Investors Consortium Bids $5.5 Billion for Australia’s Tatts Group

Four financial investors led by the Macquarie Group and Morgan Stanley have formed the Pacific Consortium and bid $5.5 billion for Australian lottery operator Tatts Group. The bid could...

Published December 19, 2016

OLG Names Gateway For Gaming Bundles

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has selected Vancouver-based Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited to oversee operations at OLG casinos in the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles, including Casino...

Published December 19, 2016

10 percent gaming tax for Cancun

Visitors to casinos in Mexico’s Quintana Roo, including the Princess casino (l.), will pay a 10 percent tax on gaming. That is over and above all other taxes they...

Published December 19, 2016

Concerns Arise As Casino Niagara Turns 20

Casino Niagara (l.) in Ontario recently turned 20, and operator Falls Management Group announced a $5.3 million facelift there in partnership with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. But...

Published December 19, 2016

Union Workers Protest Paraguay Casino

Workers at the National Ports Authority in Ciudad del Este in Paraguay are planning to mount organized protests against a proposed casino resort proposed for the site of a...

Published December 19, 2016

Canadian Match-Fixing Challenges Authorities

Match fixing is a growing problem in Canada, with a special focus on the Canadian Soccer League, a small, obscure league in southern Ontario. Lax laws, official indifference and...

Published December 19, 2016

Spring Opening Planned for Baha Mar

Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie (l.) says the stalled $3.5 billion megaresort is back on track and will open in April under prospective new owner Chow Tai Fook Enterprises....

Published December 12, 2016

Bermuda Implements 3-Step Licensing Process

Bermuda Tourism Minister Michael Fahy said the Parliament recently amended the Casino Gaming Act of 2014 to approve a faster, three-step casino licensing process. Fahy said the Fairmont Hamilton...

Published December 12, 2016

Amid a Strike in Argentina―Plans for a Tax Hike

The lower house of the country’s parliament has approved a 10 percent increase in the gaming tax and a new tax on online gaming. Meanwhile, the industry is in...

Published December 12, 2016

Former Officials Lead Gambling Groups

Former New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell (l.) has been named chief executive at Racing Australia, the nation's main horseracing industry group that regulates the industry and also provides...

Published December 12, 2016

Most Peterborough Residents Reject Casino

A recent poll indicated 76 percent of voters in Peterborough, Ajax and Pickering in Ontario reject more gambling; 60 percent also said they don't support Peterborough Mayor Daryl Bennett....

Published December 12, 2016

Ugandan District Bans Betting Machines

Officials in the Teso region of Uganda have issued an urgent call to remove sports betting machines from trading centers, stating local youth are spending the little money they...

Published December 12, 2016

It’s Official: Chow Tai Fook Wants Baha Mar

The Hong Kong-based conglomerate has formally submitted a bid to purchase the Bahamas’ stalled $3.5 billion megaresort, Baha Mar (l.). The government of the island nation says it’s vetting...

Published December 5, 2016

Ladbrokes Coral Considering £2 billion bid for Tabcorp Australia

Ladbrokes Coral is reportedly considering a £2 billion takeover of Australian gambling operator Tabcorp Holdings. The recently merged company has reportedly appointed advisers for a possible takeover bid. A...

Published December 5, 2016

Crown Resorts Puts Casino Project on Hold

Crown Resorts Ltd. and its majority holder James Packer, have put on hold a proposed multibillion spin-off the company’s foreign assets, including its 27 percent share of the Melco...

Published December 5, 2016

Brazil Senate to Consider Gaming Legislation

A bill that would legalize gaming in Brazil will be addressed December 7 following the approval of final amendments. The Senate Special Committee on National Development has already accepted...

Published November 28, 2016

Bermuda Passes Casino Gambling Amendment

Bermuda casinos are inching forward with the recent passage of the Casino Gaming Amendment Act of 2016, following intense debate. Among its provisions are clauses banning public officers from...

Published November 28, 2016

Queensland Looks for New IR Site

Queensland is looking for possible locations for a new integrated resort, according to reports. Officials made the move after Aquis Resorts shelved plans to include a casino at its...

Published November 28, 2016

Trinidad And Tobago Considers Gambling Legislation

The Gaming and Betting Control Bill of 2016 was introduced by Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Finance Colm Imbert (l.), who said it probably is the only country in...

Published November 28, 2016

ASB Bans Tabcorp Ad

A TV commercial by Australian gaming operator Tabcorp has been banned from the airwaves due to what the country’s Advertising Standards Board calls a depiction of excessive gambling. Tabcorp...

Published November 28, 2016