Author: Daniel Williams

The main sponsor of Florida’s Senate Bill – Senator Bill Galvano – has commented that the ruling of the State Supreme Court for constitutional gambling amendments created a necessity for quick actions on a reaching a gaming deal. Last week, the Florida Supreme Court gave a permission for a proposed constitutional amendment of gambling legislation. Under the amendment, an exclusive right to decide the fate of casino gambling in the state would be given to local voters. Under the court’s ruling, the supporters of the gambling amendment would be required…

As revealed by Cyprus’ Tourist Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis at the opening of the 20th travel and tourism exhibition Taxidi 2017, the consideration and evaluation process for the new Melco-Hard Rock consortium operated casino has been brought to an end. Now, the last step of the process – the authorisation – is expected to come to an end. With it being finalised, the Government of Cyprus is to finally allow the casino construction. A ratification from the Cabinet needs to be received in order for the construction work of the casino…

With the upcoming general election that has been recently announced by the UK Prime Minister Theresa May, could actually delay the review of the long-commented stakes and prizes of the fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). The local industry has been calling for such a review for some time, since the FOBTs have been considered as a grave danger for players, and especially more vulnerable individuals predisposed to gambling addictions and problem gambling behaviour. Now, with the general elections scheduled for June 8th, the timings of the gaming-machine stakes review that is…

There was a time when the state of Iowa was considered as a possible destination for the expansion of the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) in the US, especially with Iowa becoming one of the five states in the country which were headed to implementing DFS bills. However, at this point, it seems very unlikely for the DFS industry to set foot in the state. The current session of the state’s legislature body is soon to come to an end, but at this time, the matters of making daily fantasy sports…

The 11th edition of one of the largest gaming conferences in a global scale – the Russian Gaming Week 2017 – is set to kick off in a couple of months. The conference, which is currently organised by the exhibition company Smile-Expo, is considered as the largest iGaming event held on the territory of Russia, with the conference having a reputation of an event that brings together some of the most successful players in the contemporary online gambling industry arena. What is more, the Russian Gaming Week is to provide…

A few weeks ago, the Australian lawmakers welcomed foreign gambling operators to hell with the newest amendments made in the local gambling legislation. In March, the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 was officially passed by the Australian Senate, aiming at eliminating online poker from the gambling activities offered in the country. The Minister for Human Services in Australia – Alan Tudge – first introduced the bill back in November 2016. At this time, the main idea of the bill was to actually support the acting sports betting legislation in Australia.…

At the eve of the Easter Holidays, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has posted a special advice addressed to the fairground operators. The British regulatory body has called the above-mentioned operators to make sure that they run their activities in compliance with the rules set for buying, maintaining and operating gaming machines. Considering the fact that the Easter break is the time when the fairground operators traditionally start their season, the UK Gambling Commission kindly reminded the operators to improve their knowledge of the rules applied for the different types…

So far in 2017, Massachusetts has become one of the states that have seen progress in their legislation of online gambling activities. However, some of the state’s officials, and more specifically the State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, expressed their concern about the future of the online lottery sales, saying the latter could be actually threatened by online gambling. Ms. Goldberg has been calling for the state authorities, ans especially for the Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming and Daily Fantasy Sports to make online lotteries legal in Massachusetts.…

The state of Illinois could expand its gambling industry by adding online daily fantasy sports (DFS) following the introduction of a new bill focused on DFS. The bill, which is to make online daily fantasy sports legal and would regulate them as part of Illinois’ sports betting offerings, has already been officially introduced in the General Assembly. However, the bill has faced some opponents who claim that the addition of online DFS betting would have a negative effect on the other forms of gambling that are currently allowed in the…

Casino City announced the release of this year’s edition of its Indian Gaming Industry Report. The latter poses as the most comprehensive study of the Indian gambling industry to date and is penned by Dr. Alan P. Meister, a Principal Economist at the Nathan Associates Incorporated. The report aims at providing extensive nationwide and state statistics for the calendar year of 2015, which is the most current data on tribal gaming available. The report includes key points on gaming and non-gaming revenue, information on the Class II and Class III…