Revenue at Encore Boston Harbor Grows in August, Despite ‘Soft’ Slots Performance

Revenue at Encore Boston Harbor Grows in August, Despite ‘Soft’ Slots Performance

by September 17, 2019

Gaming revenue at Encore Boston Harbor continued to grow during the property’s second full month of operation, figures released Monday by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission showed.However, the newest property in the portfolio of Las Vegas gaming and hospitality giant Wynn R ...

NetEnt Opens New UK Office, Seeks Top Talent to Strengthen Local Footprint

NetEnt Opens New UK Office, Seeks Top Talent to Strengthen Local Footprint

by September 17, 2019

Swedish online slots specialist NetEnt has opened a new UK office to further expand its presence in one of its core markets, the company said in a statement from earlier today.The new office is located at King’s Cross in London and its opening followed the recent establishme ...

NetBet Romania Adds Casino Content by Red Rake Gaming, ORYX Gaming

NetBet Romania Adds Casino Content by Red Rake Gaming, ORYX Gaming

by September 17, 2019

Online gambling operator NetBet has enhanced its Romanian operation with two recently inked commercial deals with leading suppliers of content for the iGaming industry.One of the agreements will see NetBet Romania go live with titles by Red Rake Gaming. In addition, the bran ...

Casino M&A Buzz: Blackstone Reportedly in Talks to Buy Bellagio, MGM Grand

Casino M&A Buzz: Blackstone Reportedly in Talks to Buy Bellagio, MGM Grand

by September 17, 2019

New York-based private equity firm The Blackstone Group is in advanced talks to buy and lease back MGM Resorts International’s marquee properties the Bellagio and MGM Grand Las Vegas, Bloomberg reports citing unnamed sources familiar with the ongoing talks.The two companies ...

Kentucky AG Unveils Plans to Push for Sports Betting, Casino Gambling

Kentucky AG Unveils Plans to Push for Sports Betting, Casino Gambling

by September 16, 2019

Kentucky Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andy Beshear announced last week plans for expanded gambling as the state seeks new revenue sources for its cash-strapped pension system.Attorney General Beshear announced his gubernatorial campaign last week. T ...

Greentube Expands Italian Presence with E-Play24 Deal

Greentube Expands Italian Presence with E-Play24 Deal

by September 16, 2019

Online gambling provider Greentube, part of Novomatic Interactive, has strengthened its footprint in the Italian online gambling market though a recent deal with locally licensed online gambling operator and platform provider E-Play24.Under the terms of the agreement, Greentu ...

Philippines to Crack Down on Tax-Dodging Online Gambling Companies

Philippines to Crack Down on Tax-Dodging Online Gambling Companies

by September 16, 2019

The Philippine government is set to crack down on remote gambling service providers that fail to register and pay due taxes despite repeated calls by the Department of Finance, local news outlets reported earlier today.Today’s announcement comes shortly after China called on ...

EveryMatrix Joins Forces with beBettor to “Radically Improve” UK Compliance

EveryMatrix Joins Forces with beBettor to “Radically Improve” UK Compliance

by September 16, 2019

Online gambling company EveryMatrix has teamed up with UK gambling compliance start-up beBettor in a bid to “radically improve” its operational compliance in the UK market.EveryMatrix announced the deal with beBettor shortly after news emerged that the UK Gambling Commission ...

Fiesta Henderson Becomes Seventh Station Casinos Property to Approve Unionization

Fiesta Henderson Becomes Seventh Station Casinos Property to Approve Unionization

by September 15, 2019

Fiesta Henderson Hotel and Casino workers voted Friday, September 13, to be represented by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and the Bartenders Union Local 165.Both unions are Nevada affiliates of the UNITE HERE labor union that represents roughly 300,000 active members ar ...

Eldorado Resorts Faces Lawsuit over Fingerprint Scanning at Illinois Casino

Eldorado Resorts Faces Lawsuit over Fingerprint Scanning at Illinois Casino

by September 14, 2019

Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino in Elgin is facing class action lawsuit over claims that it has violated an Illinois biometrics law in scanning staff members’ fingerprints when they clock in and out of work.Local news outlet the Cook County Record reports that Ronnie Alquero ...

Gambling Industry Veteran Mike Lally Joins Slots Specialist Lightning Box

Gambling Industry Veteran Mike Lally Joins Slots Specialist Lightning Box

by September 13, 2019

Gambling industry veteran Mike Lally has joined the team of online slots developer Lightning Box as the head of account management for the company’s online vertical.Based in London, Mr. Lally has been tasked with looking after the slots specialist’s RMG casino clients. He is ...

Spelinspektionen Warns Payment Firms Not to Work with Unlicensed Gambling Companies

Spelinspektionen Warns Payment Firms Not to Work with Unlicensed Gambling Companies

by September 13, 2019

After imposing hefty fines on a myriad of locally licensed online gambling operators over compliance failures of different nature, the Swedish Gambling Authority has now taken aim at payment service providers.The regulatory body said in a statement on its official website is ...

Macau Legend on Track to Complete Cape Verde Casino by Late 2020

Macau Legend on Track to Complete Cape Verde Casino by Late 2020

by September 13, 2019

Macau-based casino resort developer and operator Macau Legend Development Ltd. said this week that it expects to complete the construction of a multimillion integrated resort in Cape Verde by the end of 2020.First news of Macau Legend’s planned expansion into the island natio ...

Deceitful Azartmania Online Casino Offers Fake Novomatic Slots

Deceitful Azartmania Online Casino Offers Fake Novomatic Slots

by September 13, 2019

One thing in the world of iGaming that is incredibly annoying is online casinos with sticky fingers and propensity to offer pirated content, deceiving players and fellow industry folks, and bringing disrepute to the whole sector.What is even more annoying is the fact that re ...

Revamped GentingBet Boosts Offering with NetEnt Games

Revamped GentingBet Boosts Offering with NetEnt Games

by September 12, 2019

Online casino and sports betting operator GentingBet, the online brand of land-based casino operator Genting UK, announced earlier this week that it has expanded its library of casino products with the recent addition of content by Swedish specialist NetEnt.The roll-out of Ne ...