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Mansion Group Gives up on Sports Betting to Focus on Casino
Mansion Group is exiting the sports betting scene. The gaming operator announced its departure, but added that it will continue its iGaming operations. Mansion Group, the company behind MansionBet, MasinoCasino, and others, joins the growing field. It will give up on sports...
Macau Gross Gaming Revenue, Visitation, and Employment All Down
Macau's gross gaming revenue (GGR) isn't progressing the way the industry would like. It is likely to remain stagnant in the short term, which is having an impact on gaming employment as well. Macau enjoyed a small uptick in activity for the...
Gambling Reform in Northern Ireland Makes It Past Final Stage
Northern Ireland lawmakers pushed a gambling reform bill through its last review today. The updated laws only have one step remaining. But not everyone is happy about the new regulations. After years of wrangling over gambling reform, Northern Ireland lawmakers caught up....
Sweden’s Gambling Industry Was Worth $2.67B Last Year
Sweden's gaming industry had a good year last year. With the final numbers in place, the sector took in $2.67 billion in revenue. Sweden's gaming regulator, Spelinspektionen, just reported the country's gaming figures for 2021, and things are looking good. Online gaming...
Oksana Baiul-Farina Shown in Las Vegas Video Crying for Ukraine Unity
Internationally acclaimed Olympian ice skater Oksana Baiul fought back tears as she addressed a couple hundred people gathered in front of Las Vegas City Hall. The weekend downtown gathering was organized to show support for the people of Ukraine as the nation...
Peru iGaming, Mobile Sports Betting Regulated in New Bill
Peru is losing millions of dollars every year because it doesn't have a regulated iGaming industry. However, that could change, as new legislation seeks to license operators in the country. Roberto Sanchez, the head of Peru's ministry of foreign trade and tourism...
Indonesians Held by Chinese Syndicates in Cambodia Freed by Police
Cambodian authorities have rescued as many as 44 Indonesian nationals held hostage by Chinese syndicates. The gangs forced them to work in a number of illegal gambling enterprises before the government intervened. The Khmer Times reports that the release of the Indonesians...
Genting Crown Casino in Poipet, Cambodia Sees Thai Man Fall to Death
Criminal investigators in Cambodia have an interesting case on their hands. They have to figure out how a man fell to his death from the Crown Casino complex in Poipet. The incident may be tied to organized crime. Last Thursday, Mesa Suisen...
Louisiana Casino Sex Assault, Robbery Suspect Remains in Jail, Faces Criminal Trial
A 30-year-old man remained in Calcasieu Correctional Center early this week for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Lake Charles, La. gaming property hotel. Travis W. Carter of Linden, Tenn. was arrested last week and charged with first-degree rape and two...
Las Vegas Cop In Rio Heist Now Faces Prior Casino Holdups In Federal Court
Caleb Rogers, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officer already arrested on state charges for robbing Rio Casino on Feb. 27, is to appear in federal court on Thursday. The federal hearing will be in connection with armed robberies at Nevada’s...
