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 ...

Greentube Enters Belarus’ iGaming Space with GrandCasino Launch

Greentube Enters Belarus’ iGaming Space with GrandCasino Launch

by November 16, 2020

Online casino games provider Greentube, a division of NOVOMATIC Interactive, has celebrated its first foray into the regulated Belarusian iGaming market with its recent launch with locally authorized operator GrandCasino.Under a content delivery deal between Greentube and Gr ...

Suncity Taps Philippine Construction Giant for Planned Manila Hotel-Casino

Suncity Taps Philippine Construction Giant for Planned Manila Hotel-Casino

by November 16, 2020

Hong Kong-listed real estate developer and casino operator Suncity Group Holdings Ltd. has tapped a Philippine development giant to build its planned hotel-casino complex in Manila’s Entertainment City precinct, news emerged Friday.A local subsidiary of Suncity, SunTrust Hom ...

Betfred’s Billionaire Boss to Back Caesars’ Bid for William Hill

Betfred’s Billionaire Boss to Back Caesars’ Bid for William Hill

by November 16, 2020

Billionaire bookmaker Fred Done is set to back the proposed £2.9 billion acquisition of William Hill by US casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc., sources close to the businessman told The Telegraph.Mr. Done has been building a stake in William Hill for about a year now and ...

BoyleSports Gets Regulatory Slap in UK over Poor AML Controls

BoyleSports Gets Regulatory Slap in UK over Poor AML Controls

by November 13, 2020

Irish bookmaker BoyleSports is the latest operator to have received a regulatory slap from the UK Gambling Commission as the regulator is taking a tougher line to action against violations of UK gambling rules and regulations.News emerged this week that the gambling operator ...

Melco Closes Two Cyprus Casinos as Curfew Kicks In

Melco Closes Two Cyprus Casinos as Curfew Kicks In

by November 13, 2020

Cyprus Casinos, the Cypriot subsidiary of casino and hospitality giant Melco Resorts & Entertainment, has shut temporarily two of its casinos in Cyprus as the tiny Mediterranean nation grapples with a second wave of coronavirus infections.In a message on its official we ...

Caesars to Reopen Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Time for Christmas

Caesars to Reopen Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Time for Christmas

by November 13, 2020

After staying closed for almost the entire year, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is finally ready to welcome back guests and visitors.The off-Strip hotel and casino resort is set to resume operations at 10 am on December 22. The hotel portion of the complex wi ...

GVC Signals Interest in William Hill’s Non-US Gambling Assets

GVC Signals Interest in William Hill’s Non-US Gambling Assets

by November 13, 2020

Gambling powerhouse GVC Holdings is potentially interested in bidding for rival William Hill’s non-US business, CEO Shay Segev revealed in an interview with Bloomberg.GVC is set to be rebranded as Entain plc and quit all unregulated markets its brands currently operate in as ...

Lightning Box Online Casino Content Now Live in Pennsylvania

Lightning Box Online Casino Content Now Live in Pennsylvania

by November 12, 2020

Lightning Box has entered Pennsylvania’s regulated online casino market with the recent launch of two of its most popular slots via Scientific Games’ Open Gaming System (OGS).The Sydney-based online casino games maker has rolled out Lightning Horseman and Respin Rhino in the ...

Apollo Withdraws from William Hill Bidding Race, Confirms Interest in Bookmaker’s Non-US Business

Apollo Withdraws from William Hill Bidding Race, Confirms Interest in Bookmaker’s Non-US Business

by November 12, 2020

Major US buyout fund Apollo Global Management on Thursday announced that it no longer intends to make a full takeover offer for William Hill, effectively putting an end to the bidding war for the legacy bookmaker.Apollo’s announcement comes a few days after the private equit ...