Recognized as a leading gaming and entertainment destination, Win-River Resort and Casino, offers a wide range of table games and slot machines. Bingo, poker, as well as amenities such as restaurants are also available for visitors of the hotel casino resort near Redding in California.

For years, the federally recognized tribe, the Redding Rancheria, has been trying to relocate the Win-River Casino to a new area. Earlier this week, those efforts marked a major step forward as Redding Rancheria secured an approval for the transfer of its property to a new location.

As announced by KRCR, the federally recognized tribe was granted approval by the Department of the Interior (DOI) for the relocation of the casino property to an area along Interstate 5.

The formal approval allows the Redding Rancheria to relocate the Win-River Casino to tribe-owned land with federal trust status. The historic approval allows the land to be used for gaming purposes. More importantly, the DOI’s decision puts an end to efforts that have been ongoing for nearly two decades.

Despite the green light from the DOI, the Redding Rancheria is yet to confirm when a groundbreaking may begin. This is because the project has previously faced opposition. It is unclear whether local organizations opposing the project may try to challenge the recent decision.

The historic approval from the DOI comes after an extensive review of the tribe’s proposed casino relocation plans. Experts with the agency conducted an analysis of the social, environmental, as well as economic impact of the casino that is expected to transfer to a location along Interstate 5.

The Tribe, Excited to Finally Secure Approval for the Casino Relocation

The Redding Rancheria thanked the DOI for its dedication and hard work that resulted in the approval of the relocation of the Win-River Casino. Moreover, the tribe wrote: “We also thank key congressional representatives, the State of California – especially the Governor’s Office and Assembly Member Ramos, Shasta County, the City of Shasta Lake, and the many tribal nations that have supported us along the way.”

Last but not least, the Redding Rancheria thanked all of its employees, members and communities that supported it throughout the extensive casino relocation process.

“We extend special gratitude to the DOI, its leadership and staff for its hard work, thorough analysis and ultimate approval of our casino relocation project,“

reads a statement released by the Redding Rancheria

Unless the tribe’s plan faces other pushbacks, it is expected to develop a 70,000-square-foot casino along with a hotel offering nearly 300 rooms. Additional amenities are expected to include restaurants, a conference and convention center, as well as shopping outlets.

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The 2019-established single standards body for the UK’s betting and gambling industry, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), has given its good wishes to two of its members who have been given important positions in the Labour Shadow Cabinet. 

Namely, Thangam Debbonaire MP has been anointed as the new shadow secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport while Stephanie Peacock MP received the honor of being appointed as the new shadow minister for Sport, Gambling and Media.

The Appointments Came at a “Crucial Time” for the Industry

The body that represents more than 90% of all regulated retail betting shops, online betting and gaming operators, as well as casinos and bingo operators, used the voice of chief executive officer Michael Dugher to acknowledge the importance of the two appointments at what he called a “crucial time” for the gambling industry in the UK.

Dugher also took the opportunity to emphasize the support offered by its members to tens of thousands of jobs, alongside their members’ £7.1 billion ($8.8 billion) contribution to the economy and £4.2 billion ($5.2 million) raised in taxes used to support critical public services on a yearly basis.

The BGC, Eager to Work with Debbonaire and Peacock to “Raise Standards”

While busy working on eight separate consultations as a result of the Government’s gambling white paper that was published in April and backed by the body, Dugher explained the BGC was eager to continue its collaboration with both Debbonaire and Peacock in an ongoing effort to keep raising responsible gambling standards, promote safer gambling practices, and make the demands and concerns of bettors and industry workers well heard.

The CEO called their goals to improve safer gambling standards “the bedrock” of their work while explaining their members were currently working hard to complete all their tasks and deliver all proposals established in the white paper. In other words, the BGC is taking advantage of the “once in a generation opportunity to improve standards” and bring important changes for punters and sport.

One of the eight critical consultations is focused on financial risk checks, with the body expressing its support for adopting improved and “frictionless” spending checks for online bettors. The spending checks would be targeted in such a way as to avoid causing more harm to vulnerable players.

The BGC has been collaborating with senior leaders in the horse racing industry who have expressed their concerns that “intrusive financial checks” might damage the sport by interfering with the vast majority of safe and responsible punters. 

The body also announced that the current requirement that 20% of TV and radio advertising be devoted to emitting messages promoting safer gambling would be further extended to online forms of advertising.

The BGC has also asked social media giants to partner with them and work on fresh measures that would restrict the marketing from reaching youngsters and problem gamblers. 

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LeoVegas Group, an international iGaming company, has been granted a five-year gaming license by the Dutch regulatory authority Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) for casino, live casino, and sports betting in the Netherlands. The license was granted to the company, operating through its subsidiary 21 Heads Up Limited. The CEO of LeoVegas Group, Gustaf Hagman, expressed excitement about the opportunity to enter the rapidly growing Dutch market, with plans to go live during the second half of 2023.

Currently, LeoVegas Group operates in nine jurisdictions, offering online casino, live casino, and sports betting under nine different brands. The company has a significant presence in Europe, employing over 1,200 people, with its headquarters in Stockholm and a hub in Malta. In 2022, LeoVegas Group became a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International.

Despite receiving the gaming license, LeoVegas Group has not yet gone live in the Dutch market. However, they have shown their commitment to the market through a sponsorship deal with Blackpool FC, featuring their logo on the football team’s jersey.

The company’s CEO, Gustaf Hagman, emphasised the potential of the Dutch market, envisioning it as an important market in their global growth journey. As an innovative player in the industry, LeoVegas Group also invests in and develops other iGaming companies through its investment arm, LeoVentures.

In related news, Joerg Hofmann and Rene Jansen, Chairman of the Dutch regulator, discussed the rules and regulations in the Netherlands regarding gambling on the GI Huddle.

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GoldenPark, a sports betting and casino gaming operator licensed by the Spanish gambling regulator, Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), has obtained licenses to operate online casino and sports betting in neighboring Portugal.

Three-Year Authorization

Portugal’s Gaming Regulation and Inspection Service (SRIJ) published a statement on its website to announce that Azartia Games, a company under the GoldenPark brand, has been given the rights to operate online games of chance and sports betting in the country.

Signed by the SRIJ on June 23, 2023, the licenses authorize Azartia Games to offer online casino gaming and wagering on sports for a period of three years and will expire on June 22, 2026, and the company plans to entice online casino players in Portugal with its product offering.

Partnering with some of the most popular developers of casino games in the world such as Microgaming, Novomatic, Pragmatic Play, Inspired, and others, GoldenPark plans to offer local players its extensive catalog comprising slot games, blackjack, traditional and live dealer roulette, video poker and others.

For avid sports bettors, GoldenPark will provide online wagering opportunities on a wide range of betting markets from sporting events around the world to make for a memorable experience.

Presence in Land-Based Gaming

Besides operating an iGaming platform, GoldenPark is live in the land-based gambling vertical, running more than 30 gaming rooms in Spain.

Recently, GoldenPark expanded its roster of partnerships with the addition of Gaming Realms, a casino games developer with a focus on mobile games, to offer its slot content based on the Slingo mechanic to players in Spain via GoldenPark’s iGaming platform and expand its presence in the country.

Gaming Realms has been successful in reimagining popular slot games through the prism of the Slingo mechanic, creating titles such as Slingo Sweet Bonanza, Slingo Cleopatra, Slingo Reel King, Slingo Da Vinci Diamonds, Slingo Stardust, and others.

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