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Fontainebleau Las Vegas has expanded its high-limit slot offerings with a renovated lounge featuring 135 machines and jackpots of up to $5 million. The revamped high-limit slots lounge brings Fontainebleau’s total slot inventory to 1,325 machines. A new direct walkway alsoTo connects the area with the resort’s high-limit table games lounge. The expansion includes three Aristocrat Gaming Dragon Link machines with jackpots reaching $5 million. Seven additional games offer jackpots of up to $1 million, including Phoenix Link, Lightning 10 Year Storm, and Monopoly Big Board Bucks. The opening comes ahead of a $150,000 promotional giveaway on September 12.Fontainebleau Rewards…

Casino and tourism industry executives urged U.S. President Donald Trump to take a more active role in reversing the decline in international travel, warning that weaker visitation is weighing on Las Vegas and other major gaming destinations despite a temporary boost from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. MGM Resorts President and CEO Bill Hornbuckle, speaking on behalf of the casino gaming industry during a White House meeting on Wednesday, said improving international travel would be critical to reaching an industry target of 100 million foreign visitors annually. “Travel is difficult. Travel needs your leadership. If we’re going to meet 100 million,…

The National Football League has sent a new letter to prediction market operators, including Kalshi and Polymarket, calling on them to stop listing certain sports-event contracts tied to NFL games. The letter, obtained by ABC News, was sent Thursday, one week before the start of the 2026 regular season. Sabrina Perel, Chief Compliance Officer at the NFL, authored the letter, which references concerns the league first raised in a previous communication sent earlier this year. Perel wrote that categories of contracts identified as objectionable months ago continue to be listed as contracts on exchanges. The league identified several categories of…

Entain will leave the FTSE 100 this month after a sharp fall in its market capitalisation, ending the Ladbrokes owner’s six-year stint on London’s benchmark share index. FTSE Russell confirmed that Entain and housebuilder Persimmon will be removed from the FTSE 100 at the close of play on Sept. 18 and join the FTSE 250 on Sept. 21. Oil and gas company Ithaca Energy and low-cost airline EasyJet will replace them. Entain joined the FTSE 100 in June 2020. Its shares rose from around £7.60 to £18 within a year and peaked at £21.56 in October 2021. The stock now…

ParlayX has closed a $1.25 million pre-seed funding round to develop an institutional infrastructure layer for prediction markets. Copenhagen-based Dreamcraft Ventures led the round, which also drew participation from a group of angel investors. Angel backers include Pet Berisha of Sporting Crypto, Jeffrey Haas of ID8, Jack Corddry, formerly of Frax Finance, and Devin Ardalan, president of US operations at EVG. Based on deal size, the raise ranks in the top third of pre-seed rounds in the sector. ParlayX positions its platform as a non-custodial, fund-grade infrastructure layer built for institutional participants in prediction markets. The offering includes order routing, custody…

SiGMA World will return to Rome for a second consecutive year, with more than 30,000 delegates expected at the international conference as discussions focus on the future of Italy’s regulated gambling sector and emerging technologies. The event will take place at Fiera Roma from November 2 to 5 and is expected to bring together more than 1,000 exhibitors and over 550 expert speakers across five stages. The 2026 edition will be officially presented on September 19 at Rome’s Capitoline Hill, where representatives from institutions and businesses will discuss developments in the country’s regulated gambling market. The press conference will feature…

Zenith has widened its crash and instant win offering by bringing 100HP Gaming’s portfolio onto its OneAPI aggregation platform. The addition gives Zenith’s operator partners access to a fast-paced, mobile-first content category that has drawn increasing player demand across global markets. 100HP Gaming’s catalogue includes Tappy Bird, Punch It, Spin Ra and Swipe Girls. The titles combine fast-paced mechanics with player personalization features. According to the companies, these elements have driven higher retention rates for operators offering the content. The integration adds to a category of games that has recorded some of the strongest player engagement numbers across both emerging…

Zitro has renewed its ISO 14064 and ISO 14067 certifications, reinforcing its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments and efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. ISO 14064 provides a framework for quantifying and monitoring an organisation’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The certification allows Zitro to continue measuring and managing emissions across its facilities and value chain, strengthening its approach to corporate carbon footprint management. ISO 14067 focuses on the carbon footprint of products throughout their entire life cycle. It provides a globally recognised methodology for assessing climate impact and ensuring carbon footprint data is measured and reported consistently. The renewal…

In a keynote delivered as part of SiGMA North America’s opening ceremony at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City, the Hon. Edgar Ciceño Velasco, Head of the Global Economic Intelligence Unit for Mexico’s Ministry of the Economy and Secretary General of the National Council for the 2030 Agenda, said SiGMA’s presence shows how Mexico and Latin America are growing in relevance as rapidly evolving industries.  The inaugural Mexico edition of the event runs from September 1-3 and brings together companies and industry participants from across the Americas. As part of the keynote, Ciceño Velasco said Mexico’s gaming and technology sectors are…

Ho-Chunk Inc. has broken ground on WarHorse South Sioux, a $100 million tribal casino development in South Sioux City, Nebraska. The 63,000-square-foot project, located at 4501 G Street next to the Atokad Downs racetrack, will feature 600 slot machines, 16 table games, and a 100-room hotel. The development is Ho-Chunk Inc.’s third major WarHorse casino project in Nebraska, following properties in Omaha and Lincoln. Company and city officials expect the project to create hundreds of jobs and generate millions of dollars in local tax revenue. WarHorse South Sioux is being developed as an entertainment destination rather than a traditional casino.…

FanDuel has announced new sportsbook features ahead of the NFL season, including a new loyalty programme, expanded bet protection, and enhanced research tools. The company will introduce a points-based monthly Rewards Club for sportsbook customers, with loyalty levels that unlock additional benefits as customers wager.It will include daily promotions, weekly reward selections, milestone-based Challenges, and Rewards Boxes that reveal surprise reward tokens when customers reach new levels. The company will also extend its Bet Protect+ feature to NFL wagers following customer engagement during the NBA Playoffs and WNBA season. For an additional 3% of the wager, customers can add full-game…

Two political figures faced penalties from Kalshi this week over bets connected to their own careers, with former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) drawing a lifetime ban and North Carolina congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout receiving a three-year suspension. Kalshi permanently barred Santos from its platform and imposed a penalty exceeding $70,000, marking the company’s first lifetime ban of a user. Kalshi alleges Santos declined to cooperate with an internal investigation into a series of large bets he placed on whether he would attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this year. Santos responded on social media platform X:…

The Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has published a guide instructing licensed gambling operators on how to identify and respond to player fraud, positioning the document as a compliance aid rather than a source of new rules. The guide applies to any gambling offer requiring online player registration, including competitive betting, online lottery and network gaming tied to a player account. It does not cover activity conducted solely through physical distribution networks that involve no online sign-up. ANJ describes the guide as supplementary to standards already set out in legislative and regulatory texts, particularly the September 9, 2021 framework for…

Entain risks dropping out of the FTSE 100 following its inclusion among the indicative deletions from the UK’s blue-chip index, according to a list published by FTSE Russell. FTSE Russell’s indicative changes are based on data as of Friday, August 21. The list places Entain among the FTSE 100 deletions and the FTSE 250 additions, alongside housebuilder Persimmon. easyJet and North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy appear as the indicative promotions into the FTSE 100. The changes remain unconfirmed. FTSE Russell will base the actual review on data as of the market close on Tuesday, September 1, and…

Bally’s Intralot reported adjusted net debt of €1.61 billion ($1.87 billion) at the end of the first half of 2026, an increase of about €125 million from €1.49 billion at the end of 2025, as the group continues preparations for its proposed £243 million ($329.1 million) acquisition of evoke, the parent company of William Hill and Mr Green. The increase in debt was driven in part by an €85 million ($98.6 million) payment connected with Bally’s Intralot’s 15-year electronic gaming machine monitoring license in Victoria, Australia. Other movements included €20.5 million related to investing activities, €67.5 million in net interest…

Online gaming platform provider PhilWeb Corp has appointed Philippine business leader Lance Y. Gokongwei as chairman of its board, completing a leadership transition as the company moves to expand its artificial intelligence-enabled technology business. Gokongwei replaces Crisanto Roy B. Alcid, who relinquished his positions as chairman and chief executive effective Aug. 27. Alcid will remain a director of the company. Gokongwei, who joined PhilWeb’s board in July, will serve as chairman for the remainder of the current term. The appointment follows his recent ₱2.02 billion ($32.6 million) strategic equity investment in the company and completes PhilWeb’s institutional governance restructuring, the…