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The Indian Gaming Association and Pechanga.net of America presented a Tribal Gaming Seminar at ICE in London last week. One of the presentations to attendees focused on learning lessons from recent attempts, failures, and successful launches of online casino gaming and sports betting in the U.S. This was done in light of what legacy gaming

The former Lucky Club in North Las Vegas opens Monday, February 6th as the rebranded Ojos Locos Sports Cantina y Casino at Hotel Jefe – the first Hispanic-oriented casino in the country, according to the operator. The 90-room hotel is also getting a new name, rebranding as Hotel Jefe. However, the hotel is still undergoing

Texas legislators are on the move to bring casino gambling to the Lone Star state. Before this year’s legislative session even started, state Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, filed a bill on casino legislation that was supported by Las Vegas Sands in 2021. The tide has turned somewhat and a new strategy that would moot the

Boyd Gaming has used digital to enhance its land-based operations in recent years. The Las Vegas (Paradise) Nevada-based company is still owned by family members of founder Sam Boyd who opened his first casino in 1975. The last week has revealed success in the company’s focus on local Las Vegas gamblers through properties such as

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has completed a research paper on Macau gambling that covers the recently ended week-long Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations. Some of the numbers draw direct comparisons between CNY 2019, the last pre-Covid tally, and CNY 2023 the first time the government has allowed free travel since the start of the pandemic.

Online crypto-casino group, Stake.com may pony up as much as US$100 million to be the lead sponsor of Formula 1 team, Alfa Romeo as the team prepares to compete in November’s Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023. Alfa Romero’s contract with Sauber is expected to end before 2024 but Stake will retain naming rights after the

Mega-power online betting company 888 has suspended VIP operations in the Middle East and its top executive has stepped down in news that has eroded the value of company stock. An internal compliance investigation has been announced in regard to perceived failures in internal anti-money laundering and know-your-customer (KYC) processes. According to the company, certain

Voters in Liechtenstein have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum on the ballot to ban all land casinos in the microstate. Over 70 percent of voters rejected the proposal in weekend balloting. The principality has 40,000 denizens and six casinos. Casinos were legalized and began operations about five years ago. Most of the footfall comes from neighboring

Mohegan Gaming is joining up with Soloviev Group to throw its hat in the ring for one of three downstate New York casino licenses. While the partnership wasn’t widely known until a late January announcement, the Soloviev Group’s digital literature on the proposed project is dated November 2022. Mohegan Gaming isn’t specifically named in the

From a peak of over a dozen riverboat casinos in Iowa, one of the last three floating gambling houses will be moving to land soon, leaving only two riverboat casinos in the state. Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko told local media outlets that plans were approved Thursday for Marquette’s Casino Queen to become a land-based operation. Pari-mutuel

Global operator, Betsson Group has inked a deal with R. Franco Digital to take on the Madrid-based company’s entire Malta Gaming Authority-certified portfolio of online casino games. R. Franco Digital is the interactive arm of Recreativos Franco Group, a pioneer in AWP machine gaming, launched by Joaquín and Jesús Franco Muñoz in 1965. As a global operator, Betsson brings

On Friday, January 27th, 2023 the mixed martial arts Irish superstar, Conor McGregor, was hit by a car while riding his bicycle on the streets of Ireland. Luckily for McGregor he seemed to be unharmed by this accident, and although he could have been killed in this incident, he escaped the situation with only seeming to

American land-based and international interactive gambling firm, Bally’s Corp. plans to cut its interactive workforce in North America by 15% in order to bolster its total operational outlook. The cuts are expected to cost the company between $10m and $15m in severance pay, according to the restructuring plan for the interactive division filed with the

When the Super Bowl comes to town it’s always a big deal – but it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing for most towns. The F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, on the other hand, is expected to take place in Las Vegas every year from now on. In 2023 it is expected to make twice the economic impact

Local media is reporting that Bally’s Corp has secured a mini-casino license in Pennsylvania making it number 17 of 18 casinos with 15 operating properties so far. The Category 4 license will allow the Rhode Island operator to place 750 slot machines and an initial tranche of 30 tables in the former Macy’s space at

The tiny but fabulously wealthy alpine country of Liechtenstein recently approved several land casino licenses with the first of six now-operating venues opening in 2017. Liechtenstein is sometimes referred to as a “microstate” as the city of London is ten times larger by land mass and the population only numbers in the tens of thousands.

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan recently launched its first government-sanctioned online gaming platform on PlayNow.com. In two months of operations, the website turned over $31.8 million in wagers with the vast majority of action happening in the online casino and only about 5% on sports betting.. Saskatchewan has a total population of about 1.2 million.

The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas has a champion in the state Senate. Senate Joint Resolution 30, sponsored by Sen. Roland Gutierrez, is a bill that seeks a state gaming compact with the tribal organization in order to secure its position within the state. The move comes on the heels of a spate of political announcements indicating

Entain PLC announced last week that it has hastened its planned exit from most unregulated markets unless those jurisdictions have a clear path to regulation. This is a slight deviation from a statement the company made in late 2020. The FTSE 100 company, formerly known as GVC Holdings PLC, is one of the world’s biggest

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has published amended provisions of Directive 2 of 2018 – Player Protection Directive which requires online gambling providers to monitor for certain markers of harm in order to address potential problem gambling before it gets out of hand. Trained staff, analytical tools, and behavior monitoring systems all need to be