Donald Trump’s thirty years old bid to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected as he was suspected to have links with the mafia.

The state officials in California have shut down a 12 table poker room at the 500 Club Casino in Central Casino due to insufficient funds after a raid on Wednesday.

Jack Entertainment has been fined for a $200,000 by the Ohio Casino Control Commission for allowing underage customers to enter the Cleveland casino and unauthorised employees accessing the computer management program of the Cleveland and Cincinnati casinos. The settlement was approved by the company by the commission on Wednesday.

The owner and operator of Resorts World Manila, Travellers International Hotel Group Inc., has reported a net loss of PHP312.09 million (US$6.1 million) for its second quarter leading up to June 30 of 2017. The casino’s door remained shut for 27 days after the arson attack that resulted in the death of 37 people.

As per the reports suggest Genting Group failed to win its bid to secure a casino venue in Canada. The Great Canadian Gaming Corp and Brookfield Business Partners are selected to run Toronto’s gaming sites by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.

China has released Jason O’Connor, Australian Crown Resorts’ International executive involved in gambling related offences. Connor headed the VIP programmes of Crown Resorts was sentenced ten months in a Shanghai prison in June.

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has unanimously approved the project for the second casino, Live! Hotel & Casino, in the city of Philadelphia.

The three new state-licensed casinos that opened less than a year ago are already facing problems. The business of the newly opened casinos is failing following a boom-bust pattern in other states that allow or enlarge gambling. The gaming industry market appears to be totally saturated.

The Las Vegas-based company, MGM has recently launched ‘playMGM’, its second internet casino in New Jersey. The company would be offering online poker as well as online casino games under its world known MGM banner. The company will also incorporate play into their rewards program.

Poipet city police have arrested two people for selling drugs to gamblers at casinos in Poipet on the Thai border. One of the accused is a Cambodian national while the other one is a Thai national. The suspects are known for gambling and drug dealings, according to the deputy commander of Poipet city military police, Sar Sopheak.

DTTM Operations LLC, a Delaware registered Trump Organisation company applied for four trademark applications in June, which includes one for casinos in Macau. The company under the brand name of the United States President gives rise to the speculations of the organisation to plan future business in Macau.

Crown Resorts, Australian casino, has reportedly doubled its total annual profit from last year, declaring the numbers this year to be at AUD1.9bn. The result was however because of the stake sales of its Macau Holdings in Lawrence Ho’s Melco Resorts and Entertainment.

Gambler Mark Joseph Heltzel, the 52-year-old Dallas resident, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his involvement in a scheme, defrauding a Pennsylvania casino, Mohegan Sun Pocono of more than $420,000.

A special state-appointed city overseer has settled the long running casino tax disputes that involved various casinos in Atlantic City, though the officers have not revealed the settlement amount. However, an amount of $80m bond introduced by city council officials, which would be used to fund the repayment has been told by unconfirmed sources.

The Ilani Casino Resort that opened three months back on the Oregon-Washington border failed to stop the growth in Oregon State Lottery sales. Though the sales have slowed down, they continue to grow. The state lottery revenues are up by 2.6%, which is near $2.7 million, from the previous year at the same time.

The $1.12 billion ‘foreigner-only’ Paradise Casino which opened in April in South Korea was expecting around 1.5 million visitors in its very first year has so far received a total 310,000 people. Though the numbers look disappointing, the venue has still nine months to catch up.

The final meeting to create a regulatory framework for the operations of casino complexes by a group of politicians was held on Monday. It is likely that an entry fee would be imposed on Japanese nationals along with other measures to restrict their access to casinos as per the panel proposals.

Melbourne man who was arrested for crashing into the Crown Casino along with the three banks and speeding through the city will reappear in court.

Pala Casino Resort & Spa has confirmed a $170 million expansion plan which includes an additional hotel tower, more gaming and bar space, and a bigger parking garage. A newer look for the casino interiors, including changes in the current hotel tower and conversion of the pool area into a multi-pool entertainment complex.

As per the reports from Russian gambling news outlet ‘News of Gambling’, the government in Armenia is likely to change the casino licences and regulations so that it can reap benefits from the growing gaming market in the country.