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June 2024: Gaming secrets revealed

Release of records shows details of cashless gaming talks and concerns of the gaming commission
Release of records shows details of cashless gaming talks and concerns of the gaming commission
  • Jan 11, 2025 8:08 AM
International Business

Bermuda company behind royalty-themed video game

A beta version is expected to be available by January, with a commercialised product available by the end of 2025
A beta version is expected to be available by January, with a commercialised product available by the end of 2025
  • Nov 29, 2024 7:47 AM
Politics

Spending figures released by gaming commission

Struggling casino regulator spent close to $500,000 on consultants between 2020 and 2022
Struggling casino regulator spent close to $500,000 on consultants between 2020 and 2022
  • Nov 08, 2024 10:33 AM
Politics

Why ‘fully in place’ casino at St Regis never opened

The hotel says it spent millions of dollars but abandoned the enterprise owing to local banks being unwilling to get involved
The hotel says it spent millions of dollars but abandoned the enterprise owing to local banks being unwilling to get involved
  • Oct 01, 2024 7:59 AM
Cartoon

Kevin Maybury, August 23, 2024

Kevin Maybury empowers the Information Commissioner to put a squeeze on the funds pumped into non-existent gaming
Kevin Maybury empowers the Information Commissioner to put a squeeze on the funds pumped into non-existent gaming
  • Aug 23, 2024 7:59 AM
Politics

Casino quango’s censorship ‘asserted unnecessary secrecy’

In a critical decision, the Information Commissioner says the regulator’s actions “resulted in an extraordinary and unnecessary use of resources”
In a critical decision, the Information Commissioner says the regulator’s actions “resulted in an extraordinary and unnecessary use of resources”
  • Aug 16, 2024 7:59 AM
Letters to the Editor

What a pair of privileged crybabies

Jan Card has little sympathy for parliamentarians Zane DeSilva and Derrick Burgess in their war against the banks
Jan Card has little sympathy for parliamentarians Zane DeSilva and Derrick Burgess in their war against the banks
  • Aug 15, 2024 7:59 AM
Letters to the Editor

It’s our money, not theirs

Beverley Connell makes the case that government spending requires greater accountability
Beverley Connell makes the case that government spending requires greater accountability
  • Jul 13, 2024 8:00 AM
Tourism

Gaming commission’s annual reports tabled without audited financials

Three years’ worth of audited accounts are yet to be made public, but the Ministry of Finance says they are “expected” to be laid in Parliament before Cup Match
Three years’ worth of audited accounts are yet to be made public, but the Ministry of Finance says they are “expected” to be laid in Parliament before Cup Match
  • Jul 01, 2024 8:00 AM
Politics

Government seeks bank options for gaming sector

Amendments planned for the Banks and Deposits Companies Act are set to allow banks to deal with gaming businesses
Amendments planned for the Banks and Deposits Companies Act are set to allow banks to deal with gaming businesses
  • Jun 13, 2024 7:58 AM
Politics

Opposition accuses Premier of ‘playing games’ on casinos

Douglas De Couto reiterates the One Bermuda Alliance’s call for changes to the law governing the gaming regulator
Douglas De Couto reiterates the One Bermuda Alliance’s call for changes to the law governing the gaming regulator
  • Jun 10, 2024 7:57 AM
Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Casino gaming secrets revealed

Release of records shows details of cashless gaming talks and concerns of the gaming commission
Release of records shows details of cashless gaming talks and concerns of the gaming commission
  • Jun 07, 2024 4:56 PM
Politics

MM&I chief laments $250m black hole

John Tartaglia claims the failure to get banks on board with gaming has significantly hurt the prospects of the public purse
John Tartaglia claims the failure to get banks on board with gaming has significantly hurt the prospects of the public purse
  • Jun 07, 2024 4:55 PM
Cartoon

Kevin Maybury, June 7, 2024

Bob Richards once said money doesn’t grow on trees. Kevin Maybury begs to differ
Bob Richards once said money doesn’t grow on trees. Kevin Maybury begs to differ
  • Jun 07, 2024 7:58 AM
Politics

Government accused of playing shell game with money

Douglas De Couto, the OBA senator, says using the sinking fund to pay for the Bermuda Gaming Commission is a sleight of hand
Douglas De Couto, the OBA senator, says using the sinking fund to pay for the Bermuda Gaming Commission is a sleight of hand
  • Mar 07, 2024 11:25 AM
Cartoon

Kevin Maybury, January 19, 2024

Kevin Maybury joins the queue in awaiting the lowdown on the future of gaming in Bermuda
Kevin Maybury joins the queue in awaiting the lowdown on the future of gaming in Bermuda
  • Jan 19, 2024 7:57 AM
Politics

ICO orders release of casino documents

Gitanjali Gutierrez wants the Cabinet Office to make the records available by February 1
Gitanjali Gutierrez wants the Cabinet Office to make the records available by February 1
  • Jan 15, 2024 12:41 PM
Year in Review

January 2023: Gaming looks as far away as ever

The industry is dealt a major blow when Century Casinos pulls out of its deal with the Hamilton Princess
The industry is dealt a major blow when Century Casinos pulls out of its deal with the Hamilton Princess
  • Jan 01, 2024 10:38 AM
Politics

ICO: betting tax records can be withheld

Information Commissioner says secrecy provision was applied correctly by the Office of the Tax Commissioner
Information Commissioner says secrecy provision was applied correctly by the Office of the Tax Commissioner
  • Dec 07, 2023 7:57 AM
Education

Company to offer course in video game development

Bermuda Island Games says six-week coding programme at Warwick Academy will be “fun and interactive”
Bermuda Island Games says six-week coding programme at Warwick Academy will be “fun and interactive”
  • Nov 01, 2023 5:27 PM
Politics

Gaming not on Jason Hayward’s radar for economy

Minister of Economy and Labour does not close the door entirely on the stagnant sector, but has to move on with what he knows
Minister of Economy and Labour does not close the door entirely on the stagnant sector, but has to move on with what he knows
  • Aug 18, 2023 8:00 AM
General

Betting industry gone missing

As the island struggles to launch a long-promised casino industry, another form of gambling has disappeared
As the island struggles to launch a long-promised casino industry, another form of gambling has disappeared
  • Aug 11, 2023 12:27 PM
General

‘Public interest is evident and strong’

Five years after the fact, The Royal Gazette’s inquiries into the goings-on of the Bermuda Gaming Commission are making some headway
Five years after the fact, The Royal Gazette’s inquiries into the goings-on of the Bermuda Gaming Commission are making some headway
  • Aug 11, 2023 12:27 PM
General

Secrecy still surrounds casino plans

Bermuda Gaming Commission complies with Pati request but heavily redacted submissions leave more questions than answers
Bermuda Gaming Commission complies with Pati request but heavily redacted submissions leave more questions than answers
  • Aug 11, 2023 12:27 PM
Personal Finance

Weighing odds is in our DNA

Humanity has been betting from the start, but now it often involves a game rather than a matter of life and death, says Martha Harris Myron
Humanity has been betting from the start, but now it often involves a game rather than a matter of life and death, says Martha Harris Myron
  • Aug 05, 2023 8:00 AM
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