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P ragmatic Play is set to attend the upcoming Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas. Taking place at the Venetian Expo on October 4-7, G2E is the pre-eminent gaming conference in the United States, seeing stakeholders from all aspects of the industry coming together. Pragmatic Play’s VP of Latin American Operations, Victor Arias, will be in attendance for the supplier, with a focus on networking and round table events at the anticipated conference. It marks yet another attendance for the provider as in-person events continue to make their comeback, following Pragmatic Play having a presence at GAT in Colombia…

G lobal products supplier Wazdan has added a new title to its Hold the Jackpot games collection, Power of Gods: Hades. The 5-reel, 243-ways-to-win title offering Cascading Reels for extra win potential takes place in the underworld, the realm presided over by the lord of the dead, Hades. The game invites players to cross the Styx river and enter the underworld in the Hold the Jackpot bonus round. Sticky Bonus symbols boost player engagement by sticking to the reels for 5 re-spins and increasing players’ chances of activating the bonus round. During the Hold the Jackpot bonus round, a 15-reel…

G enius Sports has secured a major new partnership with 888 Holdings to provide its official data and trading capabilities for Sports Illustrated Sportsbook. Genius Sports will provide pre-game and in-play content across top tier U.S. sports properties including the NBA, NCAA, NASCAR, and NFL. The agreement makes SI Sportsbook the latest U.S. sports betting brand to adopt Genius Sports’ exclusive full suite of NASCAR’s official data-powered in-race betting markets. SI Sportsbook will also offer NFL official sports data, which includes access to the league’s real-time statistics, proprietary Next Gen Stats (NGS), and official sports betting data feed. This new…

The shuttered hotel-casino reopened on Wednesday, marking the first time the venue welcomes guests since the pandemic forced its shutdown in March 2020. It was one of two Boyd Gaming’s properties that remained closed since then, and Eastside Cannery does not have an opening date yet. All three of Boyd’s downtown casino properties are now up and running.

P enn National Gaming has opened its new Hollywood Casino Morgantown career center in Pennsylvania, announced the company on Tuesday, and expects to create approximately several hundred new jobs as the casino is set to open by the end of the year. The company is accepting applications for an approximate total of 375 new positions at Hollywood Casino Morgantown. The career center is located at the Holiday Inn Morgantown at 6170 Morgantown Road, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and Penn National has also announced it will be hosting a number of Table Games Dealer School Open House hiring events over the next…

S portradar Group AG announced Tuesday that it plans to commence its roadshow for the initial public offering (IPO) of 19 million of its Class A ordinary shares. The Switzerland-based provider of sports betting and sports entertainment products and services and solutions, upon announcing the terms for its IPO, stated that in addition to shares sold in the public offering one of its existing shareholders expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2.8 million Class A ordinary shares at the IPO price. Sportradar has applied to list its Class A ordinary shares on…

T he decree from Venezuela’s Ministry of Popular Power for the Interior and Justice, to which the CNC belongs, said that “the Board of Directors of the National Commission of Casinos, Bingo Rooms and Slot Machines (CNC for its initials in Spanish) informs the companies that have Installation Licenses for the activity under the control of this Commission, must implement the Comprehensive Management Administration System (Monitoreo) that will serve for interconnection in real-time for the purposes of controlling this activity”. “It should be noted that our OPERATING PARTNER will be in charge of implementing the aforementioned system in each of…

L ower House lawmakerTsukasa Akimoto was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday after a Tokyo court found him guilty of taking bribes from a gambling company. The Tokyo District found the former vice-minister in charge of tourism and casino promotions guilty of taking $69,000 in bribes from a Chinese gambling operator that intended to start a casino business in Japan. Akimoto was also fined the amount in bribes he received.  The courts’ decision comes as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that he will not seek another term, paving the way for a new party leader two months before…

B oyd Gaming Corporation announced Tuesday that it will donate $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank, the largest in southern Louisiana, in support of its southern communities.  This area suffered extreme damage from Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in southern Louisiana on August 29. This donation will provide financial support for Second Harvest’s ongoing efforts to provide food and water to residents of Jefferson and St. Mary’s parishes, home to Boyd Gaming’s Treasure Chest and Amelia Belle properties, and surrounding communities.  Both Treasure Chest and Amelia Belle remain closed following the storm. The company is still working to reopen both…

As we return from our summer vacation, we’ve got sports betting news as we prepare for the American football season! There are major developments from the NFL and its relationship to sports betting! Plus, gambling news finds another Fremont Street casino reopening, and we report on what things are like in Las Vegas right now! Hello friends! Jay Todd back from my vacation and my trip to Las Vegas! More on that in the second half of our program, but first: Are you ready for some football?! This week’s we’re talking sports betting news, the kickoff of the American football…

A ustralian mobile wagering operator BlueBet Holdings (BBT) has withdrawn its application for a sports betting license in Virginia. The withdrawal comes less than a week after BlueBet announced that it had failed to secure a permit in Arizona. BlueBet had applied for a license but was informed by the Virginia Lottery that it was not eligible, given that licenses would only be granted to operators that had experience in other US states and have equity interest owned by minority individuals or minority-owned businesses. Eighteen businesses applied for the five available permits, with BBT labeling the application process “exhaustive”. The…

T he American Gaming Association has shared results of its annual national survey of Americans’ NFL betting plans, showing a record 45.2 million Americans (18%) plan to wager on the 2021 NFL Season, set to start September 9. The figures represent a 36% increase from the 2020 NFL season, with increased wagering being driven by the expansion of legal sports betting in several states, as well as increased fan enthusiasm, finds the AGA. “The enthusiasm of bettors for the upcoming NFL season highlights the remarkable growth of the industry over the past three years,” said Bill Miller, President and CEO of…

S ports betting operator Betcris announced Tuesday that it has become the latest licensed operator to offer its services in Poland.  The company had already said to be researching how to become part of Poland’s legal sports betting scene for some time, and researched the country’s legal sports betting market throughout last year. As the coronavirus pandemic forced all retail gambling facilities to close, it served as an impetus for an online-only sports betting alternative. Poland’s sports wagering market saw a handle of roughly $1.85 billion last year, with private operators contributing $205.6 million to the country through tax revenue.…

A retoNet, a business intelligence, and marketing automation provider, has completed the full integration process with Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), meaning its clients now have access to AretoNet’s platform. The integration into the GiG real-time, data platform gives GiG’s clients the ability to engage with players across the entire customer journey using key gaming, engagement, and campaign data to make accurate decisions and maximizing marketing ROI. The latest partnership will see GiG offering AretoNet’s full suite of products supplement the already extensive GiG Data Platform solution, including real-time business intelligence, marketing automation, predictive modeling, and campaign execution, providing the capability…

T he Culinary Union has been urging residents near Station Casinos’ planned Durango Station casino resort to speak up and let local officials know if they are against the project, marking a new episode in both parties’ ongoing disputes. Durango Station is set to be located in Las Vegas’ southwest valley, with over 400 hotel rooms and gaming floor space of approximately 99,000 square feet, plus 20,000 square feet of outdoor dining space. The project, currently in its budgeting and planning phase, will also feature a sportsbook and should it clear all steps needed, would start construction in early 2022.…

S potlight Sports Group announced on September 1 an all-cash acquisition of fantasy sports media platform Alarm Sports Network, a company dedicated to white-label fantasy and free-to-play contests for media companies like Bally’s and the Action Network, among others.  Backed by Exponent Private Equity, Spotlight Sports intends to build a global betting and fantasy content platform. Under the terms of the deal, the company will expand its business of games that partners can brand as their own, as well as consumer-facing subscription services.  According to an official press release, the key highlights from the deal include: Spotlight Sports Group will retain…