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DraftKings Going Public with Triple Merger Deal & $3.3B Valuation

December 24, 2019

Renowned sports betting operator DraftKings has plans to kick off 2020 on a very high note. The company is set to go public within the first half of the coming year in a three-way deal with SBTech and an acquisition fund founded by former Hollywood executive Jeff Sagansky. Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corporation, the acquisition fund […]

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Century Completes $107M Acquisition of Three Eldorado Casinos

December 10, 2019

Last Friday, Century Casinos announced that it has completed the acquisition three casinos from Eldorado Resorts in a deal that was worth about $107 million. The three casinos that Century acquired were the Isle Casino Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Lady Luck Caruthersville in Caruthersville, Missouri, and Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in New […]

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Evolution Gaming to Expand Its New Jersey Live Casino Studio

November 22, 2019

Online casino live dealer game supplier Evolution Gaming will be making yet another great stride as part of its expansion bid in the United States. This amazing new development is all thanks to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement which gave the company the go-ahead to expand the size of its Atlantic City-based live […]

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Yellow Brick Road Casino Launches eSports Competition

November 1, 2019

Nearly two months ago, the Oneida Indian Nation partnered with Scientific Games to debut a sports betting operation at Yellow Brick Road Casino. The sportsbook has been a success so far and its operators are already looking for new or fresh ways of make the gaming experience even better than it already is. Known as […]

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Wynn Resorts Abandons Bid for Osaka IR License

October 15, 2019

Osaka has been one of the top contenders for a license to host one of Japan’s integrated casino resorts for quite some time. However, things have taken a totally different turn over the past couple of months with a number of gaming operators opting to shift their focus to other cities. The latest casino operator […]

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NFL Signs DraftKings As Its Official DFS Partner

September 27, 2019

For a very long time, it seemed like the National Football League (NFL) was not willing to tolerate the idea of partnering with daily fantasy sports (DFS) providers. This was despite the fact that several of the pro sports league’s partners have embraced daily fantasy sports and gone ahead to ink lucrative partnership deals with […]

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Will GamStop Be Needed for a UK Gaming License?

September 11, 2019

GamStop hip may now be a necessary condition to obtain a gambling license in the United Kingdom, sources close to the matter have revealed. Is GamStop a Prerequisite for UK Licensing? A new piece of evidence reported by the Guardian has suggested that the UK Gaming Commission may be altering licensing conditions again. Based on […]

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Macau Gambling Revenue Falls 8.6 Percent in August

September 3, 2019

The month of August saw the fastest decline in Macau gambling revenue in 2019 with the territories gross gaming revenues seeing the biggest year-on-year decline. According to a recent report from the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), revenue dropped 8.6 percent to 24.262 billion patacas (US$3.032 billion). The data released in the DICJ […]

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Sports Betting Comes To New Mexico’s Isleta Resort & Casino

August 16, 2019

New Mexico’s Isleta Resort & Casino has been all the buzz lately thanks to the recent expansions that included major upgrades to their poker and bingo rooms as well as other entertainment areas within the facility. However, players in the state are much more excited about the latest addition to the gambling venues offering – […]

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Las Vegas’ Moulin Rouge to be Revived for $1.6 Billion

July 30, 2019

Yet another casino and entertainment facility is set to go live in Las Vegas as a local developer is reportedly on the verge of reviving the city’s Moulin Rouge casino. The property which was the very first gambling house to allows people of all ethnic persuasions to enjoy its services has been left empty for […]