"Gambling" Tag Results

By Elaine West

LeoVegas Online Casino Hit with a £600,000 Fine by UKGC

May 4, 2018

LeoVegas, a popular online gambling operator has been fined £600,000 by the UK Gambling Commission for misconducts that included misleading ment and failing to return deposits made by over 11,000 problem gamblers who had requested to be barred from playing. This is, however, not the first time that the Gambling Commission is cracking down on […]

By Alexander Palmer

Crown Casino Fined for Manipulation of Its Slot Machines

April 27, 2018

James Parker-owned Crown Resorts Limited has been fined $300,000 by the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation for failing to notify the commission of a trial the casino ran on some its gambling machines between March and April last year. The allegations against the casino pointed out that it had tampered with the slot […]

By Tomas Medon

Sweden to Introduce New Online Gambling Regulation Measures

April 16, 2018

A couple of weeks ago, the Swedish government proposed that the state gambling monopoly should largely by substituted by a licensing system. This move was primarily meant to give the government an opportunity to rein in on off-shore online gambling that has escalated in recent years. The online gambling surge has gradually eroded the country’s […]

By Elaine West

NetEnt Signs Supply Deal with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

April 6, 2018

Renowned digital casino solutions provider, NetEnt, has signed a deal with Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The company’s NetEnt Americas LLC subsidiary will be overseeing the partnership with Hard Rock. This new deal gives NetEnt AB the opportunity to extend its already significant presence in New Jersey’s regulated online casino market. As such, […]

By Tomas Medon

Macau Locals Should Be Able to Bid for Licenses, Says Tycoon

March 19, 2018

The Macau casino scene has been booming for quite some time after a brush with some rather significant lows. Despite this, they still have to put up with regulators and licensors who always come for their pounds of flesh every few years – many Macau licenses are up for renewal in just but a couple […]

By Ameana Jones

Ponca Tribe Proceeding with Casino Plans Despite Legal Hitch

March 12, 2018

Nebraska’s Ponca Tribe is advancing its plans for a new casino in Carter Lake amid a legal dispute with the City of Council Bluffs. As reported by the Omaha World-Herald, the tribe’s chairman, Larry Wright Jr., confirmed that the tribal leaders have been working behind the scenes to ensure that the tribal are kept […]

By Ameana Jones

Hard Rock Casino Is Bringing Live Music to Atlantic City

February 26, 2018

Looks like Atlantic City is about to get even more exciting as its newest casino is preparing to flood the city with live music. Hard Rock International’s music-themed Hard Rock casino will be opening later this summer with the promise of turning the city into a kind of East Coast mecca for music. To begin […]

By Alexander Palmer

Japanese Government Plans to Limit and Track Casino Visits

February 16, 2018

The Japanese government on Thursday presented lawmakers with a plan to limit the number of times people in the country can make visits to casinos to about 10 visits per month. The plan which is part of the government’s measures to prevent gambling addiction has attracted a lot of attention. This includes opposition by lawmakers […]

By Elaine West

The Loot Box Saga Rages On, Sweden Becomes New Battleground

February 9, 2018

Sweden becomes the latest country to launch investigations into loot boxes in video games to if they constitute gambling. The anti-loot-box movement that began last year with Belgium has attracted a lot of attention and if everything maintains the present trajectory, then loot boxes could be classified as gambling in Sweden by early 2019. […]