by the end of 2015, the Canadian company...

Published June 30, 2014

Chinese Company Plans Antigua Megaresort

A Beijing-based investment group has signed an accord with the government of Antigua and Barbuda on development of a US$2 billion resort with a casino on the Caribbean island...

Published June 23, 2014

Marianas Stars Pushes for Two Saipan Casinos

Two groups are bidding for Saipan’s sole casino license, and one of them, the owners of the competing Tinian Dynasty (l.) casino on neighboring Tinian island, wants Saipan to...

Published June 23, 2014

Aquis’ Mantra: ‘Build It and They Will Come’

Tony Fung (l.) looks across Australia’s northern tropics and sees a resort mecca with the potential to rival Macau. Plans for his massive A$8 billion Aquis Resort complex near...

Published June 16, 2014

In Oz, Slots Still the Name of the Game

Slots continue to dominate gambling in Australia, accounting for almost two-thirds of total annual spend, according to recently released data for the year through March. Sports betting generated 5...

Published June 16, 2014

Study Details Chinese-Australian Gambling

Monash University in Melbourne, Australia recently issued a report indicating Chinese immigrants are more at risk of problem gambling than Australia's general population. The study also said Chinese immigrants...

Published June 16, 2014

Craigie Pushes Crown’s China Strategy

Australia needs to raise its game if it’s to capture its share of China’s booming and increasingly affluent market of overseas travelers. That’s the word from Crown Resorts CEO...

Published June 9, 2014

Tinian’s Owners Decry Lack of Local Support

The war of words is heating up between Tinian Dynasty’s new owners and local regulators on the western Pacific island. The owners say they saved the ailing casino from...

Published June 9, 2014

Bermudans Wary of Casino Plan

A new plan to develop a casino resort on an old Club Med site (l.) in Bermuda has met with skepticism if not downright disbelief. Lawmakers have been promising...

Published June 9, 2014

Jamaica Gaming Generated $4.5 Billion

In the past three years, gaming revenue has rising to $4.5 billion in Jamaica and the island's Minister of Finance and Planning Horace Dalley said there's room for more....

Published June 9, 2014

Bahamas Gaming Board Tours Baha Mar

Construction on Nassau’s Baha Mar has progressed and the $3.5 billion complex will open before the end of the year. Last week, the owners showed it off to the...

Published June 9, 2014

Snoqualmie Tribe Sues Fiji Developer

Washington’s Snoqualmie Tribe is suing Fiji resort developer Larry Claunch to recover $1.5 million invested in a casino project from which the tribe pulled out.

Published June 9, 2014

Echo, Crown Shortlisted for Brisbane Casino

The state of Queensland is poised to launch the largest expansion of casino gaming in Australia’s history. The government has given tentative approval to two casino plans for Gold...

Published June 2, 2014

Jamaica Pins Hopes on Gambling

Jamaica needs tax revenue and economic growth and is hoping gaming will help provide it. Sportsbetting is set for a major expansion on the Caribbean island, both remotely and...

Published June 2, 2014

Revenue Sharing End Has Repercussions in Ontario

In Ontario, the Liberal government's move to end the Slots at Racetracks revenue sharing program has become a divisive issue in the June 12 election. Conservatives said they would...

Published June 2, 2014

Queensland Competition Heats Up

Proposals for multibillion-dollar resort casinos on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are causing supporters and opponents to get hot and bothered. With new casino licenses up for bid, Queensland will...

Published May 26, 2014