Hedge Funds Hit Out at William Hill Failure to Disclose Full Caesars Takeover Terms

Hedge Funds Hit Out at William Hill Failure to Disclose Full Caesars Takeover Terms

by March 30, 2021

Two hedge funds have slammed William Hill’s board for failing to disclose “potentially material” information about the British bookmaker’s takeover by US casino giant Caesars.The two hedge funds are also understood to be calling for William Hill shareholders to have a second ...

ORYX Expands Swiss Presence with Grand Casino Baden Deal

ORYX Expands Swiss Presence with Grand Casino Baden Deal

by March 30, 2021

Online casino content provider ORYX Gaming has made a further move into the Swiss iGaming market with a recent partnership with Grand Casino Baden, one of the nation’s land-based casinos that are also authorized to provide online gaming services.As part of this deal, ORYX wi ...

Playtech Gets the Nod for First US Live Casino Studio

Playtech Gets the Nod for First US Live Casino Studio

by March 30, 2021

Gambling technology giant Playtech has secured a long-term lease for its first Live Casino studio in the state of Michigan as well as in the US.The new facility will feature Playtech’s Live Casino technology and will mirror the video capabilities of the provider’s flagship l ...

Relax Adds Parimatch to Online Casino Operator Network

Relax Adds Parimatch to Online Casino Operator Network

by March 29, 2021

Online casino content supplier and aggregator Relax Gaming has expanded its network of operator partners with a recent supply deal with Parimatch.Under an agreement between the provider and the iGaming and sports betting operator, the former will make its proprietary games a ...

Pariplay Seals Online Casino Content Deal with Gamshy

Pariplay Seals Online Casino Content Deal with Gamshy

by March 29, 2021

Provider of online casino content and aggregation services Pariplay on Monday announced that it has partnered with iGaming studio Gamshy to add its innovative games to the Fusion platform.Founded in 2016, Gamshy is a fast-growing developer of games for the online casino indu ...

Tabcorp Rejects Entain, Other Bids for Wagering & Media Unit

Tabcorp Rejects Entain, Other Bids for Wagering & Media Unit

by March 29, 2021

Entain’s tilt for the wagering and media business of Tabcorp was struck a blow Monday as the Australian gambling giant said that all the proposals it has received for its unit undervalued it.The company has also decided to undertake a strategic review to evaluate all options ...

New Incheon Casino Resort Owner Fires Construction Workers

New Incheon Casino Resort Owner Fires Construction Workers

by March 29, 2021

Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties has reportedly sacked employees who had been working on the site of Midan City Resort Complex in South Korea.Midan City Resort Complex, previously dubbed Caesars Korea, is an integrated casino resort currently under development ...

Lightning Box Grows Michigan Footprint with TwinSpires Launch

Lightning Box Grows Michigan Footprint with TwinSpires Launch

by March 26, 2021

Sydney-based online casino games maker Lightning Box has strengthened its US footprint with the launch of a selection of its most popular slots with Churchill Downs-owned TwinSpires in Michigan.The iGaming content creator and supplier marked its debut in the Great Lakes Stat ...

Bet365 Fined in Sweden over Taking Bets on U18 Football Game

Bet365 Fined in Sweden over Taking Bets on U18 Football Game

by March 26, 2021

Hillside (Sports) ENC, the Sweden-licensed entity of online gambling giant bet365, has been scolded by the local regulator, Spelinspektionen for taking bets on a football match in which the majority of participants were under the age of 18.The operator was fined SEK1 million ...

Casumo Fined in UK over AML, Social Responsibility Breaches

Casumo Fined in UK over AML, Social Responsibility Breaches

by March 26, 2021

The UK Gambling Commission has slapped online casino operator Casumo with a £6 million fine for a series of historic social responsibility and anti-money laundering deficiencies.In addition to the hefty fine, the second seven-figure one received by the company in the UK in l ...

Horseshoe Hammond Casino Faces $100,000 Underage Gambling Fine

Horseshoe Hammond Casino Faces $100,000 Underage Gambling Fine

by March 26, 2021

Caesars-operated Horseshoe Hammond Casino has been hit with a $100,000 fine by the Indiana Gaming Commission over letting an underage person into its gaming floor on multiple occasions last November, even though his fake ID failed an authenticity check every time it was entered. ...

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 ...