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The application process has begun for those interested in opening Bermuda’s first casinos. In a statement released this afternoon, the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission announced that the period for filing an application for a casino licence will beg...

A gaming expert has come to the defence of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission after the body was criticised in Parliament as ineffectual in advancing the new industry in Bermuda. The commission came under fire yesterday from Independent MP Mark Pet...

Bermuda could have a casino up and running in early 2018 if everything goes as planned, according to the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission. Richard Schuetz, executive director at the commission, said a strategic plan on gaming was being developed, inc...

A prospective casino operator is said to be ready to walk away from developing in Bermuda over the island’s high gaming fees, according to Progressive Labour Party MP Zane Desilva. And Shawn Crockwell, the Independent MP who also opposed the regulati...

A gaming operator who had been considering investing in Bermuda “shied away” because of the behaviour of some local politicians. Speaking earlier this week, Richard Schuetz, the executive director for the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, said the b...

A weeklong trip to Las Vegas by the chairman and executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission cost almost $6,500. Commission chairman Alan Dunch disclosed the figure in a press release yesterday, after questions from The Royal Gazette. ...

The chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission has accused parliamentarians of potentially deterring “hundreds of millions” of dollars’ worth of investment in the island by Caesars Entertainment Corporation with their “political theatre”. Alan ...

Alan Dunch, the chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, has spoken out in defence of the organisation’s executive director, Richard Schuetz. In a statement released yesterday afternoon, Mr Dunch said: “The commission deplores the fact that ...

Measures to help habitual gamblers need to be in place before Bermuda opens its first casino, according to an international gaming expert who is visiting the island. Brett Abarbanel, head of Social and Recreational Gambling at UCLA, has been speakin...

The selling of overseas lottery tickets by local bookmakers is to come under scrutiny at two meetings to be held this month. The special sessions of the Betting Licensing Authority will be much more “extensive” than usual, according to chairman Juan ...

The state lottery in Florida has issued a warning to people in Bermuda buying tickets for the multimillion-dollar Powerball draw from a local bookmaker. Paradise Games, on Court Street, offers tickets for the Powerball Lottery, telling customers on i...

The Powerball — all $1.3 billion of this week’s jackpot — is evil. Lotteries prey on the poor and the elderly. They’re rigged, hyped and glorified. The winners almost always end up as losers. But I bought four tickets over the weekend. I’m weak. So l...