Gambling

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Las Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn have struck a deal over the casino mogul’s plans for a $1.7 billion gambling palace in Everett, under which the city will drop all legal efforts to stop the casino in exchange for an extra $6 million over the 15-year term of the agreement.

Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes – the Mashantucket Pequot and the Mohegan Tribe – released on Thursday a request for proposals for the construction of the state’s third fully-fledged casino. unicipalities located in the northern part of Connecticut and interested developers will have up until November 6 to submit their proposals. A decision is expected to be made before December 15.

Lawyers for New Mexico-based Pojoaque Pueblo presented on Monday a federal appeals court with arguments in an appealed case that could impact the way tribes and states negotiate the terms of casino compacts. The Indian community appealed a lower court ruling that prevented it from negotiating a gambling compact with the US Department of the Interior rather than with New Mexico. Under the current tribal regulations, an Indian nation must reach an agreement with the state its members reside in in order to be able to run a gambling venue there.

Swedish developer and provider of gaming solutions NetEnt announced it had inked a partnership agreement with GameAccount Network Plc, which recently re-branded to GAN, to supply its casino games within the borders of the United States through the latter company’s platform for Simulated Gaming.

Australian gambling operator Echo Entertainment announced earlier today a planned re-branding in a bid to bring its Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sydney casino properties under the same name. Group shareholders will be requested to back the name change at the annual general meeting, which is scheduled to take place in November.

Florida’s federally recognized Seminole Tribe and state officials are to head into mediation in order to avoid a potential deadlock in talks regarding the tribal casinos’ monopoly over blackjack and other table games.

The Malta Gaming Authority, an independent body responsible for the regulation of gambling activities in the country, announced earlier today that it had started reviewing Malta’s existing gambling laws and those are expected to be updated in the months to come.

The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head voted on Sunday on the proposed plan for the establishment of a gambling venue that would offer bingo-style games. The property is to be located on tribal land on the Martha’s Vineyard island. However, results showed that the proposal could not get the necessary two-thirds majority.

A federal court hearing was held on Wednesday concerning the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head’s proposal to build a casino on the Martha’s Vineyard island.

According to Massachusetts officials and opponents of the project, who attended yesterday’s hearing, no sufficient governmental oversight is exercised on tribal land and due to this the tribe should not be permitted to operate a gambling hall on the island.