Bet365 Launches Sports Betting Site in New Jersey

Bet365 Launches Sports Betting Site in New Jersey

by August 23, 2019

Bet365 is now live in New Jersey after strategically launching а locally licensed website ahead of the new NFL season, which kicks off on September 5.In a Thursday tweet, the online gambling operator said that its New Jersey website is going through a pre-live phase. The web ...

MGM Reaffirms Commitment to Osaka Casino Bid

MGM Reaffirms Commitment to Osaka Casino Bid

by August 23, 2019

MGM Resorts International reaffirmed its commitment to pursuing a license for the development of a casino resort in Osaka on the heels of news that rival Las Vegas Sands would abandon its Osaka pursuit to focus its attention on development opportunities in Tokyo and Yokohama. ...

Ohio Casino Regulator Approves JACK Cincinnati Sale to Caesars’ REIT

Ohio Casino Regulator Approves JACK Cincinnati Sale to Caesars’ REIT

by August 23, 2019

Ohio’s casino regulator approved this week the proposed sale of JACK Cincinnati Casino to real estate investment trust VICI Properties, local news outlet Cincinnati CityBeats reported.Members of the Ohio Casino Control Commission voted to issue a three-year license to VICI, ...

Las Vegas Sands to Explore Casino Development Opportunities in Tokyo, Yokohama

Las Vegas Sands to Explore Casino Development Opportunities in Tokyo, Yokohama

by August 22, 2019

Las Vegas Sands is no longer interested in developing a casino resort in Osaka and has instead focused its attention on exploring development opportunities in Tokyo and Yokohama, the company’s CEO and Chairman, Sheldon Adelson, said in a statement from earlier today.Las Vega ...

Kambi Extends DraftKings Deal to Venture Further into US Sports Betting Market

Kambi Extends DraftKings Deal to Venture Further into US Sports Betting Market

by August 22, 2019

Sports betting technology provider Kambi Group plc today announced that it has extended its existing contract with daily fantasy sports and sports betting operator DraftKings.Kambi and DraftKings first announced their sports betting partnership in June 2018. Under the terms ...

PayPal Shuts Down Services to German Online Casino Players

PayPal Shuts Down Services to German Online Casino Players

by August 22, 2019

German gamblers will no longer be able to use their PayPal accounts for online casino gambling purposes after a recent update of the payments giant’s German-language guidelines.News about PayPal’s updated policies regarding online gambling emerged shortly after Germany launc ...

Singaporean Gambler Pleads Guilty to Scamming Victims of S$500,000 to Fuel His Habit

Singaporean Gambler Pleads Guilty to Scamming Victims of S$500,000 to Fuel His Habit

by August 21, 2019

A Singaporean freelance IT consultant pleaded guilty to defrauding 62 individuals of more than S$500,000 (approx. $361,600) through a series of investment scams. He told court this week that he used the money to fuel his gambling habit.Alvin Ker Jia Jun, 31, stood up in cour ...

China Urges Philippine Government to Ban Online Gambling

China Urges Philippine Government to Ban Online Gambling

by August 21, 2019

China praised the Philippines for its recent decision to stop accepting license applications for online gambling operations and encouraged the country to take it a step further and introduce an online gambling ban.Following the recent announcement of the Philippine gambling r ...

Arkansas Racing Commission Reopens Pope County Casino Application Process

Arkansas Racing Commission Reopens Pope County Casino Application Process

by August 21, 2019

The Arkansas Racing Commission reopened earlier this week the process for license applications for the development of a full-fledged casino resort in Pope County.The move came a week after County Judge Ben Cross and the Quorum Court issued a letter of support for a proposal ...

Greentube Grows Colombian Presence with Rush Street Interactive Deal

Greentube Grows Colombian Presence with Rush Street Interactive Deal

by August 20, 2019

Online gambling content supplier Greentube has landed another important deal that would enable it to further expand in Colombia’s regulated market and across Latin America, as a whole. Greentube is part of the interactive business of Austrian gambling group NOVOMATIC.The com ...

DraftKings Eyes Sports Betting Expansion in Multiple States

DraftKings Eyes Sports Betting Expansion in Multiple States

by August 20, 2019

The CEO of DraftKings said that New Jersey has become “a huge part” of their business as the company is looking to cement its presence in the regulated US sports betting market.Jason Robins, who leads the daily fantasy sports turned sports betting operator, also revealed dur ...

Betzest Adds Red Rake Gaming’s Entire Portfolio

Betzest Adds Red Rake Gaming’s Entire Portfolio

by August 20, 2019

Online casino operator Betzest has rolled out the entire portfolio of games by Red Rake Gaming, the gaming content provider announced today.Betzest is the latest of a series of brands to have gone live with Red Rake Gaming’s titles in recent months.Launched in 2018, Bet ...

Red Tiger Slots Now Live in Switzerland with Grand Casino Baden

Red Tiger Slots Now Live in Switzerland with Grand Casino Baden

by August 20, 2019

Online slots provider Red Tiger has gone live in the Swiss iGaming space with Switzerland’s first online casino, the company said in a press release published this past Monday.Red Tiger has teamed up with Grand Casino Baden’s jackpots.ch online gaming operation and platform ...

Yokohama to Bid for the Right to Host One of Japan’s First Casinos

Yokohama to Bid for the Right to Host One of Japan’s First Casinos

by August 19, 2019

Yokohama is set to join this week the race for the right to host one of Japan’s first casino resorts, according to sources close to the local government.Japan legalized casinos as part of larger integrated resorts at the end of 2016. The country’s government then authorized ...

Relax Gaming to Launch Casino Content with SOFTSWISS

Relax Gaming to Launch Casino Content with SOFTSWISS

by August 19, 2019

Online casino content and platform provider Relax Gaming has entered into an agreement to launch its proprietary games as well as titles by third-party partners with fellow iGaming provider SOFTSWISS.As a result, SOFTSWISS will roll out popular titles by Relax Gaming, includ ...