The story about a temperament gambler, who is trying to get rich in order to win a ladyās heart or a casino robbery, driven by an intriguing love affair is as old as the world, but as good as gold. Hollywood seems to be fascinated by the casino lustre for […]
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Japanese Legislators Ponder Proposal to Allow Poker Enter Casino Venues
The finishing line seems to be in sight for the Japanese legislators, who are crafting the second casino bill, currently discussing whether to allow poker at the planned Integrated Resortsā casino areas. Being on the brink of regulating its casino market, Japan is now facing another important question ā the […]
Australia Revamps Gambling Law to Prohibit Online Poker
Australiaās Senate approved the proposed changes to the Interactive Gambling Bill 2016, which are to shut down online poker along with any other online gambling activities within the country, allowing only sports betting activities, which are referred to as game based on skills, but not on chance. The Interactive Gambling […]
Pennsylvania House Leader Warns State’s Budget May Remain in Deficit for Longer
On Thursday, 10th August, House Leader Dave Reed expressed concerns on the behalf of the Republicans that Pennsylvania may stay in the big budget gap for some more weeks, pointing out that the Senateās proposed budget bill includes unreasonable increase of some utiliy taxes. On 30th June, the stateās lawmakers […]
Daily Fantasy Sports Sites Ready for Action in New Hampshire
With the upcoming National Football League season, set to kick off on 11th August, the online bookies started to get ready to āattackā the recently regulated daily fantasy sports (DFS) betting market in New Hampshire and launch their websites. New Hampshire is the 13th American state, which regulated DFS. The […]
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Reaffirms Second Philadelphia Casino’s Ownership Structure
On Wednesday, 9th August, the Pennsylvaniaās licensing and regulatory agency responsible for overseeing gambling industry in the state, approved that the applicants behind the Stadium’s proposed casino project in Philadelphia are compliant with the state’s law and meet all the ownership requirements. On Wednesday, the board ruled out that the […]
Brief Look into the Worldās Oldest Operating Casinos
The word ācasinoā invokes many different pictures on peopleās minds ā from dealers, throwing cards in the air to the opulent buildings in Las Vegas and luxurious resorts in Macau. Gambling is an activity, which has been around for many years. It should be noted that this is not the […]
Australia Prohibits Online Gambling Operators from Offering Cash Loans
A new package of legislation to prohibit online gambling operators from offering money credits to punters is heading steadily to the federal government, aiming to prevent local people from significant losses and solid debts. The newly introduced restriction aims to ban online gaming operators in Australia to offer credit lines […]
Great Canadian Gaming and Brookfield Succeed in OLG Privatization Bidding
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation and Brookfield Business Partners L.P. announced yesterday, 8th August, that they are among the operators to sign a long-term takeover agreement with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG), under which they will operate certain casino facilities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Yesterday, Great Canadian Gaming […]
Great Canadian Gamingās Stock Halted, Pending OLGās Gambling Takeover Decision
The Canadian media Globe and Mail reported that Great Canadian Gamingās shares are temporarily halted on the stock market, waiting for Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) to announce the winning bidders, who are to sign a turnover deal and take the control over the OLG-owned casinos and slot machines […]