Soft2Bet Adds MiFinity eWallet Across Casino, Sportsbook Brands

Soft2Bet Adds MiFinity eWallet Across Casino, Sportsbook Brands

by April 24, 2020

Online casino and sports betting operator Soft2Bet has teamed up with payment services provider MiFinity to deploy the MiFinity eWallet solution across its portfolio of brands.Soft2Bet operates a multi-brand portfolio that currently features 17 online casinos and sportsbooks, ...

Google to Require Gambling, Other Advertisers to Confirm Identities

Google to Require Gambling, Other Advertisers to Confirm Identities

by April 24, 2020

Google will soon begin to require all of its advertisers to verify their identities and countries of origin in order to be able to run their ads.The new identification rules will also apply to gambling advertisers buying and running ads on the US technology giant’s platform. ...

DraftKings Closes SBTech, Diamond Eagle Merger, Goes Public on NASDAQ

DraftKings Closes SBTech, Diamond Eagle Merger, Goes Public on NASDAQ

by April 24, 2020

Daily fantasy sports and sports betting operator DraftKings on Thursday completed its $3.3 billion merger with Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. (DEAC) and sports betting technology provider SBTech to form the “only vertically integrated pure-play sports betting and online gaming c ...

New PlayCroco Online Casino Arrives with Aussie Twist

New PlayCroco Online Casino Arrives with Aussie Twist

by April 24, 2020

A new online casino has just swung its virtual doors open for Australian players who love a good plenty of pokies and other casino games.PlayCroco is the newest arrival in the online casino space. The new brand operates on the widely popular RTG (Realtime Gaming) platform, w ...

QTech Games Adds RTG Titles to Bolster Platform Offering

QTech Games Adds RTG Titles to Bolster Platform Offering

by April 23, 2020

Asia-focused casino games distributor QTech Games has added another high-profile client in the latest of a streak of tier-one partnerships announced by the company in recent weeks.QTech Games today announced that it has teamed up with Realtime Gaming (RTG) to take the iGamin ...

L&L Europe Fined in Sweden over Self-Exclusion Failings

L&L Europe Fined in Sweden over Self-Exclusion Failings

by April 23, 2020

Online gambling operator L&L Europe Limited has been slapped with a fine in Sweden for sending promotional materials to self-excluded gamblers after the reorganization of the local online gambling market in January 2019.The Swedish gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, ...

More Than 230 Gambling Addicts Sought Help in Ireland in 2019, Figures Show

More Than 230 Gambling Addicts Sought Help in Ireland in 2019, Figures Show

by April 23, 2020

More than 230 people suffering from gambling addiction sought help in the Republic of Ireland last year, figures from the country’s National Drug Treatment Reporting System show.The reported figure represents a 7% increase on the 217 gambling addicts who were assessed or tre ...

The Stars Group Replaces BetStars with New PokerStars Sports Brand

The Stars Group Replaces BetStars with New PokerStars Sports Brand

by April 23, 2020

Canadian gambling giant The Stars Group has dropped its nearly five-year-old BetStars sports betting brand and has replaced it with the new PokerStars Sports operation as part of a previously announced plan to bolster the growth of its flagship PokerStars brand.As reported b ...

SkyCity Unveils New Eos Hotel Brand at Adelaide Casino

SkyCity Unveils New Eos Hotel Brand at Adelaide Casino

by April 22, 2020

New Zealand casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group today introduced a new hotel brand as part of the ongoing A$330 million expansion of its Adelaide Casino in South Australia.Eos by SkyCity was unveiled today as the hotel brand that would join SkyCity’s existing operati ...

Gaming and Leisure Properties Closes Acquisition of Tropicana Las Vegas

Gaming and Leisure Properties Closes Acquisition of Tropicana Las Vegas

by April 22, 2020

Real estate investment trust Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (GLPI) last week completed the acquisition of Tropicana Las Vegas Casino Hotel Resort from Penn National Gaming.News about the transaction first emerged in March following months of speculations that a sale of t ...

Flutter Shareholders Greenlight Stars Group Combination

Flutter Shareholders Greenlight Stars Group Combination

by April 22, 2020

Shareholders in Irish gambling group Flutter Entertainment backed the company’s planned combination with its Canadian counterpart The Stars Group in a vote that took place this past Tuesday in Dublin.Flutter and The Stars announced their tie-up in October 2019. The deal will ...

Red Rake Gaming Partners Up CasinoSecret

Red Rake Gaming Partners Up CasinoSecret

by April 21, 2020

Red Rake Gaming has announced the latest of a flurry of casino content supply deals that would enable the Spain- and Malta-based provider to further bolster its growth.The popular online casino content supplier today announced that it has partnered with Malta-licensed online ...

OPAP Increases Investment in Stoiximan’s Greek, Cypriot Online Gambling Business

OPAP Increases Investment in Stoiximan’s Greek, Cypriot Online Gambling Business

by April 21, 2020

Greek gambling giant OPAP today announced that it is set to acquire an additional stake in Stoiximan Group’s Greek and Cypriot business after it has recently secured regulatory clearance to buy a 51% stake in the same operation.A wholly-owned subsidiary of OPAP, OPAP Investm ...

Centuries-Old Gambling Loss Recovery Law Does Not Apply to Fantasy Sports, Illinois Supreme Court Rules

Centuries-Old Gambling Loss Recovery Law Does Not Apply to Fantasy Sports, Illinois Supreme Court Rules

by April 21, 2020

A centuries-old statute providing an avenue for a losing bettor to recover their losses does not apply to daily fantasy sports, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week.The ruling was issued in relation to a case brought by an Illinois resident who lost $109 in a fantasy N ...

Flutter-Stars to Pursue Single Brand Strategy in Australia after £10 Billion Tie-Up

Flutter-Stars to Pursue Single Brand Strategy in Australia after £10 Billion Tie-Up

by April 21, 2020

Australian bookmaker BetEasy will cease to exist after the £10 billion tie-up between its parent company, The Stars Group, and Irish gambling powerhouse Flutter Entertainment, news emerged earlier today.The BetEasy operation will be taken over by Sportsbet, Flutter’s Austral ...