Trump Taj Mahal Owner Remains Firm on October 10 Closure

by August 30, 2016

Workers at Trump Taj Mahal made one last-ditch effort to save the casino which, as it seems, will be closed for good in a little more than a month. UNITE HERE Local 54 members presented on Monday the gambling venue’s management team with a plan that, according to them, would have ...

James Packer Reduces Crown Resorts Interest with A$448-Million Share Sale

by August 29, 2016

Business tycoon James Packer sold a A$448-million stake in Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd., thus reducing his interest in the company to 48.2%, local media reported earlier today.Consolidated Press Holdings Pty, known to be the billionaire businessman’s private ...

Evolution Gaming Launches Live Casino Service for The Hippodrome Casino

by August 29, 2016

Stockholm-headquartered provider of Live Casino products Evolution Gaming today announced that it has added another major client to its ever-growing portfolio. Under an agreement between the company and London-based Hippodrome Casino, the supplier will roll out an online Live Cas ...

Caesars Refused Court Shield in Operating Unit’s Bankruptcy Case

by August 28, 2016

Major gambling operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. may eventually be required to honor debt guarantees of $11 billion, after a US Bankruptcy Judge refused the company a third court shield from pending lawsuits related to its main operating unit’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case ...

PokerStars and BetStars Go Live in Romania under Full License

by August 27, 2016

Isle of Man-based online gambling operator The Rational Group announced that its PokerStars and BetStars brands have been awarded a full license for the provision of gambling options within Romania’s borders. Granted by the local gambling regulator – Oficiul National pentru ...

Italy’s Newgioco Completes Strategic Acquisitions

by August 26, 2016

Italian online and land-based gambling operator Newgioco Group, Inc. provided updates on the purchase of two major Austria-based gambling businesses.According to the information revealed, the company completed the acquisition of gaming software developer Odissea Betriebsinfo ...

NYX Gaming Partners TonyBet for Lithuania Launch

by August 26, 2016

Supplier of technology and content for the international gambling industry NYX Gaming Group announced that its Open Gaming System (OGS) has been launched with online gambling brand TonyBet in Estonia, Denmark, and the UK, as well as in the newly regulated Lithuanian market.T ...

Playtech to Supply Sports Betting and Gaming Platform to Fortuna Entertainment Group

by August 25, 2016

Sports betting operator Fortuna Entertainment Group N.V. announced that it has penned an agreement with Isle of Man-based supplier of online gambling content Playtech. Under their deal, the provider will supply a multi-channel sports betting and gaming platform to its latest clie ...

Rank Group Launches NetEnt Online Casino Games

by August 25, 2016

Swedish developer and supplier of online casino games NetEnt today announced that a selection of its most popular titles is now live with major UK gambling operator The Rank Group.The British gambling company first revealed that it would enhance its online casino offering wi ...

GVC Holdings Rolls Out Major Mobile Poker Upgrade

by August 25, 2016

GVC Holdings has introduced a multi-table gameplay feature as part of a major overhaul of its mobile poker offering. The company announced that it would revise and upgrade its mobile products shortly after it acquired fellow operator bwin.party back in February 2016.Following ...

888 Holdings Goes Live in Romania

by August 24, 2016

Online gambling operator 888 Holdings today announced that it has launched a localized gaming website for the Romanian gambling market. The 888.ro website unifies the company’s 888casino, 888sport, and 888poker brands so as for local customers to be able to access all three of th ...

Pariplay Becomes Microgaming Quickfire Development Partner

by August 24, 2016

Major developer and supplier of content for the online gambling industry Microgaming announced that it has extended its existing relationship with Gibraltar-based game development studio Pariplay. Under the new partnership agreement, Pariplay has joined the elite company of devel ...

Betsafe Becomes Sheffield United FC In-Stadium Betting Partner

by August 24, 2016

Online gambling operator Betsafe has become the official in-stadium betting partner of Football League One football club Sheffield United for the 2016/2017 season. Under the terms of their agreement, the gambling brand will receive brand visibility across the club’s host venue – ...

Z Capital Partners Buys Affinity Gaming for $580 Million

by August 24, 2016

New York-based private equity manager Z Capital Partners LLC will purchase Nevada-headquartered casino operator Affinity Gaming for the approximate amount of $580 million, the two parties announced in a Tuesday statement.Z Capital Partners is known to be the private equity m ...

Calata Partners Sino-America and Macau Resources Group for Mactan Island Casino Project

by August 23, 2016

Philippines-listed distributor of farming products Calata Corp. today announced in a filing to the Philippine Stock Exchange that it has partnered Sino-America Gaming Investment Group, LLC and Macau Resources Group Ltd., with the three organizations forming a REIT for the establi ...