Habanero Adds Casino Games Portfolio to Playtech Open Platform

Habanero Adds Casino Games Portfolio to Playtech Open Platform

by October 15, 2019

Online slots and table games provider Habanero announced that it has joined forces with gambling tech giant Playtech to boost its content’s distribution via its new partner’s Playtech Open Platform.Under the terms of the deal, Habanero’s full portfolio of online casino games ...

Nevada Regulators Want Disgraced Businessman Steve Wynn Banned From Casino Industry

Nevada Regulators Want Disgraced Businessman Steve Wynn Banned From Casino Industry

by October 15, 2019

The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Monday lodged a complaint with the state Gaming Board, seeking to have businessman Steve Wynn formally declared unfit to hold a gaming license from state regulators.The complaint was the latest of a series of troubles to be unleashed upon t ...

Greentube Enters Switzerland with Grand Casino Luzern

Greentube Enters Switzerland with Grand Casino Luzern

by October 14, 2019

Greentube, a division of NOVOMATIC Interactive, has gone live in Switzerland’s newly reorganized online casino market with Grand Casino Luzern’s digital gaming operation, mycasino.ch.Greentube has already enjoyed great success in the Swiss land-based gaming market where a num ...

Evolution to Integrate Live Casino Content onto Scientific Games Open Gaming System

Evolution to Integrate Live Casino Content onto Scientific Games Open Gaming System

by October 14, 2019

Leading Live Casino supplier Evolution Gaming today announced that it has extended its existing relationship with gambling technology giant Scientific Games with the integration of Live Casino solutions onto Scientific Games’ Open Gaming System.Evolution and Scientific Games ...

Wynn Resorts Latest to Drop Osaka Casino License Pursuit

Wynn Resorts Latest to Drop Osaka Casino License Pursuit

by October 14, 2019

Up until recently, Osaka was the front-runner in the race for the hosts of Japan’s first integrated casino resorts. However, a number of major casino operators in recent months abandoned their development plans for the city to focus their efforts elsewhere.Las Vegas gaming a ...

Italy Mulls Gambling Winnings Tax Hike to Boost 2020 Budget

Italy Mulls Gambling Winnings Tax Hike to Boost 2020 Budget

by October 14, 2019

In search for sources for Italy’s 2020 budget, the country’s government could move to introduce a maxi-tax on super winnings from lottery games, multiple Italian news outlets reported after catching a glimpse of next year’s budget draft.Under a proposal by Italian lawmakers, ...

MassGaming Discusses Criteria for Plainridge Park Casino License Renewal Process

MassGaming Discusses Criteria for Plainridge Park Casino License Renewal Process

by October 13, 2019

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has begun the process of deciding how it will renew the license of Plainridge Park Casino, the first gambling venue to open doors under the state’s 2011 gambling expansion law.Plainridge’s owner, Penn National Gaming, was granted a five-ye ...

Flutter Could Be Forced to Sell Paddy Power to Survive Competition Scrutiny over Stars Group Mega-Merger

Flutter Could Be Forced to Sell Paddy Power to Survive Competition Scrutiny over Stars Group Mega-Merger

by October 13, 2019

Gambling operator Flutter Entertainment plc could be forced to bid farewell to some of its brands, including its flagship one Paddy Power, in order to get competition authorities’ blessing to complete its multi-billion mega-merger with Canada’s The Stars Group, according to analy ...

Caesars Raises Resort Fees at Three Vegas Properties, Including Soon-to-be-sold Rio

Caesars Raises Resort Fees at Three Vegas Properties, Including Soon-to-be-sold Rio

by October 12, 2019

Resort fees at some of the most popular Las Vegas resorts have been going up in recent years and many would agree that paying these on top of the regular bill for a stay is among the worst parts of a trip to Sin City.It emerged earlier this week that Caesars Entertainment Co ...

Chicago Man Caught Running Illegal Online Sportsbook

Chicago Man Caught Running Illegal Online Sportsbook

by October 12, 2019

A Chicago man is accused of allegedly running an illegal online sports betting operation and hiding his gambling income to avoid paying off $1.5 million in a personal injury lawsuit, local news outlets reported on Friday.Michael Frontier, 35, who also went by the aliases Ira ...

Wind Creek Bethlehem, Formerly Sands Bethlehem, Celebrates Grand Opening

Wind Creek Bethlehem, Formerly Sands Bethlehem, Celebrates Grand Opening

by October 11, 2019

Wind Creek Hospitality and PCI Gaming Authority of Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians celebrated Thursday the grand opening of the tribe’s tenth casino property – Wind Creek Bethlehem.Wind Creek Hospitality acquired the hotel and casino complex this past spring in a deal ...

Nederlandse Loterij to Launch Scientific Games-Powered Digital Sportsbook

Nederlandse Loterij to Launch Scientific Games-Powered Digital Sportsbook

by October 11, 2019

Scientific Games, the gambling and lottery solutions provider, has extended its existing partnership with Nederlandse Loterij to supply a full digital sports betting solution to the Dutch Lottery and its customers.The extended partnership will see Scientific Games launch its ...

The Barclays’ Iconic Ritz Hotel Reportedly Up For Sale

The Barclays’ Iconic Ritz Hotel Reportedly Up For Sale

by October 11, 2019

The Barclay twins are reportedly looking to sell The Ritz London, the five-star, ultra-exclusive hotel in Piccadilly that has over the years become a symbol of high society and luxury.Sources close to the businessmen have told Reuters that they had recently been approached w ...

Marina Bay Sands Embroiled in $6.6 Million Lawsuit

Marina Bay Sands Embroiled in $6.6 Million Lawsuit

by October 11, 2019

A Chinese gambler is suing Marina Bay Sands Pte, operator of one of Singapore’s two casinos, seeking to recover S$9.1 million ($6.6 million) he claims the casino transferred to other patrons without receiving his explicit authorization.Wang Xi said in his lawsuit, which he f ...

Royal Panda, LeoVegas Get Hefty Fines by Dutch Gambling Watchdog

Royal Panda, LeoVegas Get Hefty Fines by Dutch Gambling Watchdog

by October 10, 2019

The Dutch government may have passed a bill authorizing international online gambling companies to provide their services on the territory of the Netherlands, but the nation’s new gambling regime is still at least a year away from being implemented.This means that the Dutch ...