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Online Gaming in New Jersey a Success, Says DGE
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has declared the first year of online gaming in the Garden State to be a success, despite revenue being much lower than pre-regulation projections. The first platforms went live in New Jersey in November...
Melco Crown Delists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Melco Crown Entertainment, a major casino operator with holdings in Macau and throughout Asia, has announced that they plan to delist their share from the Hong Kong stock market. According to the company, the move is being made because there is little...
UK Bookmakers Launch Responsible Gambling Warnings with Ad Campaign
A group of concerned UK bookmakers have begun to offer warnings about the dangers of gambling, as a part of a campaign to make the marketing of gambling more socially responsible. The effort comes from the Senet Group, an independent firm that...
Bwin.party to Sell Social Gaming Business Win
Bwin.party has announced the imminent sale of its loss-making social casino gaming arm, Win, to an as-yet-unnamed company. Despite the meteoric rise of the social gaming sector, which has become a multi-billion-dollar global industry in just a handful of years, Win has...
Macau Sees First Annual Revenue Decline in a Decade
Macau casinos have been expanding rapidly for the past decade, ever since the inclusion of Western gaming firms helped turn the Chinese enclave into the world's largest gambling center. But the party appears to be over, as Macau's casinos saw annual gambling...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Calls For Fourth NY State Casino License
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has written to his state’s Gaming Commission to suggest bidding should be reopened for a fourth casino gaming license, to encompass the Southern Tier area of upstate New York. The area was overlooked by the Gaming Commission...
Massachusetts ATM Law Causing Confusion for New Land Casino Operators
The Massachusetts casino licensing process has already been one marked by confusion, red tape, and plenty of controversy. With two casinos and a slots parlor now licensed, and the effort to repeal the casino law defeated, however, casino supporters had hoped that...
Macau Junket Operators Under Scrutiny as Area’s Revenues Freefall
Macau junket operators, once the darlings of the gaming region's casino industry, have been slammed recently as part of a broader corruption crackdown in the gambling hub. Macau’s lucrative junket industry will face tighter controls, following the news that the Gaming Inspection...
Paul Phua Not 14K Triad, Says Malaysian Government
Paul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player and businessman accused by the FBI of operating an illegal World Cup sports betting ring out of three luxury villas at Caesars Palace this past summer, is not a 14K Triad member, as has been...
The Top Celebrity Gambling Scandals of 2014
Celebrities like to gamble just like everyone else. In fact, given that they're usually not short on funds, they're often found at high-stakes tables or in exclusive games that most of us will never be allowed into. That inevitably leads to the...
