China's biggest listed internet company, Tencent, has announced that it is to acquire a 28% stake in South Korean online and mobile gaming firm CJ Games for $500 million (€363.2 million).
Read More . . .The Gaming Technologies Association has revealed that Japan is well ahead of any other country in the world in terms of the number of legal gaming machines installed throughout the nation.
Read More . . .The push to include a referendum on a Toronto casino to be included in the 2014 municipal elections is gaining steam with a number of key politicians jostling to get into the political wave ahead of the October elections.
Read More . . .The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill is set to come into force in the UK after being given final approval by the House of Lords.
Read More . . .Caesars Entertainment may have lost out on Macau, but all isn't lost for the Las Vegas-based company because it now has the distinction of becoming the first foreign-owned casino resort to be built in South Korea.
Read More . . .Betfair may have just given Paddy Power a taste of its own medicine with its latest advertising coup at the Cheltenham Festival.
Read More . . .Intralot Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Greek-owned gaming and lottery operator Intralot, has expanded its interactive gaming portfolio with the launch of its new mobile and tablet betting proposition SportsMobile.
Read More . . .UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has signed a multi-year agreement to add the entire portfolio of online slots games from the Williams Interactive subsidiary of Scientific Games.
Read More . . .Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has reassured Macau that China will continue to uphold the 'One Country, Two Systems' principle that has allowed Macau to become the globe's top casino hub.
Read More . . .Most Singapore residents support the government's planned restrictions on online gambling, according to the preliminary findings of the government's recent public feedback exercise.
Read More . . .Spain's struggling online gambling market showed signs of life in Q4 2013, posting sequential revenue growth while falling short of Q4 2012's figures.
Read More . . .The House of Lords has rejected an amendment to the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill that would have allowed the Gambling Commission to block financial transactions between UK citizens and unlicensed online gambling websites.
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