Developer Proposes $1.1 Billion Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi

Developer Proposes $1.1 Billion Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi

by June 12, 2020

A new casino could join Mississippi’s gambling scene if the Biloxi City Council approves next week a proposal for the development of a luxury gaming resort at the site of the city’s former Broadwater Beach Resort.According to a city resolution, developer Broadwater Developmen ...

Swedish Government OKs Weekly Online Casino Deposit Limit

Swedish Government OKs Weekly Online Casino Deposit Limit

by June 12, 2020

The Swedish government has approved the implementation of a weekly deposit limit for online casino players, among a host of temporary rules and restrictions aimed to protect Swedes from gambling-related harm amid the coronavirus pandemic.The measures will come into effect on ...

Cyprus Casinos Set for June 13 Reopening

Cyprus Casinos Set for June 13 Reopening

by June 12, 2020

Cyprus’ five operational casinos are set to reopen June 13 after staying closed for nearly three months as the tiny Mediterranean republic grappled to contain the spread of the coronavirus.The C2 (Cyprus Casinos) properties will welcome back their guests to safety restrictio ...

AC Mayor Says Trump Plaza Will Hopefully Be Demolished by End of 2020

AC Mayor Says Trump Plaza Will Hopefully Be Demolished by End of 2020

by June 12, 2020

Trump Plaza’s two towers will be imploded, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. announced in a Thursday news conference in front of the shuttered hotel and casino resort.The owner of the property, New York billionaire businessman Carl Icahn, has recently submitted a plan to t ...

Scientific Games Takes SidePlay eInstant Content Live with Pennsylvania Lottery

Scientific Games Takes SidePlay eInstant Content Live with Pennsylvania Lottery

by June 11, 2020

Gambling technology and software provider Scientific Games has agreed to become the exclusive distributor of eInstant lottery content by SidePlay Entertainment across North America.Under the terms of a recently penned deal between the two companies, the Pennsylvania Lottery ...

Caesars’ New Jersey Top Exec Gets License; Eldorado Merger Approval Still Pending

Caesars’ New Jersey Top Exec Gets License; Eldorado Merger Approval Still Pending

by June 11, 2020

While Caesars Entertainment Corp. still awaits permission from New Jersey casino regulators to merge with fellow gaming and hospitality company Eldorado Resorts, the Casino Control Commission in the Garden State on Wednesday licensed Caesars’ top regional official.Ronald Bau ...

Wind Creek Bethlehem Gets Green Light to Run Sportsbook, Betting App

Wind Creek Bethlehem Gets Green Light to Run Sportsbook, Betting App

by June 11, 2020

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday approved a sports betting operator license for Wind Creek Hospitality.The license authorizes the casino and hospitality company to conduct retail and mobile sports betting activities in Pennsylvania.Wind Creek revealed ...

Swedish Gambling Regulator Slaps Betsson, Bethard with Hefty Fines

Swedish Gambling Regulator Slaps Betsson, Bethard with Hefty Fines

by June 11, 2020

Spelinspektionen has fined online gaming and sports betting operators Betsson Nordic Ltd., a subsidiary of Betsson Group, and Bethard Group Limited for various violations of Swedish gambling rules and regulations.Betsson was slapped with a SEK20 million (approx. $2.1 million ...

Greentube Grows Portuguese Footprint with Estoril Sol Launch

Greentube Grows Portuguese Footprint with Estoril Sol Launch

by June 10, 2020

Greentube, the major online casino content supplier part of the NOVOMATIC Interactive group, is bound for Portuguese expansion with its latest B2B partnership.The company announced today that it has launched its online slots portfolio with Estoril Sol Digital, the online gam ...

Elon Musk’s Underground People-Mover Secures First Two Vegas Casino Stops

Elon Musk’s Underground People-Mover Secures First Two Vegas Casino Stops

by June 10, 2020

Wynn Resorts and Resorts World Las Vegas are both seeking approval from Clark County to become stops in a planned Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop transit system.The LVCC Loop is the first phase of a larger Loop transit system project from Elon Musk-run Boring Company ...

GiG to Power New Alpha Affiliates Online Casino Brand

GiG to Power New Alpha Affiliates Online Casino Brand

by June 9, 2020

Online gambling provider Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) announced earlier today that it has signed a long-term agreement with GS Technologies Limited.The agreement will see GiG provide its platform and front-end development to a new casino brand that is to be created with GS ...

Controversial Oklahoma Gambling Compacts Secure Federal OK

Controversial Oklahoma Gambling Compacts Secure Federal OK

by June 9, 2020

A new gambling compact between two Oklahoma tribes and the state has secured federal approval, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Monday.However, the Governor’s announcement will likely widen an already massive chasm between him and ten other Oklahoma tribal nations. Despite the fed ...

WSOP and GGPoker Partner Up for WSOP Online

WSOP and GGPoker Partner Up for WSOP Online

by June 9, 2020

There will be no World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer, but fans of the series have just received some really good news – the WSOP has become the latest live poker festival to be moved online in the face of the coronavirus crisis.Under an expanded partnership betwee ...

Swedish Gambling Operators Propose Player Protection Measures

Swedish Gambling Operators Propose Player Protection Measures

by June 9, 2020

Since the Swedish government first opened up the topic of the potential implementation of deposit and loss limits on online gambling products, locally licensed operators have been trying to convince lawmakers that such a measure would only reduce the regulated Swedish market’s al ...

R. Franco Digital to Power Dafabet’s Spanish Debut

R. Franco Digital to Power Dafabet’s Spanish Debut

by June 8, 2020

R. Franco Digital, the online gambling division of Spanish gambling group R. Franco Group, today announced a high-profile partnership with Dafabet.As part of the two companies’ recent alliance, R. Franco Digital will support and power Dafabet’s online sports betting debut in ...