Industry Reports

One of Canada’s largest gambling companies, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, announced on May 1 that together with its partner, Clairevest Group, it had completed the CA$134 million acquisition of OLG’s West GTA Bundle. As part of the deal, the private service provider is now responsible for four gambling facilities, which […]

The term “money laundering” is often associated with popular offshore destinations such as Bermuda or Panama, but it turns out that countries, where regulations seem more stringent, may be just as vulnerable. Recently, it became clear that illicit money has been laundered through casinos in the Vancouver area for years. […]

Australians have emerged as the world’s biggest gaming losers, with annual gambling losses of AU$24 billion in 2016, while the country ranks first when it comes to gambling losses per adult, followed by Singapore. Now, the latest statistics for the state of Queensland have been published and the data shows […]

A wide number of surveys on public opinion on sports betting have been conducted since December 2017, when the U.S. Supreme Court took New Jersey’s appeal of the federal ban on sports wagering. With inconclusive, often opposing results, they have not been able to demonstrate in a clear, unambiguous way […]

Although the United States is typically considered a quite conservative and restrictive country when it comes to casinos and betting, gambling exists in every state – in one form or another. Nevada, home to the world-famous gambling destination of Las Vegas, ranks as America’s most gambling-addicted state and while this […]

As the strike at Ontario’s Caesars Windsor continues, the casino resort announced that several Colosseum shows scheduled for May have been postponed. In addition, hotel reservations booked between now and May 19 have been cancelled, which indicates that the casino does not expect an agreement with the striking workers to […]

The proposed casino expansion at Western Fair District in London, Ontario, may be given the green light on Tuesday but for now, the $140 million project is still hanging in the balance after city officials narrowly approved the proposal. On Monday afternoon, the city’s Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee voted […]

The strike at Caesars Windsor continues for 17 days, while the conflict between casino management and employees shows no signs of abating. On Sunday, hundreds of people rallied in front of the shuttered hotel and casino resort in Windsor, Ontario, to demonstrate their support for the workers. The rally Sunday […]

The suspicions that money from criminal activity has been laundered through British Columbia casinos for years have spread and are now turning into a crisis, the province’s Attorney General David Eby said on Thursday. In a TV interview, he talked about transnational crime and Chinese gangs that target British Columbia […]

The effort for casino expansion in the State of Arkansas is becoming even more entangled after Attorney General Leslie Rutledge rejected a proposed amendment for the fourth time this year. The group campaigning for commercial casinos to be allowed in the state responded with a lawsuit against Rutledge and now […]