Blueprint Gaming Strengthens Italian Foothold with LeoVegas Launch

Blueprint Gaming Strengthens Italian Foothold with LeoVegas Launch

by November 9, 2020

Casino games studio Blueprint Gaming is set to further cement its Italian footprint through a recent partnership with LeoVegas.Under a supply deal with the major online gambling operator, the content maker has provided LeoVegas and its Italian players with access to a range ...

Wynn Invests $80 Million in Sports Betting JV amid Thinning Casino Profits

Wynn Invests $80 Million in Sports Betting JV amid Thinning Casino Profits

by November 9, 2020

Casino operator Wynn Resorts is betting big on the fast-growing US sports betting market with an $80 million investment into a previously formed and now reorganized joint venture with European online wagering company BetBull.Wynn and BetBull originally partnered in 2018 to j ...

Private Equity Firms Emerge as Suitors for William Hill’s Non-US Assets

Private Equity Firms Emerge as Suitors for William Hill’s Non-US Assets

by November 9, 2020

Private equity firms are believed to be doing the numbers on William Hill’s non-US operations after the British bookmaker accepted a £2.9 billion offer from casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc.Caesars has revealed plans to offload William Hill’s network of retail betting ...

Microgaming Teases Diverse November New Games Lineup

Microgaming Teases Diverse November New Games Lineup

by November 6, 2020

November is upon us with chilly breezes and fallen leaves all over, and a slew of new Microgaming titles, including the major online gambling software provider’s latest branded slot.Microgaming just premiered deadmau5, the result of its exclusive collaboration with Canadian ...

BF Games Grows Romanian Footprint with Baumbet Casino Supply Deal

BF Games Grows Romanian Footprint with Baumbet Casino Supply Deal

by November 6, 2020

Online casino games maker BF Games has significantly bolstered its presence in Romania’s regulated iGaming market through a recent content supply deal with major local operator Baumbet.The deal has seen Baumbet go live with BF Games’ entire, ever-growing games library, inclu ...

Caesars to Reopen Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino by Year’s End

Caesars to Reopen Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino by Year’s End

by November 6, 2020

Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is set to resume operations before 2021, the property’s operator, Caesars Entertainment Inc, said this week.The off-Strip casino, best known for being home to the annual World Series of Poker, closed doors in mid-March as Nevada wa ...

Twin River Gets Regulatory OK to Buy Bally’s Casino Atlantic City

Twin River Gets Regulatory OK to Buy Bally’s Casino Atlantic City

by November 6, 2020

New Jersey gambling regulators on Thursday gave the green light to Rhode Island-based casino operator Twin River Worldwide Holdings to purchase and operate Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino.The approval came after Twin River committed to a $90 million renovation and ...

Soft2Bet Announces PartnerMatrix Partnership to Up Sportsbook Acquisition

Soft2Bet Announces PartnerMatrix Partnership to Up Sportsbook Acquisition

by November 5, 2020

Online casino and sportsbook platform and service provider Soft2Bet has teamed up with PartnerMatrix in a partnership that will enable the former to create an agent affiliate network mainly for its sports betting brands.PartnerMatrix, part of the EveryMatrix group, provides ...

Evolution Grows US Live Casino Footprint with FanDuel Deal

Evolution Grows US Live Casino Footprint with FanDuel Deal

by November 5, 2020

Live Casino specialist Evolution is set to further extend its US footprint through a recent content supply deal with online gambling operator FanDuel.Through this new partnership, FanDuel will be able to enhance its existing Live Casino offering as it looks to cement itself ...

UKGC Revokes Park Lane Casino Owner’s License a Year after Hefty Fine

UKGC Revokes Park Lane Casino Owner’s License a Year after Hefty Fine

by November 5, 2020

The UK Gambling Commission has revoked the operating license of Silverbond Enterprises Ltd. which operates Park Lane Casino in London’s Mayfair district, citing failure to meet certain license conditions.The regulator further explained that its decision was prompted after a ...

Northern Ireland Residents Voice Support for Land-Based Casinos, Online Gambling

Northern Ireland Residents Voice Support for Land-Based Casinos, Online Gambling

by November 5, 2020

Residents of Northern Ireland believe the country’s current gambling laws should be amended to permit land-based casinos, regulate online gambling, and allow Sunday betting, if the results of a recent survey are anything to go by.Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities ...

Voters in Four Virginia Cities Approve Casino Proposals

Voters in Four Virginia Cities Approve Casino Proposals

by November 4, 2020

Virginia’s casino expansion effort claimed a big victory Tuesday as four proposals for Las Vegas-style gambling venues were approved by residents of the cities that would host them.Under a sweeping gambling reform approved by state lawmakers this past spring, the cities of B ...

Greater Boston Casino Closes Hotel in Response to New Covid-19 Restrictions

Greater Boston Casino Closes Hotel in Response to New Covid-19 Restrictions

by November 4, 2020

Encore Boston Harbor, Wynn Resorts’ $2.6 billion casino resort that opened doors in the summer of 2019 near Boston, has closed its hotel amid a new wave of immediate restrictions on non-essential businesses as Massachusetts fights to control an uptick in new Covid-19 cases.I ...

UKGC Seeks Views on Tougher Rules for Ops to Tackle Gambling-Related Harm

UKGC Seeks Views on Tougher Rules for Ops to Tackle Gambling-Related Harm

by November 3, 2020

New and stricter requirements are coming UK-facing gambling operators’ way as the Gambling Commission has launched a consultation to seek views on tougher rules for its licensees to identify and tackle gambling harm and problem gambling.The consultation was launched Tuesday ...

Kindred Withdraws 32Red from Italy’s Online Gambling Market

Kindred Withdraws 32Red from Italy’s Online Gambling Market

by November 3, 2020

Online gambling operator Kindred Group is withdrawing its 32Red brand from Italy, but the reasons for its decision are yet to be announced.Italian 32Red customers who logged into the operation’s .it website over the weekend were welcomed by a message saying the site is set t ...