Atlantic City Casinos Announce Mass Layoffs amid Coronavirus Crisis

Atlantic City Casinos Announce Mass Layoffs amid Coronavirus Crisis

by March 27, 2020

Almost all of Atlantic City’s nine casinos have furloughed their workers as the economic fallout from the dangerous coronavirus continues to reverberate across the United States and the rest of the world.Most of the gambling venues located along Atlantic City’s famous Boardw ...

William Hill Incoming CFO Decides Against Joining Bookmaker Citing Covid-19 Uncertainty

William Hill Incoming CFO Decides Against Joining Bookmaker Citing Covid-19 Uncertainty

by March 26, 2020

William Hill’s incoming Chief Finance Officer has made a sudden u-turn informing its new employer that he has decided to keep his current CFO role at international packaging company DS Smith due to ongoing market uncertainty stemming from the global coronavirus crisis.The Br ...

Eldorado Must Pay Caesars $2.3 Million in Ticking Fees as Tie-Up Misses Deadline

Eldorado Must Pay Caesars $2.3 Million in Ticking Fees as Tie-Up Misses Deadline

by March 26, 2020

Eldorado Resorts must start paying Caesars Entertainment Corp. nearly $2.3 million in daily ticking fees after failing to complete its planned tie-up with the Las Vegas casino and hospitality powerhouse before a previously set deadline.After months of negotiations, the transa ...

Wind Creek Bethlehem Worker Sues Casino over Minimum Wage Violations

Wind Creek Bethlehem Worker Sues Casino over Minimum Wage Violations

by March 26, 2020

A former Wind Creek Bethlehem employee has filed a class-action lawsuit against the casino, claiming that it paid him and other tipped employee below the minimum wage required under state and federal law.Jacob Bartakovits filed his complaint in the US District Court of the E ...

Bozhkov-Owned Bookmaker Eurofootball Ordered to Close Shop over Unpaid Taxes

Bozhkov-Owned Bookmaker Eurofootball Ordered to Close Shop over Unpaid Taxes

by March 26, 2020

The Bulgarian State Gambling Commission temporarily suspended the operating license of Bulgarian bookmaker Eurofootball (Еврофутбол) at a Wednesday meeting, saying that the operator had for years failed to pay proper taxes to the country.Eurofootball was the first private bo ...

Tilman Fertitta Furloughs 40,000 Casino, Hospitality Workers amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Tilman Fertitta Furloughs 40,000 Casino, Hospitality Workers amid Covid-19 Pandemic

by March 25, 2020

Billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta has furloughed around 40,000 workers at his chains of casinos and restaurants in the wake of widespread temporary closures of non-essential businesses across the US in response to the global Covid-19 crisis.Mr. Fertitta’s business asse ...

Spearhead Studios Debuts Beloved Casino Floor Classic as Its First Table Game

Spearhead Studios Debuts Beloved Casino Floor Classic as Its First Table Game

by March 25, 2020

Spearhead Studios this week rolled out its first table game that is part of the casino games developer’s comprehensive 2020 roadmap.Spearhead Studios presented online casino enthusiasts with its own take on European Roulette. The developer’s new title is designed with a mobi ...

Yokohama Earmarks Funds for Casino Resort Promotion Effort

Yokohama Earmarks Funds for Casino Resort Promotion Effort

by March 25, 2020

The Yokohama city council on Tuesday earmarked JYP400 million (approx. $3.6 million) for its effort to promote the establishment of an integrated resort with a casino within city limits, regional gaming news outlet GGRAsia reported.The allocation of funds for the city’s IR pr ...

Red Rake Gaming Secures Premier Gaming Partnership

Red Rake Gaming Secures Premier Gaming Partnership

by March 24, 2020

Red Rake Gaming has added a new client to its ever-growing list of operator partners as the online casino content provider looks to gain access to a larger gambling audience and expand its presence across important markets through major partnerships.In a press release that h ...

KamaGames, Hard Rock Partner to Up Social Casino Experience

KamaGames, Hard Rock Partner to Up Social Casino Experience

by March 24, 2020

Social casino games developer KamaGames has teamed up with gaming and hospitality operator Hard Rock International to jointly produce casual play versions of some of the world’s most popular casino activities.The partnership between the two gaming companies has kicked off wi ...

Habanero Grows Italian Presence with StarCasinò Integration

Habanero Grows Italian Presence with StarCasinò Integration

by March 24, 2020

Online casino games developer Habanero has forged another high profile supply deal with a leading iGaming operator as part of its European expansion campaign.The major supplier announced earlier today that it has strengthened its Italian foothold through a partnership with S ...

NetEnt Cuts Workforce by 120 due to Full Red Tiger Integration

NetEnt Cuts Workforce by 120 due to Full Red Tiger Integration

by March 24, 2020

Swedish online casino content developer NetEnt today announced that it is set to implement a full integration with fellow provider of casino games Red Tiger, which it acquired last fall in a £200 million deal.As a result from the pending changes, the enlarged group will cut i ...

Pragmatic Play Unveils New Baccarat, Roulette Live Casino Titles

Pragmatic Play Unveils New Baccarat, Roulette Live Casino Titles

by March 23, 2020

Pragmatic Play continues to deliver on its promise to significantly boost its Live Casino offering this year with the recent introduction of three new titles.The provider launched not long ago two variants of probably the most popular table game at land-based casinos – bacca ...

Red Tiger’s Entire Slots Collection Now Live with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino

Red Tiger’s Entire Slots Collection Now Live with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino

by March 23, 2020

Online casino content supplier Red Tiger has further extended its foothold in the lucrative Swedish iGaming market through a supply deal with Sweden’s former gambling monopoly Svenska Spel.Under the terms of that deal, Red Tiger has integrated and successfully launched its s ...

Union Slams Connecticut Casino for Placing Workers on Furlough after Coronavirus Closure

Union Slams Connecticut Casino for Placing Workers on Furlough after Coronavirus Closure

by March 23, 2020

Foxwoods Resort Casino, one of Connecticut’s two casinos, is facing criticism for placing more than 5,000 employees, including around 1,200 unionized workers, on furlough after it closed temporarily last week.The state’s two tribal casinos as well as a number of other busine ...