Lithuania’s TOPsport Adds Playson Online Casino Content

Lithuania’s TOPsport Adds Playson Online Casino Content

by October 29, 2019

Online casino content developer and supplier Playson today announced that it has completed successfully the integration of its gaming titles with Lithuanian online gambling operator TOPsport.Today’s announcement follows earlier news that Playson has teamed up with the Lithua ...

Switzerland Launches Gambling Addiction Awareness, Prevention Campaign

Switzerland Launches Gambling Addiction Awareness, Prevention Campaign

by October 29, 2019

A Swiss independent foundation has launched a new digital campaign that seeks to help people learn more about the addictive nature of gambling and encourage those already showing signs of gambling addiction or suffering from gambling addiction to take appropriate measures.Th ...

MGM, Yahoo Sports Announce Exclusive Sports Betting Partnership

MGM, Yahoo Sports Announce Exclusive Sports Betting Partnership

by October 29, 2019

Following last year’s landmark US Supreme Court ruling that overturned a long-standing federal ban on sports betting, many knew that sportsbooks teaming up with sports media giants to enhance brand exposure would become a thing in the industry.The latest such high-profile pa ...

Suncity Joins Manila Casino Resort Scheme to Venture into Philippines’ Gaming Industry

Suncity Joins Manila Casino Resort Scheme to Venture into Philippines’ Gaming Industry

by October 29, 2019

Hong Kong-listed real estate developer and casino operator Suncity Group Holdings Ltd. revealed Tuesday plans to tap into the Philippines’ rapidly expanding casino industry.The company said in filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it has purchased a majority stake in P ...

RBC Starts Flutter at Outperform, Hails Stars Group Marriage as “Unparalleled Opportunity”

RBC Starts Flutter at Outperform, Hails Stars Group Marriage as “Unparalleled Opportunity”

by October 28, 2019

The recently announced merger between gambling powerhouses Flutter Entertainment (formerly Paddy Power Betfair) and The Stars Group has a “high chance” of being completed and an “unparalleled opportunity” for share price upside, according to analysts at Canadian bank RBC.In ...

Caesars REIT Adds JACK Cleveland Casino to Gaming Properties Roster

Caesars REIT Adds JACK Cleveland Casino to Gaming Properties Roster

by October 28, 2019

VICI Properties and JACK Entertainment have entered into an agreement that will see the real estate investment trust (REIT) buy the casino operator’s JACK Cleveland Casino and JACK Thistledown Racino properties in an $843.3 million all-cash deal.This is the second purchase d ...

LeoVegas Lets Out Victorious Roar as It Finally Gets Five-Year Swedish License

LeoVegas Lets Out Victorious Roar as It Finally Gets Five-Year Swedish License

by October 28, 2019

LeoVegas has scored a major win in court recently that paved the way for the company to finally obtain a coveted extension of its Swedish online gambling license to five years.The company’s CEO, Gustaf Hagman, said in a statement distributed to media outlets earlier today th ...

RI Governor Denies Twin River’s Retaliation Claims in Bitter Slot Machines Deal Dispute

RI Governor Denies Twin River’s Retaliation Claims in Bitter Slot Machines Deal Dispute

by October 28, 2019

The administration of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo denied claims that Twin River Worldwide Holdings has been threatened by a senior staff member of the state’s top official that it would face regulatory trouble if it opposed a 20-year no-bid lottery contract extension for ...

Legal Gambling in Ukraine Could Generate Up to $300 Million in Tax Revenue

Legal Gambling in Ukraine Could Generate Up to $300 Million in Tax Revenue

by October 27, 2019

Legal gambling could pour between UAH5-9 billion (approx. $200-$300 million) into Ukraine’s coffers in the form of taxes, the nation’s Finance Minister, Oksana Markarova, said earlier this week.The minister’s comments were prompted by the recent introduction of a bill that s ...

Ladbrokes Eludes Penalty over Problem Gambler’s Victims NDAs

Ladbrokes Eludes Penalty over Problem Gambler’s Victims NDAs

by October 27, 2019

Ladbrokes will not be fined by the UK Gambling Commission for telling the victims of a high roller gambler, who stole money from them to fuel his gambling habit, that it would compensate them if they did not report the issue to the regulator.The Gambling Commission opened an ...

Hard Rock Submits Rockford Casino Proposal to Illinois Gaming Board

Hard Rock Submits Rockford Casino Proposal to Illinois Gaming Board

by October 26, 2019

Hard Rock International officially submitted on Friday its proposal for a $300 million casino complex in the Illinois city of Rockford to the state Gaming Board. The plan was endorsed by the City Council earlier this month.Hard Rock has partnered with 53 Rockford investors t ...

Swedish Gambling Watchdog Rolls Out New Money Laundering Reporting System

Swedish Gambling Watchdog Rolls Out New Money Laundering Reporting System

by October 26, 2019

Spelinspektionen is set to introduce a new system for reporting suspected money laundering and terrorism financing within Sweden’s regulated gambling industry, the regulator itself revealed in a Friday statement on its official website.The new reporting system, goAML, will r ...

Atlantic Club’s New Owner Hires Real Estate Broker ahead of Renovation

Atlantic Club’s New Owner Hires Real Estate Broker ahead of Renovation

by October 25, 2019

The new owner of the former Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City has hired a real estate broker and marketing manager as it looks to reopen the shuttered property as a non-gambling resort.Colosseo Atlantic City Inc., a New York-based investment and construction company ...

Greentube Launches Casino Titles with Grand Casino Baden

Greentube Launches Casino Titles with Grand Casino Baden

by October 25, 2019

Days after its entry into the regulated online gambling market of Switzerland, supplier of casino content Greentube announced that it has expanded its Swiss presence with the rollout of its titles with Grand Casino Baden.Under a partnership between Grand Casino Baden and Gre ...

Hard Rock Discloses Rockford Casino Investors after Criticism

Hard Rock Discloses Rockford Casino Investors after Criticism

by October 25, 2019

Hard Rock International has unveiled the entities and individuals who have invested in its proposed $300 million casino resort in the Illinois City of Rockford after a wave of criticism over the City Council’s decision to keep the list of investors confidential.As many as 53 ...