Judge Dismisses Sahara’s Lawsuit against Vital Vegas over Casino Closure Rumor

Judge Dismisses Sahara’s Lawsuit against Vital Vegas over Casino Closure Rumor

by October 22, 2020

A Clark County District Court judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Sahara Las Vegas against a Las Vegas blogger over a post based on rumors that the hotel and casino resort would close permanently.Earlier this week, Judge Trevor Atkin granted Scott Roeben, found ...

UK Bans Use of Celebrities in Gambling Ads

UK Bans Use of Celebrities in Gambling Ads

by October 22, 2020

The UK Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) is set to soon ban the use of sports personalities and other celebrities in gambling ads in a bid to clamp down on advertising activities that target underage audiences.The CAP is the regulatory body tasked with setting the sta ...

Illinois Extends Remote Registration Order for Mobile Sports Betting

Illinois Extends Remote Registration Order for Mobile Sports Betting

by October 21, 2020

Illinois sports bettors will be able to open new accounts with the state’s digital sportsbooks remotely until at least November 14 after Gov. J. B. Pritzker extended last week Executive Order 2020-41, which he originally signed in June and has extended several times since then. ...

Delays Hit Planned Caesars, Mohegan Casino Resorts in Korea

Delays Hit Planned Caesars, Mohegan Casino Resorts in Korea

by October 21, 2020

US casino and hospitality giants Caesars Entertainment Inc. and Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment are understood to be both facing significant delays in their separate integrated resort projects in South Korea, local news outlets report.The two companies are reportedly exp ...

Push Gaming Signs Casino Content Supply Deal with Industry Newcomer Ichiban

Push Gaming Signs Casino Content Supply Deal with Industry Newcomer Ichiban

by October 20, 2020

Supplier of content and related solutions for the online casino industry Push Gaming has teamed up with newly formed iGaming company Ichiban to supply it with access to its games.The recently signed deal will see Push Gaming further expand its global presence in an important ...

Pennsylvania’s First Mini-Casino Primed for November 24 Launch

Pennsylvania’s First Mini-Casino Primed for November 24 Launch

by October 20, 2020

Casino developer and operator The Cordish Companies has set a date for the opening of its new Live! Casino Pittsburgh property at Westmoreland Mall in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.The facility is set to swing its doors open at 6 am on Tuesday, November 24, subject to ap ...

DraftKings Hit with Fine in Iowa over Self-Exclusion Violations

DraftKings Hit with Fine in Iowa over Self-Exclusion Violations

by October 20, 2020

Sports betting operator DraftKings and two land-based casinos were fined by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for various violations, Radio Iowa reported Monday.DraftKings, which entered Iowa’s sports betting market in the fall of 2019, was fined $5,000 for a late upload ...

Appeals Court Squashes Global Gaming’s Dream about Swedish Return

Appeals Court Squashes Global Gaming’s Dream about Swedish Return

by October 20, 2020

Online casino operator Global Gaming is putting an end to its effort to return to Sweden after the Jönköping Court of Appeal this week backed Spelinspektionen’s decision to revoke the company’s license.The Swedish Gambling Authority revoked Global Gaming’s license last summe ...

Casino Boss Sheldon Adelson Donates $75 Million to Pro-Trump PAC

Casino Boss Sheldon Adelson Donates $75 Million to Pro-Trump PAC

by October 19, 2020

Las Vegas casino tycoon and long-time GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his physician wife, Miriam, recently splashed a whopping $75 million into a super-political action committee (PAC) formed in August to aid US President Donald Trump in his bid for re-election.The couple’ ...

The Borgata Casino Reopens Poker Room with Reduced Tables, Other Changes

The Borgata Casino Reopens Poker Room with Reduced Tables, Other Changes

by October 19, 2020

After a seven-month coronavirus-induced hiatus, live poker is finally set to return to Atlantic City. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, the city’s highest grossing casino, said Friday that it will reopen its poker room on October 21.The Borgata’s Poker Room is scheduled t ...

Social Casino Games Maker Playtika Files IPO Draft with SEC

Social Casino Games Maker Playtika Files IPO Draft with SEC

by October 19, 2020

Israel-based social casino games studio Playtika Holding Corp. said on Friday that it has confidentially submitted initial public offering documents with the US Securities Exchange Commission.News about the move emerge after reports surfaced this past June that Playtika was ...

Man Sues Betfred for £2 Million after Bookmaker Denies Hefty Payout

Man Sues Betfred for £2 Million after Bookmaker Denies Hefty Payout

by October 19, 2020

A British man who won £1.7 million from major bookmaker Betfred in 2018 only to be denied his winnings is seeking a summary judgment in the High Court, saying the two and a half years after his big win have felt like “hell on earth.”Andy Green from Lincolnshire said he hit a ...

ORYX Launches RGS Content on Iforium Aggregator

ORYX Launches RGS Content on Iforium Aggregator

by October 16, 2020

Online casino games supplier ORYX Gaming has partnered up Iforium to integrate its exclusive RGS content on the latter provider’s Gameflex aggregation platform.The deal is the latest in a series of partnerships announced by ORYX as it looks to grow its footprint across key r ...

Evolution Lauds Live Casino Alliance with Wynn Sports in Latest US Expansion Move

Evolution Lauds Live Casino Alliance with Wynn Sports in Latest US Expansion Move

by October 16, 2020

Live Casino specialist Evolution is set to further grow its US market share through a new content supply deal with a fast-growing digital gambling operator.The company announced Friday that it has teamed up with Wynn Sports Interactive, the online gambling arm of Las Vegas c ...

Genesis Primed for UK Gambling Market Return as UKGC Lifts License Suspension

Genesis Primed for UK Gambling Market Return as UKGC Lifts License Suspension

by October 16, 2020

Online gambling operator Genesis Global is set to resume operations in the UK after the UK Gambling Commission lifted the suspension of its license earlier this week.Genesis was founded in 2014. The Malta-based company has a multi-brand portfolio that is available across mul ...