2301 stories by Erik Gibbs
Gamblers in Belgium To See Drastic Reductions in Deposit Limits
Gamblers in Belgium are only now coming to terms with weekly deposit limits in online casinos. However, they’re going to have to prepare for a new change, as the government is reducing the amount for a second time in two years. The...
Imperial Pacific Int’l Settlement To Hold Onto Imperial Palace Misses Deadline
Imperial Pacific International (IPI) has been close to losing control of the Imperial Palace casino in Saipan for years, but always finds a way to stay in the game. It was reportedly going to have a settlement in place with the Commonwealth...
Genting HK Continues Offloading Assets as It Looks To Stay Afloat
Genting Hong Kong has spent the past several months restructuring the business to avoid a permanent shutdown. It's losing its casino cruise ships as a result, and just sold another to Royal Caribbean. Poorly-timed spending that immediately preceded the onset of COVID-19...
WSOP Recap: Highlights From The Successful 2022 Event
This year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament series was a smashing success. Omitting the event that saw two of the same cards dealt on the flop and a false active shooter report that led to chaos, the 2022 WSOP confirmed that...
Kindred’s Efforts to Combat Problem Gambling Continue to Pay Off
Kindred Group continues its efforts to emphasize responsible gambling across all of its gaming initiatives. Its "Journey Towards Zero" campaign is working, according to the company. The "Journey Towards Zero" campaign has as its final objective zero revenue coming from individuals who...
Tennis Chilean Player, Italian Judge Latest Investigated For Match-Rigging
Over the past several months, several tennis players and umpires received bans for match-fixing. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) recently added a Chilean tennis player and an Italian judge to the list. Chile’s Michel Vernier Quinteros received a suspension of seven...
Vatican Promises Not to Invest in Gambling, Pornography
A new document outlines which investments the Catholic Church can invest. Gambling, pornography, prostitution, the arms industry, abortion centers, and pharmaceutical companies that manufacture contraceptive methods or work with embryonic stem cells are now off-limits. The document outlining investments was published Tuesday....
Sports Betting Controversy in Chile Pits Soccer Against State
Although Chile is still working on legislation to legalize sports betting, operators are backing soccer teams in the country. This is beginning to cause friction between its leading soccer organization and Chile's gambling regulator. Bookmakers are an important player in the financing...
Colombia’s iGaming Market Expands as Kalamba Partners with BetPlay
iGaming and sports betting operator BetPlay is adding more content to its operations in Colombia. The platform signed a new delivery deal with Kalamba Games for a long list of new slot titles. Under the deal, Kalamba will hand over 17 online...
Gamblers in Romania Receive Bad News, Government Raises Taxes
Romania's plan to increase taxes on its gambling industry is moving forward. Unfortunately, it is also adding more taxes, which could prove detrimental to the growth of the legal sector. At the end of June, Romania confirmed that it would implement a...
