Tourism businesses seek end to government shutdown stalemate Summary More than 500 travel and tourism organisations, including 12 Nevada-based businesses such as MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, have signed a letter from the U.S. Travel Association urging congressional leaders to pass a clean continuing resolution and end the […]
Rivers Casino Portsmouth Workers Make History with Union Contract Summary Workers at Rivers Casino Portsmouth have become the first casino employees in Virginia to ratify a union contract, voting 95% in favour of the deal. Represented by Teamsters Local 822, employees secured an average 15.95% salary increase, employer-paid health coverage, expanded paid leave and protections […]
Snuneymuxw Buys Two Casinos, Becomes Canada’s Biggest Indigenous Operator Summary Petroglyph Development Group (PDG), the commercial arm of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, has finalised a deal to purchase River Rock Casino Resort and Chances Maple Ridge from Great Canadian Entertainment. Coupled with earlier acquisitions of Casino Nanaimo and Elements Casino Victoria, PDG becomes the largest […]
Tasmania to Consider Gambling Ad Ban in State-Owned Properties Summary Independent MPs Meg Webb (upper house) and Kristie Johnston (lower house) have moved to introduce a motion in Tasmania’s parliament to ban gambling advertising and sponsorship in all state-owned or publicly funded venues. The proposed restrictions would cover signage, digital ads, team uniforms and broadcast […]
OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Deal With Amazon Summary OpenAI has agreed a multi-year purchase of approximately $38 billion in AWS cloud infrastructure to train models and deliver services. The arrangement deepens OpenAI’s ties to major cloud players even as it maintains multi-cloud deployments, and it sees Amazon building custom hardware stacks featuring Nvidia GB200 and […]
Brazil’s new minister backs higher taxes on betting operators as Lula seeks wider fiscal support | Yogonet International Summary Guilherme Boulos, newly appointed Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, publicly backed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s plan to raise taxes on high earners and the online betting sector. Boulos used his inauguration […]
Macau October casino revenue rises 15.9% to $3.01 billion, highest since 2019 Summary Macau’s casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 15.9% year-on-year in October to MOP24.09 billion (US$3.01 billion), the highest monthly total since October 2019, according to Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) data. The result was 31.7% above September and topped the previous […]
Most Americans view gambling favourably as participation hits record high, AGA report shows Summary The American Gaming Association’s “American Attitudes Toward Gaming 2025” survey finds a record 57% of U.S. adults gambled in the past 12 months. Casino visitation also hit a new high — 134 million adults (53%) visited a casino for gambling or […]
Canada: Musqueam and Snuneymuxw First Nations announce plan to acquire River Rock Casino Resort Summary The Musqueam Indian Band and the Snuneymuxw First Nation have reached an agreement in principle to jointly pursue acquisition of River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia, currently owned by Great Canadian Entertainment. River Rock is the province’s top-performing […]
Mr Green ECJ case questions Malta’s Article 56A protection of operator assets Summary An Advocate General opinion at the European Court of Justice (delivered 30 October) has raised fresh doubts about Malta’s Article 56A amendment and whether it actually shields Malta-licensed operators from cross-border enforcement. The opinion (in a dispute involving Evoke-owned Mr Green) suggests […]
