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S OFTSWISS has gained a foothold to operate in the regulated Greek market, as the brand recently received the Greek gaming license for Online Casino operations from the Hellenic Gaming Commission. The Greek gaming license, the latest in a series of national licenses awarded to SOFTSWISS, was received earlier last month with the company already finalizing its very first project N1CASINO.GR on the Greek iGaming market. The license allows for local operation in Greece for players with Greek passports and IDs as well as those holding local Greek bank accounts. N1CASINO Greece is the first project announced to launch soon…

With limited space, Encore Boston’s former poker area is currently occupied by its highest-performing slots A senior Encore Boston Harbor casino staffer received backlash from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday regarding its continued delay to bring back poker, as the commission has seen a complaint rise over its disappearance. Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Encore Boston Jacqui Krum, said: “To be clear, we did not say ‘never’ to poker. We have said, ‘just not at this time. We’re constantly readjusting offerings based on guest demand.” The commission tends to receive only about five complaints a month, however…

ed Rocks is starting to make a quick recovery after amid the economic storm caused by COVID-19. During the second quarter the Company continued to operate its Red Rock, Green Valley Ranch, Santa Fe Station, Boulder Station, Palace Station and Sunset Station properties, together with its Wildfire Properties, while Palms Casino Resort, Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson remained closed during the quarter. While second quarter 2019 results are included below for comparative purposes, the 2019 results include, among other things, the results of our four currently closed properties in addition to the properties which operated in the second quarter…

R ush Street Interactive, operator of BetRivers sportsbook; and GTG Network, a data insights, gamification and technology company, announced Thursday that they have inked a multi-year, co-exclusive deal to offer GTG’s iSport Genius data facts and insights. iSport Genius is now live in every state where RSI operates its online sportsbook, which includes Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Colorado, Iowa and Virginia.  In the co-exclusive partnership, RSI is only one of four U.S. Sportsbook that will have the rights to offer the sports data information service to its bettors.  The facts displayed on the BetRivers sportsbook cover all major sports including…

A license for the full $310M casino project is still under consideration by Illinois’ regulator T he Hard Rock temporary casino in Rockford will open in October 2021. The temporary casino can be open for up to two years while the permanent casino is built. The location at Giovanni’s Restaurant and Convention Center is currently undergoing an $8 million renovation, and will hold over 600 slot machines; the Midway Bar sports bar; and the Rock River Bar and Grill restaurant. The Gaming Board gave permission to begin construction on the temporary casino at Giovanni’s on E. State and Bell School…

D raftKings and national entertainment concept, Sports & Social, announced Thursday a new partnership to create upscale Sports & Social/DraftKings sports bars beginning in Nashville (Tennessee) and Detroit (Michigan) markets, pending regulatory approvals.  The collaboration brings together Sports & Social’s market, operating dining and entertainment venues with DraftKings’ sports gaming platforms. Sports & Social is part of Live! Dining and Entertainment, a food-and-beverage-focused division of The Cordish Companies. The specific locations of Sports & Social/DraftKings venues have yet to be announced. The venues for this integration will be designed by ICRAVE, an international design and development firm. However, the concept…

P ragmatic Play has released a new cluster-paying, farm-inspired video slot, called Chicken Drop, which features progressive elements, bonus features, and cartoon-style visuals overlayed by a banjo-ridden country soundtrack. In the base game, the Strawberry is the highest paying symbol, where landing a winning cluster of 37 or more will trigger a win up to 1000x the bet. Central to the action is the tumble feature that replaces winning clusters with new symbols, which can lead to repeat wins from single spins. The Free Spins feature is triggered when four or more scatter symbols land, awarding players with up to…

The LatAm gambling operator now has over 100 bots available in Spanish, English and Portuguese I n partnership with LivePerson, the AI solutions for customer services provider company,  Betcris has played an important role in the development and launch of LivePerson’s Spanish Natural Language Understanding (NLU) machine learning (ML).  As LivePerson’s NLU relies on AI and ML, Betcris was instrumental in advancing the technology. Through the operator’s involvement,  29 new intents have been classified and created, and over 100 phrases were gathered from agents using LivePerson’s AI Annotator. More than half of those are used to train the NLU.  Betcris…

 July 29, 2021 There are many types of bonuses available for online casinos, but what do the bonuses mean for the newcomer and how do these bonuses affect the casino itself or the user on the website? You can see from the infographic that it explains to you what a welcome bonus is, it also tells you the types of payment bonuses available and what the refer a friend scheme is and how it benefits you as a consumer. However, there are more bonuses than the three listed on the infographic. There are more bonuses available like no deposit bonuses,…

 July 29, 2021 In our last episode of This Week in Gambling we told you that a Las Vegas face masks mandate had been reinstated… but only for casino employees and others working indoors and around the public. We also stated, however, that the situation was fluid and could change at any moment. Today is that moment. Nevada Governor Sisolak has signed an Emergency Directive which rolls things back to May, and makes face masks mandatory for all individuals (whether employee or tourist) to wear face masks starting July 30th. This directive comes in the midst of the latest wave…

 July 26, 2021 The 2020 Olympics were put on hold to 2021 and new dates have been set. From 23 July to 8 August, 33 sporting activities will be being played. The Olympic Games will be played in over 40 places, most of them in and around the city of Tokyo. Other sport likes game baseball, softball and football will be taken place much further away than Tokyo due to the type of stadiums and catering these sports acquire. As previously mentioned, there is a total of 33 sports being played, that’s 339 different gold medals. All athletes participating in…

M obile sports betting app from Wynn Resorts, WynnBET, and CUMULUS MEDIA, an advertising and marketing company, announced the launch of a multi-year, multi-platform partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, WynnBET will become one of CUMULUS MEDIA’s largest advertising partners. WynnBET will benefit from CUMULUS’ reach and consumer engagement across multiple touchpoints, including national exposure in Westwood One’s marquis play-by-play programming, and endorsement from preeminent sports host Jim Rome.  The companies also plan to create content both for entertainment and for the benefit of WynnBET’s consumer engagement. Local connections via advertising on Cumulus’ radio stations, studio sponsorships and brand…

I nternational Game Technology announced Thursday the awarding of two jackpots by Wheel of Fortune Slots and Powerbucks in June.  The events occured at the beginning and the end of the month, as winners played on the following million dollar-plus jackpots on IGT games. On June 3, an online Powerbucks slots player won CA$1,110,065 on Wheel Of Fortune Cash Link Exotic Far East in Ontario, Canada. Powerbucks slots have paid 30 jackpots of $1 million since its Canadian debut in 2016. On June 28, a Wheel of Fortune Slots player won $1,544,325 on Wheel of Fortune Gold Spin Triple Red…

G aming Innovation Group (GiG) has been nominated for Technology Provider/Supplier for the International Gaming Awards 2021, set to take place September 8 at the Savoy Hotel in London.  This shortlisting comes after having recently been recognized by the industry as the Full-Service Platform of the Year at this years’ EGR B2B 2021 Awards, and was crowned Multi-Channel Supplier at the SBC Awards in December 2020. In an official press release, CCO and MD of platform at GiG, Ben Clemes, spoke about this new nomination and reflected on the company’s recent milestones. “I am very proud to have been shortlisted…

B Gaming has shared the results of the latest corporate report, and a poll conducted recently in a few reputable casinos. The provider highlighted key facts that characterize the iGaming market in the second quarter of the year. According to a poll arranged by BGaming, PC and console games are also popular among slot amateurs, with almost 40% of the audience preferring to play both video games and online slots. Bogdan Gres, Brand Manager at BGaming, said: “A similar number (36,98%) showcases that many players often bet on sports or esports. In the future, the tendency can stimulate the development…

With the launch of ‘Mind Your Game’, through its non-profit Entain Foundation and partners in the field E ntain, the owner of gambling brands like Ladbrokes, bwin and Coral, is extending the scope of its work with external partners to provide education and support across additional areas of interactive entertainment.   Through its non-profit Entain Foundation, the company intends to build on work initiated with partners in the U.S. to help video-gaming and esports players in the UK and Europe at potential risk of harm.  In alliance with its partners in the area of player protection, the Foundation’s first initiatives include…