Despite Rocky Start, Oregon Betting App Proves Popular with State Bettors

Despite Rocky Start, Oregon Betting App Proves Popular with State Bettors

by October 21, 2019

After many hiccups along the road, the Oregon Lottery finally launched its mobile betting app last Wednesday. And it proved really popular with state bettors. In fact, it was so popular that the massive flood of Oregonians on the new betting product’s official website bogged it d ...

Japan to Establish Casino Management Regulator in Early 2020

Japan to Establish Casino Management Regulator in Early 2020

by October 21, 2019

Japan’s effort to build its casino industry and launch its first integrated casino resorts is gaining more and more momentum every day. It emerged on Friday that the country’s government is set to establish a five-member casino management board on January 7, 2020.Under an or ...

Taiwan’s James Chen Takes Down WSOPE €250,000 Super High Roller

Taiwan’s James Chen Takes Down WSOPE €250,000 Super High Roller

by October 20, 2019

The most expensive WSOP event this year was completed a couple of days ago at King’s Casino Rozvadov, delivering quality poker action and accentuating the thrill of staking a six-figure amount in hopes to claim an even bigger payout.The WSOP Europe €250,000 Super High Roller ...

Full House, Wynn Resorts Form Indiana, Colorado Mobile Betting Alliance

Full House, Wynn Resorts Form Indiana, Colorado Mobile Betting Alliance

by October 20, 2019

Las Vegas casino operator Full House Resorts has revealed plans to tap into the newly opened Indiana mobile sports betting market through a recently penned partnership with WSI US, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of gaming and hospitality giant Wynn Resorts.WSI is known to be ...

Former Wynn Resorts Employee Claims Company Spied on Him

Former Wynn Resorts Employee Claims Company Spied on Him

by October 19, 2019

A former Wynn Resorts employee who went public about the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against its former boss Steve Wynn is suing the company and several of its executives, claiming that they have invaded his privacy and spied on him at his new workplace.Jorgen Niel ...

EGT Interactive Enters Sweden, Expands in Portugal with Betclic Deal

EGT Interactive Enters Sweden, Expands in Portugal with Betclic Deal

by October 19, 2019

Bulgarian online casino games supplier EGT Interactive has continued to deliver on its strategy to extend its footprint across European markets with a recently forged deal with French gambling group Betclic.Under the terms of the deal, the operator’s flagship Betclic brand a ...

Dash Dudley Survives Tough Final Table to Win WSOPE €550 PLO Event

Dash Dudley Survives Tough Final Table to Win WSOPE €550 PLO Event

by October 18, 2019

US Pot-Limit Omaha specialist Dash Dudley survived the stacked final table of the WSOP Europe €550 Pot-Limit Omaha for a first-place prize of €51,600 and his second gold bracelet from the popular poker series.Dudley has been around the poker tables for nearly two decades. Hi ...

Microgaming, Gameburger Studios Cook Up Fiery New Africa-Themed Slot

Microgaming, Gameburger Studios Cook Up Fiery New Africa-Themed Slot

by October 18, 2019

Microgaming summons fans of its content from around the world to an adventure through Africa’s deepest jungles with its newest slot 9 Masks of Fire, developed exclusively by Gameburger Studios.Fire is an ever-present element in the latest addition to Microgaming’s hefty and ...

Swedish Regulator Clears bet365, Three Other Operators of Taking Bets on Underage Athletes

Swedish Regulator Clears bet365, Three Other Operators of Taking Bets on Underage Athletes

by October 18, 2019

Spelinspektionen cleared four gambling operators that were previously investigated for taking bets on the individual performance of underage athletes, a type of wagering activity that is prohibited under Sweden’s gambling law.The four locally licensed operators that landed i ...

Singapore Regulator Slaps Record Fines on City’s Two Casinos

Singapore Regulator Slaps Record Fines on City’s Two Casinos

by October 18, 2019

Singapore’s casino regulator has slapped record fines on the city-state’s two casinos during the previous fiscal year, local news outlet the Straits Times reports.The two gambling venues received a collective S$746,700 in fines during the April 2018-March 2019 financial year ...

Playson Slots Go Live with Ninja Casino in Estonia, Finland

Playson Slots Go Live with Ninja Casino in Estonia, Finland

by October 17, 2019

Online casino content developer and supplier Playson has rolled out its slots portfolio with Swedish gambling group Global Gaming after a recently penned agreement between the two companies.As a result from Playson’s latest major content distribution deal, the provider has b ...

Renat Bohdanov Wins First 2019 WSOP Europe Gold Bracelet

Renat Bohdanov Wins First 2019 WSOP Europe Gold Bracelet

by October 17, 2019

The WSOP Europe kicked off this weekend at King’s Casino in the Czech village of Rozvadov, which has over the past several years become the European epicenter of quality poker action.After a successful summer in Las Vegas, the WSOP has now traveled all the way to the heart o ...

Gary, Spectacle Agree on City’s Take from Hard Rock Casino

Gary, Spectacle Agree on City’s Take from Hard Rock Casino

by October 17, 2019

The Gary City Council and casino operator Spectacle Entertainment LLC have agreed on the financial take of the city from the casino gambling operations of the future Hard Rock Casino that is planned to be located near the Borman Expressway off Burr Street, and to open doors by th ...

Greater Boston Casino Announces President’s Departure

Greater Boston Casino Announces President’s Departure

by October 17, 2019

Encore Boston Harbor’s President, Bob DeSalvio, is stepping down less than four months after the luxury property opened doors along the Mystic River in Everett, a city in the Greater Boston area.Wynn Resorts, the Las Vegas casino giant that built and operates the hotel and c ...

Videoslots Deploys Red Tiger’s Jackpot Network Offering

Videoslots Deploys Red Tiger’s Jackpot Network Offering

by October 16, 2019

Online casino operator Videoslots has harnessed the Jackpot Network of iGaming content supplier Red Tiger to provide its gambling customers with daily and hourly jackpots.Red Tiger’s Jackpot Network includes the brand new Daily Drop Jackpots product, which the provider rolle ...