New Zealand’s SKYCITY to Roll Out Online Casino by Year’s End

New Zealand’s SKYCITY to Roll Out Online Casino by Year’s End

by March 10, 2019

The casino operator revealed plans to expand into the online casino space, despite the lack of proper regulations in New ZealandNew Zealand casino operator SKYCITY Entertainment Group plans to launch a real-money online casino operation by the end of the year, local news outl ...

Carl Icahn Becomes Caesars’ Largest Shareholder; Company Owners Halve Stake

Carl Icahn Becomes Caesars’ Largest Shareholder; Company Owners Halve Stake

by March 9, 2019

Carl Icahn has upped his stake in Caesars to become the Las Vegas casino operator’s largest shareholder; sale seems likelier by the dayEntities related to Carl Icahn purchased earlier this week 38.9 million shares of Caesars Entertainment Corp. to make the New York billionair ...

Roulette Scam Discovered at Cyprus’ First Casino, Police Arrest Dealer

Roulette Scam Discovered at Cyprus’ First Casino, Police Arrest Dealer

by March 8, 2019

Police arrest dealer at Cyprus’ first casino after CCTV footage showed roulette tampering incidents that resulted in a player winning €5,800Police in the Cypriot city of Limassol have arrested a live dealer working at the city’s C2 casino on suspicion that he has tampered wit ...

MassGaming Clears Legal Hurdle, Ready to Publish Wynn Probe

MassGaming Clears Legal Hurdle, Ready to Publish Wynn Probe

by March 8, 2019

A Nevada judge dismissed earlier this week a suit filed by Steve Wynn, seeking to stop the publication of a report on sexual harassment allegations leveled against himThe Massachusetts Gaming Commission cleared earlier this week a major obstacle preventing it from finalizing ...

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Coming to Las Vegas

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Coming to Las Vegas

by March 7, 2019

Las Vegas is betting big on an Elon Musk-backed means of transportation as the city is looking to advertise itself to a diverse public of potential visitorsNews emerged Wednesday that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has recommended that an Elon Musk-backed ent ...

Delta Dives Deeper into Fantasy Sports with Minority Stake in HalaPlay

Delta Dives Deeper into Fantasy Sports with Minority Stake in HalaPlay

by March 7, 2019

Delta extends its footprint in the lucrative fantasy sports field with the purchase of a minority stake in India’s second largest DFS businessIndian gaming and hospitality giant Delta Corporation has recently announced plans to venture further into the fantasy sports field. I ...

888’s BetBright Shuts Down, Voids Bets Ahead Of Cheltenham

888’s BetBright Shuts Down, Voids Bets Ahead Of Cheltenham

by March 6, 2019

Online betting operator BetBright announced its closure just a day after 888 bought it for £15 million, UK Gambling Commission making inquiriesDublin-headquartered online gambling operator BetBright closed shop for good just a day after it became known that it was purchased b ...

Atlantic Club Casino Hotel Sale Falls Through Once Again

Atlantic Club Casino Hotel Sale Falls Through Once Again

by March 6, 2019

Florida real estate firm TJM Properties will remain the owner of the shuttered Atlantic Club after the latest of a flurry of failed sale dealsAnother sale deal for the shuttered Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City has fallen through, local news outlet The Press of Atl ...

Global Gaming and Trustly Build on Pay N Play Success with Extended Partnership

Global Gaming and Trustly Build on Pay N Play Success with Extended Partnership

by March 6, 2019

Global Gaming and Trustly extend existing collaboration to leverage Pay N Play success and explore new marketsOnline gambling company Global Gaming and payment services provider Trustly announced today that they have decided to build on their successful partnership and explor ...

Queensland Opens Expression-of-Interest Process for Second Gold Coast Casino

Queensland Opens Expression-of-Interest Process for Second Gold Coast Casino

by March 5, 2019

International gaming and hospitality operators have until April to register interest in operating the Gold Coast’s second casino resortThe Queensland Government has decided to roll the dice on a second casino resort in the Gold Coast area, despite protests from anti-gambling ...

Latest Trial in Las Vegas Sands, Richard Suen Legal Dispute Starts This Month

Latest Trial in Las Vegas Sands, Richard Suen Legal Dispute Starts This Month

by March 5, 2019

Jurors sought for multi-million trial involving casino giant Las Vegas Sands and a businessman who helped the company set foot in MacauThe selection process of a jury for the upcoming trial involving Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen and Las Vegas casino giant Las Vegas Sand ...

Casino Operator PH Resorts Postpones Planned Share Sale

Casino Operator PH Resorts Postpones Planned Share Sale

by March 4, 2019

PH Resorts postponed its planned sale of stock to explore other financing opportunities for the development of two casino resortsLeisure and gaming operator PH Resorts Group Holdings Inc., owned by Philippine businessman Dennis Uy, said late last week that it has decided to p ...

888 Buys BetBright to Boost Growth across Sports Betting, Casino Verticals

888 Buys BetBright to Boost Growth across Sports Betting, Casino Verticals

by March 4, 2019

888 buys a proprietary sports betting platform to support its growth across the US, other regulated jurisdictionsOnline gambling group 888 Holdings Plc today announced that acquisition of online sports betting platform BetBright for £15 million in a move that the company beli ...

Victoria Rejects Crown’s Request to Delay the Start of Construction of One Queensbridge

Victoria Rejects Crown’s Request to Delay the Start of Construction of One Queensbridge

by March 4, 2019

Crown’s request to delay the start of construction of One Queensbridge rejected by the government of VictoriaCrown Resorts’ project for the construction of Australia’s tallest building hit another setback as the company received an informal notice that its request to delay th ...

Unionization Effort at Ocean Resort Casino Progresses Smoothly

Unionization Effort at Ocean Resort Casino Progresses Smoothly

by March 3, 2019

Ocean Resort Casino workers make important step toward unionization, secure approval from the New Jersey State Board of MediationWorkers at Ocean Resort Casino are entering the final stages of their unionization effort, The Press of Atlantic City reported Friday. The Atlantic ...