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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…

In his latest column for Yogonet, iGaming industry consultant Ron Mendelson shares insights on the Asian gambling landscape, analyzing a surge in online activity and preferred offerings and devices. The expert also tackles India’s impact on the market, and the role technology is called to play within the region. A surge in the number of online gamblers in Asia is acting as a key facilitator in the region’s growth. According to data from e-Conomy, as many as 40 million Singaporeans, Malaysians, Vietnamese, Indonesians, Filipinos, and Thais went online for the first time in 2020, and they are here to stay. This…

MERKUR GAMING held a gathering of its international teams from across Europe and Latin America at the MERKUR Spielbank Hohensyburg casino near Dortmund, Germany, bringing the groups back together in person for its 2022 International Sales Event. Over three intense days, every aspect of the MERKUR structure and business methodology came under the microscope with presentations from experts in their specific fields, the Gauselmann Group subsidiary explains. The event focused extensively on products and how they are being brought to market. “Since this event marked the first time that many colleagues had been able to see each other for the past two…

Content provider to the iGaming industry Pragmatic Play announced Tuesday it will be sponsoring, speaking and exhibiting at the 2022 CGS Latam event in Chile, to be held May 24-25 in Santiago de Chile.  The company will be acting as Platinum sponsor for the event, with Vice President of Latin American Operations, Victor Arias, as speaker during a panel about the importance of online gaming, where he will be providing industry insight.  Arias and his team will represent Pragmatic Play at the regional expo, which is celebrating its 12th year promoting the reinvention of the iGaming industry.  Pragmatic Play’s Victor…

Dakota Sioux Casino & Hotel in Watertown has become the latest South Dakota gaming establishment to add sports betting to its offering with the new Dakota Nation Sports Book, which opened April 27. The launch follows multiple sports betting openings in the state, particularly in Deadwood. According to sportsbook manager Robert Fairweather, Dakota Sioux offers straight bets, parlays and round robins. Bettors can wager on money lines, spread, over/unders and prop bets.  Sports featured in the new betting offerings comprise all major sports, including the NFL, the NBA, MLB, the NHL, NCAA football, NCAA men’s basketball, golf, NASCAR, the WNBA…

Sports betting and gaming giant Entain has been awarded the Advanced Safer Gambling Standard by GamCare for evidencing the highest standards of player protection and social responsibility in its UK online and land-based activities. The Safer Gambling Standard is an independent quality standard that assesses measures that businesses have put in place to protect customers from experiencing gambling-related harm. The group is the largest operator to be awarded the highest level of accreditation (Advanced Level 3) for its online activities, and Advanced Level 2 for its land-based activities, underlining Entain’s sector-leading approach to safer gambling. Robert Hoskin, Chief Governance Officer at Entain, said: “We…

Nevada-based gaming company Golden Entertainment announced Thursday its results for the first quarter of 2022, having registered a revenue of $273.6 million, which represents a 14% rise from the same period in 2021. Net income for the first quarter was $36.1 million, while Adjusted EBITDA was $67.3 million, the latter showing an increase of 13% year-over-year. Momentum has now extended to Q2. “Our record first-quarter results reflect a continuation of the strong financial performance we delivered over 2021,” said Golden Entertainment’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Blake Sartini. “Our strong cash flow has allowed us to reduce debt while returning…

New York has shared mobile sports betting figures for the month of April. Handle was down by 15.2% to $1.39 billion from the $1.63 billion posted in March; while gross gaming revenue from mobile sports wagering was down by 8.9% to $104.1 million from $114.3 million the prior month, according to the New York State Gaming Commission. FanDuel remained the market leader with $63.6 million in revenue from $599.5 million in handle and a 43% market share, and was followed by DraftKings, which posted $19.6 million in revenue from $327.1 million in wagers. Caesars Sportsbook placed third, at $11.8 million…

Inspired Entertainment announced Thursday the expansion of its partnership with Kaizen Gaming, in an agreement that builds on its success with Stoiximan in Greece, and paves the way for the partnership’s global expansion with the launch of Inspired’s virtual events with Kaizen Gaming’s Betano brand.  The relationship between the two companies has continued to grow with a collaboration within Greece, which saw the introduction of Inspired’s virtual gaming through V-Play Soccer 3, followed by a range of further Inspired products.  Kaizen Gaming has established itself as one of Europe’s fastest growing game-tech companies, operating the Stoiximan brand in Greece and…