Mesirow Financial Buys Three B.C. Casinos

Mesirow Financial has completed the purchase of three Gateway casinos in British Columbia for $500 million. It plans to lease them back to Gateway, including the Grand Villa Casino...

Published March 19, 2018

NSW Pokies Have Money to Spare

Sydney has seen a billion-dollar building boom funded by poker-machine profits, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The casino clubs in western Sydney pay minimal taxes, freeing tons of cash...

Published March 19, 2018

Canberra Posts A$13.8M Loss

Tony Fung’s Aquis Group has reported a loss of A$13.8 million (US$10.9 million) at Casino Canberra for 2017. The Hong Kong-listed group still predicts the Aussie casino will prosper...

Published March 19, 2018

Gateway Moving Slots To Chatham, Near Caesars

Private operator of Southwestern Ontario, Canada gambling, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd. announced it will move the slots operations at Dresden Raceway to Chatham, an hour from Caesars casino...

Published March 19, 2018

Enjoy Gaming Up 2.3 Percent

Latin American hospitality company Enjoy has recorded an increase of 2.3 percent year-on-year in its gaming segment, and cut its losses by as much as 98.04 percent compared to...

Published March 19, 2018

Brazil Shoots Down Gaming Bill

On March 7, the government of Brazil voted 13-2 to reject a bill to legalize all forms of gaming from land-based casinos, bingo halls and video gaming to online...

Published March 12, 2018

Bermuda Gags Former Regulator

A secret court hearing last week in Bermuda has attempted to silence criticism coming from former Gaming Commission Executive Director Richard Schuetz (l.). The latest comes after tourism minister,...

Published March 12, 2018

License for Planned Jamaica Casino Resort May Be Yanked

The government of Jamaica may pull its support for the huge Harmony Cove mega-resort (l.) that has been planned for more than a decade. The problem is that the...

Published March 12, 2018

Crown Under Fire for Alleged Tampering

Those blanking buttons! Just when Crown Resorts’ China problems were fading from memory, the Aussie casino operator is back in hot water, this time facing sanctions for alleged slot...

Published March 12, 2018

Chile Casino Bids Coming in June

The results of the tender for seven Chilean casinos should be announced by June 19. Licenses are up for grabs in Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Viña del Mar (l.), Pucón,...

Published March 12, 2018

Kelowna Casino Re-Opens in British Columbia

Gateway Casinos and Entertainment has re-opened its refurbished Kelowna casino with a new name—Playtime Casino Kelowna (l.). The former Lake City Casino has undergone a CAN $ 3.6 million...

Published March 12, 2018

SA Gaming Lobbies Spread the Money Around

Gaming lobbyists in South Australia have lent financial support to both Labor and Liberal party candidates in an effort to neutralize SA Best candidate and anti-pokies politician Nick Xenophon.

Published March 12, 2018

Woolworths Chairman Responds to Pokies Controversy

Woolworths Chairman Gordon Cairns (l.) said he takes personal responsibility for the retailer's response to a scandal involving poker machines, or pokies, where the company is accused using personal...

Published March 12, 2018

VIPs Return to Crown Resorts

High rollers are back at Crown Resorts’ Australian casinos including the Melbourne flagship (l.). The company saw its VIP segment rise 15.9 percent in the second half of 2017,...

Published March 5, 2018

Sheldon Adelson Wants to Fund U.S. Embassy

Billionaire casino mogul and huge Republican campaign donor Sheldon Adelson (l.) wants to pay for some of the cost of moving the U.S. Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv...

Published March 5, 2018

Crown Evacuated After Threats

An unidentified Malaysian man was due to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia last week after suspicious behavior and reported threats led to a mass evacuation at the...

Published March 5, 2018

Vote on Brazil Gaming This Week?

Senator Benedito de Lira (l.), the sponsor of the bill that would legalize casinos in Brazil, said he wanted an up-or-down vote on the bill this week. He says...

Published February 26, 2018

Bermuda Running Out of Funding Options

Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission Chairwoman Cheryl-Ann Mapp (l.) said although the commission has had "encouraging dialogue" with local banks, it's seeking recommendations for overseas options to handle casino transactions....

Published February 26, 2018

Pokie Machines: Big Bucks for Woolworth in Australia

Australia’s biggest supermarket chain, Woolworths, is also the biggest moneymaker when it comes to poker machines. The “pokies” profited the chain at $1.2 billion last year.

Published February 26, 2018

Hard Rock Casino Wants to Expand in Ottawa

Ottawa’s Rideau Carleton Raceway and the Hard Rock Casino (l.) are proposing a $318 million expansion. They want to build a hotel, concert venue and expand gaming to 55...

Published February 26, 2018