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Chile Makes Progress With Online Gambling and Betting Legislation
Chile's government is making progress on a bill that should make gaming operator Entain and others happy. On Tuesday, the Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly approved and forwarded to the Senate a bill on regulating online gambling and betting platforms. The primary goals...
Gambling Ads Lead to Fines for Twitch, YouTube in Italy
The Italian Authority for the Guarantee of Communications (Agcom, for its Italian acronym) has slapped substantial fines on Google and Twitch, totaling more than €3 million (US$3.23 million). The punishment is for breaches of regulations that prohibit the advertising of gambling in...
Crown Resorts Boss Facing Investigation that May Impact License
Ciarán Carruthers, the CEO of Crown Resorts, is facing an internal investigation initiated by the company he's supposed to be cleaning up. The investigation follows allegations that he intervened to permit certain patrons, previously ejected by security, back into the Crown Melbourne...
Colombia’s Gaming Regulator Focuses on Slot Machines in Latest Initiative
Colombia's gaming regulator, Coljuegos, has unveiled plans to address unauthorized slot machines. The initiative follows a tumultuous year for Coljuegos, which has gone through three presidents since January. The regulator, aiming to curb potential revenue losses, estimates that as many as 50K unauthorized...
SkyCity, Macquarie Settle Dispute Over Failed Parking Garage Deal
New Zealand-based casino operator SkyCity Entertainment will soon put one of its legal battles behind it. That's after reaching a deal with Australia's Macquarie Group over a failed agreement for the management of the New Zealand International Convention Centre parking garage. In...
Imperial Pacific Int’l Claims Rights Violations in Fight to Keep Casino License
The long-running battle between Imperial Pacific International (IPI) and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is taking a new twist. As the flailing casino operator clings to the hope of keeping its gaming exclusivity for the Imperial Palace casino in Saipan,...
Myanmar’s Kayin State Gambling Project Leads to Sanctions Against Officials
Myanmar is in the middle of an unofficial civil war that has at its roots, in part, an attempt to rid the country of its gambling element. The US, the UK and other countries are making a statement about the ongoing conflict,...
Entain Fine on Bribery Charges Includes Demand to Exit Latin America
Global gaming giant Entain is grappling with a $730-million fine linked to bribery allegations from its past operations in Turkey. The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is now adding a new condition -- Entain must exit from the Latin American market. Entain,...
Casino Operator NagaCorp’s Founder Chen Lip Keong Dead at 76
Malaysian billionaire tycoon and the founder of gaming empire NagaCorp, Dr. Chen Lip Keong, has passed away. The man behind Cambodia's NagaWorld integrated resort complex had spent the past almost three decades building his portfolio from the ground up. NagaCorp's board of...
New York Man Wins $10M Lottery Twice in Consecutive Years
Wayne Murray has defied the odds, walking away with a huge windfall after securing a $10-million lottery jackpot. The Brooklyn, New York, resident's win is that much bigger, considering it's the second time in two straight years he hit a scratch-off jackpot....
