Nevada Casinos Ordered to Reduce Capacity amid New Virus Wave

Nevada Casinos Ordered to Reduce Capacity amid New Virus Wave

by November 23, 2020

Nevada’s casinos and other non-essential businesses will be operating at 25% capacity for at least three weeks beginning Tuesday, November 24, as part of a new set of measures announced by Governor Steve Sisolak over the weekend as the state is looking to tackle a new surge of Co ...

Betfred Enters Pennsylvania with Wind Creek Bethlehem Sportsbook

Betfred Enters Pennsylvania with Wind Creek Bethlehem Sportsbook

by November 20, 2020

Wind Creek Hospitality this week launched its first-ever retail sportsbook through a partnership with Betfred USA Sports, the US division of British bookmaker Betfred, that the casino operator signed early this year.The Betfred Sports betting facility had a soft opening this ...

Poker Players Cash In On Bitcoin Price Rally

Poker Players Cash In On Bitcoin Price Rally

by November 20, 2020

Costa Rica-based online poker operator Winning Poker Network, WPN, has had to buy millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin every day for several weeks now as more and more players have been requesting Bitcoin payouts when cashing out their winnings.This reflects Bitcoin’s recent ...

Tilman Fertitta’s Golden Nugget Lands Illinois Casino, Betting Deal

Tilman Fertitta’s Golden Nugget Lands Illinois Casino, Betting Deal

by November 20, 2020

Billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta is bringing the Golden Nugget brand to Illinois as the state’s gambling market is in the middle of its biggest transformation in many years.Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG), an online gambling company that is part of Mr. Fetitta’s ga ...

Caesars Takeover Bid Wins Backing from William Hill Shareholders

Caesars Takeover Bid Wins Backing from William Hill Shareholders

by November 20, 2020

William Hill shareholders resoundingly backed Caesars Entertainment Inc.’s £2.9 billion bid to acquire the UK betting giant, fulfilling a key condition for the mega-deal to go through.Over 86% of the votes cast at shareholder meetings held Thursday favored the transaction. Th ...

Red Tiger Celebrates US Debut with Rush Street Launch in Pennsylvania

Red Tiger Celebrates US Debut with Rush Street Launch in Pennsylvania

by November 19, 2020

Online casino games maker Red Tiger has made its US debut with the recent launch of a selection of its content in Pennsylvania.Red Tiger’s rollout in the Keystone State was supported by NetEnt’s license in the state, which the latter company obtained in the spring of 2019. R ...

Greentube-Owned StarGames Casino Gears Up For Regulated German Market Entry

Greentube-Owned StarGames Casino Gears Up For Regulated German Market Entry

by November 19, 2020

Greentube-owned online casino StarGames is set to apply for a license to operate in Germany as the nation is gearing up preparations for the enforcement of its new gambling law in July 2021.StarGames is owned by Greentube Malta and is known in the iGaming industry as the fir ...

Safer Gambling Week Gets Underway in the UK

Safer Gambling Week Gets Underway in the UK

by November 19, 2020

As gambling advertising in the UK and the nation’s gambling industry, as a whole, face uncertain future, its many sectors have united and teamed up with national gambling support charities and other involved parties for the latest Safer Gambling Week. The event runs under the str ...

Bally’s Corp. Closes Acquisition of AC Casino, Buys Betting Technology Firm Bet.Works

Bally’s Corp. Closes Acquisition of AC Casino, Buys Betting Technology Firm Bet.Works

by November 19, 2020

Casino operator Bally’s Corporation, formerly Twin River Worldwide Holdings, has completed the acquisition of Bally’s Atlantic City and has announced a deal to acquire sports betting technology firm Bet.Works as it looks to tap into the digital gambling space.It was this pas ...

Cordish Cos. Launches Pennsylvania’s First Mini-Casino

Cordish Cos. Launches Pennsylvania’s First Mini-Casino

by November 18, 2020

The Cordish Companies held Tuesday a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the soft-opening of the $150-million Live! Casino Pittsburgh, the first of two Live!-branded casinos the real estate developer and casino operator plans to launch in Pennsylvania.The Tuesday ceremony m ...

Illinois Shuts Casinos in New Effort to Contain Virus Spread

Illinois Shuts Casinos in New Effort to Contain Virus Spread

by November 18, 2020

Casinos and other gambling facilities around Illinois will be among the indoor entertainment venues required to close doors beginning Friday, November 20, under a slew of new orders and restrictions announced by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday.The new restrictions are being im ...

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Looking into Buying Caesars Southern Indiana

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Looking into Buying Caesars Southern Indiana

by November 17, 2020

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has signaled interest in purchasing Caesars Southern Indiana from Las Vegas casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc.Tribal Council approved this past Thursday a funding plan for various due diligence procedures before potentially ac ...

Evolution Quest to Buy NetEnt Clears CMA Hurdle

Evolution Quest to Buy NetEnt Clears CMA Hurdle

by November 17, 2020

Live Casino specialist Evolution (formerly Evolution Gaming) has secured regulatory approval to acquire online casino supplier NetEnt in a deal that values the latter at SEK19.6 billion (approx. $2.2 billion).Evolution announced Monday that the UK Competition and Markets Auth ...

GAN Buys Coolbet to Spearhead US Sports Betting Expansion

GAN Buys Coolbet to Spearhead US Sports Betting Expansion

by November 17, 2020

US-focused B2B supplier of online gambling solutions GAN announced the acquisition of European iGaming brand Coolbet to spearhead its entry into the US B2C digital gaming and sports betting space.GAN has agreed to pay €149 million for Coolbet and expects to close the transac ...

Monarch to Open Long-Awaited Expansion of Black Hawk Casino

Monarch to Open Long-Awaited Expansion of Black Hawk Casino

by November 17, 2020

Casino operator Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. will finally unveil a portion of the newly added facilities at its Monarch Casino Resort Spa property in Black Hawk, Colorado.In a statement issued Monday, the company said that it has obtained a Temporary Certificate of Occ ...