DraftKings Nabs Golden Nugget Online Gaming in $1.56bn Deal

DraftKings Nabs Golden Nugget Online Gaming in $1.56bn Deal

by August 10, 2021

US sports betting operator DraftKings is set to buy Tilman Fertitta’s Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG) in an all-stock acquisition that values the latter company at $1.56 billion.The deal is viewed as a significant investment in iGaming as DraftKings looks to significantly ...

Pragmatic Play Strengthens Codere Alliance with Spain, Colombia Rollout

Pragmatic Play Strengthens Codere Alliance with Spain, Colombia Rollout

by August 9, 2021

Online casino content maker and supplier Pragmatic Play is set to soon go live with Codere in Spain and Colombia under a newly penned commercial deal.This recent agreement will see the provider and the major Spanish gambling operator strengthen their existing relationship. ...

SOFTSWISS Celebrates Big Revenue Milestone

SOFTSWISS Celebrates Big Revenue Milestone

by August 9, 2021

SOFTSWISS, the online gambling software supplier, celebrated a big milestone in July as its Game Aggregator reached €232 million in gross gaming revenue last month.The reported figure marks a huge growth from last November when GGR totaled €100 million.SOFTSWISS recentl ...

Chicago Now Accepting Casino Bids Until Late October

Chicago Now Accepting Casino Bids Until Late October

by August 9, 2021

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot last week extended the deadline for bids for the city’s long-sought first-ever casino amid waning interest from big-league gaming and hospitality operators.The city began taking proposals from developers interested to build and operate a casino r ...

Seminole Tribe’s Compact with Florida Wins Federal Approval

Seminole Tribe’s Compact with Florida Wins Federal Approval

by August 9, 2021

Florida’s new gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe has secured passive approval from federal regulators that paves the way for the start of sports betting in the state in mid-October.In 12-page letters to state lawmakers and tribal officials, the US Department of the Interi ...

Red Tiger Grows Italian Footing with Lottomatica Integration

Red Tiger Grows Italian Footing with Lottomatica Integration

by August 6, 2021

Online casino games maker Red Tiger has expanded its Italian footprint with the recent roll-out of its online slots portfolio with local leader Lottomatica.As part of a supply deal between the studio and the major online casino and sports betting operator, Lottomatica’s gami ...

Pariplay Expands LatAm Foothold with Caleta Gaming Integration

Pariplay Expands LatAm Foothold with Caleta Gaming Integration

by August 6, 2021

Pariplay, an Aspire Global-owned provider and aggregator of online casino content, has teamed up with LatAm-focused games creator Caleta Gaming to integrate its entire portfolio to the Fusion platform.Pariplay’s Fusion aggregation platform hosts thousands of games from the i ...

Marina Bay Sands, One of Singapore’s Two Casinos, Resumes Operations

Marina Bay Sands, One of Singapore’s Two Casinos, Resumes Operations

by August 6, 2021

Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore’s two casinos, resumed operations on Thursday, August 5, after a two-week closure forced by a Covid-19 infection cluster that was traced to the property last month.Resort officials said that a host of precautionary measures were implemented ...

Three Metro Phoenix Casinos Set to Soon Add Baccarat, Craps, Roulette Tables

Three Metro Phoenix Casinos Set to Soon Add Baccarat, Craps, Roulette Tables

by August 6, 2021

Three casinos in and around metro Phoenix are set to soon roll out expanded Las Vegas-style gambling options that are now permitted in Arizona under the state’s recently signed new tribal gaming compact.Gila River Hotels & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass in Chandler will late ...

iSoftBet Grows LatAm Footprint with Dotworkers Deal

iSoftBet Grows LatAm Footprint with Dotworkers Deal

by August 5, 2021

Online casino games maker and supplier iSoftBet is set to significantly expand its LatAm presence thanks to a recently signed commercial deal with Dotworkers.Founded in 2016, Dotworkers is an iGaming platform provider that is focused on the lucrative Latin American region. ...

Blueprint Welcomes Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways into Jackpot King Network

Blueprint Welcomes Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways into Jackpot King Network

by August 5, 2021

Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways, one of Blueprint Gaming’s top performing online slots, has joined the studio’s Jackpot King progressive jackpot system.Jackpot King will thus be able to boost the game’s popularity with players by providing them with the chance to scoop even heftier ...

Speculations over Renewed Interest from MGM Rocket Entain Shares to New Heights

Speculations over Renewed Interest from MGM Rocket Entain Shares to New Heights

by August 5, 2021

Shares of British gambling giant Entain on Wednesday soared to the top of the FTSE 100 on news that its US sports betting partner and former suitor MGM Resorts International will fetch $4.4 billion from the sale of certain assets.In breaking news from across the pond, MGM Gro ...

Caesars Spinoff Buys MGM Resorts REIT to Create Behemoth Vegas Casino Landowner

Caesars Spinoff Buys MGM Resorts REIT to Create Behemoth Vegas Casino Landowner

by August 5, 2021

Real estate investment trust VICI Properties is set to acquire fellow REIT MGM Growth Properties in a $17.2 billion deal that will make the former one of the largest, if not the largest, landowner on the Las Vegas Strip.VICI was created in 2017 to take over the real estate as ...

Scientific Games Adds Lightning Box to In-House Studio Roster

Scientific Games Adds Lightning Box to In-House Studio Roster

by August 5, 2021

Gambling software giant Scientific Games has acquired Sydney-based independent online casino games maker Lightning Box in a move that will further help it execute on its wider vision to become a leading, cross-platform global provider of content for the gaming industry.The c ...

Greentube Enters Ukraine with First Casino Integration

Greentube Enters Ukraine with First Casino Integration

by August 4, 2021

Online casino games maker Greentube, a division of NOVOMATIC Interactive, has gone live in Ukraine’s recently regulated iGaming market with integration with locally licensed operator First Casino.Following a recent content supply deal with the iGaming brand, Greentube has pr ...