More Time Sought for Jamaica Casino

Celebration Jamaica Development recently submitted its application to the Jamaica Ministry of Finance and Public Service and asking it to extend the provisional order allowing the casino project. Celebration...

Published July 4, 2016

Canberra Revolt

Employees at Casino Canberra in Australia plan to protest what they say are low wages by wearing union T-shirts on the job. Owner Aquis Entertainment says it deserves credit...

Published July 4, 2016

Critic Calls Ontario Casino Harmful

A local bingo charities proponent says a potential casino operation in North Bay, Ontario, would cause more harm than good, and drive some $10 million per year out of...

Published July 4, 2016

South Australia Intros Betting Tax

South Australia is considering a “place of consumption” tax on all wagers in the state, including novelty bets. The measure could reap about US$7 million per year for the...

Published July 4, 2016

AMLs Working in NZ

Stricter anti-money laundering requirements in New Zealand, enacted in 2013, have led to a drop in suspicious transactions at Kiwi casinos. The measures have led to better reporting and...

Published July 4, 2016

Aquis Talks Up Canberra Upgrade

Aquis Entertainment has formally presented its proposed AUD307 million (US$229 million) upgrade of its Casino Canberra to the ACT government. Aquis bought the Australian property in 2015, and at...

Published June 27, 2016

Crown Resorts on Fitch Rating Watch Negative

Crown Resorts has been placed on Rating Watch Negative by Fitch Ratings after it announced plans to create a whole new company that will hold most of the firm’s...

Published June 27, 2016

Victoria, British Columbia, Considers Casinos

Victoria, British Columbia is considering gaming as a potential economic engine. The capital city’s council voted 6-3 to keep the issue alive, and the district of Saanich is also...

Published June 27, 2016

New Brunswick Venue Not A Casino

Horse Racing New Brunswick's new downtown Fredericton facility will not be a casino, HRNB Vice President Brock McEachern stressed. The venue will honor the history of horse racing in...

Published June 27, 2016

Gateway Casino Project Underway at Grand Villa Edmonton

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment held a first-look tour of its new property, Grand Villa Edmonton, in the city’s ICE District.

Published June 27, 2016

Ontario Casino Site Challenged

Three separate groups in Peterborough filed formal appeals with the Ontario Municipal Board seeking to stop a proposed casino development on a parcel located on the edge of the...

Published June 27, 2016

Packer’s Big Play

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts last week announced it would spin off its international properties into a separate company and then establish a REIT to hold its Australian hotels....

Published June 20, 2016

Israel Moving toward Casinos

Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (L.) is part of a government team actively developing plans for a casino complex in the port city of Eilat. Levin called a casino...

Published June 20, 2016

Casino Canberra Reopens

Casino Canberra, owned by Hong Kong-based Aquis Entertainment, has reopened following a multimillion-dollar upgrade designed to bring in more global visitors. It will include up to 500 new pokie...

Published June 20, 2016

Rio’s Olympic Park as Casino?

Barra Olympic Park (l.) in Rio de Janeiro, which will host a number of events during the 2016 Olympics, could be repurposed as a casino resort after the games...

Published June 13, 2016

Relax, Says Bahamas PM

Perry Christie (l.), the prime minister of the Bahamas, has told critics to back off about renewed construction on the stalled Baha Mar casino. Perry insists that talks with...

Published June 13, 2016

Victoria Fights Pokies

Punters in the Australian community of Greater Dandenong are losing their shirts to pokie machines, claim anti-gaming MPs in the state of Victoria. The losses averaged $998 per adult...

Published June 13, 2016

Is Now the Time for Brazil?

As the Brazilian government contemplates legal gaming, multinational gaming operators are sizing up the market, which could already hosts bingo parlors, “jogo do bicho” (an animal-themed lottery style game,...

Published June 6, 2016

Argentine Government Demands More Control over Casinos

The government of Argentina wants more oversight on the casinos that operate in its capital city of Buenos Aires, including the Princess (l.) in Puerto Madero. It just released...

Published June 6, 2016

Sun International, Dreams To Merge

The recent approval of South Africa-based Sun International's merger of its Latin American portfolio with Chile-based Dreams will result in the region's largest gaming company, with 13 casinos, 7,000...

Published June 6, 2016