Author: Steven Robertson

Broadcaster Sky has announced that it will introduce new rules on gambling advertisements during Premier League games next season. Under the new policy, there will be a maximum of one gambling advertisement permitted during each commercial break. Problem gamblers will also have the option to avoid seeing any gambling ads, as the company introduces a range of new tools for…

Police in the Thailand town of Pattaya have broken up an online gambling ring involving four South Korean men and a Thai woman. A team made up of local and tourist police as well as immigration officers carried out the raid at premises in the Bang Lamung, following a tip off that nationals from South Korean had rented it. In…

NFL franchise the New York Jets has confirmed that MGM Resorts will become its first official gaming partner. In a deal that has been described as ‘the first of its kind’ the two organizations will work together in a comprehensive partnership that covers a number of areas of activity. The link-up with the Jets is the latest evidence of MGM Resorts’ efforts to grow…

Online gambling company Leo Vegas has used the example of the tax rate in Denmark to reassure investors that the higher level of UK Remote Gaming Duty (RGD) will not impact its business. Earlier in the week, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that Remote Gaming Duty would be increased from 15 percent to 21 percent, with effect from October 2019, a change…

Conservative Party MPs have criticised their own Government over the delay in implementing changes to the maximum stakes on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs).  Earlier in the week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that the reduction in the maximum stake of FOBTs from £100 to £2, which had been announced in May this year, would not be implemented until October…

If you have been to Vegas recently, and have been stung for resort fees, forced to have to pay way over the top for a bottle of beer and on top of all that been forced to pay to park your car at any of the Las Vegas Strip Casinos, then that will have left a sour taste in your…

Penn National Gaming have been expanding their land-based casino estate in recent years, however it appears they are slowly winding down the number of new casinos they open up and have stated that they are hoping to acquire one final license for the time being. They have just applied for a license that will see them possibly opening up a mini…

In terms of cost and the sheer size of the development, the soon to open City of Dreams Mediterranean casino resort in Cyprus is one of the most expensive and biggest developments ever undertaken there, and things are progressing well regarding the construction of that massive property which is on target to open in 2021. Having set aside a whopping…

Wander into any Vegas Casino and there are many things you are not going to see, windows for example are rarely if ever found inside such places, for the operators and owners of such venues do not want you to have any idea of whether it is night or day. Clocks are something else you will often find missing from…

It has often been the case that many casino employees will enjoy gambling, and when for example they are not dealing out the playing cards or spinning the roulette wheels in the casinos they work in, they will often visit other casinos and gamble at those venues. That is certainly very true in places in such as Las Vegas, for…