Minister for Gaming Dismisses Worries about Gibraltar Online Gambling Industry

by July 2, 2016

Gibraltar-based online gambling operators will remain committed to their operations, despite fears that the Rock will be the British Overseas Territory to suffer the most from the exit vote, Minister for Financial Services and Gaming Albert Isola told local media.Last week, ...

Playground Poker Club and partypoker Form Multi-Year Partnership

by July 1, 2016

Online poker brand partypoker announced that it has signed a key partnership agreement with Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada, known to be among the most popular poker destinations in the country.Playground Poker Club occasionally plays host to WPT stops. Its partners ...

Sporting Index Rolls Out Mobile Casino Content

by July 1, 2016

London-based leading spread betting operator Sporting Index announced that its online casino offering has gone live for hand-held devices. Mobile gambling content provided by popular developers and suppliers Microgaming and NetEnt is now available to gambling customers of the ope ...

Trump Taj Mahal Employees to Walk Out during July 4 Weekend

by July 1, 2016

UNITE HERE Local 54 members who are employed at Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal are to walk out at 6 am on Friday, July 1, after they could not agree upon new health insurance and pension benefits contract with the casino’s management.Last month, it was announced ...

Ladbrokes Opts for SIS Virtuals Content

by June 30, 2016

Provider of solutions for the online and retail sports betting industry SIS announced today that it has penned a virtuals content distribution agreement with leading gambling operator Ladbrokes. Under the recently signed deal, SIS would provide the betting and gaming operator wit ...

North Bay Residents Oppose Rezoning for Waterfront Casino Development

by June 30, 2016

Residents of North Bay, a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, voiced their opinion on the proposed rezoning of a waterfront property for the potential construction of a casino on the site at a Wednesday meeting with the city’s Planning Advisory Committee.If the r ...

Vermantia Joins European Lotteries Association

by June 30, 2016

Omni-channel supplier of virtual and live sports product offering to international licensed gaming and lottery operators Vermantia announced that it has joined the European Lotteries Association as an Associate Member.Essentially, the European Lotteries Association is an orga ...

Live Lounge Launches Affiliate Program with Income Access

by June 30, 2016

Malta-based online gaming operator Live Lounge Ltd. announced that it has partnered with Canada-headquartered iGaming technology and digital marketing firm Income Access for the launch of an affiliate program for its two live casino brands – Live Lounge and Sir Jackpot. The new a ...

Norsk Tipping Appoints Åsne Havnelid as New CEO

by June 29, 2016

Norsk Tipping, one of Norway’s two state-run gambling operators, announced the appointment of Åsne Havnelid as Chief Executive. Ms. Havnelid is to replace Torbjørn Almlid on the post. Mr. Amlid announced that he was to depart back in March.Prior to her appointment, Ms. ...

SBTech Becomes Latest Provider to Enter Romania’s Gambling Market

by June 29, 2016

With Romania further opening its regulated gambling market, SBTech has become the first provider of sports betting solutions to be licensed by the country’s gambling regulator – Oficiul National pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN).The sportsbook supplier announced today that ...

Sportech Receives £93 Million for ‘Spot the Ball’ VAT Repayment Claim

by June 29, 2016

Online gambling company Sportech PLC today provided an update regarding its long-standing legal dispute with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs. According to the latest information released, HMRC has paid Sportech the total amount of £93 million in relation to a claim the ...

Olli Sarekoski Appointed as CEO of Finland’s Newly Merged Gambling Operator

by June 29, 2016

Following the announcement that Finland’s merged gambling operator would officially be called Veikkaus as of January 1, 2017, FRV Evo Oy, the name under which the entity is operating temporarily, informed media that Olli Sarekoski has been appointed as the new company’ ...

Genting New York Reveals $400-Million Aqueduct Racetrack Expansion

by June 29, 2016

A 750,000-square-foot expansion is planned for Aqueduct Racetrack in New York City, with construction work on the project set to commence in December. The expansion plan has not been introduced to the New York Racing Association (NYRA) yet.The amount of $400 million will be ...

Intertain Appoints New Chairman and CEO

by June 28, 2016

Canadian gambling operator Intertain today announced the appointment of Neil Goulden as Chairman of the Board and Andrew McIver as Chief Executive Officer and Director. Both officials have assumed their new roles at the company immediately.Mr. Goulden is succeeding David Dan ...

Planning Assessment Commission Approves Latest Crown Sydney Development Plan

by June 28, 2016

Crown Resorts’ project for the construction of a A$1.5-billion integrated casino resort on the waterfront of Sydney’s suburb of Barangaroo has eventually been given the green light by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission after years of being scorned upon ...