The British Columbia Lottery Corporation is strategically marketing to Chinese high rollers who routinely play $25,000 and up per hand. Despite the BCLC's stringent rules and regulations, some believe...
The 20-year ban on gambling could be coming to an end in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The city's policy committee will review a request by Playtime Gaming to end...
Australians lose more to gambling, particularly on “pokie” machines (l.), than players in any other industrialized nation, according to a new study. The land down under has held this...
Casinos in Las Vegas and British Columbia, Canada are appealing more and more to players from mainland China who have a penchant for high-stakes baccarat. A recent study showed...
The Mongolia parliament is weighing legislation that would permit the country to build its first two casinos. But will people really travel to Mongolia to gamble, when casinos are...
Mexico is planning to add a number of new casinos in tourist towns including Acapulco, Baja California, Cancun and the Mayan Riviera. Hotel operators including the Hard Rock Riviera...
The government of Mongolia is planning two casino resorts to draw players from Russia, China and Japan. Following the example of Vietnam, South Korea and Cambodia, the country’s legislation...
One Hundred Sands, the sole casino license holder in Fiji, has had its license revoked. In 2011 the firm, which had planned a $290 million integrated casino resort on...
A Canadian judge has ordered Ontario’s provincial government, Premier Kathleen Wynne (l.), and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. to produce documents related to the cancellation of a revenue-sharing...
With the specter of new competition coming to Brisbane, Echo Entertainment is sprucing up its properties in the Australian state. The Jupiters resort is already undergoing a makeover of...
Ten casinos in Nepal have reopened or are preparing to reopen, including the casino at the Grand Hotel (l.), almost a year after they were shut down by the...
Bermuda Shadow Minister for Tourism Zane DeSilva (l.) said no official plans have been submitted for the $120 million hotel at the former Club Med site, although Minister for...
Crown Resorts Ltd., the Australian casino company controlled by billionaire James Packer, is pulling its plan to build a $400 million, five-star casino resort in Sri Lanka after the...
Record-breaking wagers by Asian high rollers its casinos, including Sydney’s Star (l.), helped Echo Entertainment Group Ltd. see its best numbers since 2011. But the those revenue gains were...
Crown Resorts Chairman James Packer is irate about planning delays that threaten to postpone construction on his $2 billion luxury casino and hotel in Sydney (l.). The hotel was...
Punters wagered nearly $2.1 billion in New Zealand in 2014, up 1 percent from the previous year. Despite the modest increase, casino gambling actually was down.
Ontario, Canada recently launched the online gaming site PlayOLG, and some feel it may cut into the bottom line of brick and mortar casinos. However, the Ontario Lottery and...
Municipalities that host gambling operations have benefited since the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation changed its revenue sharing formula. For example, Chatham-Kent received $737,000 last year compared to $683,000...