Caesars Takeover Bid Wins Backing from William Hill Shareholders

Caesars Takeover Bid Wins Backing from William Hill Shareholders

by November 20, 2020

William Hill shareholders resoundingly backed Caesars Entertainment Inc.’s £2.9 billion bid to acquire the UK betting giant, fulfilling a key condition for the mega-deal to go through.Over 86% of the votes cast at shareholder meetings held Thursday favored the transaction. Th ...

Red Tiger Celebrates US Debut with Rush Street Launch in Pennsylvania

Red Tiger Celebrates US Debut with Rush Street Launch in Pennsylvania

by November 19, 2020

Online casino games maker Red Tiger has made its US debut with the recent launch of a selection of its content in Pennsylvania.Red Tiger’s rollout in the Keystone State was supported by NetEnt’s license in the state, which the latter company obtained in the spring of 2019. R ...

Greentube-Owned StarGames Casino Gears Up For Regulated German Market Entry

Greentube-Owned StarGames Casino Gears Up For Regulated German Market Entry

by November 19, 2020

Greentube-owned online casino StarGames is set to apply for a license to operate in Germany as the nation is gearing up preparations for the enforcement of its new gambling law in July 2021.StarGames is owned by Greentube Malta and is known in the iGaming industry as the fir ...

Safer Gambling Week Gets Underway in the UK

Safer Gambling Week Gets Underway in the UK

by November 19, 2020

As gambling advertising in the UK and the nation’s gambling industry, as a whole, face uncertain future, its many sectors have united and teamed up with national gambling support charities and other involved parties for the latest Safer Gambling Week. The event runs under the str ...

Bally’s Corp. Closes Acquisition of AC Casino, Buys Betting Technology Firm Bet.Works

Bally’s Corp. Closes Acquisition of AC Casino, Buys Betting Technology Firm Bet.Works

by November 19, 2020

Casino operator Bally’s Corporation, formerly Twin River Worldwide Holdings, has completed the acquisition of Bally’s Atlantic City and has announced a deal to acquire sports betting technology firm Bet.Works as it looks to tap into the digital gambling space.It was this pas ...

Cordish Cos. Launches Pennsylvania’s First Mini-Casino

Cordish Cos. Launches Pennsylvania’s First Mini-Casino

by November 18, 2020

The Cordish Companies held Tuesday a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the soft-opening of the $150-million Live! Casino Pittsburgh, the first of two Live!-branded casinos the real estate developer and casino operator plans to launch in Pennsylvania.The Tuesday ceremony m ...

Illinois Shuts Casinos in New Effort to Contain Virus Spread

Illinois Shuts Casinos in New Effort to Contain Virus Spread

by November 18, 2020

Casinos and other gambling facilities around Illinois will be among the indoor entertainment venues required to close doors beginning Friday, November 20, under a slew of new orders and restrictions announced by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday.The new restrictions are being im ...

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Looking into Buying Caesars Southern Indiana

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Looking into Buying Caesars Southern Indiana

by November 17, 2020

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has signaled interest in purchasing Caesars Southern Indiana from Las Vegas casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc.Tribal Council approved this past Thursday a funding plan for various due diligence procedures before potentially ac ...

Evolution Quest to Buy NetEnt Clears CMA Hurdle

Evolution Quest to Buy NetEnt Clears CMA Hurdle

by November 17, 2020

Live Casino specialist Evolution (formerly Evolution Gaming) has secured regulatory approval to acquire online casino supplier NetEnt in a deal that values the latter at SEK19.6 billion (approx. $2.2 billion).Evolution announced Monday that the UK Competition and Markets Auth ...

GAN Buys Coolbet to Spearhead US Sports Betting Expansion

GAN Buys Coolbet to Spearhead US Sports Betting Expansion

by November 17, 2020

US-focused B2B supplier of online gambling solutions GAN announced the acquisition of European iGaming brand Coolbet to spearhead its entry into the US B2C digital gaming and sports betting space.GAN has agreed to pay €149 million for Coolbet and expects to close the transac ...

Monarch to Open Long-Awaited Expansion of Black Hawk Casino

Monarch to Open Long-Awaited Expansion of Black Hawk Casino

by November 17, 2020

Casino operator Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. will finally unveil a portion of the newly added facilities at its Monarch Casino Resort Spa property in Black Hawk, Colorado.In a statement issued Monday, the company said that it has obtained a Temporary Certificate of Occ ...

Greentube Enters Belarus’ iGaming Space with GrandCasino Launch

Greentube Enters Belarus’ iGaming Space with GrandCasino Launch

by November 16, 2020

Online casino games provider Greentube, a division of NOVOMATIC Interactive, has celebrated its first foray into the regulated Belarusian iGaming market with its recent launch with locally authorized operator GrandCasino.Under a content delivery deal between Greentube and Gr ...

WSOP Announces Unique Concept for 2020 Main Event

WSOP Announces Unique Concept for 2020 Main Event

by November 16, 2020

Despite staying closed for the greater part of 2020, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will, after all, host a WSOP Main Event this year, or at least some part of it, the World Series of Poker announced Friday.After the successful WSOP Online which was held enti ...

Suncity Taps Philippine Construction Giant for Planned Manila Hotel-Casino

Suncity Taps Philippine Construction Giant for Planned Manila Hotel-Casino

by November 16, 2020

Hong Kong-listed real estate developer and casino operator Suncity Group Holdings Ltd. has tapped a Philippine development giant to build its planned hotel-casino complex in Manila’s Entertainment City precinct, news emerged Friday.A local subsidiary of Suncity, SunTrust Hom ...

Betfred’s Billionaire Boss to Back Caesars’ Bid for William Hill

Betfred’s Billionaire Boss to Back Caesars’ Bid for William Hill

by November 16, 2020

Billionaire bookmaker Fred Done is set to back the proposed £2.9 billion acquisition of William Hill by US casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc., sources close to the businessman told The Telegraph.Mr. Done has been building a stake in William Hill for about a year now and ...