Push Gaming Announces Integration with EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine

Push Gaming Announces Integration with EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine

by November 30, 2020

Online casino games maker and supplier of content for the iGaming industry Push Gaming has expanded its presence through a recent supply deal with EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine integration platform.The deal has seen Push Gaming integrate its titles with CasinoEngine. The games ...

LeoVegas Launches Open Banking Solution for UK Gambling Customers

LeoVegas Launches Open Banking Solution for UK Gambling Customers

by November 30, 2020

In an industry first, online gambling operator LeoVegas has begun rolling out payments via open banking under the EU’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), the company confirmed Monday.It said that the move would result in “even more secure and faster payments” for its ...

Tabcorp Faces NSW Fine over Illegal Gambling Inducement

Tabcorp Faces NSW Fine over Illegal Gambling Inducement

by November 30, 2020

Australian gambling operator Tabcorp was slapped with a A$30,000 penalty in New South Wales over violations of the state’s gambling advertising laws.The penalty was issued last week by the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney where Tabcorp pleaded guilty to breaching state a ...

Japan Mulls Nixing Tax on Foreigners’ Casino Winnings

Japan Mulls Nixing Tax on Foreigners’ Casino Winnings

by November 30, 2020

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is set to implement changes to the nation’s planned integrated resorts tax system, the party’s tax investigation chairman, Akira Amari, said last week.The changes will be included in the country’s 2021 tax reform that will be unv ...

Soft2Bet Adds Zombie-Themed Casino to Bulking Portfolio

Soft2Bet Adds Zombie-Themed Casino to Bulking Portfolio

by November 27, 2020

Online casino and sportsbook platform provider Soft2Bet has just unveiled its newest online casino brand that has joined its ever-growing portfolio of operations.Themed around zombies, the new Casombie brand is ready to treat its players to a vast array of online casino game ...

Veikkaus Shuts Temporarily Slot Machines in Many Areas as Virus Surges

Veikkaus Shuts Temporarily Slot Machines in Many Areas as Virus Surges

by November 27, 2020

Finland’s state-run gambling monopoly, Veikkaus, said Thursday that it would temporarily close gaming arcades and slot machines in a number of areas around the Scandinavian nation to help curb the advance of Covid-19.The gambling operator has begun closing gaming arcades and ...

Single-Event Betting Could Finally Be Coming to Canada

Single-Event Betting Could Finally Be Coming to Canada

by November 27, 2020

Canada’s federal government is making moves to legalize single-event betting as the practice is heating up in neighboring US and as the nation’s gambling industry is grappling with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.Canadian Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lamet ...

Aurum Signature Studios Joins Microgaming’s Independent Studios Network

Aurum Signature Studios Joins Microgaming’s Independent Studios Network

by November 27, 2020

Online casino content provider Microgaming this week announced that it has welcomed Aurum Signature Studios to its ever-growing network of independent game developers.The studio is set to become Microgaming’s first dedicated provider of bespoke online slots and to create game ...

Wazdan Casino Content Now Certified in Spain

Wazdan Casino Content Now Certified in Spain

by November 26, 2020

Online casino games developer and supplier Wazdan is set to expand into the Spanish iGaming market after its content has received full certification from Spain’s gambling regulator, Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ).Following the certification, the company will ...

NetBet Expands Live Casino Library with Pragmatic Play Titles

NetBet Expands Live Casino Library with Pragmatic Play Titles

by November 26, 2020

Pragmatic Play’s Live Casino range has gone live with NetBet as part of a recently signed deal between the content provider and the online casino and sportsbook operator.The partnership between the two companies has seen NetBet enlarge its existing live dealer offering with ...

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas Reportedly Mulling Pushing Back Opening

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas Reportedly Mulling Pushing Back Opening

by November 26, 2020

The opening of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas could suffer a further delay, according to a report by popular Las Vegas blog Vital Vegas.The property was originally supposed to open doors this fall, but its launch was pushed back to mid-January 2021 due to market conditions and cons ...

Golden Nugget Online Gaming Wins NJ Approval for SPAC Merger

Golden Nugget Online Gaming Wins NJ Approval for SPAC Merger

by November 26, 2020

Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG) has earned a crucial approval for its merger with special purpose acquisition company Landcadia Holdings II Inc. from New Jersey gambling regulators.GNOG is the iGaming and sports betting division of Tilman Fertitta-owned casino empire Gold ...

Casinos in Virginia Unlikely Before Spring 2022, Lottery Boss Says

Casinos in Virginia Unlikely Before Spring 2022, Lottery Boss Says

by November 25, 2020

Neither temporary, nor full-fledged casinos are likely to open in Virginia before April 2022, Kevin Hall, Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery, told state lawmakers last week during a Zoom conference.Casino and hospitality operator Hard Rock International previously re ...

GOP Megadonor’s Interest in Texas Brings New Hope for Legal Casinos

GOP Megadonor’s Interest in Texas Brings New Hope for Legal Casinos

by November 25, 2020

Texas lawmakers have traditionally been unwilling to legalize casinos, with a number of previous efforts to introduce this type of gambling in the state failing to gain much traction in the Legislature.However, the state saw increased interest from casino tycoon Sheldon Adels ...

Iowa Regulator Fines PointsBet, Betfred over Self-Ban Violations

Iowa Regulator Fines PointsBet, Betfred over Self-Ban Violations

by November 24, 2020

Two sports betting operators have been hit with fines by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission over similar violations of the state’s self-exclusion gambling rules, Radio Iowa reported Monday.Brian Ohorilko, administrator of the state racing and gambling regulator, said that ...