Bermuda Offers Problem-Gambling Training

Nearly 60 addiction treatment service providers, including independent organizations, charities, Department of Corrections counselors and psychologists received free problem-gambling training offered by the Bermuda Problem and Responsible Gaming Council....

Published December 4, 2017

Caixa Seeks Regulatory Role

Brazil’s largest state-owned bank and lottery operator, Caixa Econômica Federal, wants to serve as the regulator for that country’s land-based and online gaming industries.

Published November 27, 2017

Australian Tabcorp-Tatts Merger Approved Again

The AU$11 billion merger between Australian gaming giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group has been approved by the Australian Competition Tribunal for a second time after challenges to its first...

Published November 27, 2017

Baha Mar Debuts Second Hotel

The Bahamas megaresort has unveiled its second hotel, the 299-room SLS Baha Mar, lifting the property’s room count to just shy of 2,100, including an 1,800-room Grand Hyatt. A...

Published November 27, 2017

Study: Australian Gamblers at Offshore Sites Are More Likely to Develop Gambling Problems

A recent study has found that more than 25 percent of Australian online gamblers use unlicensed offshore gambling sites, and are more likely to be problem gamblers. The study...

Published November 27, 2017

Brazil Has ‘Necessary Votes’ to Pass Casino Gaming Law

The publication Games Magazine Brazil last week conducted an interview with Federal Deputy Herculano Passos (l.), a major figure in the effort to legalize gaming in Brazil. Passos told...

Published November 20, 2017

Trinidad & Tobago Passes Temporary Tax

While the government of Trinidad and Tobago considers the Gaming and Betting Control Bill 2017, it passed the Provisional Collection of Taxes Order 2017. The legislation temporarily doubles gambling...

Published November 20, 2017

Ontario Horsemen Worried About Casino

The horseracing industry in Ontario is apprehensive because Gateway Casinos & Entertainment is threatening to move its casino from London unless it gets concessions on lease and its expansion...

Published November 20, 2017

Codere Notes Mexican, Spanish Growth

In a report on third-quarter financials, Spanish gambling firm Grupo Cordere noted its corporate recovery is continuing. It raised its Mexican gambling market profile in acquiring joint-venture casino operator...

Published November 20, 2017

Casino Niagara Opens Renovation

Ontario’s Casino Niagara has reopened its second level after spending a total of $7 million, including a $3.5 million renovation and $3.5 million in new slots and gaming technology....

Published November 20, 2017

Baha Mar Gets Into Gear

The Bahamas’ $4 billion megaresort has launched a major TV advertising campaign ahead of the opening of its second hotel, a 299-room SLS. The property has struggled with tepid...

Published November 13, 2017

Down Under Casino Developer Fights to Reverse Bad Year

Australian casino developer James Packer (l.) has just spent 2017 trying to right his Crime Resorts empire after a year of devastating results from his entrée into international casino...

Published November 13, 2017

Hard Rock Ottawa Bypasses City Council

Hard Rock Casino Ottawa and its partner Rideau Carleton Raceway want to add 14 table games to the current 21 at their $320 million expansion under construction. To avoid...

Published November 13, 2017

T&T Casino Groups Decry Tax Doubling

The head of a gambling group in Trinidad and Tobago accused Minister of Finance Colm Imbert of acting "with dishonor" toward the gaming industry. She said Imbert invited industry...

Published November 13, 2017

New Zealand Slots Spending Increases

Slot-machine spending increased for the fourth consecutive year in New Zealand. The Department of Internal Affairs reported for fiscal 2017, ending September 30, slots proceeds rose 3.4 percent from...

Published November 13, 2017

Closed Edgewater Casino Holds Auction

The Edgewater Casino in Vancouver, British Columbia recently held an auction of poker tables, roulette wheels, office furniture and supplies and more to in-person and online bidders. The casino...

Published November 13, 2017

Gaming Machines Allowed At Casino Canberra

Casino Canberra (l.) owner Aquis Entertainment said it will spend $330 million to rebuild the property into a resort-entertainment complex. In return the Australian legislature will allow it to...

Published November 13, 2017

Bermuda Lawmaker Queried on Gaming Chairman

Bermuda’s minister of tourism, Leah Scott (l.), has called on MP Jamahl Simmons to explain his call on Alan Dunch to resign as chairman of the country’s Gaming Commission.

Published November 6, 2017

Police May Not Seize Brazilian Slots

The Brazilian government is busy reforming the law to allow casinos to open. But some casinos can’t wait for the new law and one of them has jumped the...

Published November 6, 2017

Ontario Pressured To Halt Deal

Members of Ontario's Opposition party want the government to halt a deal with Great Canadian Gaming to manage several gambling facilities, including Ajax Downs (l.), following money laundering allegations...

Published November 6, 2017