Interviews

BetConstruct receives Romanian Class II Licence for Retail Solutions

BetConstruct has its Retail Solutions licensed by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN) to operate within the territory of Romania. Granted by the National Gambling Office of the Government of Romania, Class II License enables activities of production and distribution of gaming programs and devices. BetConstruct Head of Licensing and Certification, Karine Kocharyan, comments, “The […]

Vietnam to reduce tax incentives for casinos in SEZs

Vietnamese officials are planning to reduce tax incentives previously promised for casino operators in the country’s special economic zones (SEZs). The Standing Committee of the National Assembly, while discussing the draft law for Vietnam’s SEZs, is expected to announce this. This is following criticism from some Assembly delegates that plans to offer tax incentives to […]

Gambling expert moots WADA-style anti-corruption unit

Charles Livingstone, an Australia-based gambling expert, has called for an international anti-corruption unit to monitor athletes, much like the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that monitors illegal drug-taking by athletes. He said he hopes the US entry into live sports betting might help his efforts for an international anti-corruption unit to monitor athletes. Charles Livingstone is […]

Genting aims to land first casino license in Andorra

Genting Group, a Malaysia-based tourism and gambling company, has submitted a massive bid of $164.6 million to obtain the first casino license in Andorra, the tiny mountainous independent principality between Spain and France. Genting has submitted its bid through its UK unit. To enter its bid, Genting teamed up with Andorran businessman Marc Giebels van […]

Japan’s Shinzo Abe talks up casino business, promises safeguards

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opined that the launch of in the country would improve Japan’s status as a “tourism-oriented” country. He made the remarks in a speech to a plenary gathering of the House of Representatives, the parliament’s lower chamber. The parliament was discussing the Integrated Resorts (IR) Implementation Bill, which sets the broad […]

Mississippi coast casinos post new April revenue record

Mississippi’s Gulf Coast casinos posted new revenue records in April, that the gross casino earnings at the 12 Gulf Coast gambling centres hit an all-time record of $108.6 million in April – which is $1.4 million more than the previous high set in April 2007. It happened when volunteers and contractors were flooding the coast […]