#Jean Major

The St Regis hotel has been granted the island's first casino licence, the Bermuda Gaming Commission announced yesterday. However, no date has been set for an opening, with operational steps to complete before the dice can start rolling. A statement from the BGC said: "Bermuda's established legislative framework for the licensing and opening of a…

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 numbered squares, with the cattle herded in. If a cow defecated in a square, the individual who had bought…

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 entirely possible, but I don't want to put a definite time line on it. "I don't see at this stage any…