PokerStars Rolls Out Paysafe’s Rapid Transfer across Ten European Markets

PokerStars Rolls Out Paysafe’s Rapid Transfer across Ten European Markets

by July 17, 2019

PokerStars, the flagship brand of online gambling giant The Stars Group, has partnered with Paysafe Group to roll out the global payments provider’s Rapid Transfer online payment solution across ten European countries.PokerStars customers based in the territories covered by ...

Red Rake Gaming Boasts Aspire Global Casino Content Deal

Red Rake Gaming Boasts Aspire Global Casino Content Deal

by July 16, 2019

Online casino content developer and supplier Red Rake Gaming today announced another major partnership that will help its deliver on its strategy to expand across multiple markets and have its games go live with a vast array of operators.The company said today that under a r ...

Gambling Accountant Who Stole S$41 Million from Clients Gets Jail Time

Gambling Accountant Who Stole S$41 Million from Clients Gets Jail Time

by July 16, 2019

A Singapore-based accountant who embezzled more than S$41 million (approx. $30.2 million) over a ten-year period to fuel his excessive gambling habit was sentenced to 25 years and 10 months in prison earlier today.Born in Malaysia but residing in Singapore, Ewe Pang Kooi, 65 ...

Third Satellite Casino Opens Doors in Cyprus

Third Satellite Casino Opens Doors in Cyprus

by July 15, 2019

Cyprus Casinos, the Cypriot casino brand of gaming and hospitality giant Melco Resorts & Entertainment, today cut the ribbon on its third satellite casino in the tiny Mediterranean republic.The facility spreads over 367 square meters on a 13,829-square-meter plot in the ...

Pennsylvania Readies for Online Gambling Launch

Pennsylvania Readies for Online Gambling Launch

by July 15, 2019

Pennsylvania is just a few hours away from becoming only the fourth US state with regulated online gaming. Two of the state’s 13 brick-and mortar casinos are set to soft-launch today their digital casino operations, thus putting online slots and table games at the fingertips of s ...

Pragmatic Play Debuts Enhance Marketing Tool Ahead of iGB Live! Show

Pragmatic Play Debuts Enhance Marketing Tool Ahead of iGB Live! Show

by July 15, 2019

Online casino content supplier Pragmatic Play today debuted its new promotional tool Pragmatic Play Enhance, which includes a suite of marketing and gamification features that aim to boost user experience.Pragmatic Play clarified that its newly launched tool acts as an add-o ...

SBTech Secures Nordic Expansion with Veikkaus Sportsbook Deal

SBTech Secures Nordic Expansion with Veikkaus Sportsbook Deal

by July 15, 2019

Sports betting technology provider SBTech today announced that it has been selected to power the retail betting network and online betting operation of Finland’s gambling monopoly Veikkaus.SBTech won earlier this year a public procurement process to secure a multi-year partn ...

Spectacle Entertainment, Hard Rock Partner for Terre Haute, Gary Casinos

Spectacle Entertainment, Hard Rock Partner for Terre Haute, Gary Casinos

by July 14, 2019

Spectacle Entertainment has entered into an agreement to obtain franchise rights from Hard Rock International for its proposed Terre Haute and Gary casino projects.News about Hard Rock potentially entering Indiana’s casino market arrive shortly after the state’s Governor, Er ...

New Hampshire Becomes Second New England State with Legal Sports Betting

New Hampshire Becomes Second New England State with Legal Sports Betting

by July 14, 2019

New Hampshire became the latest state to legalize sports betting this year after Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law a bill that authorizes the provision of retail and mobile betting on the territory of the state.New Hampshire is the second state in the New England region to l ...

Hard Rock to Announce Proposal for Rockford Casino

Hard Rock to Announce Proposal for Rockford Casino

by July 13, 2019

Hard Rock International will present its proposal for a casino in Rockford, Illinois early next week. News about the company’s plans to enter the state’s casino market come shortly after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a gambling expansion bill that, among other things, author ...

PA Lottery’s Online Games Survive Land-Based Casinos Challenge

PA Lottery’s Online Games Survive Land-Based Casinos Challenge

by July 13, 2019

A coalition of seven Pennsylvania casinos that filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop Pennsylvania’s Lottery from offering online casino-style games suffered a major blow in court this past Friday.Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer denied the injunction req ...

Gambling Operator to Build Two POGO Hubs in the Philippines

Gambling Operator to Build Two POGO Hubs in the Philippines

by July 12, 2019

Philippine gambling company Oriental Group is building two online gambling hubs north and south of the capital Manila to help the country capitalize on its booming offshore gambling sector.The two hubs will be able to host Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) that are ...

Melco Recognized for Contributions to Cyprus’ Economy

Melco Recognized for Contributions to Cyprus’ Economy

by July 12, 2019

Casino and hospitality giant Melco Resorts & Entertainment has recently been recognized at the 8th Invest Cyprus International Investment Awards (ICIIA) for its contribution to the economy of the Mediterranean island nation.Melco is currently developing City of Dreams Me ...

Evolution Gaming Releases Two New First Person Games

Evolution Gaming Releases Two New First Person Games

by July 12, 2019

Evolution Gaming, the leading Live Casino supplier, has added two new titles to its games roster. The company announced Thursday that First Person Lightning Roulette and First Person Dream Catcher were the latest additions to its range of online RNG games with a ‘Go Live’ functio ...

Twin River Buys Two Eldorado Resorts Casinos

Twin River Buys Two Eldorado Resorts Casinos

by July 11, 2019

Casino operator Twin River Worldwide Holdings today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the operations and the real estate assets of two casinos from Eldorado Resorts in a $230 million deal.The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customa ...