Casino Op Bally’s Agrees on Terms of Possible Gamesys Acquisition

Casino Op Bally’s Agrees on Terms of Possible Gamesys Acquisition

by March 25, 2021

Bally’s Corporation has agreed the key terms of the possible acquisition of UK online gambling operator Gamesys, the US casino operator announced Wednesday.Under the terms of the deal, Bally’s would pay 1,850 pence per each Gamesys share in cash. That represents a 13% premiu ...

Scientific Games Strengthens Wind Creek Bethlehem’s Online Casino Offering

Scientific Games Strengthens Wind Creek Bethlehem’s Online Casino Offering

by March 25, 2021

Wind Creek Bethlehem, one of Pennsylvania’s more than a dozen land-based casinos, has recently bolstered its iGaming offering with the addition of industry leading games from Scientific Games’ OpenGaming ecosystem.As part of an ongoing relationship between the casino and the ...

Ho-Chunk’s Beloit Casino Plan Gets Wisconsin Governor’s OK

Ho-Chunk’s Beloit Casino Plan Gets Wisconsin Governor’s OK

by March 25, 2021

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Wednesday approved the Ho-Chunk Nation’s plan to build a $400 million casino in the city of Beloit.The approval from the state’s top legislator marked a huge leap for the scheme as it cleared one of the final major hurdles obstructing the lon ...

Richmond Culls Half of Bids for Casino Resort

Richmond Culls Half of Bids for Casino Resort

by March 25, 2021

The Virginia City of Richmond has rejected half of the casino proposals it received from interested developers last month, news emerged Wednesday.The Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Golden Nugget, and Wind Creek Hospitality are no longer in the race for the preferred operator of the ...

BF Games Grows Latvian Presence with 11.lv Deal

BF Games Grows Latvian Presence with 11.lv Deal

by March 24, 2021

Online casino games developer BF Games has strengthened its foothold in Latvia after its entire portfolio went live with locally licensed brand 11.lv.Under a recent deal, the operator and its ever-growing player base now have access to the studio’s collection of more than 60 ...

Dutch Regulator Expects to Grant 35 Online Gambling Licenses

Dutch Regulator Expects to Grant 35 Online Gambling Licenses

by March 24, 2021

The Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), expects to award 35 licenses in the first round of granting permits to online gambling companies interested to operate in the Netherlands under the country’s new gambling regime.The agency said in its annual report, whi ...

Arizona’s Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino Unveils $143 Million Expansion

Arizona’s Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino Unveils $143 Million Expansion

by March 24, 2021

Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community this week revealed plans to open a $143 million expansion of its Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Arizona later this year.The expansion project will include a new 11-story hotel tower that will be connected to the property ...

Hard Rock’s Gary Casino Set for May 14 Opening

Hard Rock’s Gary Casino Set for May 14 Opening

by March 24, 2021

Hard Rock’s casino in Gary, Indiana is set to open to the public in mid-May after delays caused by a state probe into financial wrongdoing allegations leveled against the former top executive of the casino operator’s local partner.Hard Rock COO Jon Lucas said Tuesday that th ...

Pariplay Slots Go Live with Betfred

Pariplay Slots Go Live with Betfred

by March 23, 2021

Pariplay has launched a selection of its proprietary online casino content with UK gambling operator Betfred under a recent deal between the two companies.The partnership enabled the content maker and aggregator to mark its debut on Betfred’s Games tab in a move that will he ...

BetMGM Goes Live with Online Poker in Michigan

BetMGM Goes Live with Online Poker in Michigan

by March 23, 2021

BetMGM has joined Michigan’s nascent online poker market with the launch of the BetMGM Poker app in the state.News about the rollout of its online poker product emerge after the operator went live with its digital casino and sports betting product in the state in January. ...

Pragmatic Play Expands Betway Deal with Live Casino

Pragmatic Play Expands Betway Deal with Live Casino

by March 23, 2021

Online casino content supplier Pragmatic Play has expanded the scope of its collaboration with digital gambling operator Betway to now include Live Casino.Under the two companies’ extended content delivery deal, Betway and its players will soon have access to Pragmatic Play’ ...

Site Work for Caesars’ Virginia Casino Underway

Site Work for Caesars’ Virginia Casino Underway

by March 23, 2021

Site work has begun for Caesars’ casino in Danville, Virginia, local news outlets report. The property is set to open doors in 2023 and city officials say the Las Vegas gaming and hospitality giant is on track with the original timeline.City leaders told local media that dis ...

UKGC Was Urged to Act and Protect Gamblers Way Before Football Index’s Demise

UKGC Was Urged to Act and Protect Gamblers Way Before Football Index’s Demise

by March 22, 2021

The UK Gambling Commission was warned that Football Index was doomed to a collapse of unmatched proportions more than a year before the betting firm suspended its platform.A report sent to the regulator in January 2020 and obtained by The Guardian laid out concerns over Foot ...

888 Mulling Listing to Strengthen US Sports Betting Foothold

888 Mulling Listing to Strengthen US Sports Betting Foothold

by March 22, 2021

888 Holdings is exploring options to bring US investors on board, including a potential IPO, as the local market becomes more meaningful for the London-listed online casino and sports betting firm.In an interview with Bloomberg News last week, the company’s CEO, Itai Pazner, ...

MGA Drafted Fenech’s Letter for Portomaso Casino’s License Renewal

MGA Drafted Fenech’s Letter for Portomaso Casino’s License Renewal

by March 22, 2021

The Malta Gaming Authority’s former legal counsel was found to have helped businessman Yorgen Fenech draft a letter to the regulator’s boss at the time. The draft listed out reasons why Fenech’s Portomaso Casino license should be extended.In September 2015, Edwina Licari, th ...