888 Looks to Cement Itself in US Gambling Market with All American Poker Network Purchase

888 Looks to Cement Itself in US Gambling Market with All American Poker Network Purchase

by December 11, 2018

888 positions itself for US expansion with All American Poker Network acquisition for a total consideration of $28 millionOnline gambling operator 888 Holdings today announced that it has acquired the remaining 53% shares in All American Poker Network (AAPN) in a bid to pursu ...

Casino Boss Phil Ruffin Extends Footprint to East Coast with Casino Miami Purchase

Casino Boss Phil Ruffin Extends Footprint to East Coast with Casino Miami Purchase

by December 10, 2018

The Las Vegas businessman buys Casino Miami shortly after Floridans approved key gambling-related amendmentLas Vegas casino boss Phil Ruffin has set his sights eastward, news emerged last week. The 83-year-old businessman has recently purchased Casino Miami, a 200-000-square- ...

Nightclub Owner Sues Ocean Resort Casino, Claims Boss Seeks Buyers for the Boardwalk Property

Nightclub Owner Sues Ocean Resort Casino, Claims Boss Seeks Buyers for the Boardwalk Property

by December 9, 2018

HQ2’s former co-owner had his contract terminated after approaching Ocean Resort Casino’s boss over sexual allegations made by employeesThe owner of Ocean Resort Casino, one of the two casino resorts that opened doors in Atlantic City this past summer, seems to ha ...

Cordish Companies to Build $130-Million Mini-Casino in Pennsylvania

Cordish Companies to Build $130-Million Mini-Casino in Pennsylvania

by December 8, 2018

Cordish Companies presented a plan for a $130-million casino with 750 slot machines and 30 table games at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield TownshipWhile few details had previously been released about a proposed mini-casino in Pennsylvania’s Hempfield Township, representat ...

Former Wynn Resorts Shareholder Sues Casino Boss Steve Wynn, Company, Board Members

Former Wynn Resorts Shareholder Sues Casino Boss Steve Wynn, Company, Board Members

by December 7, 2018

A former Wynn Resorts shareholder seeks damages, claims Steve Wynn sexual harassment scandal devalued his shares in the Las Vegas casino giantIt has been more than ten months now since the publication of a Wall Street Journal report detailing a decades-long pattern of sexual ...

Pine Bluff, Jefferson County Leaders Pen Letters of Support for Quapaw Nation Casino

Pine Bluff, Jefferson County Leaders Pen Letters of Support for Quapaw Nation Casino

by December 6, 2018

Local leaders express support for proposed casino in Pine Bluff following the authorization of casino expansion in ArkansasThe Quapaw Nation has received letters of support from city and county leaders to build a full-scale casino in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. If the proposed Sara ...

Pennsylvania Gambling Regulator Holds Public Hearing on $21-Million Big Beaver Mini-Casino

Pennsylvania Gambling Regulator Holds Public Hearing on $21-Million Big Beaver Mini-Casino

by December 5, 2018

Mount Airy targets early to mid-2020 opening of its Big Beaver mini-casino, the facility will look to attract customers from neighboring OhioThe Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board hosted Tuesday a public hearing in Big Beaver to hear additional details about a proposed mini-ca ...

Disney Veteran to Build $3.5-Billion Paradise City in Spain’s Extremadura Region

Disney Veteran to Build $3.5-Billion Paradise City in Spain’s Extremadura Region

by December 4, 2018

The mega resort will feature casino gambling, diverse entertainment options, and a Formula One track, among other facilitiesFormer Disney Vice President John Cora announced yesterday that his Cora Global development company would build a $3-plus-billion mega resort in the Spa ...

Playtika Looks to Expand Outside Social Casino Sector with Wooga Acquisition

Playtika Looks to Expand Outside Social Casino Sector with Wooga Acquisition

by December 3, 2018

Israel-based social casino giant Playtika announces another acquisition as part of growth and diversification strategyIsraeli developer of social casino games Playtika has acquired Wooga Gmbh, a Berlin-based publisher of mobile-friendly story-driven games, in a bid to diversi ...

Philippine Court of Appeals Backs Waterfront’s Bid for Manila Casino Resort

Philippine Court of Appeals Backs Waterfront’s Bid for Manila Casino Resort

by December 3, 2018

Court of Appeals upholds previous court ruling ordering PAGCOR to grant Waterfront a provisional license for the operation of a casino in Manila’s Entertainment CityThe Philippine Court of Appeals has ordered PAGCOR, the country’s gambling regulator, to issue a pr ...

Station Casinos Appeals Order to Bargain Unionization at Green Valley Ranch

Station Casinos Appeals Order to Bargain Unionization at Green Valley Ranch

by December 2, 2018

The casino company files the latest legal challenge in a year-long unionization battle after being ordered to negotiate with the unionNevada casino operator Station Casinos appealed earlier this week a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which ordered the c ...

GiG to Bring Hard Rock’s Atlantic City Casino into the US Betting Fold

GiG to Bring Hard Rock’s Atlantic City Casino into the US Betting Fold

by November 30, 2018

Hard Rock and GiG extend their existing partnership to jointly operate sports betting at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic CityHard Rock International is set to jump into New Jersey’s booming sports betting marketplace in a few months’ time, it became known yesterday. The ...

The Star Threatens to Reconsider Massive Queensland Expansion if Second Gold Coast Casino Gets OK

The Star Threatens to Reconsider Massive Queensland Expansion if Second Gold Coast Casino Gets OK

by November 29, 2018

The casino company has urged the Palaszczuk Government to “fully embrace” a partnership that could bring A$9 billion in investment to the stateAustralian casino operator The Star Entertainment Group has warned the Queensland Government that it could reconsider its plan to inj ...

Cordish Given Two-Year Extension to Complete South Philly Casino

Cordish Given Two-Year Extension to Complete South Philly Casino

by November 29, 2018

Pennsylvania gambling regulator gives South Philly casino project a two-year extension, allows sports betting at two more casinosDevelopers of South Philadelphia’s second casino were given on Wednesday a two-year extension to complete the project and launch the property by De ...

Disney Rejects Claims in $1-Billion Casino Theme Park Lawsuit

Disney Rejects Claims in $1-Billion Casino Theme Park Lawsuit

by November 28, 2018

Casino operator Genting Malaysia seeks $1 billion in damages after Fox terminated a contract for a branded theme parkGenting Malaysia’s lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. and Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. is “without merit”, Disney said in a statement on Tuesday after news emer ...