Echo, Crown Battle on Barangaroo

Casino developer James Packer’s Crown Resorts and rival Echo Entertainment are battling over the billionaire’s $1.5 billion casino resort at Barangaroo. The Sydney Observatory is getting in on the...

Published May 18, 2015

Queensland Scraps ASF Resort

The government of Queensland, Australia has scuttled plans by ASF Consortium’s to develop a $7 billion-plus integrated resort on Australia’s Gold Coast. Environmentalists had worried about a cruise-ship terminal...

Published May 11, 2015

Goa Casino Plan Causes Infighting

With almost 20 offshore and land-based casinos, Goa now plans five more gaming halls across the Indian state. That’s got some lawmakers suiting up for battle. One says casinos...

Published May 11, 2015

Mexican State Bans Casinos

The Mexican state of Guanajuato has amended its constitution to ban both casinos and table dances. Governor Miguel Márquez Márquez (l.) of the National Action Party says such businesses...

Published May 11, 2015

Fung: Aquis Is a Go

Hong Kong businessman Tony Fung Wing Cheung (l.) says he is committed to developing his planned Aquis Great Barrier Reef Resort in Queensland, Australia. Rumors had circulated that a...

Published May 4, 2015

AGEM Reiterates Position on Mexico

The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, a non-profit international trade organization representing regulated suppliers of casino equipment and technology, has issued a statement to reaffirm its position on unlicensed...

Published May 4, 2015

Panama Passes Strong Anti-Graft Law

Panama has passed a strict measure to prevent money laundering in hopes of raising trust among international monetary authorities. The country’s goal: to be removed from the Financial Action...

Published May 4, 2015

Crown Raises $630M

Taking advantage of low interest rates, Crown Resorts raised $630 million by offering 6.3 million subordinated notes at an issue price of $100 per note. The funds will be...

Published May 4, 2015

Baha Mar CEO Lambasts Government, Contractor

Sarkis Izmirlian (l.), CEO of the still-under-construction Baha Mar mega-resort in Nassau, Bahamas, has criticized the Bahamian government and his Chinese construction contractor. Construction and operation in the Bahamas...

Published April 27, 2015

New Zealand Takes On Offshore Operators

New Zealand Racing Minister Nathan Guy (l.) says the government is exploring ways to put a lid on illegal online gambling. Currently, all racing and sports betting in the...

Published April 27, 2015

Iao Kun Breaks Into Aussie Market

Macau junket operator Iao Kun Group has announced it will acquire all interests in a junket operation at the Crown Perth Casino and the Crown Melbourne Casino (l.). The...

Published April 27, 2015

North Vancouver Tables Slots Issue

Following a recent public meeting, the North Vancouver, British Columbia city council decided to put off lifting the 20-year ban on slot machines. Playtime Community Gaming, authorized by the...

Published April 27, 2015

Queensland Backing Off Casino Development?

With a new Labor government in power, official enthusiasm could be waning for a quartet of megaresorts planned for Queensland, including Echo Entertainment’s proposed Brisbane casino (l.). Chinese-backed investors...

Published April 20, 2015

Canada’s Baccarat Casino to Move Next Door

The Baccarat Casino in Edmonton, Alberta will move to a new larger location adjacent to the existing building. When the new $32 million casino is complete in summer 2016,...

Published April 20, 2015

Report: Aussie Market Could Hit $6.2 Billion

Market research firm IBISWorld says the Australian gaming market could be work $6.2 billion by 2020. The continent will add three new casinos in the coming years, hoping to...

Published April 20, 2015

Vietnam Rolls the Dice

The Vietnamese government is doubling down on casinos to help grow the country’s tourism industry and compete with other Asian gaming destinations. Next up is a casino resort planned...

Published April 20, 2015

Tsogo Makes Play for Sun International

Hotel casino operator Tsogo Sun is battling Capetown, South Africa’s Competition Commission for the right to acquire 40 percent of two casinos, including the GrandWest (l.), owned by its...

Published April 20, 2015

In Russia, Ho a No-Go

Lawrence Ho’s long-stalled casino project in Russia’s Primorye gambling zone has been delayed yet again. Now officials with First Gambling Company of the East say the $700 million resort...

Published April 13, 2015

Sri Lanka Institutes Casino Entry Fee

Sri Lanka has amended its Betting and Gaming Levy Act to include a US$100 entry fee for every person who enters a casino in the country, including the “StarDust”...

Published April 13, 2015

Turks and Caicos OKs Casino

The government of the Turks and Caicos islands has signed a development agreement with Desarrollos Hotel Group to build a $224 million hotel, resort, casino and spa project in...

Published April 13, 2015