01/02/18 Lawrence Ho Yau Lung resigns as chairman of Summit Ascent The news comes hot on the heels of Ho’s decision to sell off his 17.4% stake in the Asian casino operator.
01/02/18 Bank of England could launch own Bitcoin-style currency UK media has reported that the long-established Bank of England could issue its own cyber currency as early as this year.
01/02/18 Poland reopens investigation into gambling tax irregularities An investigation into gambling tax irregularities that had been closed during the Tusk administration has been reopened.
01/02/18 Macau sees increase in number of visitors The Chinese enclave witnessed a 9.4% surge in travellers in November, compared to the same period the previous year.
01/02/18 Resorts World Catskills one step closer to opening The casino was granted a temporary conditional certificate of occupancy (TCO) by the town of Thompson, in New York.
12/22/17 Golden Globe to operate a sixth offshore casino Golden Globe Hotels is set to develop a sixth offshore casino in Goa as it may take over the Maharajah casino.
12/22/17 Macau to stop new casino developments The Macau government is pushing a bill that would ban the development of new gaming projects in any new land reclamation scheme.
12/21/17 Macau GGR to break records According to Bloomberg, gross gambling revenue is set to rise 14 percent in 2018 and is likely to break records in 2019.
12/21/17 Australian media calls for ad exemptions Media groups in Australia are calling for some gambling ad ban exemptions that would include a number of “low audience” TV channels.
12/20/17 Interest for Japanese IRs rises Galaxy Entertainment Group held a press conference in Tokyo to present its candidacy for operating a Japan IR.
12/20/17 Denmark market reports record revenue The regulated gambling market in Denmark reached a 9.3 percent revenue rise during the third quarter and achieved record figures.
12/19/17 Pennsylvania close to doubling casinos Ten casino licenses are set to be awarded in Pennsylvania in 2018 in order to expand the state’s gambling offer.
12/19/17 South Australian politician to ban pokies Anti-gambling activist Nick Xenophon advanced he’ll go right against pokies in case his SA Best party wins seats in the lower house.
12/18/17 Illinois judge rejects gambling parlors petition An Illinois County judge has denied an operators’ request to negotiate the profit split between video gambling parlors and terminal operators.
12/18/17 Shared liquidity to kick off with PokerStars The shared online poker liquidity project has taken another step forward after PokerStars’ French division became the first company authorised to join it.
