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The island’s betting shops are still closed more than two months after their operating licences expired. Four businesses were ordered to shut down on March 31 after their annual permits expired. As of yesterday, none of the four companies had submit...

Betting shops across the island were shut down from yesterday after they failed to apply for licence renewals. The Bermuda Gaming Commission said that there were four licensed betting operators on the island, who operated five shops, although only th...

Financial guarantees will be given by the Government to the developers of the Fairmont Southampton after they secured $190 million investment for the project. The Premier remained vague on how much the Gencom/Westend Properties companies would get in...

The Information Commissioner has ordered a public authority to make “further disclosures” about a sports betting firm which scrapped plans to hire staff in Bermuda after media interest in its activities

Bermuda could have two casinos up and running by the end of the year, it has emerged. Jean Major, the gambling watchdog, said the Hamilton Princess Hotel was now in the third and final stage of its bid to seek approval to launch a casino. Mr Major wo...

Gambling watchdogs are in talks with the Government about whether to allow increased use of lotteries. Jean Major, the chief executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, said the organisation had been approached by several charities and groups ...

Bermuda’s gambling watchdog has admitted he attracted global media attention when he tried to ban a game of chance called “Cow Plop Drop Bingo” in Canada. Jean Major said the event, also called “Cow Patty Bingo”, involved a field divided into numbere...

Bermuda’s first casino could be open for business in the summer, the gambling watchdog signalled. Jean Major, the chief executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission (BCGC), said the operation was “progressing well”. Mr Major added: “June is ent...

The head of the Bermuda Gaming Commission said yesterday a decision on a casino could still be six months away. Jean Major, the commission’s chief executive, said that watchdogs were preparing to scrutinise the operator’s anti-money laundering proced...

The Opposition last night claimed ‘there is a smoke screen preventing the people of Bermuda from the truth’ over the delay in the opening of a casino. One Bermuda Alliance leader Cole Simons also accused Mr Burt of a possible conflict of interest on ...

The Premier’s repeated predictions that Bermuda’s first casino would open before the end of the year are to fall flat. David Burt, with just one month to the deadline, will not achieve his “dream and expectation” and see gambling at the St Regis Hote...