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Japan could open three casinos by 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Over 20 municipalities in Japan have been reported to become host to the facilities, boosting local tourism, employment, business opportunities and tax revenues. Japan is likely to allow development of three casinos in time for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the Nikkei Daily reported this week. Sources close to the matter said the government plans to select three locations out of 20 municipalities that have expressed interest in hosting the...
(US).- Transparency Market Research informed that the global market for social gaming is expected to reach USD 17.4 bn by 2019. This figure represents a significant increase on the USD 5.4bn reported in 2012 and is boosted by the continuous growth in sales of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. Many game developers are aiming to tap into the lucrative social media market, which currently has an average of 200 million active users playing games online - a figure set...
The emerging iGaming markets of the ex-Soviet Union CIS countries offer great potential and, in some of the markets, an un-savvy player base. But this also comes with high risks, as Sergei Efimenko, Chief Operating Officer of leading local operator Favbet, explains in his guide to the region. As gambling in many European countries becomes strictly regulated, restricting opportunities to a few companies in each market, more and more companies are exploring the emerging regions of Eastern Europe, Africa and...
Social gaming company Zynga has appointed Regina Dugan, a vice-president of engineering at internet search engine giant Google, to its board. The Reuters news agency reports that Dugan will become the second female member of Zynga’s board alongside former Yahoo executive Ellen Siminoff. In her role at Google, Dugan also leads the advanced technology and projects group that works on inventions such as a tablet that uses 3D motion and depth sensing capabilities. In a blog post, Zynga chief executive...
On Friday, the State Duma accepted causing sensation amendments to act governing gambling activities in the second and third and final reading. Now in Russia one can open gambling facilities not only in Crimea, but also in Sochi, straight in the territory of Olympic facilities. Story with inclusion of Sochi as a gambling zone into the bill was similar to special operation. Members of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy did everything quietly and at the last gasp, just...