SkyCity Signs Deal with S. Australia

New Zealand-listed SkyCity Entertainment Group has signed an agreement with the South Australian government to expand its Adelaide Casino (l.) and the adjoining Riverbank Precinct.

Published June 6, 2016

British Columbia Gambling Violations Rise 735 Percent

A recent report showed for the year ended March 31, 2015, gambling violations in British Columbia skyrocketed 735 percent compared to the previous year, but no charges were filed....

Published May 30, 2016

Sun-Peermont Sale Collapses

Sun International Ltd. must pay 675 million rand (US $42.8 million) to hotel casino operator Peermont Global after a failed attempt to buy the company. In March 2015, Sun...

Published May 30, 2016

Ontario Town Approves Casino Rezoning

Despite some public concern, an official of the Great Canadian Gaming official said the new Shorelines Casino in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, "won't be a socio-economic boogeyman on the town."...

Published May 30, 2016

Anti-Gambling Warnings Have Unintended Effect

For women, at least, being told that certain gambling activities are signs of a psychological condition, can lead to doubling down on the same behavior. That’s the conclusion of...

Published May 30, 2016

Top U.K. Regulator to Bermuda: Casinos Safest Places to Gamble

Jenny Williams, the former chief of the U.K. Gambling Commission, told officials planning casinos in Bermuda that casinos are the “most controlled places for gaming.”

Published May 23, 2016

Chile Opens Casino Bidding

Chile’s Superintendence for Gambling Casinos has opened the tender process for seven municipal casinos. Sites under consideration include Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Viña del Mar, Pucón, Puerto Varas and Natales.

Published May 23, 2016

Star v. Aquis on Gold Coast

Star Entertainment has announced plans for a massive expansion at its Jupiters Casino site on Australia’s Gold Coast, including a new $850 million hotel tower (l). Could Aquis Australia...

Published May 23, 2016

Packer Aims High

Bigger is better for Crown Resorts honcho James Packer, who has proposed turning his Queensbridge Hotel Tower (l.) in Melbourne into the tallest building in Australia, at 90 stories....

Published May 23, 2016

Groundbreaking Held For BC Casino

The $19 million Cascades Casino in Penticton, British Columbia, the newest Gateway Casinos and Entertainment gaming facility will open in 2017 as part of the South Okanagan Events Centre. The...

Published May 23, 2016

Crown Perth Gets $18 Million Tax Break

Crown Perth in Australia has been granted an $18 million tax break in hopes it can attract more high rollers. They, in turn are expected to help pour more...

Published May 23, 2016

Taz Mayor Demands Pokie Vote

Mayor Tony Foster (l.) of Brighton, Tasmania has asked state legislators to put the controversial pokies issue to a public vote. Foster claims the poker industry is acting with...

Published May 23, 2016

Ontario Town Raises Concerns Over Casino

The Peterborough city council in Ontario, Canada did not notify Cavan Monaghan township officials regarding a meeting about rezoning for the new Shorelines Casino. Township Mayor Scott McFadden said...

Published May 23, 2016

Baha Mar Sale Likely by September

A Bahamian judge approved a five-month extension of the ongoing process of finding a buyer for the stalled Baha Mar mega-resort project. With 16 groups expressing interest, one is...

Published May 16, 2016

Dutch Minister Questions Curaçao Gambling Oversight

Gambling oversight in Curaçao recently was questioned by Dutch Socialist Party MP Ronald van Raak (l.), who asked Minister of Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk how he intended "to eliminate...

Published May 16, 2016

SkyCity in Fundraising Mode

New Zealand-listed SkyCity Entertainment has announced plans to raise NZ$263 million of new equity from shareholders to pay down debt and “fund future growth projects” in both Auckland and...

Published May 16, 2016

Chilean Casino Scandal

A reported weapons fund held by the Chilean military is at the center of a new corruption scandal, according to investigative journalist Mauricio Weibel. Weibel claims corruption is “widespread”...

Published May 16, 2016

Australia Bans Online In-Play Bets

The Australian government has banned online in-play betting, despite lobbying by international bookies to relax the rules on digital wagers made as sporting events are broadcast live. Supporters of...

Published May 9, 2016

ACT Flags 500 Casino Pokies

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has denied a request for up to 500 poker machines at Aquis Entertainment’s Casino Canberra (l.). Currently, poker machines are allowed only in the...

Published May 9, 2016

BC Lottery Seeks Second Casino Near Victoria

A second casino in the Greater Victoria area would wreck the good that the first one, the View Royal casino (l.), does the local economy. So says the mayor...

Published May 9, 2016