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Most underemployed gaming industry workers in Macau are still job attached according to data from the Statistics and Census Service. The gaming industry includes casinos, lotteries, and junkets. The number of underemployed in the local gaming industry was 23,300 workers as included separately in the city’s overall employment survey. The study was published last Friday.

A top manager of LeoVegas has been arrested for his alleged involvement with insider trading surrounding the gaming operator’s earlier acquisition by MGM. According to reports out of Sweden the senior employee was one of three people arrested. Swedish news outlet Aflonbladet reported that the other two people that were arrested on suspicion of insider

MoneyGram International, Inc. has announced a new service for U.S. consumers that will allow them to trade and store three of the most popular gambling cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) using the company’s mobile app. As global regulations allow, MoneyGram plans to expand into additional markets and expand the selection of

The biggest lottery prize in history has been won by a customer of Joe’s Service Center, in Altadena, California, according to lottery officials. The ticket is worth $2.04B or $2,040,000,000,000.00 if paid out over 30 years in installments or $997.6 Million in pretax cash if the lone ticket owner chooses a lump sum payment. The largest Powerball jackpot ever

Pressure is mounting on elected officials in New South Wales to do something about potentially billions of dollars in crime proceeds being laundered through poker (slot) machines in pubs there. Moving to a cashless system with cards is seen by most as the only way to monitor the money going into and out of the

EveryMatrix has scored a pair of deals to strengthen its position as a global leader in all things casino. The company’s iGaming Integration Platform, CasinoEngine will carry the 3 Oaks Gaming slots portfolio and add Stakelogic Live to its diverse range of content for distribution to online casinos using the platform. The 3 Oaks deal allows the Isle of Man company

Legendary footballer and tough guy actor, Vinnie Jones stars in a new mixed media real money gambling game from Real Dealer Studios. Vinnie Jones Blackjack is the celebrity-hosted blackjack game from the provider and follows the release earlier this year of Vinnie Jones Roulette. The games are presented in a unique way and available exclusively through

As Nigeria prepares for the lofty ambition of becoming a completely cashless society, the Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria (FIRS) has inked an agreement with Great Britain’s E-Technologies Global Limited to bring its revenue tracking and tax collections into the post-modern age. Nigeria is also inviting “tier-1” online gambling operators that comply with anti-money-laundering

The Powerball jackpot prize has been over a billion dollars all week but so far, refuses to fall. Drawings are held 3x per week and the odds against winning were increased a couple of years ago to help grow super jackpots so Saturday’s drawing will be knocking on record territory or tying some records and

More stringent gambling industry conditions will come into play in Spain one day after a bill passed by the Senate is published in Spain’s Official State Gazette. Reforms of the Gambling Law of 2011 were introduced in May and passed the Chamber of Deputies in September before it was moved to the Senate. The bill passed in the middle

According to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, it appears as if Global Superstar Katy Perry will continue her residency at The Theatre, Resorts World Las Vegas into 2023. Her show launched on December 29th so a one-year renewal would put her right up against 2024 on the calendar. However, we don’t find show dates or ticket sales

French gambling regulator, l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has developed and made public some new specifications for how gambling promotions and deposit incentives can be offered in France. The new directions reflect the ANJ’s more overarching review of gambling advertisement standards. The review is being done with the Professional Advertising Regulatory Authority of France (ARPP)

While the province of Ontario, where up to a third of all Canadians live, has embraced a free-market approach to online gambling and sports betting, the mighty province of Saskatchewan is just now embracing online gambling with regulation occurring in Canada and revenues distributed at home. The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) has announced it

Today we’ll take a look at a big batch of games coming out before and after Halloween. A few of them are seasonal with some developers getting a jump on the Christmas season already. Look for blockbuster releases and a few humdingers from Amusnet Interactive, Big Time Gaming, Blueprint Gaming, Habanero, Lady Luck Games, Playson,

New York City is a US metro area with over 20 million people and no Las Vegas-style casinos. A process started back in 2013 is about to change that. In 2013 New York voters approved the legalization of several casinos in the state with the first four opening in Upstate NY a couple of years

Flutter Entertainment has announced they will offer free-to-play poker via PokerStars VR when the Meta Quest Pro launches on October 25th. The social-only game will be one of the original apps available for the new upgraded virtual reality headset. You can still play the original version with Quest 2. That headset has been available for

On Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 it was announced that Portugal’s star forward, Diogo Jota, will miss the entire 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to the calf muscle injury that Jota suffered versus Manchester City on Sunday, October 16th, 2022 in a club action match while playing for the Liverpool football club, according to the

On Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 the manager of Manchester United, Erik ten Hag, stated that he will “deal with” the superstar veteran striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, after Ronaldo decided to leave the pitch early as he walked down the tunnel prior to the conclusion of Manchester United’s victory over Tottenham Hotspur with a final tally of 2 to 0.

Betsoft is setting the mood for the spooky season with its new 30-payline Halloween slot, Rags to Witches™. The game was delivered to online casinos in the USA and overseas on Thursday, October 13th but you can bet it would have been released on Friday if the calendar was shifted just one day. Operators can

Star Entertainment Group has been hit with a hefty fine and a license suspension for its past role in allowing money laundering crimes at The Star Sydney casino. Star was fined A$100m ($62m, £55m) by the NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC). Although the license was suspended it was not revoked and the casino will continue operations,