Golden Nugget Atlantic City Joins New Jersey Online Betting Frenzy

Golden Nugget Atlantic City Joins New Jersey Online Betting Frenzy

by February 22, 2019

Golden Nugget has just launched its online sportsbook, but New Jersey bettors will not be able to wager on NBA gamesGolden Nugget Atlantic City now operates a digital sportsbook in addition to its in-person betting facility. In a Thursday press release, the Boardwalk property ...

Ocean Resort Casino Names New CEO, CFO; Pens Arena Football Partnership

Ocean Resort Casino Names New CEO, CFO; Pens Arena Football Partnership

by February 21, 2019

Luxor appoints new CEO and CFO of newly acquired Ocean Resort Casino; property secures major Arena Football League partnershipLuxor Capital Group parted ways with two top executives at Ocean Resort Casino less than a month after it took over the Boardwalk hotel and casino pro ...

Massachusetts Casino Regulator Votes to Settle Wynn Lawsuit

Massachusetts Casino Regulator Votes to Settle Wynn Lawsuit

by February 21, 2019

MassGaming voted to settle lawsuit with Steve Wynn to clear way for publication of Wynn Resorts suitability probe findingsThe Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted on Wednesday to reach a settlement with embattled casino boss Steve Wynn that will hopefully remove all legal ob ...

Caesars Engages in Discussions with Carl Icahn over Sale

Caesars Engages in Discussions with Carl Icahn over Sale

by February 20, 2019

Caesars to evaluate Carl Icahn sale push as billionaire investor discloses 10% stake in the Las Vegas hotel and casino giantCasino and hospitality giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. said in a statement from today that it has engaged in discussions with activist investor Carl I ...

SJM to Complete Lagerfeld-Designed Hotel as “Legacy to His Creative Genius”

SJM to Complete Lagerfeld-Designed Hotel as “Legacy to His Creative Genius”

by February 20, 2019

Yesterday, fashion lost one of its greatest couturiers, a guiding force that shaped the industry for more than five decades. We may be bidding farewell to Karl Lagerfeld, but his enormous legacy will live on forever.Macau casino operator SJM Holdings, with which Lagerfeld wo ...

Big Fish Faces Class Action Suit over Illegal Online Casino Games

Big Fish Faces Class Action Suit over Illegal Online Casino Games

by February 19, 2019

Social games publisher Big Fish Games has been hit by another lawsuit questioning the legality of its social casino games in WashingtonBig Fish Games, along with its new owner Aristocrat Leisure, has been named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit filed last week in the U ...

NetEnt Obtains Permanent Casino Supplier License in New Jersey

NetEnt Obtains Permanent Casino Supplier License in New Jersey

by February 18, 2019

NetEnt secures permanent license in New Jersey, eyes expansion in the newly regulated Pennsylvanian online gambling marketSwedish provider of online casino games NetEnt has locked up a permanent license by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement more than three years af ...

Greece to Publish Hellinikon Casino Concession Tender This Week

Greece to Publish Hellinikon Casino Concession Tender This Week

by February 18, 2019

The bidding process for a concession for a casino at the site of the former Athens airport is to start this week, according to media reportsThe call for tender for a casino concession at the site of former Ellinikon International Airport near Athens is ready to be published i ...

Philippine National Bank Extends Loan for Second Solaire Casino Resort

Philippine National Bank Extends Loan for Second Solaire Casino Resort

by February 16, 2019

The Philippine National Bank has become one of the lenders supporting Bloomberry in its bid to build a second Solaire casino resortThe Philippine National Bank (PNB) has extended a PHP11.5 billion (approx. $219.7 million) loan to gambling and hospitality company Bloomberry Re ...

Tilman Fertitta Still Interested in Caesars Merger, Buys Stock in the Casino Giant

Tilman Fertitta Still Interested in Caesars Merger, Buys Stock in the Casino Giant

by February 16, 2019

Billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta has bought a stake in gaming and hospitality giant Caesars Entertainment Corp., Bloomberg reports citing people familiar with the matterNews about Mr. Fertitta buying Caesars shares arrived a few months after the real estate mogul made ...

Parx Owner’s Mini-Casino Proposal Gets March 25 Public Hearing

Parx Owner’s Mini-Casino Proposal Gets March 25 Public Hearing

by February 15, 2019

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it has set a March 25 public input hearing to collect testimony on the proposed establishment of a mini-casino near Shippensburg TownshipThe mini-casino project is being pitched by Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, ...

Carl Icahn Reportedly Presses for Caesars Sale

Carl Icahn Reportedly Presses for Caesars Sale

by February 15, 2019

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is planning to push Caesars to consider a sale, the Wall Street Journal reports citing people familiar with matterReports about Mr. Icahn pressing for the company’s sale emerge after it became known that he was quietly building a stake in the L ...

Genting’s Tax Incentives Judicial Review Gets May 30 Hearing Date

Genting’s Tax Incentives Judicial Review Gets May 30 Hearing Date

by February 14, 2019

The High Court of Kuala Lumpur set a hearing date for Genting’s application for a judicial review of its tax incentives agreement with the Finance MinistryThe Kuala Lumpur High Court today set a May 30 hearing for the application of casino and hospitality giant Genting Malays ...

Hard Rock Places Final Beam on New Yuba County Casino Resort

Hard Rock Places Final Beam on New Yuba County Casino Resort

by February 14, 2019

Enterprise Rancheria and Hard Rock held a topping off ceremony for their new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento resortAfter a two-decade effort to bring a casino in Yuba County, California, the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe (Enterprise Rancheria) placed the final beam on what ...

Scientific Games Wins Bid to Power Turkey’s Sports Betting Operator

Scientific Games Wins Bid to Power Turkey’s Sports Betting Operator

by February 13, 2019

Scientific Games and a Turkish business conglomerate win the bid for the operation of Turkey’s state-owned sports betting brandA joint venture between a company owned by the Turkish Football Federation’s boss and US gambling giant Scientific Games has submitted the winning bi ...