Day: 16 October 2017

US Gambling Giants Remain Interested in Entering Japan’s Gambling Market

Mon 16 Oct 2017 15.14 Olivia Cole
US Gambling Giants Remain Interested in Entering Japan’s Gambling Market

It seems that many US gambling operators have their eyes on Japan, aiming to win the country’s authorities favour. Currently, the Japanese Government has been considering to lift the nation-wide ban on casinos, giving such gambling venues the green light in order to compete to rival gambling hubs such as Macau and Singapore. Both MGM Resorts’ and Las Vegas Sands’ executives have reported that they consider making massive investments of about $10 billion in Japan, while the President of Melco Resorts and Entertainment has explained that he would spend whatever…

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Dublin City Council Accuses Local Youth Centre of Hosting Illegal Bingo Nights

Mon 16 Oct 2017 12.53 Daniel Williams
Dublin City Council Accuses Local Youth Centre of Hosting Illegal Bingo Nights

It came to Casino Guardian’s knowledge that Dublin Councillors have called for an immediate audit of groups that have used local council property to run weekly bingo nights without authorisation for years. As reported by The Irish Times, the St Monica’s Youth Resource Centre in Raheny, North Dublin has been organising a bingo night every week for decades without being authorised for that. The youth centre has been hosted on a site owned by the city council for three decades now, with a bingo night being organised every Wednesday. Reportedly,…

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Team 888Poker’s Parker Talbot Gets to 888Live London Poker Festival Main Event’s Final Day

Mon 16 Oct 2017 9.45 Harry Evans
Team 888Poker’s Parker Talbot Gets to 888Live London Poker Festival Main Event’s Final Day

The Second Day of the 888Live London Poker Festival Main Event was brought to an end, with the Ambassador of Team 888Poker Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot being the last surviving 888Poker Ambassador who has reached the final day of the event, bagging 453,000 in chips. Talbot was under the heat literally all day long, but he still managed to become the last member of the 888Poker Team who reached the final day of the Main Event, and it was not a piece of cake for him to do that. The Canadian…

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Respublica Think Tank Insists on FOTBs’ Maximum Stake Reduction to £2

Mon 16 Oct 2017 8.26 Daniel Williams
Respublica Think Tank Insists on FOTBs’ Maximum Stake Reduction to £2

A report has shown that the UK is the only developed country that currently has its high-street betting shops allow a maximum stake of £100 every 20 seconds to be placed. The Respublica think tank has shared its opinion that the UK Government should reduce the maximum stake allowed on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) to only £2, because such high stakes have devastating effects on both communities and local residents’ lives. In addition, the report warns that a total of 1.5 million people in the UK play on fixed-odds betting…

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