Operator News
US – Wind Creek Bethlehem celebrates rebranding
PCI Gaming Authority Wind Creek Hospitality, has celebrated the rebranding of its newest casino, Wind Creek Bethlehem. The celebration comes five months after Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved the sale of Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to WCH for a total enterprise value of $1.3bn. This is the tenth gaming facility ...
Spain – Codere reports inconsistenct results in Latin America
After Spanish company Codere, reported "inconsistencies" in the latest results for its Latin American subsidiaries, the value of the firm's shares fell ...
US – Maverick growing its portfolio of locals casinos with Wizard deal
Maverick Gaming, a growing gaming force in locals casino markets in the States, has completed the purchase of Wizards Casino in Burien, ...
Greece – Mohegan Gaming unveils plans for Inspire Athens
Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, and its Greek partner GEK TERNA, have lifted the curtain on their plans for Inspire Athens, its concept for the first ...
Spain – Claims of underage gambling exaggerated says Spain’s Business Council of Gaming.
The Business Council of Gaming (Cejuego) has argued in a statement that gambling is a "legal, regulated and standardised" activity in Spanish society, and ...
Supplier News
US – SBTech to highlight its progress stateside at G2E
SBTech will be at G2E highlighting its progress in US sports betting so far.Since PASPA was overturned, SBTech has established key US partnerships with market leading operators such as Churchill Downs, Golden Nugget, Resorts Casino Hotel, Pala, and Oaklawn Resort. SBTech was also recently selected as the sports betting supplier for the Oregon State Lottery. The Pennsylvania launch with Churchill Downs marked the fourth state to utilize SBTech’s on-property ...
US – Cammegh honouring the stars and stripes at Las Vegas expo
Cammegh will be showcasing a centrepiece roulette wheel, sporting an American Stars and Stripes design crowned with an American Eagle, at this year's G2E Vegas exhibition.Customised Mercury 360 wheels will be joined by the perfectly formed mini-wheel, Halo, Crystal and Slingshot 2 wheels, with the stunning Billboard Display System delivering pin-sharp game results from multiple ...
US – Synergy Blue showing ‘fun you can bet on’
Synergy Blue, a creator of skill-influenced games and platforms for the casino market, will hold a press conference on the current urgency for skill-influenced video games in casinos at this year’s G2E.It will feature Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and often cited as the Father of the video game industry.The company said: “With casinos feeling the pressure of revenue ...
Legislation
Latvia – Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers approves new tax structure for gambling
Latvia's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Finance Ministry’s Law amendments on Lotteries and Gambling Fee and Tax, which looks to increase taxation on gambling whilst reducing the number of slot machines.The new structure will increase ...
US – Montana opens consultation on kiosk style sports betting
The Montana Lottery has released its draft sports betting laws for public consumption with the plan being to allow lottery vendors to install kiosks to allow customers to bet.There will be no true sports books in Montana with the lottery ...
Brazil – Brazilian bill aims to decriminalise gambling in resorts and hotels
A new bill put forward by Deputy Eduardo Bismarck would allow for an expanse of gambling nationwide. PL 5319/2019 seeks to amend the Criminal Offenses ...
France – New regulatory body to over see gambling in France from 2020
Amid a flurry of new gaming legislation, French authorities have said a new national gambling authority will be created called L’autorité nationale des ...
Interactive
US – Continent 8 makes key security hire
Brian Borysewich has joined Continent 8 as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), bringing four decades of experience in the industry to Continent 8’s Cyber security, network operations, and compliance teams.Brian is a seasoned cyber security professional and has served in many roles from systems security administrator to the C-level suite. He has empowered Fortune 50 companies to secure their environments, has held leadership roles at both eBay and PayPal at ...
US – DWG to attend Global Gaming Expo
Design Works Gaming (DWG) has announced it will be attending G2E 2019. DWG operates five social casinos, creates land-based slot games, and will soon be entering the real money gaming market in several territories, including Europe and New ...
US – Theta Network signs partnership with DLive
Theta Labs has announced that the Theta Network will soon be incorporated into DLive, the video platform that has grown to more than 5 million monthly users in its first year of operation. Theta Network, the blockchain video infrastructure ...
UK – Takkaro transforms LadyLucks into affiliate site
Takkaro, the affiliate marketing specialist, has acquired gaming site LadyLucks.co.uk and transformed it into an online casino guide. LadyLucks was ...
US – Scientific Games to showcase OpenSports platform at G2E
Scientific Games Corporation will showcase what it describes as ‘the future of sports betting’ at the 2019 Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas next ...
