Author: OnlineGamblingDaily

A committee of the Thai National Assembly that is analyzing the possibility of legalizing gambling is proposing the establishment of five casinos, with revenues taxed at 30%, as it believes that it would help reduce problems with the increasing number of illegal gambling dens in the country. Pichet Chuamuangphan, the second vice-chairman of the committee, said after a meeting held Wednesday that they have submitted their findings to the government for them to consider the establishment of legal casinos. The casinos would be in the north, northeastern, central, and southern regions of Thailand as well as the Greater Bangkok area. Furthermore,…

MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle, Wynn Resorts CEO Craig Billings, and Sands Chairman and CEO Robert Goldstein will participate in a virtual panel about the future of casinos organized by US media company CNBC on July 13. CNBC Evolve Global Summit will host executives from around the world to engage with and learn from leaders and innovators who are leaning into this new economic landscape and adjusting to stay ahead. One of the panels will be titled “Betting of the Future: Reinventing the Modern Casino”, featuring the cited three CEOs, moderated by CNBC Correspondent Contessa Brewer. Play your cards right ♠️…

Caesars Entertainment’s sale of the international, non-US assets of William Hill to 888 Holdings is now completed, as announced by the three companies on Friday. As part of the organizational changes, Ulrik Bengtsson and Eric Hageman, former CEO and CFO of William Hill, will be leaving 888. Las Vegas-based Caesars first bought British bookmaker William Hill in a $4 billion deal, completed in April last year —one of the largest mergers within the gambling industry in recent years. The company then agreed to sell William Hill’s non-US assets to 888 for £2.2 billion ($2.88 billion), a transaction unveiled in September. However, 888 Holdings informed in…

Gambling products and services provider Light & Wonder (formerly known as Scientific Games) has entered into an amended agreement for the sale of its online sports betting technology company OpenBet to Endeavor Group Holdings. The global sports and entertainment company, owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship, is set to acquire OpenBet for $800 million, $400 million down from a previous announcement. The amended terms of the transaction were unveiled on a Thursday SEC filing. Under the new agreement, Light & Wonder will receive $750 million in cash and $50 million in Class A common stock of Endeavor, based on the average…

Sin City has been able to secure both NHL and NFL teams over the past few years. And now, a Las Vegas MLB team is a step closer. Rumors have been flying about a professional baseball team in Vegas for years, and perhaps even an NBA team, ever since professional baseball and hockey both found new homes in the desert. One major obstacle to this has been a “relocation fee” that Major League Baseball normally charges teams to relocate. That fee can easily have been hundreds of millions of dollars. However, according to a story in the Las Vegas Journal-Review,…

International gambling company Novomatic invited Tuesday all its employees at its headquarters in the town of Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, to a Health Day. The action was part of the third Novomatic Company Day, which was described by the brand as a “great success.”  “The pandemic has once again shown that health is the highest good, and workplace health promotion brings numerous benefits for employees and employers alike. The anticipation for the already third NOVO-Company Day was great, as due to COVID hardly any events could be held lately,” the company said in an official press release.  Ryszard Presch and Johannes Gratzl,…

Online sportsbook and casino operator Betsson announced Thursday it has been named Exclusive Sportsbook Partner of Conmebol Copa América Femenina 2022 (Women’s Conmebol Copa America). The soccer event is set to take place in Colombia July 8-30, 2022, with a total of 25 matches to be played in the cities of Cali, Armenia and Bucaramanga.  Betsson, which last year was the Official Regional Sponsor for the men’s Conmebol Copa América 2021, will activate branding and promotional activities in stadiums, get several media exposure opportunities, and will be able to use the championship’s assets and footage in its marketing and content,…

iGaming technology company Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) signed Friday an agreement with new partner Caravel Entertainment Limited, best known for operating the Moosh brand, to provide it with its sportsbook and platform in Portugal. The agreement was signed between GiG’s subsidiary Sportnco Gaming and Caravel for an initial period of three years, which could be further renewed for additional periods. In a press release, the company stated that the deal represents a continued strengthening of GiG’s targeted strategy in fast-growing regulated markets, and will see Caravel shift from its existing technology to GiG’s for the moosh.pt site, and as such “will provide…

Gaming content is the core of an online casino, and possibly the most effective tool for attracting and retaining players. Players’ opinions about an iGaming site largely depend on the variety and quality of its game portfolio. In a new comprehensive analysis, Ayvar Gabidullin, Business Development Manager at Slotegrator, explains why it is important for operators to offer the right content for their target market. To stay on their good side, operators have to tackle the task of finding out what the target audience is looking for and giving it to them. Practice shows that this requires additional expertise. Every…

The SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator has announced a new addition to its portfolio through the integration of slot game studio 3 Oaks Gaming. The provider’s content will now become available for iGaming projects using SOFTSWISS’ aggregator, and online casino brands powered by the SOFTSWISS Casino Platform.  Under the terms of this partnership, more than 50 titles will be made available, including the latest Sun of Egypt 3 and Magic Apple 2 releases, enriching the Game Aggregator lineup of more than 12,000 games.  “Having started its operations at the beginning of the year, 3 Oaks Gaming has already secured its place among leading…

BGaming has partnered up with Merkeleon, a leading European provider of white-label solutions for e-commerce and crypto commerce. The studio’s online games are now available for customers of Merkeleon’s white-label cryptocurrency exchange. The integration makes BGaming’s games available for crypto exchanges, achieved by authorized and verified users’ auto-login and use of saving balance, with a special gaming license. This provides their users extra income and entertainment after trading or exchange sessions.  The collection of integrated games includes crypto titles such as crash multiplayer Space XY, Minesweeper, Heads and Tails, classic roulettes, poker, and other popular slots. The crypto exchange operator…

The Ogallala City Council and Keith County Board of Commissioners approved this week plans for a $100 million project that would be built by the same gaming company that’s building a casino at Fonner Park in Grand Island. The move was done in anticipation of a potential allowance of further casinos at new horse racing tracks. Elite Casino Resorts stated that the proposed project, Lake Mac Casino Resort & Racetrack, would feature a casino with 650 slot machines, 20 table games, six poker tables, a sportsbook, and a show lounge that would provide local and regional entertainment. It would also…

Sheraton Hotel Bogotá will host Friday, September 16, a new edition of the Gaming & Technology Expo. The event will once again host the commercial exhibition of cabinets, slots, and roulettes while also offering “a space for online gaming platforms that compete with traditional casino games in a highly diverse market, adapting to the current trends of the entertainment industry in the world,” according to its organizers. José Aníbal Aguirre, CEO of 3A Producciones, highlighted that “Colombia occupies the first place in Latin America in terms of regulatory development, and in terms of state collection figures on account of legal gaming.…

Four days prior to the kickstart of the event, the organizers of the iGB Live! event, to be held July 5-8 at RAI Amsterdam, have confirmed the addition of two new free-to-attend Masterclasses. The sessions will be limited to just 30 attendees, and will delve into a single subject “at a level never-before offered at a conference.” Justin Deaville, who has worked with many renowned UK brands -including Aviva, PaddyPower, Ladbrokes, SkyBet, the Financial Services Forum and the Foreign Office-, will lead Advanced SEO. It has been described as an interactive workshop and discussion analyzing changes and opportunities from Google’s May core…

North Carolina has failed to legalize mobile sports betting during the latest legislative session. Hope first started to wane after legislation faltered in the House during the last days of June: legislators approved a bill to legalize the market while also shooting down a separate proposal that worked in tandem with the other for online betting to become law. While lobbyists were hopeful of resurrecting the effort before June 30, the session has now adjourned without that happening. Optimism of a last-second resuscitation faded by Thursday evening, with lawmakers behind the push admitting defeat. “Sports betting continues to be worked…

After Netherlands’ Minister for Legal Protection, Franc Weerwind, amended the regulation on advertising, as of Thursday celebrities are no longer allowed to appear in gambling ads in the country.  The amendment forbids “all persons who enjoy some form of public fame or with whom people want to identify or associate themselves” from appearing in gaming-related ads in an attempt to protect vulnerable groups from gambling harm and addiction. Former and current professional footballers, influencers, models, singers and well-known poker players are among the personalities comprehended in this amendment. The measure comes in response to a flood of gambling ads that hit…