NetEnt Cuts Workforce by 120 due to Full Red Tiger Integration

NetEnt Cuts Workforce by 120 due to Full Red Tiger Integration

by March 24, 2020

Swedish online casino content developer NetEnt today announced that it is set to implement a full integration with fellow provider of casino games Red Tiger, which it acquired last fall in a £200 million deal.As a result from the pending changes, the enlarged group will cut i ...

Pragmatic Play Unveils New Baccarat, Roulette Live Casino Titles

Pragmatic Play Unveils New Baccarat, Roulette Live Casino Titles

by March 23, 2020

Pragmatic Play continues to deliver on its promise to significantly boost its Live Casino offering this year with the recent introduction of three new titles.The provider launched not long ago two variants of probably the most popular table game at land-based casinos – bacca ...

Red Tiger’s Entire Slots Collection Now Live with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino

Red Tiger’s Entire Slots Collection Now Live with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino

by March 23, 2020

Online casino content supplier Red Tiger has further extended its foothold in the lucrative Swedish iGaming market through a supply deal with Sweden’s former gambling monopoly Svenska Spel.Under the terms of that deal, Red Tiger has integrated and successfully launched its s ...

Union Slams Connecticut Casino for Placing Workers on Furlough after Coronavirus Closure

Union Slams Connecticut Casino for Placing Workers on Furlough after Coronavirus Closure

by March 23, 2020

Foxwoods Resort Casino, one of Connecticut’s two casinos, is facing criticism for placing more than 5,000 employees, including around 1,200 unionized workers, on furlough after it closed temporarily last week.The state’s two tribal casinos as well as a number of other busine ...

Casino Giant MGM Names New CEO amid Covid-19 Crisis

Casino Giant MGM Names New CEO amid Covid-19 Crisis

by March 23, 2020

Las Vegas casino operator MGM Resorts International named casino industry veteran Bill Hornbuckle as acting Chief Executive Officer after the company’s current CEO Jim Murren said in February that he would step down when a replacement was found.Mr. Hornbuckle’s appointment a ...

Las Vegas Mayor Protests 30-Day Casino Closures in Face of Covid-19 Crisis

Las Vegas Mayor Protests 30-Day Casino Closures in Face of Covid-19 Crisis

by March 22, 2020

The Mayor of Las Vegas has pushed back against the statewide 30-day closure of casinos and other non-essential businesses as part of the measures invoked by Gov. Steve Sisolak to arrest the spread of the deadly coronavirus.Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said that her city s ...

Pennsylvania Man Hits Six-Figure Divine Fortune Jackpot as Americans Stay Home amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Pennsylvania Man Hits Six-Figure Divine Fortune Jackpot as Americans Stay Home amid Covid-19 Pandemic

by March 22, 2020

Since the arrival of online casino play in Pennsylvania in the summer of 2019, NetEnt’s Divine Fortune slot has cemented itself as one of the most popular iGaming products that gamblers in the Keystone State are offered access to.And the game’s progressive Mega Jackpot featu ...

UK Betting Shops Close as Country Adopts Tighter Rules to Contain Covid-19 Spread

UK Betting Shops Close as Country Adopts Tighter Rules to Contain Covid-19 Spread

by March 21, 2020

Gambling operators were ordered to shut down their betting shops around the UK as the country tightened social distancing restrictions in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.Betting shops were part of the group of the non-essential businesses that were asked not to reopen Saturda ...

Crown Melbourne Bows to Pressure Closes Casino amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Crown Melbourne Bows to Pressure Closes Casino amid Covid-19 Pandemic

by March 21, 2020

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts was forced to close temporarily the main gaming floor at its flagship casino in Melbourne after it was stripped of its exemption from rules adopted across the state of Victoria to contain the spread of the coronavirus.While many non-es ...

Wazdan Adds Casino Games to Singular’s iGaming Content Delivery Platform

Wazdan Adds Casino Games to Singular’s iGaming Content Delivery Platform

by March 20, 2020

Online casino content supplier Wazdan this week announced that it has partnered online casino software provider Singular in a move that will see the former deliver its games to expand the latter’s already hefty casino titles portfolio.Singular boasts more than 10 years of ex ...

Dutch Regulator Says ‘Corona-free’ Online Casinos Will Face Severe Penalties

Dutch Regulator Says ‘Corona-free’ Online Casinos Will Face Severe Penalties

by March 20, 2020

The Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit, has further warned gambling websites and physical gambling establishments not to use the global coronavirus crisis to advertise their products after its first such warning that was issued earlier this week.In a message posted ...

Poker Central, partypoker Announce Poker Masters Online

Poker Central, partypoker Announce Poker Masters Online

by March 20, 2020

The world is stuck in quarantine due to the global coronavirus outbreak and many are spending their time at home playing online poker.As a result the sector is experiencing a big boom, probably the biggest since Chris Moneymaker took down the WSOP Main Event after qualifying ...

Flutter to Suspend Affiliates Referencing Coronavirus in Promo Content

Flutter to Suspend Affiliates Referencing Coronavirus in Promo Content

by March 20, 2020

Being stuck in the middle of a pandemic of a virus that we don’t know much about and that has gripped every contour of society is discomforting, to say the least.Yet, in the face of an unprecedented situation, the general tone of things has for once been “we’re all in this t ...

Playtech Suspends Shareholder Distributions to Mitigate Covid-19 Impact on Its Finances

Playtech Suspends Shareholder Distributions to Mitigate Covid-19 Impact on Its Finances

by March 19, 2020

Gambling technology giant Playtech said today that it has suspended shareholder distributions until further notice as part of its efforts to protect its cash flow amid the global Covid-19 crisis and the impact the rapidly changing nature of the situation has.The company said ...

Kalamba Games Adds Spinomenal Casino Games Library to Remote Gaming Server

Kalamba Games Adds Spinomenal Casino Games Library to Remote Gaming Server

by March 19, 2020

Casino games supplier Kalamba Games has teamed up with content developer and aggregator Spinomenal to grow its proprietary Remote Gaming Server (RGS) platform.Under the terms of the two content providers’ partnership, Kalamba has agreed to integrate Spinomenal’s portfolio to ...