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Financial Analysts Bullish on Macau, Predict ‘Roughly 20 Percent’ Growth for November
The rebounding Macau gaming market shows no signs of slowing down. That’s the news from analysts at several major brokerage firms, agreeing that year-over-year gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Chinese casino enclave will increase by 18-20 percent in November, once final...
Tiger Woods’ Return to Golf Produces Sportsbook Excitement, Exotic Prop Bets
It has been nine months since Tiger Woods has played in a golf tournament, and his return this week has both fans and oddsmakers in a state of euphoria. The 41-year-old is set to tee it up Thursday at the Hero World...
Fitch Ratings: Global Gaming Outlook Strong Heading Into 2018, But Northeastern US in Peril
Fitch Ratings says in its 2018 outlook that there's plenty of reason to be bullish on the casino and gaming industry. One of the Big Three credit rating agencies, Fitch analysts believe the year ahead will provide a "sound economic outlook across...
Northern Ireland’s First Casino a Possibility in Belfast, Public Opinion Sought
The City Council in Belfast, Northern Ireland's capital city, wants its citizens to give feedback on a plan to bring the country’s first casino to its town. A consultation document, soliciting residents’ opinions from Dec. 11 until March 5, has been drafted...
No Tax Dollars for Carl Icahn to Raze Trump Plaza, NJ Senate’s Stephen Sweeney Wants Billionaire to Fund Demo
The now-shuttered Trump Plaza resort, the last Atlantic City property still bearing President Donald Trump's surname, will soon be razed by billionaire owner Carl Icahn, but the business mogul wants local tax money to help him pay for the demolition. New Jersey...
Fourth Aussie Whistleblower Alleges Crown Casino Slot Machine Tampering in Melbourne
Another former Crown Casino employee and whistleblower has joined three others in accusing the gaming operator in Melbourne, Australia of deliberately manipulating and tampering slot machines. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the latest accuser is a former employee of the...
Department of Justice Petitioned to Review 2011 Wire Act Opinion That Led to Online Gambling Legalization
Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is in receipt of a letter from US Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Dianne Feinstein (D-California) that requests a review of the agency's 2011 opinion on the Wire Act, which effectively gave...
Macau Regulators Playing Cards for Casino License Renewal Close to Vest
While casino operators in Macau will need to start reapplying for their gaming licenses in the next few years, they shouldn’t expect any early indications of what the conditions for those renewals will be. That’s the word from Macau Secretary for Economy...
Bill Introduced to Turn PAGCOR into Philippine Amusements and Gaming Authority
PAGCOR, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, is undergoing a massive restructuring that will see the gaming agency sell off its physical casino assets and transform into a regulator-only capacity. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez initiated the reshuffling this week by introducing a...
Council Bluffs Looks for Next Fight to Stop Ponca Tribe from Developing Competing Iowa Casino
The city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, hasn’t yet given up the fight to keep the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska from building a casino that would compete with the Midwestern gaming town. Officials in Council Bluffs have vowed to appeal a recent decision...
