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The Baton Rouge, Louisiana casino landscape is changing. CQ Holding Company announced it is planning to renovate, rebrand and reopen its newly acquired properties: former Caesars Entertainment-owned venues Belle of Baton Rouge and Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge.  Belle of Baton Rouge’s new owners intend to go before the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and ask for permission to move the venue onto land and open a “boutique-type casino.” The petition would be presented to the Board in June and, provided it gets approval next month, the Belle could open on land in 11 to 15 months.  The plan would involve putting 350 slot…

EGT’s office in Georgia was recognized as “Permanent Leader” at the 12th Annual Awards Ceremony organized by the Swiss Rating Association and the Union of National Business Ratings (UNBR). The Georgia office has been nominated as “Leader of the Year” for the past two editions. The companies are nominated based on their annual turnover, number of employees, contributions to the state budget, and others. At this year’s ceremony international awards were given in total to 30 Georgian and international companies. “This award represents corporate responsibility, recognition, and motivation for us. EGT Georgia manages to maintain the status of the fastest growing and…

The 2022 edition of iGB Affiliate London, which was in April at ExCeL London after a two-year Covid-enforced absence was an international celebration of the sector featuring industry professionals drawn from a total of 87 countries. The top 10 represented nations comprised the UK (1,522 attendees), Malta (490), Israel (223), Cyprus (115), Sweden (99), Bulgaria (90), Spain (83), Netherlands (83), Portugal (71) and the United States (67). In other insights confirmed by organizers, Clarion Gaming, close to 8 out of 10 attendees (79%) were part of the final decision-making process with 38% operating in the United States – a figure that chimes with pre-registration data.…

PokerGO, the world’s largest poker content company, has announced the live streaming schedule for the 2022 WSOP. Poker fans around the world will be treated to streaming of 21 unique gold bracelet events, including the prestigious Main Event. “PokerGO is thrilled to continue its longstanding partnership with the World Series of Poker and present the 2022 WSOP live streaming schedule,” said Mori Eskandani, President of PokerGO. “We know how passionate and loyal the millions of poker fans around the world are, and how much they love the WSOP, which is why PokerGO remains committed to providing the best-in-poker coverage of…

Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana opened its new sportsbook this Wednesday at 10 AM, allowing guests to place their first wagers on sporting events at the Gary property. At the facility’s new sportsbook, live sports and betting odds are displayed on monitors near the betting counter and electronic wagering kiosks, where patrons can view games from tables in the cafe while enjoying a drink, meal, or live music, as well as from other nearby seating and gaming areas.   Matt Schuffert, President of Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, spoke about the opening and said: “I’m very excited to finally announce the…

N1 Partners Group has rolled out a proprietary promotional campaign under the working title “Mystery Drops” on its flagship project, N1 Casino, operating under a Malta licence. Now at N1 Casino, one of the largest N1 Partners Group casinos, users can continue to play their favorite games and still be entered into the random prize draws. Today, only N1 Partners Group projects have such a feature, “which reflects the company’s drive to constantly improve its projects, adapting them to different regions and following the industry trends,” the firm explained in a release on Wednesday. Random prizes Mystery Drops are real…

Belgium is seeking to ban gambling advertising, with a target deadline for the resolution to become a reality aimed in late 2022. This new project intends to prohibit companies and platforms to advertise on television, radio, social media, posters on the street, in newspapers or via personalized email, mail and/or text messages. This measure would only exclude the lottery. By the end of the year, nearly all forms of gambling advertising would be banned, as Federal Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne is pushing for a Royal Decree to be introduced to that end. Regulations for sports sponsorship would also come into…

Slotegrator has introduced its new Telegram Casino product as “one of the most successful new solutions of 2022”, and now features more than 7,000 video slots from international developers. It enables mobile gambling using a bot, bringing a brand-new way to provide gaming content to users, as an alternative to traditional frontend systems. While Telegram was mainly used as a communication channel before, now it is a multi-platform application with tools and functions not provided by other messengers. With Telegram Casino, operators have the opportunity to attract new segments of the audience, and users are able to improve their gaming experience…

Casinos and racinos operating in Ohio took in $215.6 million in April, according to monthly reports released by Ohio Casino Control Commission and the Ohio Lottery on Thursday. The figure was less than a percentage point away from the revenue posted the same month last year, when the 11 venues reported $217.1 million, the state’s best April.  This time around, casinos and racinos were just 0.7% away from that figure, making April 2022 the third-best month overall since casinos and racinos came back to the state in 2012, reports Cleveland.com. Hollywood Columbus. In terms of statewide casino revenue, casinos saw…

BetSaracen, the online mobile sportsbook product of Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff, is live. Arkansas bettors can now download the app from the Apple App Store, click through download links at the product’s website, or place wagers from the site itself. “Our Saracen team has worked day and night for months to finally bring a first-class, Arkansas-based sports wagering app platform to the state’s many sports fans,” Saracen CMO, Carlton Saffa said. The launch is being accompanied by a promo by which the sportsbook will match first deposits up to $500 in free play. For the product, Saracen Casino…

According to the American Gaming Association’s Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker, Q1 has seen $14.31 billion in nationwide commercial gaming revenue. The figure sets a new Q1 record and nearly matches the all-time quarterly record set in Q4 2021, which was $14.35 billion.  This marks a very strong start to the year for the U.S. commercial gaming industry, which was punctuated by March’s revenue performance of $5.31 billion. The month marked the highest-grossing revenue month in industry history.  The total commercial gaming revenue for the quarter increased nearly 29% year-over-year. Nearly every commercial gaming jurisdiction surpassed Q1 revenue from last year, and three…

Light & Wonder, the gaming products and services provider formerly known as Scientific Games Corporation, announced Tuesday that the company has significantly increased the scope of its iGaming content capabilities with the acquisition of Playzido, a dynamic content creation platform provider and game supplier. The deal comes as Light & Wonder reported consolidated revenue of $572 million in Q1, up 26% year-on-year, partly credited to the strong gaming momentum in the North American market. Additionally, the company managed to reduce its net loss to $67 million, slightly lower than the $88 million from the year before. The debt reduction follows the…

Sports betting and gaming giant Flutter Entertainment is seeking to enhance the retail offering of its popular Paddy Power brand and, to that end, the company is looking for emerging tech start-ups to participate. Flutter’s call for retail innovation is being carried through Alpha Hub, the company’s “global innovation community.” As part of “Paddy’s Start-up Showcase,” Alpha Hub is looking to partner with start-ups “who can provide bold and tenacious” ideas to a brief focused on three main areas. These three pillars are Data & Analytics, In-Store Experience, and Future of Self-Service Terminals. Start-ups that can provide new ideas that…

The city of Polson, Montana, has given an initial nod to a casino project near the Polson Airport. The development took a step forward on Monday when the Polson City Commission approved a resolution of intent to annex tribal land at the site, reports Lake County Leader. The move would extend the city’s water services to the property. It follows a February request from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to annex a 79-acre parcel of tribal land along the west side of Highway 93. Officials for CSKT and its S&K Gaming corporation presented the proposal to commissioners at Monday’s…

Bally’s Corporation has announced that the city has selected Bally’s for the new Chicago casino. The resort will be a $1.7 billion destination casino, with entertainment and a hotel project. Bally’s was chosen as the preferred bidder in the City’s request for proposal process to construct and operate a world-class casino resort in downtown Chicago. Bally’s worked cooperatively with city officials and community leaders throughout the RFP process to develop a project that embraced Chicago as a global gateway city, incorporating its vibrant cultural scene and highly diversified economy. As evidenced in the City’s evaluation report, Bally’s Chicago provides the…

Las Vegas-based sportsbook operator Circa Sports is set to enter the Illinois sports gaming market, the company announced on Monday. The business will be expanding its operations to this new market through a partnership with casino developer and operator Full House Resorts. Full House is set to open American Place, a destination entertainment casino currently under construction in Waukegan, Lake County. This collaboration will expand Circa Sports’ footprint -which is already operational in Nevada, Iowa and Colorado- to a fourth state. “We are thrilled to introduce our industry-leading sports betting and hospitality experience to Illinois,” said Circa Sports founder and…