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The former executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission was barred yesterday by a court from any discussion of his time in charge of the regulatory body. Lawyers acting for the BCGC won a temporary order from Chief Justice Ian Kawaley i...

An Australian businessman has apologised “unreservedly” for false accusations he made against the former executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission. Tibor Vertes, presented as one of a “very esteemed” panel of speakers at a Progressiv...

The deputy chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is expected to resign today. Sources told The Royal Gazette that Garry Madeiros was set to step down at the end of a meeting at the regulatory body’s office this afternoon. The meeting is th...

Dear Sir, I write with regard to the controversial, proposed legislation to amend the Casino Gaming Act of 2014. This amendment will give tourism minister Jamahl Simmons the power to fire, without cause, fixed-term commissioners and force the indepen...

Critics at home and overseas continued yesterday to pour scorn over a plan to bring the island’s casino regulatory body under ministerial control. The Casino Gaming Amendment Act 2017, expected to be debated and approved in Parliament early next mont...

The executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission quit his job after he decided the island’s leaders lacked the “political will” to keep the industry corruption-free. Richard Schuetz, in a letter to commission chairman Alan Dunch seen by...

The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is to offer a free training series on gambling disorders for local counsellors, this month. The series will be led by University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, Programme ...

Dear Sir, It is readily apparent that the new Forty Thieves are salivating at the thought of the National Lottery coming to fruition and who can get their sticky fingers into the expected bonanza. So let’s take a look at how it should be set up. Let’...

A plan to bring the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control has been described as “flying in the face” of best practice and a “recipe for disaster” by overseas experts. Industry insiders in the United States, including one who help...

Plans to give politicians power over Bermuda’s casino industry have come under fire from a leading international publication on gaming. An opinion piece in GGB News warned giving MPs control over the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission would open the do...

The outgoing executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission has been cleared after an investigation into his travel expenses when he worked as a gambling commissioner in California. The Fair Political Practices Commission closed the case ...

A Bermuda lottery would be a tax on the poor, the executive director of the Casino Gaming Commission warned yesterday. Richard Schuetz said a lottery would not benefit the community. He added: “Lotteries have historically been called a tax on the po...