Sportsbet Ordered to Refund Self-Excluded Bettor

Sportsbet Ordered to Refund Self-Excluded Bettor

by June 16, 2020

Australian online sports betting operator Sportsbet has been told to give a full refund to a customer who had self-excluded from gambling but was allowed to open a new account, wagering away nearly A$150,000.Self-exclusion tools allow problem gamblers to voluntarily ban them ...

VICI to Provide Mortgage Loan on Caesars Forum, Eldorado Sells Shares ahead of Merger

VICI to Provide Mortgage Loan on Caesars Forum, Eldorado Sells Shares ahead of Merger

by June 16, 2020

Real estate investment trust VICI Properties has agreed to provide a $400 million mortgage loan on the Caesars Forum conference center in Las Vegas, news emerged this past Monday.The loan will bear interest rate of 7.7% with payments subject to 2% escalation per year. It wil ...

Habanero Integrates Games Portfolio with GrooveGaming

Habanero Integrates Games Portfolio with GrooveGaming

by June 15, 2020

Habanero has become the latest major iGaming content maker to add its games to rapidly growing iGaming aggregator GrooveGaming.As part of a recently signed deal, GrooveGaming will integrate Habanero’s ever-growing portfolio onto its platform.Habanero boasts a content li ...

Red Tiger Unveils Belgian Launch with Napoleon

Red Tiger Unveils Belgian Launch with Napoleon

by June 15, 2020

Red Tiger has announced a new partnership that has expanded its reach into another major regulated European market.The company, which is owned by Swedish iGaming provider NetEnt, has signed a content delivery agreement with Belgian gambling operator Napoleon and has rolled o ...

Greentube Launches Casino Titles with Game World to Grow Romanian Footprint

Greentube Launches Casino Titles with Game World to Grow Romanian Footprint

by June 15, 2020

Online casino games supplier Greentube, a division of NOVOMATIC Interactive, has strengthened its Romanian foothold with a recently signed deal with local iGaming operator Game World.As a result of the partnership, Greentube has launched its games range with the operator. Ga ...

China Tightens Grip on Payment Firms that Move Gambling Money

China Tightens Grip on Payment Firms that Move Gambling Money

by June 15, 2020

The People’s Bank of China has been assigned the “major political mission” to clamp down on payment processors servicing online gambling operators, according to a notice issued late last week by the bank.Local news outlets reported that the bank’s Deputy Governor, Fang Yifei, ...

Revolver Gaming Unveils Content Delivery Deal with Hub88

Revolver Gaming Unveils Content Delivery Deal with Hub88

by June 14, 2020

Online casino software supplier Revolver Gaming this week announced that it has signed a content distribution deal with platform provider Hub88.The deal will see Revolver bring its gaming titles to a new audience. Under the terms of the recently inked deal. The company is se ...

German State of Saarland Slams Two Online Casino Ops for Unauthorized Ads

German State of Saarland Slams Two Online Casino Ops for Unauthorized Ads

by June 14, 2020

Two online casinos licensed by the German state of Schleswig-Holstein were this week ordered to stop advertising their products in the state of Saarland.The latter state’s media regulator, Landesmedienanstalt (LMS), said that it has told two major online casino operators tha ...

Playtech, GVC Debut Majority Rules Speed Blackjack Live Casino Title

Playtech, GVC Debut Majority Rules Speed Blackjack Live Casino Title

by June 13, 2020

Major online gambling provider Playtech on Friday premiered the newest addition to its Live Casino range, Majority Rules Speed Blackjack.The company said its newest Live Casino titles is yet another scalable game that is crafted around community play.Majority Rules Spee ...

Apple Hit with Lawsuit over Loot Boxes in App Store

Apple Hit with Lawsuit over Loot Boxes in App Store

by June 13, 2020

Apple is being sued in California for allowing developers to market apps and games with loot boxes, a special mechanism that enables players to make in-app purchases that present them with random digital rewards, the Apple Insider reports.On Friday, named plaintiff Rebecca ...

Developer Proposes $1.1 Billion Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi

Developer Proposes $1.1 Billion Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi

by June 12, 2020

A new casino could join Mississippi’s gambling scene if the Biloxi City Council approves next week a proposal for the development of a luxury gaming resort at the site of the city’s former Broadwater Beach Resort.According to a city resolution, developer Broadwater Developmen ...

Swedish Government OKs Weekly Online Casino Deposit Limit

Swedish Government OKs Weekly Online Casino Deposit Limit

by June 12, 2020

The Swedish government has approved the implementation of a weekly deposit limit for online casino players, among a host of temporary rules and restrictions aimed to protect Swedes from gambling-related harm amid the coronavirus pandemic.The measures will come into effect on ...

Cyprus Casinos Set for June 13 Reopening

Cyprus Casinos Set for June 13 Reopening

by June 12, 2020

Cyprus’ five operational casinos are set to reopen June 13 after staying closed for nearly three months as the tiny Mediterranean republic grappled to contain the spread of the coronavirus.The C2 (Cyprus Casinos) properties will welcome back their guests to safety restrictio ...

AC Mayor Says Trump Plaza Will Hopefully Be Demolished by End of 2020

AC Mayor Says Trump Plaza Will Hopefully Be Demolished by End of 2020

by June 12, 2020

Trump Plaza’s two towers will be imploded, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. announced in a Thursday news conference in front of the shuttered hotel and casino resort.The owner of the property, New York billionaire businessman Carl Icahn, has recently submitted a plan to t ...

Scientific Games Takes SidePlay eInstant Content Live with Pennsylvania Lottery

Scientific Games Takes SidePlay eInstant Content Live with Pennsylvania Lottery

by June 11, 2020

Gambling technology and software provider Scientific Games has agreed to become the exclusive distributor of eInstant lottery content by SidePlay Entertainment across North America.Under the terms of a recently penned deal between the two companies, the Pennsylvania Lottery ...