Genting’s Resorts World Las Vegas to Bring Blend of Technology and Asian Culture to the Strip

Genting’s Resorts World Las Vegas to Bring Blend of Technology and Asian Culture to the Strip

by November 22, 2019

Malaysian gaming and hospitality giant Genting Group has offered a glimpse into its newest casino resort, currently under development in the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, and the recently released renderings promise a spectacle of technological wonder combined with modern-mee ...

EveryMatrix Dives Into Game Development Vertical with Spearhead Studios

EveryMatrix Dives Into Game Development Vertical with Spearhead Studios

by November 21, 2019

Provider of content and solutions for the iGaming industry EveryMatrix has announced plans to tap into the game development vertical with the recent launch of Spearhead Studios.Based in Marbella, Spain, Spearhead Studios is a new game studio that was formed from the team that ...

Mount Airy Mini-Casino Plan Gets a Nay from Pennsylvania Regulator

Mount Airy Mini-Casino Plan Gets a Nay from Pennsylvania Regulator

by November 21, 2019

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) on Wednesday stubbed a proposal by Mount Airy Casino Resort to build and operate a Category 4 mini-casino in Beaver County.The regulator’s chairman, David Barasch, said after PGCB’s meeting on Wednesday that they have decided to r ...

William Hill Buys Premier Las Vegas Sportsbooks from Troubled CG Technology

William Hill Buys Premier Las Vegas Sportsbooks from Troubled CG Technology

by November 21, 2019

British bookmaker William Hill is set to get even bigger in Nevada where it already runs the majority of sportsbooks through a recently inked deal to acquire the sportsbook assets of CG Technology (formerly Cantor Gaming) in both the Silver State and the Bahamas.The deal inc ...

Evolution Granted Permission to Expand NJ Live Casino Studio

Evolution Granted Permission to Expand NJ Live Casino Studio

by November 21, 2019

Live Casino supplier Evolution Gaming’s US expansion push has just hit another important milestone as the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement granted the company permission to expand its Atlantic City live studio.Evolution opened the Live Casino facility at Hard Rock H ...

Microgaming, Fortune Factory Studios Take Players to Wild Hawaiian Party with Tiki Mania Slot

Microgaming, Fortune Factory Studios Take Players to Wild Hawaiian Party with Tiki Mania Slot

by November 20, 2019

Microgaming invites players to a Hawaiian party with wild tikis and a beautiful princess with its latest release – Tiki Mania by Fortune Factory Studios.The high-volatility slot is exclusively available across Microgaming’s network of operators and is the latest product of t ...

Florida Anti-Gambling Leader Claims Betting Bills Are Unconstitutional

Florida Anti-Gambling Leader Claims Betting Bills Are Unconstitutional

by November 20, 2019

Prominent Florida gambling critic John Sowinski has heated the debate over the legalization of sports betting in the state even before the start of the new legislative session.Mr. Sowinski claims that a trio of bills calling for legal athletic gambling are unconstitutional. ...

The Star’s Sydney Ritz-Carlton Tower Rejected by NSW Independent Planning Commission

The Star’s Sydney Ritz-Carlton Tower Rejected by NSW Independent Planning Commission

by November 20, 2019

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission today rejected casino operator The Star Entertainment Group’s plan for a A$500 million tower adjoining its existing hotel-casino in Pyrmont, Sydney. The mega-project was also stubbed by the NSW Planning Department over the summe ...

Nevada Casino Regulators Go After Elaine Wynn

Nevada Casino Regulators Go After Elaine Wynn

by November 20, 2019

The Nevada Gaming Commission has reportedly gone after the former wife of disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn, Elaine, asking witnesses about what she knew in relation to the multiple sexual misconduct allegations leveled against her ex-husband and why she withheld information from ...

Red Star Poker Replaces Soon-To-Close MPN with Playtech’s iPoker

Red Star Poker Replaces Soon-To-Close MPN with Playtech’s iPoker

by November 19, 2019

Online poker room Red Star Poker has announced that it will hop onto Playtech’s iPoker network from MPN, following the recent announcement that Microgaming would retire its online poker network.Red Star Poker was originally launched in 2005. The online poker veteran most not ...

Florida Senator Files Trio of Sports Betting Bills ahead of New Session

Florida Senator Files Trio of Sports Betting Bills ahead of New Session

by November 19, 2019

While there are nearly two months until the start of Florida’s new legislative session, state lawmakers have already indicated that sports betting would be a topic that will be given consideration next year.On Monday morning, Sen. Jeff Brandes filed three sports betting-focu ...

BetBlocker Approved as UK Charity, Seeks Partners to Sustain Growth

BetBlocker Approved as UK Charity, Seeks Partners to Sustain Growth

by November 19, 2019

Gambling self-exclusion app BetBlocker has recently been approved as a charity in the UK. Following that milestone, the project is now looking for other parties within the gambling industry to help it grow further and reach more people with problem gambling behavior.BetBlock ...

Demolition Work Starts at Hard Rock Las Vegas ahead of Virgin Hotels Transformation

Demolition Work Starts at Hard Rock Las Vegas ahead of Virgin Hotels Transformation

by November 19, 2019

Demolition of Hard Rock Cafe at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas started Monday to mark the beginning of the transformation of the site into Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.The hospitality company of British billionaire businessman Richard Branson purchased the Hard Rock proper ...

Spanish Regulator Backs Proposed Gambling Advertising Code Changes

Spanish Regulator Backs Proposed Gambling Advertising Code Changes

by November 18, 2019

Proposed changes to a voluntary gambling ads code received endorsement by the Spanish gambling regulator last week. The amendments, promoted by Spanish online gambling trade association Jdigital, are set to take effect in mid-January and to be adopted by locally licensed gambling ...

Blueprint Gaming Acquires UK Games Developer Livewire Gaming

Blueprint Gaming Acquires UK Games Developer Livewire Gaming

by November 18, 2019

Developer and supplier of content for the gambling industry Blueprint Gaming, part of Germany’s Gauselmann Group, acquired last week UK-based games developer Livewire Gaming.With the latest of a series of recent acquisition deals, Blueprint Gaming aims to cement itself as a l ...