Mexico Targeting Casino Irregularities

The Mexican government is updating its 70-year-old gambling laws and cracking down on illegal gambling. As a result, 24 gambling operations were shuttered in northern Mexico, including the Playboy...

Published May 26, 2014

Sudbury Officials Want Gambling

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's modernization plan calls for replacing racetrack slots with privately operated casinos. But the horseracing industry and others want to keep slots at racetracks. A...

Published May 19, 2014

Federal Judges in Mexico Suspended

Three federal judges in Mexico accused of corruption have been suspended. The judges, based in the northern states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas near Texas, are accused of illegally...

Published May 19, 2014

Junket Investor Ready To Spend in Saipan

A Hong Kong-listed junket investor has big plans for the casino license it hopes to win on the Pacific island of Saipan. Plans call for four hotels, private villas...

Published May 19, 2014

Packer Brawl Could Cost Crown

Industry observers assessing the fallout from photos beamed around the world showing James Packer exchanging blows outside his Sydney apartment with a TV executive and friend. With Crown Resorts...

Published May 12, 2014

CEO Out at William Hill Australia

Wholesale changes are under way at William Hill Australia, starting at the top, where both the chief executive and chief operating officers have been ousted. The UK-based bookmaking giant...

Published May 12, 2014

Provincial Leaders Blast OLG

The recently “modernized” Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. made overly optimistic predictions about new casino revenues, and also cut racetracks out of the revenue stream from slots. That’s made...

Published May 5, 2014

Caesars Affirms Commitment to its Windsor Casino

Caesars Entertainment officials say they remain committed to the company’s Windsor Ontario casino despite falling revenues at the casino. But competition for casino dollars in the region has many...

Published May 5, 2014

Marianas Seeking Macau Expertise

Two bidders have emerged for a new exclusive casino license approved for the Pacific island of Saipan. But the government isn’t quite sure what to make of them and...

Published May 5, 2014

Victoria Councils Seek Slot Curbs

At least 20 local councils in the Australian state of Victoria are revising their planning laws to keep gaming machines out of poorer neighborhoods. Most of the councils want...

Published May 5, 2014

U.S. Tribe Exits Fiji Investment

An American Indian tribe, the Snoqualmie, appears to have lost its $1.5 million investment in a casino in Fiji. The tribe has pulled out of the Pacific island project,...

Published May 5, 2014

Chile’s Casinos Burned by Smoking Ban

In a country with the highest rate of smoking in the America’s, a ban on lighting up indoors is wreaking havoc with casino profits. Pre-tax profits have fallen 31...

Published May 5, 2014

Two Bid for Saipan Casino

Two Chinese companies have applied for the sole casino license on Saipan. One of them counts among its investors the owners of the Pacific island group’s only operating casino,...

Published April 28, 2014

Baha Mar Launches Training Academy

Baha Mar has launched a training academy to help fill more than 4,000 positions at the multibillion-dollar resort, opening in the Bahamas by the end of the year.

Published April 28, 2014

Ontario Looks at Historical Racing

Woodbine Entertainment Group of Ontario, Canada, could add historical racing to replace revenue from the Slots at Racetracks program, which has come to an end. The games allow players...

Published April 28, 2014

Victoria Councils Seek Machine Gaming Curbs

At least 20 local councils in the Australian state of Victoria are revising their planning laws to keep gaming machines out of poorer neighborhoods. Most of the councils want...

Published April 28, 2014

Niagara Falls Calls for Casino Reval

City officials in Niagara Falls, in the Canadian province of Ontario, are blasting cuts in assessed taxes on the Fallsview Casino (l.) and Casino Niagara. The cuts mean fewer...

Published April 28, 2014

Ottawa Adds Tables Games

In addition to millions in revenues from 1,200 slot machines at Rideau Carlton Raceway (l.), the province of Ottawa, Canada, will soon benefit from the addition of 21 table...

Published April 28, 2014

O’Farrell Out as NSW Premier

In New South Wales James Packer had the most powerful friend a gaming developer could want. But the chief executive responsible for making Crown Sydney happen, Premier Barry O’Farrell...

Published April 21, 2014

Niagara Mayor Opposes Toronto Casino

The mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jim Diodati (l.), says a casino in Toronto, being pushed by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, would have “dire” results for his city’s economy.

Published April 21, 2014