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This week’s gambling news is all about the money! US gambling has just hit an all time high in revenue, with Nevada’s streak of consecutive billion dollar months leading the way! Plus, there’s a new state leader for sports betting in America! Hello friends, and welcome to This Week in Gambling, where the numbers are in and the records have been broken… and that is this week’s big story! US gambling just hit an all-time high! Casinos, sports betting, and online gaming collectively brought in $55 billion in 2022, beating the old record of $53 billion. And they did it in…

Tourists are flocking to Macau after the gambling hub moved to lift its Covid-19 restrictions earlier this month. Visitation to the Chinese city and its gaming revenue for the first 10 days of January are the best they have been in two years, according to reports by government officials, while JP Morgan Securities points out GGR reached 40% of the Q4 level in just 15 days. The Public Security Police Force of Macao announced 109,386 visitor arrivals in the first three days since Chinese government authorities relaxed health and safety requirements on Sunday, January 8, and reopened borders that had…

Grant Johnson, the recently removed CEO of esports and online betting company Esports Entertainment Group, has filed a lawsuit against his former employer. Johnson, who resigned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the business on December 23, alleges the group’s dismissal of his services represented a breach of his employment contract. News of the lawsuit was revealed by EEG in a recent prospectus for a share issue. According to documents, Johnson filed a lawsuit in the United State District Court for the Southern District of New York against the company on January 6. Johnson had been asked to resign…

Online gaming content provider Pragmatic Play has released a new Aztec empire-themed slot game called Secret City Gold. The new online game “uncovers the mysteries of the Aztecs” through a journey to their empire, “where patterns hold the key to big wins,” the supplier said of the title’s background and story. Played across 5×4 reels, the slot is home to symbols including monkeys, tigers, snakes and more, which must form matching combinations across the title’s 25 paylines to award a win. These symbols are joined by wilds, which substitute all other symbols in the game except for the scatter symbols,…

As our friends at the American Gaming Association begin to tall the numbers, it’s clear that gambling in America will set a new high mark. They’ve only been able to add up the figures through November, but with just 11 months counted the total is already beyond anything they’ve seen before. With Decembers numbers still pending, revenue for gambling in America in 2022 has already reached more than $54.9 billion. The previous record was set at $53 billion in a year, so the totals for last year will most assuredly end up over the $55 billion mark. What’s even more…

The online casino industry has seen significant growth in 2022, with the global market now expected to grow at an average annual rate of 11% through 2030. With that in mind, Yana Khaidukova, managing director at Slotegrator, reviews how to open a top online casino in 2023. The pandemic, the geographic expansion of gambling legalization, and the growth of online promotion opportunities for gambling businesses gave a strong impetus to the development of the iGaming market. The sheer profitability of iGaming is prompting numerous entrepreneurs to consider starting a business of their own. In 2022, market research firm H2 Gambling…

As we leave behind a year marked by the return to in-person industry events, the rise of online gaming and the rebound in land-based casinos, gaming companies begin preparing their strategies to face 2023, a new term expected to draw more challenges and opportunities. Among them is Konami Gaming, set to kickstart the new year by exhibiting at ICE London, taking place at ExCeL London on February 7-9. Eduardo Aching, Vice President of International Gaming Operations at Konami Gaming, held an exclusive interview with Yogonet on what to expect from the company this new year. Moreover, the executive discussed the return of…

Cumberland County’s first casino’s opening is in the final countdown after Parx Casino confirmed the ceremony will take place in three weeks. The new location in Shippensburg will become Pennsylvania’s fourth Category 4 casino on February 3. According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Category 4 are considered “satellite casinos,” and are allowed to operate 300-750 slot machines and a maximum of 30 table games. These “mini-casinos” are not allowed to be within 25 of Pennsylvania’s Category 1, 2 or 3 casinos. The Commonwealth’s three other Category 4 casinos are in York County, Westmoreland County and Lawrence County. Greenwood Gaming and…

Here we have our video review of the Trinity Reels online slot, a fast paced, Arabian themed game from Betsoft! It comes with 6 cascading reels and more than 177,000 paylines! It also features Bonus Spins, Scatter Symbols, and the Reel Wilds symbols, along with some game changing “boosts” that drop in on reel 6! Playing the Trinity Reels online slot is a cutting edge slots experience when they play the Trinity Reels slot! This innovative 6-reel, 3-row video slot features a colorful gemstone motif with smooth game play and up to 177,147 ways to win that will keep players…

Betting company 888 announced its finance chief will leave the company after posting a drop in revenues. CFO Yariv Dafna is expected to step down from his role at the end of March. The company said in a statement released Friday that the decision was “mutual,” and confirmed it has begun a search for his successor. The news comes after Dafna served two years in the position and presided over the company’s GBP 1.95 billion ($2.3 billion) purchase of rival William Hill’s operations outside the US, which included 1,500 UK betting shops and online operations in markets such as Italy and…

Aristocrat Gaming announced Thursday it will showcase a new collection of For Sale Link games at the upcoming ICE London showcase. The company will be exhibiting its For Sale Link products at stand S6-250, including Mo Mummy, Ji Cai Hao Yun, and Tian Ci Jin Lu, along with Mighty Cash Ultra and 5 Dragons Ultra. The business will also debut links on Aristocrat’s MarsX Dual cabinets. Chris Rowe, Managing Director of LATAM & EMEA at Aristocrat Gaming, commented: “Our For Sale Link collection is a leap forward for the EMEA gaming market. Now operators can own some of the industry’s…

Euro Games Technology (EGT) announced Friday it has appointed a new director for its office in Spain. Former Codere executive Alejandro Mosquera Rey has taken over the position from Christian Kostovski. Mosquera Rey is a computer engineer with more than 15 years of experience in team leading and management of projects in different sectors, including consulting, IT, legal services, gaming and entertainment.  He worked at Codere for more than 10 years, where he held positions such as Product Manager and Chief Information Officer. He joins EGT “with great motivation and ambition to make the company’s products even more popular and…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has voted to approve Fanatics’ request for a temporary sports betting operator license. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve Fanatics for a category 3 sports betting operator license, which will be tethered to Plainridge Park Casino’s Category 1 sports wagering license. Nonetheless, the company will need to undergo a full suitability review by the MGC’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau, after which it will also be requested to present an operations certificate and meet additional conditions to begin accepting sports wagers.  Approval followed “multiple public meetings” of the MGC where Fanatics presented and Commissioners reviewed the entity’s application. Fanatics…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has appointed Bruce Band to lead its new sports betting division. The MGC intends to launch retail sports betting at category 1 licensees on January 31, with online and mobile wagering scheduled to follow in March. In addition to overseeing the new sports wagering division, Band will coordinate with other divisions within the MGC including research and responsible gaming, IT, legal, and the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau. The appointment took place at the regulator’s latest meeting, in which Fanatics was also granted a sports betting license. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the sports apparel giant for a…

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced Thursday the appointment of 32 leaders from businesses and organizations in the domestic travel and tourism industry to the US Travel And Tourism Advisory Board. Representing the gaming industry, President and CEO of MGM Resorts International Bill Hornbuckle is one of them.  TTAB members advise the Secretary of Commerce on how government policies and programs affect the travel and tourism industry and offer counsel on current and emerging issues to support the sustainable growth of the travel and tourism industry as the nation’s economic engine.  “Travel and tourism returned with force in 2022 as…

 January 13, 2023 As we were saying goodbye to 2022 amid the coldness of the fall and winter months, Michigan online gambling was just getting warmed up. In fact, both October and November were record months for i-gaming revenue in the state. This despite an overall decline in sports betting from the year before. Total gambling revenue for the state was over $186 million in November, which was an increase of more that 15% from the same time last year. But Michigan online gambling accounted for $145 million, which was a jump of 35% year-on-year. Moving forward, their is reason…