Casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd. has completed the sale of its vacant Las Vegas lot to Wynn Resorts subsidiary Alon Las Vegas Resort LLC, which is part of the disposal of its $300m assets in the United States. 

The Australian-listed company initially planned to construct an integrated resorts called Alon on the lot. However, Crown failed to raise the $2b capital to set the construction of the project in motion. James Packer also conceded that the arrests of some of his staff in China affected their global expansion plans. The sale of the Las Vegas lot is part of a $566.79m package of asset sales in Australia and overseas which include the sale of around 4.2m shares in Caesars Entertainment Corporation and 50% interest in the Ellerston property in the NSW Hunter Valle; and the disposal of its 62% interest in online sportsbook CrownBet. 

In this interview with CalvinAyre.com’s Stephanie Tower, Dynamic Partners’ managing partner Harmen Brenninkmeijer explained that combining land-based casinos with online gambling will attract more customers, particularly the younger players.

The South Korean behemoth has thrown its hat in the cryptocurrency game after it started the production phase for ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) miners and other peripherals for mining cryptocurrencies.   

The Maharashtra finance department has warned administrators of the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Mizoram to remit INR933 crore (US$146.7m) in lottery taxes or risk facing charges. 

Grant Thorton released a report advising the Greek government to keep its tax in all online gambling revenue at a flat rate of 35%, saying that the high rate will remove any cap in the number of online licensees.

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)  has frozen all U.S. assets of Zhao Wei, a co-owner of the Kings Roman Casino in Laos, for his alleged involvement in narcotics, illegal acquisition of exotic animals, and human trafficking. 

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The digital solutions provider has announced that a UK-based player has pocketed €2,553,604.67 jackpot while spinning the reels of its progressive jackpot slot, Mega Fortune.  The player, who wished to remain anonymous, registered with SlotsMillion just a few days prior to his win.  

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