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- August 18, 2014 By Oliver Young -

Ritz Casino in London won a £1m court battle against a rich gambling addict who didn’t pay back the money she owned. The name of the gambler is Noora Abdullah Mahawish Al-Daher. She is married to Oman’s foreign minister Sayid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi. Mrs. Al-Daher spent £2m gambling at London’s Ritz Casino […] Continue Reading

- August 13, 2014 By Oliver Young -

Cheng Yin Sun, the partner of Phil Ivey who was accused of helping the poker pro in edge sorting in baccarat at Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino two years ago, is now involved into another legal case and is suing Foxwoods Casino Resort in Connecticut for a couple of millions. Cheng Yin Sun and two more […] Continue Reading

- August 13, 2014 By Staff Writer -

Together with slots.com, casino.com is the highest gambling domain name sale to date. Selling price for both: $5.5million The online gambling industry is pretty large so no wonder why gambling related domains are being sold for huge amounts. Popular gambling domains that include key words such as casino, bingo and poker are the ones that […] Continue Reading

- August 12, 2014 By Samantha A. -

As the casino boom is fading away in the background, New York is going to rev up the boom once again. With as many as four new casinos going in across the state, Gov. Cuomo is hoping to add a little spark into the economy by providing more jobs and regulating the amount of money […] Continue Reading

- August 11, 2014 By Oliver Young -

In a note published on its website (list can be downloaded directly from here), the Lotteries and Gambling Supervision Inspection of Latvia (IUAUI) announced its first ever online gambling blacklist restricting its residents from signing up and making transactions to and from a couple of foreign online gambling sites. The country in the Baltic region […] Continue Reading

- August 4, 2014 By Oliver Young -

According to Reuters, Cyprus, particularly its southern area, expects its first ever land based casino after the government has announced that it would give a casino license to an operator within a year. The part of Cyprus that is controlled by the Greek regulators has had a ban on gambling for a long time. With […] Continue Reading

- July 28, 2014 By Oliver Young -

Rick Perry, the Governor of Texas, has recently pushed to end iGaming in the US states which clearly surprised Jack Abramoff, one of the US most notorious former lobbyist. Apparently Perry sent a letter to the congressmen and the House and Senate Judiciary Committees asking them to consider reviewing the Department of Justice interpretation of […] Continue Reading

- July 23, 2014 By Oliver Young -

According to the RAPSI, a Russian news agency, the president of Russia Vladimir Putin, has recently signed a decree authorizing and legalizing land based gambling in Crimea, an area on the Black Sea peninsula annexed from Ukraine due to political and activist interventions on behalf of Russia earlier this year. “The decree covers certain areas […] Continue Reading

- July 21, 2014 By Oliver Young -

The Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has repeated the threats it made before this summer’s football World Cup in Brazil- all online gambling operators and affiliates will get heavy penalties if they breach the advertizing rules and continue to target online advertizing at Dutch residents. “If online gambling operators that offer gaming products and services […] Continue Reading

- July 15, 2014 By Nemanja L. -

Asian sides have had a tournament to forget at the 2014 World Cup, with all four national teams crashing out in the group stage, but they will have an opportunity to make amends at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. And with the tournament in Brazil having just finished, the Asian Football Confederation has already started […] Continue Reading