The fight for the legalization and regulation of sports betting in America gets the much-needed boost after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear New Jersey sports betting case on whether to allow the state to permit this type of gambling at the state’s racetracks and casinos. This year the […]
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Texas Has Long Way to Go Before Regulating Sports Betting Industry
Sports betting is a growing global industry, that is worth billions of dollars per year. Its fast-paced growth managed to outpace a number of other gambling products. The U.S. sports betting industry has ballooned in size over the last few years to finally attract the attention of the U.S. officials, […]
Langley’s Cascades Casino Set to Undergo Ambitious Expansion
Langley’s Cascades Casino is set to undergo a multi-million expansion that includes a new bingo hall, a classy restaurant called Atlas Steak + Fish, a roof patio with a raised garden and an additional gaming area. To make space for the new amenities, Langley’s Cascades Casino plans to remove the […]
MGM Resorts Seeks to Side with U.S. Department of Interior in Dispute Over Third Connecticut Casino
MGM Resorts International, the gambling operator that stays behind Springfield’s casino, is currently seeking to join forces with the U.S. Department of Interior and convince the state officials to back off from their plans to allow the construction of the first tribal Connecticut casino located on a non-tribal plot of […]
Anti-Casino Lobby in Sudbury Gains Steam Against Casino Expansion on the Kingsway
Sudbury may not be able to carry out its ambitious plan to build a new $60 million gambling complex on the Kingsway. An anti-casino group in Sudbury remains broadly opposed to an expanded casino in the city. Some time ago, the group requested the city officials to reconsider the casino […]
Player Protection – What Have Governments/ Operators Done to Keep Players Safe?
Scratching your next lucky ticket for the day, you might have already developed a gambling addiction, without even realizing it. These days, the gambling industry has turned into a multi-faceted business. Every day, people are practically “bombarded” with a number of gambling offerings. Gambling has turned into a popular pastime […]
Will 2018 Be the Year of Big Merger and Acquisition Deals?
Merger and acquisition (M&A) strategies are in vogue for quite some time. Merger and acquisition activity is fueled by many reasons, but the most powerful motivation for it is to maximize the companies’ profitability. Consolidation activity is mostly the preferred business tactic for companies that look to crack on new […]
The Year in Review: Development of Canada’s Land-Based Casino Industry in 2017
Gambling in its various forms has been among Canada’s most popular pastimes since time immemorial. What has made Canadian land-based casino industry so attractive is the country’s balanced approach to the industry. Unlike many other countries around the world, which are swinging from one extreme to the other in terms […]
Slot Machines May Be a Boon to Money Laundering in British Columbia
Money laundering has appeared to be among the hottest topics currently in Canada. The disturbing money laundering scandal at British Columbia’s River Rock Casino shook the entire gambling community. At present, the country seems to be on the verge of another controversy, but this time related to the loved-by-many slot […]
High Number of $5k Chips Reportedly Missing from River Rock Casino
Documents obtained through a freedom of information request by Postmedia News revealed that $5,000 in chips disappeared from River Rock Casino in Richmond, British Columbia. The documents are highly revised in order to protect ongoing criminal investigations, but these raised nail-biting concerns regarding the presence of underground economy in British […]