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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…

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…