Play’n GO Set for Asia-Pacific Gambling Expansion with PAGCOR Authorization

Play’n GO Set for Asia-Pacific Gambling Expansion with PAGCOR Authorization

by March 21, 2019

Play’n GO secures authorization from the Philippine gambling regulator to supply online casino contentSupplier of online casino content Play’n GO has been authorized to provide its games to the Philippine market, the company announced in a press release issued Wednesday....

Portuguese Government Initiates Gambling Tax Review

Portuguese Government Initiates Gambling Tax Review

by March 20, 2019

Portugal’s heavy gambling tax to finally be reviewed by the government as the local regulated market faces channelization issuesThe government of Portugal has tasked a working group with analyzing the state of the country’s online gambling industry and assessing whether chang ...

Casinos Splitting from NV Energy Could Be Imposed Higher Impact Fees

Casinos Splitting from NV Energy Could Be Imposed Higher Impact Fees

by March 20, 2019

Nevada’s public utility calls for higher impact fees to be imposed on departing corporate customersMajor companies leaving NV Energy could be required to pay a higher “impact fee” if Nevada regulators agree to consider the state public utility’s recent call for the formula us ...

Culinary Workers Hold Nationwide Pickets to Support Palms Casino Unionization

Culinary Workers Hold Nationwide Pickets to Support Palms Casino Unionization

by March 20, 2019

First wave of pickets supporting Palms unionization to target celebrity chefs and businesses associated with the casino’s ownersCulinary workers will organize nationwide pickets at properties associated with Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas to support employees at the resort ...

Blackstone Snatches Ukrainian Social Casino Games Developer Murka

Blackstone Snatches Ukrainian Social Casino Games Developer Murka

by March 20, 2019

The Blackstone Group shows ambitions toward the exploding social casino market with strategic acquisition of Ukrainian game developerAmerican private equity firm The Blackstone Group LP has developed further interest in the global gaming industry, this time focusing its atten ...

You Zeng Emerges Victorious in WPTDeepStacks Johannesburg

You Zeng Emerges Victorious in WPTDeepStacks Johannesburg

by March 19, 2019

Zeng collected his largest poker cash over the weekend after taking down the latest WPTDeepStacks Johannesburg Main EventAfter three days of poker at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, it was Chinese national You Zeng who took down the latest WPTDeepStacks Main Event this past ...

Pennsylvania Sports Betting Revenue Takes Massive Slide in February

Pennsylvania Sports Betting Revenue Takes Massive Slide in February

by March 19, 2019

Pennsylvania’s sportsbooks took a beating in February with disappointing handle and revenue, despite Super BowlPennsylvania’s February sports betting revenue took a disappointing 25.4% slide from January, figures released Monday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board showed ...

Suffolk Downs Will Not Pursue Boston Casino, Even If MassGaming Revokes Wynn’s License

Suffolk Downs Will Not Pursue Boston Casino, Even If MassGaming Revokes Wynn’s License

by March 19, 2019

Suffolk Downs has given up ambitions to operate a casino in the Greater Boston area, even if MassGaming deems Wynn Resorts unsuitable to hold a gaming licenseThe Suffolk Downs thoroughbred race track will not pursue a license for a casino in the Greater Boston area, should th ...

Showboat Owner Unveils Plans for Casino Targeting New Generation of Gamblers

Showboat Owner Unveils Plans for Casino Targeting New Generation of Gamblers

by March 19, 2019

The owner of Atlantic City’s Showboat revealed Monday plans to build a casino on a vacant lot right next to the existing resortThe New Jersey Casino Control Commission approved Monday the statement of compliance petition filed by Philadelphia businessman Bart Blatstein. Secur ...

Hard Rock among Shortlisted Bidders for Cairns Casino License

Hard Rock among Shortlisted Bidders for Cairns Casino License

by March 18, 2019

The Government of Queensland has shortlisted three bidders for a development project that will transform the Cairns waterfront and the region’s tourism industryFlorida-based gaming and hospitality giant Hard Rock International, Australian casino operator The Star Entertainmen ...

Intralot and Intracom Dismiss Merger Rumors

Intralot and Intracom Dismiss Merger Rumors

by March 18, 2019

Greek gambling giant Intralot and local IT and telecom holding Intracom have denied reports about their potential merger, news outlet Kathimerini reported FridayIn separate but practically identical statements published late last week, the two companies said that merger rumor ...

Casino Giants Caesars and Eldorado in Early Merger Talks

Casino Giants Caesars and Eldorado in Early Merger Talks

by March 18, 2019

Caesars and Eldorado are reportedly exploring a merger that could create a $9 billion casino and hospitality powerhouseUS gaming and hospitality operators Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Eldorado Resorts Inc. are holding early talks of a potential merger, Reuters reports citi ...

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs Claims WPT Barcelona Title for €600,000

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs Claims WPT Barcelona Title for €600,000

by March 18, 2019

Latvia’s Vitalijs Zavorotnijs took down the WPT Barcelona last night to earn his career’s largest cash and join the elite WPT Champions ClubVitalijs Zavorotnijs came through a field of 1,227 fellow contenders to claim the WPT Barcelona Main Event title and the first-place pri ...

Carl Icahn Stake in Casino Giant Caesars Keeps Growing

Carl Icahn Stake in Casino Giant Caesars Keeps Growing

by March 17, 2019

New York billionaire investor Carl Icahn keeps growing his stake in Las Vegas hotel and casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp., as he is pressing the company to merge with a rival operator or sell itselfGuruFocus reported earlier this week that the activist investor has pur ...

New Trust to Raise Funds from Irish Bookmakers for Gambling Addiction Research

New Trust to Raise Funds from Irish Bookmakers for Gambling Addiction Research

by March 17, 2019

A new trust will direct funds to gambling addiction research and counseling services, as Ireland struggles to regulate its gambling industryThe Irish Bookmakers Association will pledge €1 million a year to help a newly established body to tackle problem gambling and gambling ...