American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, passes away at age 87

The business titan’s net worth was that of around $35 billion Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands, Sheldon G. Adelson, passed away last night Monday 11th from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Last week, Mr. Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands to resume his treatment. Sands said that Sheldon ‘transformed…

Landing International inspect $13.4M vanished in Jeju, South Korea

Casino investor Landing International Development is looking into the sudden disappearance of KRW14.56bn ($13.4m) stored in gaming hub Jeju, South Korea Landing International Development noticed the sum kept in Jeju gambling island was missing on Monday 4 January 2021. The person responsible for the fund hasn’t been located yet. The company commented on the search…

Macau reports highest number of visitors in 11 months

Macau starts the New Year with a bang after recording the highest number of visits in 11 months on 31 December 2020 On New Years Eve, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) reported the highest number of visitors in 11 months, standing at 30,747. In effect, the figure exceeded expectation! Additionally, Macau welcomed 27,755 visitors…

Hawaii governor at odds with new casino proposal

David Ige, Governor of Hawaii, expressed his skepticism over the newly proposed casino expected to be opened in Kapolei, the second-largest city on the island As slot machines and poker games are currently illegal in Hawaii, it is general knowledge that the state still doesn’t have lotteries, commercial or tribal casinos. However, the newly proposed casino…

iGaming Cafè: The Betting Coach interviews Borja Méndez-Villamil, Spanish website manager from Leadstar Media

Welcome to a new iGaming investigation – iGaming Cafè – focused on analysing websites that are global leaders within online affiliation Today we virtually met  Borja Méndez-Villamil, who is one of the Spanish industry leaders with his bookmaker comparison website – Miscasasdeapuestas.com. 

Ukraine sets licensing conditions for gambling activities

The licensing conditions set up a definitive list of documents that must be submitted to obtain licences and requirements required during proceedings

Slovakia’s Bratislava issues ban on gambling

Bratislava’s city council has announced a ban prohibiting casinos and other forms of gambling to operate On 17 December, Bratislava’s councilors voted to call for the ban on gambling across the city which will be implemented on 1 January 2021.

Holland Casinos closed until January

Holland Casino, the Dutch state-owned casino operator, has entered into a forced shutdown until 19 January 2021 in bid to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 over the festive period Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced this week that non-essential shops and businesses will close for five weeks following lockdown in November which included the shutdown of Holland Casinos. Despite these efforts, COVID-19 cases were…

Scotland reopens betting stores: BGC urges casinos to resume operations too

The British industry standards group the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) welcomes the reopening of betting shops in Scotland in open arms yet asks casinos to have the same treatment Scotland has recently stumbled out of another lockdown in bid to mitigate the number of COVID-19 cases. Roughly 400 betting shops were closed as a result of the constricting Level 4 restrictions imposed to 11 regions.  

Maxim Kiryukhin: Fonbet plans to keep its betting shops business

Fonbet Betting Company Chairman of the Board Maxim Kiryukhin shares his thoughts on the impact of COVID-19 on the betting market In particular, Maxim Kiryukhin focuses on how the company tackled the challenges faced due to the closure of betting shops and the changes that happened prior to their reopening. The company Chairman also explains…