3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Irish President Michael Higgins Calls for Gambling Advertising Prohibition
Irish President Michael Higgins has expressed concern at what as he sees as the negative influence gambling advertising has on sports. Speaking RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday Sport Higgins called for a blanket ban on the promotion of online betting platforms. It’s a...
Parx Plans to Launch Sports Betting in Pennsylvania Before NFL Season, Despite Punitive Tax Rate
Pennsylvania’s market-leading casino, Parx, is preparing to enter the state’s newly legalized sports betting market through its British technology partner GAN. GAN revealed in a Monday press release that it has entered into an agreement with Parx to offer its SBTech-powered sports...
Ladbrokes Coral Owner GVC Strikes $200 Million US Sports Betting Deal with MGM Resorts
Ladbrokes Coral's new owner, GVC, and MGM Resorts have announced a $200 million venture that will unite the UK’s biggest retail betting operator with one of the world’s biggest casino groups in a joint bid to dominate the newly liberalized US sports betting...
Japanese Gamblers Spend $200 Billion Per Year on Pachinko, But Figures Fail to Tell the Whole Story
Japan’s pachinko industry has been in decline since its mid-2000s heyday, but while the country braces itself for the advent of an international casino industry, new figures suggest its favorite homegrown gambling pursuit is still raking in the cash. Business Insider said...
Crown Resorts Refuses to Pay $270 Million Tax Bill Levied on Aborted Las Vegas Investments
Crown Resorts will take on the Australian Tax Office in court next month in a bid to wipe a disputed nine-figure tax bill. Crown’s $270 million tax headache is related to its two aborted attempts to expand into the Las Vegas casino...
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Will Discuss Possible Brockton Casino Resort After MGM Springfield Opening
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is prepared to revisit the idea of a third casino resort in the Bay State, but a decision will have to wait until September, after the opening of the MGM Springfield, regulators said in a commission meeting...
Tuscarora Indian Nation Stands Ground Over North Carolina Casino Raids, Arrests
Members of the Tuscarora Indian Nation were defiant this week in the aftermath of Monday’s raid on three casinos, which the state of North Carolina say were illegal operations. More than 25 people were arrested during the raids, including tribal leader Kendall...
FanDuel Group to Launch Sports Betting TV
The Fan Duel Group has said it will “invest heavily” in sports betting-focused television broadcasts which will be aired on its TVG and TVG2 cable networks and digital channels, currently exclusively the home of horse racing content. The Fan Duel group was...
Trump Assassination Betting Market Springs Up on New Decentralized Ethereum-Based Trading Platform
A new type of decentralized, open-source gambling platform has emerged over the past 18 months that uses blockchain technology to cut out the middle man, eliminate the vig, and erase the house edge. The benefit of these platforms to the gambler is...
Genting Has Edge On ‘Debt-Laden’ US Developers in Bid for Japan Casino License, Says Analyst
Last Friday, the Japanese Upper House passed the Integrated Resorts Implementation Bill, the final piece of legislation standing in the way of what is likely to become the second-biggest casino market in the world. Now the politicians have had their say, the...
