Casino News

On Monday this week, the first town hall meeting related to the construction of the highly-controversial premier casino and entertainment property in Greater Sudbury took place. The planning committee had the chance to hear people’s opinion on the matter and discuss their concerns about the possible drawbacks of hosting a […]

The insider trading trial involving former Amaya CEO David Baazov is set to proceed sometime before the end of this winter. This Monday, Quebec judge Salvatore Mascia refused to dismiss Baazov’s insider trading charges and announced that prosecutors will present evidence against the former Amaya CEO in the coming weeks. […]

Many countries around the globe are actively pursuing the legalization of gambling, hoping that the industry can alleviate the growing budgetary pressure. Canada is among the countries, which managed to benefit financially from gambling and pump a lot of cash into its economy. The weapon that the casino industry uses […]

Gateway’s plan to build a full-fledged entertainment resort stirred the pot once again. Members of the Town & Country Tennis Club are up in arms about the construction of a casino at the Town and Country Inn site. In a letter to the municipal hall, the tennis players asked the […]

Delta’s upcoming $70-million-worth gambling and hotel venue has changed its layout. This was disclosed during an open house meeting held this Thursday. Representatives from Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd. and British Columbia Lottery Corporation held the said open house meeting at Delta Town and Country Inn. Gateway spokespeople informed the […]

Two Macau residents have been arrested due to their alleged connection with a casino theft. The arrested individuals are men, they are referred to as Lei and Ho, aged 49 and 70 respectively. They were arrested in connection with a complaint stating that casino chips worth HK$47.9 million (US$6.1 million) […]

Analyst Grant Govertsen, who works for the Union Gaming Securities Asia Ltd., believes that casino industry in the Indian state of Goa could be worth over $1 billion in terms of gross gaming revenue. United Gaming compares the Goa transition from riverboat to land-based gambling venues to the Midwest riverboat […]

A license permitting the demolition of the Holiday Inn has been given to The Cordish Compaies – South Philadelphia’s stadium area casino and hotel developers. Stadium Casino, which is a joint venture between Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment and Cordish Cos. will be built on 900 Packer Ave., not far from […]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is in charge of a campaign to eradicate illegal gambling, is currently asking the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa to implement his Presidential Decree and bar all public servants to set foot in any casino. On Thursday last week, […]

Louisiana is finally ready to introduce the long-awaited update to its casino gaming law. On Tuesday this week, a task force created by state legislators in 2016 suggested the revision of the state’s riverboat casino laws. Under the proposal, Louisiana’s 15 licensed riverboat casinos will be allowed to move their […]