Legal
April 14, 2022
Administrative Law Judge Ordered Unionization at Red Rock Casino
This week marked another loss for Station Casinos in its long-running battle with the Culinary and Bartenders Union after an administrative law judge ordered its Red Rock Casino to bargain with the union. Disguised Effort to Discourage Unionization The ruling issued by US Administrative Law Judge Jeffrey D. Wederkind on April 12, 2022, sided with […]
Business
April 14, 2022
Holland Casino Selects Malinda Miener for Chief Compliance Officer
The leading state-run gaming operator in the Netherlands, Holland Casino, announced that it appointed Malinda Miener as chief compliance officer (CCO). Holland Casino Appoints Malinda Miener CCO The announcement came Thursday and will see Miener join the Board of Directors at Holland Casino. The operator unveiled that by promoting her to CCO, it would also […]
Legal
April 14, 2022
Broadway Gaming Lost an Appeal over £4.9 Million Tax Refund
The First-tier Tribunal rejected an appeal filed by Broadway Gaming, a UK-based online gaming company, against Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over a £4.9 million ($6.39 million) gaming tax refund. Broadway Gaming Provided Inadequate Expenditure Documentation One of the main reasons the First-tier Tribunal dismissed the bingo and online casino operator’s claim was Broadway […]
Industry
April 14, 2022
PGCB Hands Fines, Expects Strong Gaming Revenue for March
The gambling regulator in Pennsylvania approved multiple fines surpassing $230,000 earlier this week. Despite the fines, a new report reveals that March is expected to be a strong month for casinos in the state. Gambling Watchdog Imposes $238K in Fines The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), which is the gambling regulator in the state, announced […]
Industry
April 14, 2022
Armenia’s Parliament Discusses a Ban on Cash Payments for Gambling
A bill that will ban gambling with cash in Armenia has been introduced by the country’s Civil Contract bloc and now, the parliament will debate on whether the ban should be in effect or not. If the bill is accepted, then e-wallet payments will be banned 6 months after the new law is in effect. […]
Industry
April 14, 2022
UKGC Shares New Rules on Identifying Risk Customers, Effective in September
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced its intention to apply new rules concerning intervention to risk players just days after dealing with the scrutiny concerning the misused £155 million ($195 million). Many Operators Did Not Intervene in Time The new guidance will be issued in June and will be placed into effect in September. […]
Lottery
April 14, 2022
EuroMillions Jackpot Still Withheld by Third-Party Vendor Year After Win
We all play the lottery in the hopes of winning big and fixing our lives. Yet, we seldom think that moving huge sums of money around is not an easy task. Often, even small profits can turn out to be a huge headache. This is precisely the case of a woman in the UK who […]
Industry
April 14, 2022
Macau Outlines New Penalties for Offending Junkets
Macau is not going to back down from regulating junket operators. Companies who engage in such activities would be held liable for various offenses to be inscribed in a new law and participants in junket operations would have to be on the straight and narrow to avoid what is possibly jail sentences. One of the […]
Casino
April 14, 2022
KSA Tipped about Autoplay Feature in Dutch Online Casino
The Netherlands continues to fine-tune its gambling industry with the mass legalization half a year ago bringing fresh opportunities for license holders in the country. However, since gambling was legalized in November 2021, the country has been enacting slight changes to its laws, nudging operators in the right direction. Dutch Regulator Prohibits Autoplay The latest […]
Casino
April 14, 2022
Gambling NFTs Minted to Back Metaverse Casinos Targeted by Authorities
Crypto and blockchain technology is making its mark on casinos in the United States, so much that securities regulators in Texas and Alabama have felt obligated to step in and disrupt what is described as a “fraudulent securities offering.” This news comes only a day after Everi and B4U launched retail cryptocurrency deposits at the […]
