North Bay, Ontario Votes to Support Casino

The city council of North Bay, Ontario, has voted to support a $30 million casino that would be built in the South End of the city. The city would...

Published January 7, 2019

Saskatchewan Casino Holds Soft Opening

The Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan held a ribbon cutting for its Gold Horse Casino (l.) at the end of 2018. The casino will be operated by the...

Published January 7, 2019

Bahamas Expects Casino Expenses to Decline

The Grand Lucayan, a casino that the government of the Bahamas purchased in order to preserve it until it can find a private party to sell it, is costing...

Published January 7, 2019

Gateway Abandons Western Fair District Casino

The largest casino operator in Canada, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment, has withdrawn from its proposal to build a casino complex in the Western Fairgrounds in London, Ontario. It is...

Published January 7, 2019

Will Crown Sydney Monopolize High Rollers?

The competition for high rollers between Crown Resorts and Star Entertainment is sure to heat up when Crown’s new Sydney resort (l.) in Barangaroo opens in 2021. Both operators...

Published January 7, 2019

Kahnawake Gaming Commission Called Obsolete

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has a reputation for being very independently minded in how it oversees casinos in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, a First Nations reserve. To some critics...

Published January 7, 2019

Blue Whale to Buy Aquis

Aquis Entertainment and Casino Canberra are set to be acquired by Michael Gu’s (l.) Blue Whale Entertainment in a deal valued at AU$32 million (US$22.6 million). The deal could...

Published January 7, 2019

Sportsbet Ad Brings Record Complaints

An ad by Australian online bookmaker Sportsbet has drawn a record amount of complaints for allegedly linking gambling with sexual success. The Australian Ad Standards—which handles complaints—said the ad...

Published December 24, 2018

Donaco Looks for Way out of Debt

Australia-listed Donaco International Ltd. is seeking cash to help it pay off US$39.9 million in debt to Mega International Commercial Bank. Its collateral for the loan was Donaco’s Star...

Published December 24, 2018

ACT to Aquis: Scale Back

The Australia Capital Territory has ordered Aquis Entertainment to revise its AU$330 million casino expansion plans for Casino Canberra (l.) and reduce the number of gaming machines it wanted...

Published December 24, 2018

Crown Wins Battle for Harbor Views

James Packer’s Crown Resorts has won a contentious court battle to prevent another firm from blocking the views of Sydney Harbor from Crown’s planned $US2 billion Barangaroo integrated resort...

Published December 24, 2018

Brazil Moves on Sports Betting

Outgoing Brazilian President Michel Temer (l.) has signed off on legislation that charts a path for legal sports betting in the country. The bill gives lawmakers two years to...

Published December 24, 2018

Israeli Bill Would Define Poker as Sport

Poker players in Israel who are generally treated like criminals could see some light at the end of the tunnel. A bill has been introduced in the Knesset that...

Published December 24, 2018

Quebec Casino Defrauded of $1 million

Several months ago, the Casino du Lac-Leamy (l.), owned by Lotto Quebec was scammed out of about $1 million by two con men. Both men are still at large...

Published December 17, 2018

Victoria, B.C. Retracts Interest in Casino

Lisa Helps (l.) , the mayor of Victoria, in British Columbia, took a look at the allegations of money laundering associated with casinos in the province and decided to...

Published December 17, 2018

30 Casinos Could Open In Mexican State

Legislation passed in 2017 prohibiting casinos over organized crime links recently was reversed in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. As a result, as many as 30 new casinos could...

Published December 17, 2018

Jamaica Plans First Casino for 2020

Although the island nation of Jamaica is planning to allow three casino resorts to be built in the next few years that doesn’t mean that the country is going...

Published December 17, 2018

Sun International Chile Funds Sun Dreams

On November 6, Sun International Chile got a loan of 10,500 million Chilean pesos (US$15.57 million) to help capitalize its company, Sun Dreams, which combines two merged entities, Novosun...

Published December 10, 2018

Christchurch Casino Seek Relicense

Christchurch Casino (l.) has promised the New Zealand Gambling Commission that it will create a new charitable fund and community liaison group if it wins a new casino license.

Published December 10, 2018

Trudeau Recently Learned of MP’s Gambling Problem

Canada’s premier Justin Trudeau (l.) says he was not aware of the gambling problems of one of his MP’s who just resigned from his party’s caucus. The MP, Raj...

Published December 10, 2018