Operator News
Greece – Greek Parliament to set up two types of casino licensing
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has tabled an amendment to the terms and conditions to Greek casino licensing opening the way for the international tender for the proposed casino in Hellinikon. The amendment puts casinos into two categories; simple type and widespread-type licenses. The simple type casino licence will be able to ...
US – L’Auberge Casino to invest $3.6m on smoking terrace with slots
Penn National, the new owner of L’Auberge Casino and Hotel in Louisiana, is investing $3.6m to build an outdoor smoking terrace that will house 100 slot ...
US – Treasure Island owner buys Casino Miami
Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin has bought Casino Miami in Florida from Fronton Holdings for an undisclosed fee. The property, which covers a ...
Spain – Cora Global earmarks Extremadura for $3bn Elysium City casino resort
Yet another US-backed casino resort is being planned for Spain with Cora Global looking to spend $3bn on developing a resort with a casino, diverse ...
US – Stadium Casino presents plans for $150m Category 4 Casino in Hempfield
Stadium Casino, an affiliate of The Cordish Companies, has presented plans to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for a proposed Category 4 satellite ...
Supplier News
Latin America – Codere racecourses added to SIS 24/7 Live Betting Channels
SIS (Sports Information Services) has agreed a deal with the Codere Group to provide online and retail operators with live pictures and data from its four racecourses in Latin America. The new partnership will include a minimum of 3,892 races per year from the Hipódromo Presidente Remón racecourse in Panama City, the Hipódromo de las Américas in Mexico City, the Hipódromo Nacional de Maroñas and the Hipódromo de las Piedras, both in Uruguay. The high-quality ...
The Netherlands – Intralot wins Nederlandse Loterij extension
Intralot has signed a new contract with Nederlandse Loterij, the operator of the Dutch Lottery and numerous other gaming brands, following a competitive international tender. Within the scope of this contract Intralot provides a Central System and installs technology solutions in all retail locations of Nederlandse Loterij. Intralot services are planned to transition in ...
US – Clarion embrace pioneering spirit as plans confirmed for first ICE North America
The entire A-Z of the gaming ecosystem in North America is set to benefit from the reputation and influence of the world’s most successful gaming event brand as ICE North America unveils its iPioneer campaign Clarion Gaming chose the backdrop of its ‘hugely successful’ ICE Sports Betting USA to unveil plans for next year’s event which will transition into ICE North America and ...
Legislation
US – Arkansas aims for casino legislation next month
The Arkansas Racing Commission wants to present its initial draft legislation to allow Arkansas' first fully fledged casinos, next month. The plan is to introduce four casino licences with emergency applications being considered as a way of ...
Belgium – Only one EU member has implemented the European Commission’s online guidelines
All EU member states, except Denmark, have not fully implemented EU consumer protection guidelines for online gambling, putting the protection of online gamblers at risk by leaving them exposed to unequal and inadequate levels of consumer ...
Argentina – Buenos Aires gives online gaming the green light
After a marathon session, the Legislature of the province of Buenos Aires has approved a law that permits online gaming throughout the province. The ...
Slovakia – Slovakia’s online gaming market to open in July 2019
The Parliament of the Slovak Republic has adopted the new gambling act prepared by the Ministry of Finance, opening the Slovak market for foreign ...
Interactive
Malta – Groove Gaming hit the sweet spot with ALEA Gaming
Energetic aggregator Groove Gaming has signed a deal with ALEA and its crown jewel brands SlotsMillion and LadyLucks. ALEA has created the world’s ¬first real-money virtual reality casino, SlotsMillion, with the brand extension SlotsMillion VR. They are the ¬first online casino to take existing games from developers like NextGen, Microgaming and NetEnt, re-imagine them in VR, and build around them a social and immersive 3D environment; and to take popular 2D games and ...
Isle of Man – SMP Compliance to further enhance Nektan’s compliance
SMP Compliance Academy has today announced a partnership with Nektan to further strengthen its compliance and regulatory training programme. The Compliance Academy, developed by Isle of Man-based SMP eGaming, provides CPD accredited ...
Baltics – EGT Interactive to deliver online slots to Betsson
EGT Interactive has signed a deal with the Betsson group to supply its complete portfolio of premium video slots in the Baltics. The new partnership strengthens the positions of EGT Interactive in the Baltic markets of Lithuania, Latvia and ...
Czech – Sazka and SBTech agree multi-year sportsbook extension
SBTech and Sazka, the Czech Republic’s national lottery operator, have signed a multi-year extension of their pioneering sportsbook partnership. The ...
Malta – GamingMalta hosts key leaders from the Daily Fantasy Sports sector
DFS magnates affirmed the industry’s robustness during the European Fantasy Sports Summit (EFSS), presented and produced by the GamingMalta Foundation, ...
