Germany’s Sports Betting Licensing Process Hits New Snag

Germany’s Sports Betting Licensing Process Hits New Snag

by April 5, 2020

Germany’s online gambling reorganization process has hit another setback after an Austrian bookmaker has mounted a legal challenge, arguing that the ongoing sports betting licensing process was marred by lack of transparency.On January 1, 2020, Germany enforced an experiment ...

Two More Gambling Operators Have UKGC Licenses Suspended

Two More Gambling Operators Have UKGC Licenses Suspended

by April 5, 2020

The UK Gambling Commission has been particularly diligent in penalizing errant gambling operators in the past several months and news about its latest punitive actions emerged this past Friday.The regulator announced that it has suspended the licenses of two online gambling ...

Kalamba Games Agrees QTech Games Integration for Asian, Emerging Markets Expansion

Kalamba Games Agrees QTech Games Integration for Asian, Emerging Markets Expansion

by April 4, 2020

Online casino content supplier Kalamba Games has teamed up with QTech Games in a partnership that saw the former integrate its Remote Gaming Server with the latter.This latest partnership announced by Kalamba has enabled the provider to enhance its market presence in Asia an ...

Owner of Former Trump Casino Says Demolition Plans Are in Progress

Owner of Former Trump Casino Says Demolition Plans Are in Progress

by April 4, 2020

The owner of shuttered Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City says that plans to tear down the nearly 40-year building are already underway and that the city’s legal action seeking its immediate demolition is unnecessary.Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small’s administratio ...

Rush Street Adds Scientific Games Slots across Pennsylvania Casino Brands

Rush Street Adds Scientific Games Slots across Pennsylvania Casino Brands

by April 3, 2020

Rush Street Interactive, the digital gaming division of regional casino operator Rush Street Gaming, has extended an existing online casino content supply deal with gambling software provider Scientific Games to now cover Pennsylvania.Under the terms of the recently expanded ...

partypoker Marks Comeback in Italy’s Online Poker Market

partypoker Marks Comeback in Italy’s Online Poker Market

by April 3, 2020

Online poker operator partypoker, part of gambling group GVC Holdings, has recently celebrated its return to Italy’s online poker market after four-year absence.The popular brand announced this week that it has obtained a license for the provision of online poker services on ...

Australian Punter Sues BetEasy for A$1.2 Million in Unpaid Winnings

Australian Punter Sues BetEasy for A$1.2 Million in Unpaid Winnings

by April 3, 2020

The Stars Group-owned Australia-facing sports betting operator BetEasy is being sued for unpaid winnings after a punter won nearly A$1.2 million via a monster parlay she placed on several horses in May 2018. The customer received only A$250,000 from the bookmaker.In a Suprem ...

Swedish Court Rejects The Stars Group, Bet365, GVC Underage Betting Appeals

Swedish Court Rejects The Stars Group, Bet365, GVC Underage Betting Appeals

by April 3, 2020

Sweden’s Administrative Court in Linköping this week ruled on 11 appeals against penalties leveled by the Swedish Gambling Authority on locally licensed gambling operators last summer.Spelinspektionen, the Swedish gambling regulator, fined the operators after finding out tha ...

1X2 Network Secures LatAm Expansion with BetWarrior Supply Deal

1X2 Network Secures LatAm Expansion with BetWarrior Supply Deal

by April 2, 2020

Online gaming software group 1X2 Network has been able to boost its presence in the lucrative LatAm region through a recently signed partnership with iGaming operator BetWarrior.Under the terms of the deal, BetWarrior and its LatAm gambling audience will gain access to 1X2 N ...

Microgaming Unveils Feature-Rich, Action-Packed April Slots Lineup

Microgaming Unveils Feature-Rich, Action-Packed April Slots Lineup

by April 2, 2020

Microgaming has just revealed the April lineup of new slots titles that have been created by its network of independent game development studios and third-party content partners.The new games feature exciting visuals and sounds as well as in-game featureс that aim to provide ...

UKGC Slaps Casino Giant Caesars with Record Fine

UKGC Slaps Casino Giant Caesars with Record Fine

by April 2, 2020

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. is the latest big industry player to have been penalized by the UK Gambling Commission for subversive activity.The regulator has slapped a record £13 million on the operator for “a catalogue of social responsibility, money laundering ...

Long-Stalled Federal Decision on Ho-Chunk Casino Is Now on the Way

Long-Stalled Federal Decision on Ho-Chunk Casino Is Now on the Way

by April 2, 2020

A federal decision on Ho-Chunk Nation’s plan to build a casino in Beloit, Wisconsin, near the Illinois border, might be imminent, according to a tribal official.The tribe has been waiting for the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) ruling for almost a year now and it seems that ...

Push Gaming to Roll Out Casino Titles across GVC Brands

Push Gaming to Roll Out Casino Titles across GVC Brands

by April 1, 2020

Online casino games supplier Push Gaming has partnered up with major gambling group GVC Holdings to supply its games to the operator’s brands.The integration of Push Gaming titles will happen in several phases. The first phase will see GVC’s online gaming brands, including L ...

Caesars-Eldorado Merger Still On Despite Coronavirus Fallout

Caesars-Eldorado Merger Still On Despite Coronavirus Fallout

by April 1, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the travel, gaming, and hospitality industries has delayed the $17.3 billion merger of casino operators Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Eldorado Resorts and it is now due to close in June.A source with firsthand knowledge of the matt ...

Macau’s March Casino Revenue Hit by Stern Coronavirus Restrictions

Macau’s March Casino Revenue Hit by Stern Coronavirus Restrictions

by April 1, 2020

Casino revenue in Macau sunk 79.7% year-on-year in March, according to data released Wednesday by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.The city’s gambling venues generated just under MOP5.3 billion (approx. $664 million) last month as extraordinary measures invoked ...