The Macau government gives Sands China Ltd. another seven-month extension to complete its $2.7b Parisian Macao resort casino.

According to a statement by the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau made to Tribuna de Macau, the deadline has been extended to November 2016, despite having a requirement to be completed by April of this year.

Sands China notified the authorities that its property on Macau’s Cotai strip might not meet its April 2016 opening target in May.

Sands initially planned to have a partial launch of The Parisian in November 2014 and a full launch in March 2015. But Sands did not meet the scheduled plan and confirmed that The Parisian will open its doors for business in April 2016.

Malta-licensed online gambling operator Mr Green & Co AB is expanding its presence in the online gambling market by launching a sportsbook product this year.

After reporting Mr Green’s financial result for the fourth quarter and the calendar year ended December 31, 2015, AB chief executive Per Norman announced that the company will broaden its offering and launch a sports book in 2016.

According to its website, Mr Green sports book intends to introduce an innovative new betting product on the platform, which will distinguish then brand from competitors.

The new product, which will be launch before the 2016 UEFA European Championship, will initially offer a range of betting options such as football, tennis, and basketball as well as prop bets and esports.

Malta-licensed online gambling operator Mr Green & Co AB is expanding its presence in the online gambling market by launching a sportsbook product this year.

After reporting Mr Green’s financial result for the fourth quarter and the calendar year ended December 31, 2015, AB chief executive Per Norman announced that the company will broaden its offering and launch a sports book in 2016.

According to its website, Mr Green sports book intends to introduce an innovative new betting product on the platform, which will distinguish then brand from competitors.

The new product, which will be launch before the 2016 UEFA European Championship, will initially offer a range of betting options such as football, tennis, and basketball as well as prop bets and esports.

An illegal immigration case led authorities in Macau to stumble upon a hotel’s scheme for its frequent Chinese gamblers, local media reported.

Local police arrested a Chinese man at the Outer Ferry Terminal last week, according to the Macau Business Daily. The man, surnamed Chen, had a blue card on him that identified him as a cleaning worker at a hotel in the city state. A blue card is a work permit issued to a non-resident who wants to work in Macau.

The man, however, told investigators that he was not a worker in the hotel, but he bought the work permit in 2014 from the hotel “to more easily facilitate his visits to the city for gambling.” Chen said he paid HK$50,000 (US$6,225) for the blue card, which he got through a friend in 2014.

Judicial Police refused to identify the hotel—but hinted that it was located “in the central area of the Peninsula”—because they are “still chasing” its agents and staff. Authorities believed the hotel “applied for blue cards for frequent Chinese gamblers to make money.”

An illegal immigration case led authorities in Macau to stumble upon a hotel’s scheme for its frequent Chinese gamblers, local media reported.

Local police arrested a Chinese man at the Outer Ferry Terminal last week, according to the Macau Business Daily. The man, surnamed Chen, had a blue card on him that identified him as a cleaning worker at a hotel in the city state. A blue card is a work permit issued to a non-resident who wants to work in Macau.

The man, however, told investigators that he was not a worker in the hotel, but he bought the work permit in 2014 from the hotel “to more easily facilitate his visits to the city for gambling.” Chen said he paid HK$50,000 (US$6,225) for the blue card, which he got through a friend in 2014.

Judicial Police refused to identify the hotel—but hinted that it was located “in the central area of the Peninsula”—because they are “still chasing” its agents and staff. Authorities believed the hotel “applied for blue cards for frequent Chinese gamblers to make money.”

Australian betting giant Tabcorp is ready enter the UK and Irish gambling markets in spring.

Tabcorp, in partnership with Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, is scheduled to launch Sun Bets within six months, reported The Financial Times.

“It is a natural step for us,” said David Attenborough, Tabcorp’s chief executive. “We have worked with News Ltd. closely in Australia and built up a high degree of trust. They have one of the strongest brands in the UK with half of the UK betting population regularly reading or engaging with The Sun.”

Tabcorp has announced the deal it signed with News Corp subsidiary News UK, publisher of The Sun along with The Times and Sunday Times, in December. The contract is set to run for an initial ten years but could be extended depending on its performance.

The government of the United States refused to back down on its stance that John McManus was not a resident of Ireland when he won close to $20 million from gambling in the United States, even though the businessman held an Irish passport.

The 64-year-old investor, racehorse owner and gambler filed a complaint in September at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in which he claimed the U.S. government “wrongfully withheld” $5.22 million to cover the taxes of his $17.4 million gambling winnings.

McManus—one of Ireland’s richest—won the money playing “either backgammon or poker” in 2012, but the payer sent $5.22 million to the Internal Revenue Service as withholding. This prompted the businessman to file a non-resident U.S. federal income tax return, citing a 1997 double-tax treaty between the U.S. and Ireland.

Income from gambling is taxable in the United States, but McManus’s lawyers said the man was a resident of Ireland in 2012, and under the country’s provincial tax structure, whatever income he earned outside the country is not subjected to tax. Instead, McManus has to pay a flat tax of €200,000 under the domicile levy.