GLOBAL GAMING
The Musqueam Indian Band will receive $8.5 million in lease revenue over three years when Paragon Gaming's $600 million Parq Casino and Hotel opens in late 2016. Located next...
Brazil: No to Legal Sports Bets
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (l.) has vetoed legislation that would have authorized legal sports betting. Though Rousseff signed the so-called “MP Football bill,” she vetoed dozens of clauses including...
$40 Million Cascades Casino To Open
The $40 million Cascades Casino, set to open August 19 in Kamloops, British Columbia, will offer 500 slots, 18 table games and three poker tables, plus three restaurants and...
Baha Mar Protests Government Action
Baha Mar Ltd. has issued a statement decrying the Bahamian government’s plan to take over the stalled $3.5 billion project and liquidate the current operating company. The move came...
Second Gold Coast Casino in the Works
Queensland has approved Chinese-backed ASF Consortium’s plan to develop an integrated resort on state-owned land adjacent to Sea World. A planned cruise ship terminal (l.) has been shelved. The...
Echo Ups Pokie Count in Brisbane
Echo Entertainment, which just beat out Crown Resorts to win Brisbane’s second casino license, may install an additional 1,000 poker machines at the planned $2 billion Queen’s Wharf development.
Sun International Opens Columbian Casino
South Africa-based Sun International has opened its $30 million Sun Nao Casino in Cartagena. The city, located on the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia, welcomed almost 3 million tourists...
Crown Submits Sydney Plan
It’s been almost a year since James Packer’s Crown Resorts was approved to develop a VIP gaming resort at Sydney Harbor. Now the Australian operator has finally submitted plans...
Macau Legend to Build Cape Verde Casino
Macau Legend Development will build an integrated resort and gaming complex in Cape Verde on Santiago Island. The Cape Verde government has granted the company a 75-year land lease...
Brisbane Sets Cap for VIPs
A new multibillion-dollar casino resort project (l.) in Brisbane, Australia, recently awarded to the market’s current sole license-holder, Echo Entertainment, will pull out all the stops to bring in...
MP: End Tasmanian Monopoly
Anti-gaming Aussie MP Andrew Wilkie (l.) has called for a review of the casino operator Federal Group, which now holds a gaming monopoly in the Australian state of Tasmania....
Big Losses in Victorian Poker
Bettors in the Australian state of Victoria lost more than $2.5 billion on the state’s poker machines in the most recent fiscal year. The highest losses were incurred in...
Bahamas PM to Take Over Baha Mar
Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie (l.) says he will take over Baha Mar, an unfinished multibillion-dollar casino resort in the capital city of Nassau. The $3.5 billion Baha Mar...
Is Havana the Next Macau?
With the U.S.-Cuba embargo at an end, the gaming industry may be looking at the island as a potential casino destination. In the pre-Castro era, Havana was known as...
Falls Mayor: Woodbine Expansion Bad for Casinos
The mayor of Niagara Falls, Canada, fears the city’s share of gaming revenues at Falls properties including Fallsview (l.), could be cut drastically if Ontario proceeds with plans to...
More than Two Dozen Casinos for Mexico
The president of Mexico’s gaming regulatory body ASPJAC has announced that 25 new casinos will be developed in the country. The total investment will reach $300 million to $375...
Brazil OKs Draft Sports Betting Bill
Brazil’s Senate has approved draft legislation that would create a regulatory framework for fixed-odds sports betting. The legislation must also be OK’d by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
AUSTRAC v. Tabcorp
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the country’s anti-money laundering agency, has filed a civil action against Tabcorp Holdings Ltd., accusing the firm of inadequate compliance.
Dominican Republic Welcomes Royal Fortunes
National celebrities are generating excitement over the kick-off of Shoutz Inc.'s Royal Fortunes online lottery and games platform in the Dominican Republic. Offerings include those of the government-sponsored Lotería...
Woodbine Casino To Be Ontario’s Biggest
Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack will undergo a major expansion, doubling slots and table games and adding a hotel, dining and retail. The plan, approved 25-19 by Toronto city councillors, also...