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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...

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 Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission remains hard at work creating gaming regulations, according to executive director Richard Schuetz. However, Mr Schuetz said developing the regulations is not as simple as copying the model used in Singapore. “The ...

The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is seeking a new general counsel less than two months after it announced the hiring of Arlene Brock, the former Ombudsman, to the post. According to a notice in Saturday’s edition of The Royal Gazette, the commiss...

A “pressing need” remains for Bermudians to get educated if the Island is to run its own gaming industry. Steve Simons, the manager of the Spinning Wheel nightclub and instructor at the independently funded Bermuda Gaming School, is adamant that trai...

Former Ombudsman Arlene Brock will be the general counsel for the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, it was announced this morning. Ms Brock served as Ombudsman for more than eight years and as the director and vice-president for the Caribbean and Lat...

A gaming senior executive from the United States has been appointed executive director of the Bermuda Gaming Commission. Richard Schuetz will leave his post as commissioner for the California Gambling Control Commission to start work on the Island on...

The Supreme Court forced the Commissioner of Police to grant two men permission to operate Crown and Anchor tables at this year’s Cup Match after a judicial review. The commissioner reportedly refused both Kenneth Bulford and John Jefferis from being...

Support for casino gambling has grown with more than half of people now in favour, according to the results of a recent survey. In the poll by Profiles of Bermuda, 53.4 per cent of 407 voters said they were in favour of casino gaming, while 40.5 per ...

Finance minister Bob Richards has met the Gibraltarian government minister in charge of gambling. Albert Isola, Minister for Financial Services and Gaming in the UK Overseas Territory which borders Spain, yesterday held talks with Mr Richards on “mat...

The Bermuda Government announced the first three members of the Casino Gaming Commission, who will be tasked with regulating the industry. The five-member commission will be led by Alan Dunch, who was named chairman. Garry Madeiros was named deputy c...