L&L Europe Fined in Sweden over Self-Exclusion Failings

L&L Europe Fined in Sweden over Self-Exclusion Failings

by April 23, 2020

Online gambling operator L&L Europe Limited has been slapped with a fine in Sweden for sending promotional materials to self-excluded gamblers after the reorganization of the local online gambling market in January 2019.The Swedish gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, ...

More Than 230 Gambling Addicts Sought Help in Ireland in 2019, Figures Show

More Than 230 Gambling Addicts Sought Help in Ireland in 2019, Figures Show

by April 23, 2020

More than 230 people suffering from gambling addiction sought help in the Republic of Ireland last year, figures from the country’s National Drug Treatment Reporting System show.The reported figure represents a 7% increase on the 217 gambling addicts who were assessed or tre ...

The Stars Group Replaces BetStars with New PokerStars Sports Brand

The Stars Group Replaces BetStars with New PokerStars Sports Brand

by April 23, 2020

Canadian gambling giant The Stars Group has dropped its nearly five-year-old BetStars sports betting brand and has replaced it with the new PokerStars Sports operation as part of a previously announced plan to bolster the growth of its flagship PokerStars brand.As reported b ...

SkyCity Unveils New Eos Hotel Brand at Adelaide Casino

SkyCity Unveils New Eos Hotel Brand at Adelaide Casino

by April 22, 2020

New Zealand casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group today introduced a new hotel brand as part of the ongoing A$330 million expansion of its Adelaide Casino in South Australia.Eos by SkyCity was unveiled today as the hotel brand that would join SkyCity’s existing operati ...

Gaming and Leisure Properties Closes Acquisition of Tropicana Las Vegas

Gaming and Leisure Properties Closes Acquisition of Tropicana Las Vegas

by April 22, 2020

Real estate investment trust Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (GLPI) last week completed the acquisition of Tropicana Las Vegas Casino Hotel Resort from Penn National Gaming.News about the transaction first emerged in March following months of speculations that a sale of t ...

Flutter Shareholders Greenlight Stars Group Combination

Flutter Shareholders Greenlight Stars Group Combination

by April 22, 2020

Shareholders in Irish gambling group Flutter Entertainment backed the company’s planned combination with its Canadian counterpart The Stars Group in a vote that took place this past Tuesday in Dublin.Flutter and The Stars announced their tie-up in October 2019. The deal will ...

Red Rake Gaming Partners Up CasinoSecret

Red Rake Gaming Partners Up CasinoSecret

by April 21, 2020

Red Rake Gaming has announced the latest of a flurry of casino content supply deals that would enable the Spain- and Malta-based provider to further bolster its growth.The popular online casino content supplier today announced that it has partnered with Malta-licensed online ...

OPAP Increases Investment in Stoiximan’s Greek, Cypriot Online Gambling Business

OPAP Increases Investment in Stoiximan’s Greek, Cypriot Online Gambling Business

by April 21, 2020

Greek gambling giant OPAP today announced that it is set to acquire an additional stake in Stoiximan Group’s Greek and Cypriot business after it has recently secured regulatory clearance to buy a 51% stake in the same operation.A wholly-owned subsidiary of OPAP, OPAP Investm ...

Centuries-Old Gambling Loss Recovery Law Does Not Apply to Fantasy Sports, Illinois Supreme Court Rules

Centuries-Old Gambling Loss Recovery Law Does Not Apply to Fantasy Sports, Illinois Supreme Court Rules

by April 21, 2020

A centuries-old statute providing an avenue for a losing bettor to recover their losses does not apply to daily fantasy sports, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week.The ruling was issued in relation to a case brought by an Illinois resident who lost $109 in a fantasy N ...

Flutter-Stars to Pursue Single Brand Strategy in Australia after £10 Billion Tie-Up

Flutter-Stars to Pursue Single Brand Strategy in Australia after £10 Billion Tie-Up

by April 21, 2020

Australian bookmaker BetEasy will cease to exist after the £10 billion tie-up between its parent company, The Stars Group, and Irish gambling powerhouse Flutter Entertainment, news emerged earlier today.The BetEasy operation will be taken over by Sportsbet, Flutter’s Austral ...

Relax Gaming to Roll Out Content with Mr Gold Casino

Relax Gaming to Roll Out Content with Mr Gold Casino

by April 20, 2020

Online casino content aggregator and supplier Relax Gaming has agreed to deliver gaming titles to Mr Gold Casino, a newly launched iGaming operation that aims to bring unique experience to the online casino sector.Under the terms of the recently penned content supply deal be ...

Betting Firm SportPesa Mulling Kenya Comeback?

Betting Firm SportPesa Mulling Kenya Comeback?

by April 20, 2020

SportPesa might be gearing up preparations to return to Kenya, according to recent reports by several local news outlets based on the latest activity on the online sports betting operator’s website.The online betting house closed shop in Kenya, one of its biggest, if not the ...

NetEnt Announces Colombian Debut with Rush Street Interactive

NetEnt Announces Colombian Debut with Rush Street Interactive

by April 20, 2020

NetEnt has entered Colombia’s regulated online gambling market in a move that marks the latest milestone achieved by the Swedish iGaming content provider as part of its strategy to continuously expand its regulated foothold.NetEnt announced today that a selection of its globa ...

BetAmerica Sportsbook Finally Back Online after SBTech Cyber Attack Incident

BetAmerica Sportsbook Finally Back Online after SBTech Cyber Attack Incident

by April 20, 2020

The BetAmerica sportsbook has come back online three weeks after its sports betting platform provider was hit by a sophisticated cyber attack that forced the wagering operation to shut down.BetAmerica, which is owned by US casino and racetrack operator Churchill Downs Inc., ...

WSOP Partners GGPoker for New Online Poker Series

WSOP Partners GGPoker for New Online Poker Series

by April 19, 2020

The World Series of Poker and GGPoker this week teamed up to jointly bring quality WSOP Circuit action to the online poker scene.Under the terms of the recently announced partnership, the two major poker organizations will hold the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series on the GGP ...