Hard Rock Casino AC to Pay $12 Million to Settle Dispute with Trump Taj Mahal Tenants

Hard Rock Casino AC to Pay $12 Million to Settle Dispute with Trump Taj Mahal Tenants

by December 8, 2020

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City has agreed to pay $1 million a year for the next 12 years as part of a settlement with two former property tenants, the Press of Atlantic City reports.The casino, which is owned by gaming and hospitality company Hard Rock Internati ...

Apollo-Backed Gamenet Scoops IGT’s Italian Gambling Business in €950 Million Deal

Apollo-Backed Gamenet Scoops IGT’s Italian Gambling Business in €950 Million Deal

by December 8, 2020

Apollo Global Management-backed gambling company Gamenet is set to acquire IGT’s Italian B2C business for €950 million (approx. $1.2 billion) in cash.This is the latest of a slew of gaming deals Apollo has pursued over the past several months. At one point, the US private eq ...

Swedish Player Lands SEK1.7M on AvatarUX’s Newest Online Slot

Swedish Player Lands SEK1.7M on AvatarUX’s Newest Online Slot

by December 7, 2020

A Swedish treasure and thrill seeker won a whopping payout of SEK1.7 million (approx. $202,000) on AvatarUX’s BountyPop slot just four days after the game was released, the iGaming studio revealed late last week.This is the biggest award ever won on an AvatarUX slot since th ...

Landcadia Investors to Vote on Gambling Merger on December 18

Landcadia Investors to Vote on Gambling Merger on December 18

by December 7, 2020

Shareholders in Landcadia Holdings II, Inc. will finally vote on the Tilman Fertitta-led company’s proposed acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG), which too is controlled by Mr. Fertitta, at a virtual meeting scheduled for December 18, news emerged late last week. ...

iSoftBet Adds Spadegaming Slots to GAP Platform

iSoftBet Adds Spadegaming Slots to GAP Platform

by December 7, 2020

Online casino content provider iSoftBet has welcomed Asia-focused slots maker Spadegaming to its ever-growing list of Game Aggregation Platform (GAP) partners.Spadegaming is the latest iGaming studio to join iSoftBet’s GAP network, which now hosts more than 8,000 online slot ...

Swedish Consumer Watchdog Scolds Gambling Ops over Unclear T&Cs

Swedish Consumer Watchdog Scolds Gambling Ops over Unclear T&Cs

by December 7, 2020

Sweden’s online gambling sector has once again been hit with criticism by local watchdogs, this time for the terms and conditions it imposes on customers.The Swedish Consumer Agency, Konsumentverket, last week said that it has reviewed the T&Cs implemented by 13 locally ...

Alchemists, Assassins, Silverbacks, and New Poker Game in Microgaming’s December Line-up

Alchemists, Assassins, Silverbacks, and New Poker Game in Microgaming’s December Line-up

by December 4, 2020

New poker experiences, jungle excitement, and adventures into the world of espionage – this is just a little bit of what Microgaming has in its December bag of gifts for fans of its online casino content.And the first game listed in the company’s December line-up of new rele ...

UK Government Set to Finally Launch Gambling Act Review

UK Government Set to Finally Launch Gambling Act Review

by December 4, 2020

The long-called-for review of UK’s gambling law is set to be launched next week and to include proposals for tougher regulations in nearly all areas of the nation’s £14.5 billion gambling industry.The Guardian reported Friday that the review is expected to begin as soon as Mo ...

Videoslots to Enhance Lobby with Slots from Arcadem

Videoslots to Enhance Lobby with Slots from Arcadem

by December 4, 2020

Online casino operator Videoslots is set to soon boost its slots offering with content from recently launched games studio Arcadem, news emerged Friday.Under a deal between the operator and the slots maker, Videoslots will first add Arcadem’s Evil Elf: The Night Before Chris ...

Soft2Bet Expands Slots Offering with Felix Gaming Integration

Soft2Bet Expands Slots Offering with Felix Gaming Integration

by December 4, 2020

Casino and sportsbook platform provider Soft2Bet has linked up with online casino games maker and supplier Felix Gaming to diversify the slots offering across its multi-brand portfolio.A recently penned deal between Soft2Bet and Felix Gaming will provide the former’s Curacao ...

Relax Adds 1X2 Network, Iron Dog Studio to Powered By Program

Relax Adds 1X2 Network, Iron Dog Studio to Powered By Program

by December 3, 2020

Online gaming content supplier and aggregator Relax Gaming has added a new partner to its Powered By Relax program for commercially independent casino games makers as the latest milestone in a continued growth for the company.Relax has teamed up with 1X2 Network in a deal th ...

Japan Confirms Plan to Scrap Tax on Casino Winnings

Japan Confirms Plan to Scrap Tax on Casino Winnings

by December 3, 2020

Japan has decided not to tax the winnings of non-resident foreigners at the country’s future casinos in hopes to attract more overseas gamblers.The chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Tax System, Akira Amari, signaled earlier this week ...

New York Lawmakers Rekindle Hopes for Legal Mobile Betting

New York Lawmakers Rekindle Hopes for Legal Mobile Betting

by December 3, 2020

Gambling advocates in the New York Legislature eye a new push for legal mobile betting and are optimistic that their renewed effort could gain traction this time after previous unsuccessful attempts.State Senator Joseph Addabbo and Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, the leading pr ...

Nevada Casino Regulator to Battle Ruling Favoring Steve Wynn in Supreme Court

Nevada Casino Regulator to Battle Ruling Favoring Steve Wynn in Supreme Court

by December 3, 2020

The Nevada Gaming Control Board will appeal a recent ruling that says the regulator does not have the authority to discipline the former boss of Las Vegas casino operator Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn.The ruling was issued in November by Clark County District Court Judge Adriana ...

Caesars Thins Louisiana Casino Portfolio with Belle of Baton Rouge Sale

Caesars Thins Louisiana Casino Portfolio with Belle of Baton Rouge Sale

by December 2, 2020

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc. announced Tuesday that it would offload the Belle of Baton Rouge riverboat casino from its portfolio of properties.The company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Baton Rouge, Louisiana gambling venue to CQ Holding Comp ...