03/07/16 Alibaba acquires lottery provider AGTech After the acquisition of the Hong Kong listed company, Alibaba will return to the Chinese lottery business.
03/07/16 Illegal gambling ring raided in Vietnam Police officers arrested more than 100 gamblers and seized a dozen of cars in the premises.
03/07/16 Twenty two gamblers arrested in Malaysia The authorities of Petaling Jaya’s also seized RM136,399 (US$33,579) worth of cash and gambling chips.
03/07/16 A club in Pennsylvania accused of illegal gambling activities The Thaddeus Kosciuszko Polish American Citizens Club is currently under investigation.
03/07/16 Casino gambling in Georgia faces strong opposition Legislation on the matter suffered a blow after Speaker David Ralston delayed its vote in the House of Representatives.
03/07/16 Three new casinos to be constructed in Russia The complexes will be designed by American Steelman Partners, a brand that won awards for its works in the entertainment architecture such as Four Seasons and Hard Rock among others.
03/07/16 Jack Entertainment and Scientific Games revealed partnership The complete chain of systems by Scientific Games will be installed by the end of June 2016.
03/07/16 Hard Rock expands in Asia This year, Hard Rock is working on its global expansion as it also arrived to new Latin America markets.
03/07/16 Online lottery operators didn’t accomplish its target Illinois lottery grants IOU’s to winning players after a battle between Republican and Democrats representatives for the budget.
03/04/16 New York moves towards online gambling legalisation The unanimously approval of the S5302B bill paved the way to legalise online poker.
03/04/16 Gap between Tribal and commercial casinos is narrowing A report by Southern California economist Alan Meister, found that Indian gaming accounts 43.5 percent of the market whilst the commercial sector represents 44.2 percent of the total.
03/04/16 Pagcor requires casinos to tighten its internal controls The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp issued a warning intended to remind casino operators to optimise its policies on funds movements and issuances of playing chips.
03/04/16 US$2.4 billion casino in Atlantic City to re-open The most expensive casino in the city’s history was closed since 2014’s fall and it is expected to re-open this summer.
03/04/16 Casino legislation to be introduced to the Parliament in Cyprus The House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would allow the construction of an integrated casino resort in the Republic of Cyprus.
03/04/16 Mississippi Senate passed the DFS bill The principal author of the legal project, Senate Judiciary A Chairman Sean Tindell, deems Daily Fantasy Sports as portfolio of skill games.
