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Philippines casino operator cum gambling regulator, PAGCOR intends to come on board with an online casino for denizens there as early as the first quarter of 2024. The announced name is Casinofilipino. Casinofilipino.ph is the home page for a variety of large and small land-based casinos and dozens of satellite operations already in use by

Creating the modern European Union was no mean fete – at a minimum it required a loose harmonization of mission and laws between about two dozen nations agreeing to follow a charter originally launched in the 1950s between Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands more than quadrupling membership. For the most part, squabbles

German gamblers take great pride in their local gaming establishments much like some online gamblers have a favorite “home” website, but much more so. The operators and local officials do too, and they aren’t shy about showing that devotion and affection for the venues. More than brand loyalty, the connection is personal. The spa town

Turning Stone Resort Casino in upstate New York is reinventing itself in its image after twenty years of leading the Region in gambling opportunities. The exercise involves an investment of some $370m in capital. However, the resort is not simply slapping on a new coat of paint and sprucing up what exists already, but allowing

With the recent Powerball jackpot worth over a billion dollars falling to a lucky player in California, many fair-weather gamblers still want some skin in the game. The good news for them is that Mega Millions is not far behind in terms of jackpot prize value. Next Estimated Jackpot$820 MillionCASH OPTION: $422.0 MILLIONNext Drawing:Tuesday, 7/25

Ontario iGaming has released a market report for the first quarter of 2023, and online casinos continue to hammer online single-event sports betting in the free commercial market. More than 80% of the action (83%) and over 70% of the nascent market’s revenues came from casino gaming rather than sports betting. The numbers starkly contrast

Fontainebleau Las Vegas is well on its way to opening in December with a preliminary Nevada Gaming Control Board suitability hearing in the rearview mirror and a Nevada Gaming Commission hearing on July 27 which almost certainly result in a recommendation to grant the property a license in November. Then, it’s all blue skies, or

The gaming industry has cause to celebrate a true pioneer and ambassador of gaming this month with the 100th birthday of Len Ainsworth – the Australian innovator whose games not everyone loved but who left his mark indelibly on the industry so many of the precious years of life he devoted to it To say

In this consolidated geo-report, we’ll take a look at RAW iGaming of Malaga’s new innovative game engine that expands the company’s repertoire of chame-changing slots mechanics – but when does a game without spinning reels in slots with reel strips of symbols stop being a slot at all and become something else altogether? We’ll leave

In 2022, Japanese Pachinko billionaire and former Steve Wynn associate, then nemesis, Kazuo Okada staged a boardroom raid on his “former” property in the Philippines, Okada Manila. Now a trial court has ordered his arrest on charges of pilfering money from the massive casino complex’s coffers during the time of forced control of the property.

Changes are coming to the online gambling jurisdiction of Curacao with a new law coming into effect soon. For background and a frame of reference, readers can find more information at the end of this article. Beginning September 1, all new licenses will be issued by the Curaçao Gaming Control Board (GCB). At a recent

City of Dreams Mediterranean officially opened for business this week after five years of planning, building, and outfitting guests for the high-end adventure of a lifetime in Europe’s largest and only integrated casino resort. The sheer mass and design elements of the building seem to indicate it would be visible from several miles away with a

According to a report on CTV National News, the owners of the Great Blue Heron Casino, the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN), north of Toronto, believe they got a raw deal from the government with the launch of iGaming in Ontario and new land-based operations in the area. The Great Blue Heron Casino

In news from Atlantic City, New Jersey we’ll explore a potential new 5-year authorization to continue online gambling at casinos located in the seaside resort city on the Jersey Shore. We’ll take a look at a 20-years-young casino that has consistently led the market in footfall and table-take, internet gaming, and innovation. And finally, we’ll

An error by a federal judge soon after sportsbooks launched in Florida lawmakers on the budget committee along with recipients of state funding as well as Gov. Ron DeSantis have scored a rather large victory in court – worth at least $2.5 billion and as much as $6b by some estimates. A three-judge panel on the

The government of Australia looks poised to ban all gambling advertising across all forms of media if it follows a scathing report compiled from a parliamentary inquiry into the subject. Over 30 recommendations are presented in the report, and several of them are focused on advertising and other ways to protect vulnerable persons. A committee on

Rhode Island will soon have state-sanctioned online casino games just a few short months after the idea was informally introduced. For some background, RI is the smallest state in the US with a land mass of less than 50 miles by 50 miles in any direction. It was the 13th colony and the first to

The 80% is more specifically 81.4% and represents the sum of €1.58bn even with the company’s[ UK results falling nearly 2% to €1.01bn. Explaining the rapid jump in numbers, a company statement read: “In Q1 2023, we completed the acquisitions of Camelot UK, the current operator of the UK National Lottery, and Camelot LS Group,

Great Canadian Entertainment has announced that Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto is set to open June 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. local time. The highly anticipated opening, next to Woodbine Racetrack, will open a huge gaming floor of more than 300,000 square feet and all of the Las Vegas-style amenities Canadians have come to expect

As the bidding and pitching process for new casinos to win licenses in and around New York City heats up, we’ll be taking a closer look at some of the local potential impacts. Known collectively as the “downstate New York” casino license tender, at least one new casino will open with two other full-fledged casino