Manitoba Premier: Casino Can’t Move

The premier of Manitoba, Canada says that enough is enough. Enough VLTs, that is. Premier Brian Pallister (l.) won’t allow the Manitoba First Nations to move their casino in...

Published September 26, 2016

Turkey Asks Georgia To Close Casinos

Casinos in Georgia, including 11 in Batumi, are attracting players from Turkey where casinos have been banned since 1998. As a result, Turkish President Recep Tayyp Erdogan (l.) recently...

Published September 26, 2016

Coming: Western Canada’s Only One-Mile Racino

Alberta, Canada is slated to get a brand new racino to be located between RedTail Landing golf course and the Edmonton International Airport. It will be built by Century...

Published September 26, 2016

Queensland Puts Out the Welcome Mat

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt says casino operators are welcome to bid on a gaming license in the Australian state after Tony Fung withdrew the casino from a development at...

Published September 19, 2016

Panel Formed to Settle Baha Mar Claims

Baha Mar employees and contractors now have a place to go to press their claims for compensation over the megaresort’s failure to open back in 2014. A new claims...

Published September 19, 2016

Gateway Debuts Grand Villa Edmonton

Gateway Casino & Entertainment recently debuted its $32 million Grand Villa Edmonton. Located in the Alberta, Canada city's downtown ICE District, the 60,000 square foot, four-story venue replaces the...

Published September 19, 2016

Canada Considers Single-Game Sports Betting Bill

In Canada, C-221 would amend the national criminal code to allow betting on one game in addition to parlay card betting. The House of Commons (l.) could vote as...

Published September 19, 2016

Star Is Tops in Sydney

Star Entertainment of Australia holds a “monopoly position” for VIP patronage in Sydney, according to a new report from Morgan Stanley. Its Sydney resort has grown market share more...

Published September 19, 2016

Colombia Cracks Down on Illegal Slots

Sixteen people were sentenced to prison and fined for their involvement in unlicensed machine gaming in Colombia. Illegal gambling is rampant in the country, and the government is determined...

Published September 19, 2016

Manitoba Casino Market Saturated Says Study

Manitoba, Canada has a lot of VLTs—more than most provinces. In fact it has more per capita than any place in North America. It may in fact have too...

Published September 19, 2016

Brazil Casino Bill Moves Ahead

Legal gaming in Brazil has taken a big leap forward. A special committee OK’d a plan to authorize casino resorts, video lottery games and jogos de bicho. The proposal...

Published September 5, 2016

Crown for Sale

James Packer (l.), billionaire owner of Australia’s Crown Resorts Ltd., now owns less than half of his own company. The former chairman has sold about 4.8 percent of his...

Published September 5, 2016

Manitoba Casino Closing

The Pas, a town of 5,700 in Manitoba, Canada, has been hit hard by announcements that three major employers are leaving the area. The latest is the Aseneskak Casino...

Published September 5, 2016

Caesars, In Need of a Growth Story, Eyes Toronto

Caesars Entertainment has joined several groups in bidding for a resort casino in Canada’s largest city. The stakes are particularly high for the casino giant, which so far has...

Published August 29, 2016

Fung Bows Out of Great Barrier Reef Project

Hong Kong billionaire Tony Fung (l.) has shelved plans to develop an $8 billion casino resort on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Fung confessed he’s nervous about the recent “nosedive”...

Published August 29, 2016

Chile Welcomes Newest Casino

The $50 million Ovalle Casino Resort is holding its grand opening this week in Chile’s central Coquimbo region. It features 230 slot machines, 13 table games and 60 bingo...

Published August 29, 2016

Australia Plays to the Chinese

In 2015, Chinese visitors to the Land Down Under topped 1 million. That influx has translated to a nice spike in gaming action as high rollers divert from Macau,...

Published August 29, 2016

Crown Resorts Gets OK for Breakup

The Australian government has given the green light to James Packer’s plan to spin off his company, Crown Resorts, into an Australian business, an international business and a property...

Published August 29, 2016

Sun International Bails on Nigeria

For Sun International Ltd., it’s been nothing but cloudy skies in the Nigerian gaming market, where a slowing economy and an ongoing shareholder dispute have cut into earnings.

Published August 29, 2016

Victoria Considering Gambling Ad Restrictions

In Victoria, Australia, the government is taking public input about restricting sports betting ads on public transportation, in train stations and near schools. A government official said the prevalence...

Published August 29, 2016