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UKGC calls for £30 Stake-Limit on FOBTs
Shares in the UK’s biggest betting companies rose on the back of a report by the UK Gambling Commission recommending maximum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminal (FOBT) roulette should be cut to “£30 or less,”...
Macau Businessman Says Locals Should Be Able to Bid for Casino Licenses
Macau’s casino industry may be booming, but the license that operators own that allow them to run casinos are up for renewal in the next few years. And while it has generally been believed that...
Tiger Woods Says ‘Gamble-oholics’ Make Him Las Vegas Masters Favorite
Tiger Woods now has the shortest line of any golfer to win the 2018 Masters. The Westgate SuperBook has the 14-time major winner at 8/1 to don his fifth green jacket early next month in...
New Russian Online Gambling Regulations Cause Stars Group Concern, Projected Growth a Mixed Bag
The Stars Group pointed to Russia as a potentially troublesome market for 2018 as part of the company’s 2017 earnings report. The report included guidance on what the online gambling giant, formerly known as Amaya, is...
MGM Springfield: More Table Games, Fewer Slot Machines Add Up to Millennial Marketing Push
The new MGM Springfield in Massachusetts hopes to attract millennials to its $960 million integrated casino resort by offering innovative table games for the ever-elusive 20 and 30-something demographic. Appearing before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission...
‘Sin City Justice’ DA Steve Wolfson Quizzed Over Hushed Up Embezzlement
Clark County DA Steve Wolfson has been forced to defend to the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week his decision not to prosecute a gambling-addicted employee for embezzling $42,000 from his 2014 campaign fund. Sleuthing by LVRJ...
BC Casinos Would Lose $88 Million Per Year from High Stakes Transaction Ban
A proposal to restrict table game “buy-ins” at British Columbia casinos to no more than CA$10,000 ($7,650) would cost the sector up to CA$88 million ($67 million) per year, according to a confidential BC Lottery...
Stratosphere Undergoing $140 Million Renovation, Analysts Bullish on Golden Entertainment
Renovations at the Stratosphere will soon commence, as new owner Golden Entertainment announced this week during an earnings call that it's going to spend $140 million over three years to refresh the Las Vegas hotel...
Financial Regulator Probes Ladbrokes and William Hill Over ‘False Market’ Claims
The UK’s financial regulator is examining a complaint by The Campaign for Fairer Gambling (CFG) which claims Ladbrokes and William Hill have create a “false market” through their pronouncements on proposed gambling reforms, the Financial...
Penn National Pinnacle Entertainment Buyout Sparks Second Federal Trade Commission Review, Monopoly Concerns at Stake
Penn National Gaming's $2.8 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment is still scheduled to be completed in the latter half of 2018, but a second request for "additional information and documentary materials" by the US Federal...
