GLOBAL GAMING
New South Wales and Crown Resorts have released censored details of a report on the licensing of the company’s luxury Crown Sydney casino. The report requires that Crown guarantee...
Software Malfunction Causes $100,000 Payout in Canada
An anonymous tip led a newspaper reporter in British Columbia, Canada to reveal the B.C. Lottery Corporation paid a woman $100,000, more than 100 times the maximum allowed, due...
Agreement Reached on Mexico Reforms
Lawmakers from Mexico’s two leading political parties have agreed to a package of regulations designed to provide clarity and consistency to the country’s casino industry. Gaming head Fernando Zarate...
Bermuda Government Announces Gaming Legislation
Bermuda Premier Michael Dunkley (l.), in his recently delivered Throne Speech, announced legislation establishing a domestic gaming industry and a casino gaming commission will be introduced in the upcoming...
Overhaul Set for Queensland Casino
The new owner of the Jupiters Townsville in Queensland plans to invest $20 million to refurbish the casino hotel and reposition it as a draw for Australian players and...
Hotel Sale OK With Bahamas’ Christie
Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie (l.) had a strong response to former Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette's concern that the iconic British Colonial hotel in Nassau had been...
New Online Gambling Legislation Expected in Mexico
Mexico's National Action Party and the Party of the Democratic Revolution have reportedly reached an agreement on new gambling legislation in Mexico. The agreement should set a new framework...
Century Acquires Stake In MCE
Century Casinos Inc. and the Argentina-based Mendoza Central Entretenimientos have signed a deal giving Century a 7.5 percent stake in the company plus the option to raise that to...
Evidence Mounts in Probe of South African Regulators
Lawmakers in South Africa have found boxes of shredded documents at the offices of the country’s National Gambling Board, which is under investigation in connection with charges of mismanagement...
Mexican Casino to Target U.S. Gamblers
A new casino in the border city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico is being developed to attract gamblers from the U.S. side of the border.
‘Thunderball’ Hotel Sold to Chinese Firm
The British Colonial Hilton hotel in the Bahamas hotel has been sold to a Chinese state-run company, China State Construction Engineering Corp. The company plans to develop a deluxe...
Ontario City Rejects Casino Move
In a recent election in Kingston, Ontario, 67 percent of voters said they do not want the Thousand Island Casino (l.) to move to their city. The casino will...
Illegal Australia: Crackdown Coming
Australians are betting billions online every year with unlicensed offshore operators, and both the government and the country’s domestic operators want to rein it in. Plans are in the...
Hard Rock Hotel Coming to Dubai Marina
Hard Rock International, the Abu Dhabi Financial Group, and Sheffield Holdings have announced plans to build a Hard Rock Hotel in Dubai Marina. At 101 floors, the hotel will...
Crown in Controversy Over High Roller Secrets
New South Wales has censored portions of its agreement with Crown Resorts relating to VIP gaming at the company’s proposed Sydney megaresort (l.). Crown says they contain trade secrets....
Tabcorp Buys ACTTAB
Australian betting operator Tabcorp has paid $105 million to buy racetrack betting operator ACTTAB from the Canberra government, getting 50-year Australian racetrack license in the bargain. ACTTAB distributes through...
B.C. Casinos Rolling in ‘Suspicious’ Cash
An investigation of two casinos in British Columbia, the River Rock (l.) and the Starlight, found evidence of possible money laundering and flawed security protocols. According to CBC News,...
Crown Deal Under Fire in Victoria
A controversial agreement with the state of Victoria provides Crown Resorts’ Melbourne flagship with insurance against the costs the casino might accrue from problem-gambling policies that don’t exist yet....
Union, Casino Workers Reach Agreement
Just prior to Canadian Thanksgiving on October 13, the 800 union-member employees at the Great Blue Heron Casino on Scugog Island in Ontario reached an agreement with the managers...
Licensing an Issue in Mexican Reforms
Casino operators in Mexico say they’re behind legislation to better regulate the industry, but they suggest the 10-year licenses the measure provides for are too short. The bill, currently...