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Virginia’s casino expansion effort claimed a big victory Tuesday as four proposals for Las Vegas-style gambling venues were approved by residents of the cities that would host them. Under a sweeping gambling…
Encore Boston Harbor, Wynn Resorts’ $2.6 billion casino resort that opened doors in the summer of 2019 near Boston, has closed its hotel amid a new wave of immediate restrictions on non-essential…
New and stricter requirements are coming UK-facing gambling operators’ way as the Gambling Commission has launched a consultation to seek views on tougher rules for its licensees to identify and tackle gambling…
Online gambling operator Kindred Group is withdrawing its 32Red brand from Italy, but the reasons for its decision are yet to be announced. Italian 32Red customers who logged into the operation’s .it…
The heads of Germany’s 16 states late last month ratified Glücksspielstaatsvertrag 2021, the country’s new gambling law that is set to take effect in July 2021. The heads of the 16 states…
Real estate investment trust (REIT) MGM Growth Properties is interested in acquiring the Venetian or another big Las Vegas Strip property as long as it finds the right partner to run such…
Online casino content supplier and aggregator Relax Gaming announced on Monday that it has tapped a third Stockholm-based in-house games studio to build on the success of its proprietary casino titles. The…
Online casino content specialist NetEnt has further boosted its live casino range with the recent launch of its first-ever Baccarat game. NetEnt said this week that it has crafted and rolled out…
Last year’s increase in the casino entry levy has resulted in a drop in the number of Singapore nationals and permanent residents, the city-state’s Casino Regulatory Authority said in a report on…
Live Casino specialist Evolution (formerly Evolution Gaming) has recently launched its entire Live Casino portfolio in Colombia to become the first provider of this type of content in the local market. As…
Several months after it closed permanently the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN), Microgaming is ready to start a new chapter as a provider of online poker content with the launch of a brand-new…
FanDuel has expanded its existing partnership with casino operator Twin River Worldwide Holdings in a move that will see the sports betting firm launch a FanDuel Sportsbook inside Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel…
The Illinois Gaming Board is pushing back its decision on new casinos in the state, including two in Chicago suburbs, saying that its work has been impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Gov.…
The UK Gambling Commission has chastised three locally licensed operators after detecting serious weaknesses in their social responsibility and anti-money laundering practices, news emerged this week. The watchdog said it has reviewed…
Casino operator Twin River Worldwide Holdings is set to change its name to Bally’s Corporation after it purchased earlier this month the worldwide rights to the Bally’s brand from Caesars Entertainment Inc.…
Online casino operators quitting Manila and their employees gradually emptying the Philippine capital’s residential towers are pulling rent prices down and the worst has not even come yet, according to a recent…
Recently formed online casino games studio Arcadem has teamed up with gambling software provider ORYX Gaming in a deal that will see Arcadem integrate its content onto its partner’s ORYX RGS platform.…
Online casino games maker and supplier Pragmatic Play is set to further strengthen its Colombian foothold through a recent deal with iGaming operator Luckia. Under the terms of the deal, Pragmatic Play…
Class-action lawsuits in different states have kept pouring against Apple in recent weeks, with plaintiffs claiming that the tech giant promotes and profits from apps on its App Store that constitute illegal…
Sports data provider Genius Sports Group agreed this week to go public in a SPAC merger with dMY Technology Group II valued at $1.5 billion. The transaction is subject to dMY II’s…
Casino powerhouse Las Vegas Sands is exploring shedding its Las Vegas portfolio of resorts as it no longer deems these core to its business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.…
The four investment banks that advise Caesars Entertainment Inc. and William Hill on the casino operator’s proposed acquisition of the British bookmaker will trouser a collective £165 million in fees for their…
For a brief moment, it seemed that WSOP.com’s launch in Pennsylvania was imminent. However, news emerged late last week that fans of the online poker brand in the Keystone State will have…
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently reasserted its position that daily fantasy sports (DFS) are a form of gambling and DFS companies should be viewed and taxed as gambling operators.…
A bill seeking to make gambling operators liable if a gambler is placing bets with stolen money has emerged in the Australian Parliament. The legislation, titled Making Gambling Businesses Accountable, is authored…
Provider of content for the iGaming industry Pragmatic Play has partnered fast-growing Israel-based casino games aggregator GrooveGaming to further grow the audience its products are available to. Under the terms of a…
Online slots maker Booongo has announced a partnership with platform provider The Ear Platform to significantly extend its reach across Latin America. Under the terms of the recently signed agreement between the…
Good news seem to keep rolling for Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment as the casino and hospitality company secured this week regulatory approval to operate the first tribal casino in Las Vegas. Members…
Apple and Google were hit with a flurry of lawsuits in Alabama and Connecticut, with plaintiffs contending that the two tech giants have been promoting and profiting from games in their app…
Online gambling operator Betsson announced Wednesday that it has decided to pull eight of its nine UK-facing brands as it looks to streamline its operations in that market and concentrate its efforts…
