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DragonGaming™ Leads the Way in Slot Innovation

October 5, 2020

Groundbreaking casino gaming and management tools provider DragonGaming has sealed a partnership deal with Commission Kings and  their leading brand, BetOnline. This deal captures the company’s unflagging commitment to excellence by ing hands with iGaming industry veterans and delivering innovative new games with more titles already planned and under construction. BetOnline is an important entry […]

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Caesars and Eldorado Resorts Finally Close Their Long-Awaited Merger

July 21, 2020

On Monday, July 20, Eldorado Resorts Inc. announced that it had finally completed the $17.3 billion buy out of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. The merger which consisted of $8.58 billion in cash and stock plus an additional $8.8 billion worth of Caesars Entertainment’s debt, has been generating a lot of buzz in the gambling industry. This […]

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Wind Creek Reopens Its Alabama Casino Operations

June 9, 2020

Renowned entertainment and hospitality operator Wind Creek Hospitality on Monday followed through with its plans to reopen its three electronic bingo casinos in the state of Alabama. The three casinos which are located in Montgomery, Atmore, and Wetumpka are owned and managed by the Poarch of Band of Creek Indians which is the only federally […]

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Tribal Casinos Prepare to Open Despite Shutdown Orders

May 5, 2020

Efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic are still ongoing with a slowdown still looming over several businesses across the United States as well as several other parts of the world. As expected, the gambling industry which significantly relies on social spaces has been one of the biggest casualties of the shutdown that resulted from the […]

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Apple Extends Gambling App Conversion Deadline Again

March 31, 2020

Last year, tech giant Apple issued a directive that required that all of the mobile apps on its App Store be fully native to iOS, its mobile operating system. This was, of course, quite a big change for quite a number of the gambling operators particularly because most of them were reliant on HTML5 games […]

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Stars Group Cuts Jobs Ahead of Merger with Flutter

March 3, 2020

Renowned Canadian online gambling operator The Stars Group has recently let go of a number of its employees at its office in Dublin. The move comes amid the company’s preparation for its long-awaited merger with the Irish-based Flutter Entertainment which was arguably its biggest rival in the gaming space. The job cuts in question were […]

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888casino Becomes Playson’s New Partner for European Market

February 14, 2020

As part of its broad expansion plans in the highly lucrative European gambling market, renowned online casino content developer and provider Playson has recently teamed up with 88casino. The 888 Holdings-owned and Gibraltar-based 888casino is one of the leading online gaming destinations on the planet and this precisely what makes it such a great partner […]

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VICI Completes $843.3M Acquisition of JACK Entertainment

January 28, 2020

ON Monday, VICI Properties Incorporated completed the acquisition of JACK Cleveland Casino and JACK Thistledown Racino. The acquisition deal is estimated to have been worth a whopping $843.3 million and was financed with cash on hand. During the announcement, the JACK Entertainment officials pointed out that while the lease deal or sale of the casinos […]

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Ups and Downs of United States Sports Betting as 2020 Begins

January 14, 2020

2020 was set to be another great year for the sports betting industry in the United States. Already, the sector has seen a number of developments that make it one of the most lucrative businesses in the country. Needless to say, it mostly served to bring an activity that was already going on albeit in […]

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Hard Rock Kicks Off Construction of Casino in Indiana

January 10, 2020

On Thursday, January 9, Hard Rock Casino and Spectacle Entertainment officially broke ground on a $300 million casino in Gary, Indiana. The gambling property which is currently under construction will be the gaming operator’s 14th casino and Indiana’s very first land-based gambling venue. Unsurprisingly, the launch event was graced by a number of public figures […]