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K indred Group on Wednesday shared the revenue derived from harmful gambling as a part of their “Journey towards zero” project.  The company intends to reach 0% of revenue from harmful gambling by the end of 2023. In the interest of that goal, Kindred has decided to be transparent with data and raise awareness on the course of action to prevent high-risk gambling. For the second quarter of 2021, the share of revenue from harmful gambling increased to 4.3%, up from 3.9% in the first quarter, and the same numbers reported for the final quarter of 2020. However, according to…

A GS was named among the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation, and in Metro Atlanta for 2021. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the company has won the coveted nationwide and Atlanta distinction.  AGS competed against other 1,000 nominated companies that were submitted for the Best and Brightest national award. Only 113 were included in the list.  And for the Atlanta Metro area, where AGS has an R&D center and game development studio spread across Duluth and Midtown, AGS was among the top 11% of all Atlanta-based companies nominated. AGS announced this recognition through…

 July 21, 2021 It is with shock and great sadness that the poker world has learned of the death of Layne Flack. The man known as “Back to Back Flack” was found in his home on Monday after passing in his sleep at the age of 52. The response from fellow poker pros was swift, with Mike Matusow saying he felt “gutted” after hearing the news, and Phil Hellmuth calling him legendary. Daniel Negreanu said via Twitter that he and Layne went “way back”, and “Knowing Layne, I imagine he would want us all to celebrate his life and share…

It’s been a golden decade for Team GB at the Olympics, with the buzz of finishing third on home soil at London 2012 topped by an unprecedented showing in Rio – a games that saw the British squad post its best medal return since 1908. However, that’s not always been the case. Here’s our look at some of the best and worst GB medal performances from recent games as we keep our fingers crossed for another medal-laden summer in Tokyo… GB Medal Performance At The Games | How Will Tokyo Compare? First up, let’s start with the absolute nadir for…

First-ever survey on Olympics betting expectations by the American Gaming Association A head of Friday’s Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, the American Gaming Association (AGA) released new Olympic wagering data on Tuesday. According to the figures provided by the poll, AGA has found that 20.1 million American Adults (8%) plan to wager on the Tokyo Olympics. Of the events Americans plan to wager on, basketball and soccer are most popular (45% and 34% respectively), while 28% are waging on gymnastics, 27% on track and field, and 27% on swimming.  It was also found that the vast majority of bettors will place…

IGT Advantage casino management systems will add the digital casino marker technology I GT announced Tuesday a new partnership with Marker Trax in a step forward in their strategy to develop their cashless gaming technologies.  The coming together of these two companies will give IGT ADVANTAGE casino management systems users the option to integrate Marker Trax technology into any variation of an IGT Resort Wallet deployment. The company said this collaboration enables the maximization of opportunities that the cashless segment provides, while focusing on player convenience, record keeping, security, casino liquidity, among other aspects. When IGT’s wallet and Marker Trax…

JACK Cleveland Casino and Thistledown Racino will debut this tech for Northeast Ohio T wo JACK Entertainment Cleveland casinos, Thistledown Racino and JACK Cleveland Casino announced that they will be implementing a new digital cashless system, JACK Mobile Wallet, a cashless mobile wallet system made by Everi Holdings, a Las Vegas digital wallet creator. The new cashless mobile wallet system utilizes Everi’s digital CashClub Wallet technology. JACK Thistledown Racino recently installed the first commercial digital wallet implementation in a Northeast Ohio gaming facility, with an anticipated launch at JACK Cleveland Casino to follow. Jack Entertainment said digital wallet technology will…

P ointsBet announced Monday its plans to partner in the recently legalized Arizona sports wagering market via an agreement with Cliff Castle Casino Hotel, owned by the Yavapai-Apache Nation. Per the new agreement, PointsBet Arizona, the wholly-owned subsidiary of PointsBet Holdings, will be working directly with the Yavapai-Apache Nation in pursuit of a license to operate online sports wagering in Arizona, representing the 16th state in which the rapidly growing PointsBet has secured a licensed path to market access. PointsBet USA CEO Johnny Aitken, commented: “PointsBet and our partners at Cliff Castle are proud to begin the process toward offering…

As imposed by the Clark County Commission, which will review the measure on Aug. 17 T he Clark County Commission on Tuesday voted to require employees of businesses across that Nevada jurisdiction, including Las Vegas casinos, to wear masks while working in indoor public spaces. The measure follows new policy rules announced Friday by a number of Las Vegas casinos, including Sands, to reimpose mask mandates for employees regardless of vaccination status, following new recommendations from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). Elected officials in Las Vegas showed their concerns about public health and the economic effects of a spike…

T he Netherlands Gaming Authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has established the policy rules for people to be involuntarily excluded from participating in any kind of gambling. As a result of the Remote Gambling Act, which went into force on April 1 this year to regulate online gambling for the first time in the country, there will be a player exclusion register called Cruks (Centraal Register Uitsluiting Kansspelen), where players can be included both voluntarily or involuntarily, in order to prevent and tackle gambling addiction. It will be operational as of October 1. Per the new policy rules, someone close to…

C anada-based sports and esports gaming and media company Engine Media Holdings announced Tuesday that its Winview subsidiary has started an action in the United States District Court of New Jersey against FanDuel due to an alleged infringement of patents.  The lawsuit alleges that various gaming services provided by FanDuel infringe Winview’s “Methodology for Equalizing Systemic Latencies in Television Reception in Connection with Games of Skill Played in Connection with Live Television Programming”; as well as the “Method of and System For Managing Client Resources and Assets for Activities on Computing Devices”. Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman of Engine Media, stated…

Exclusive interview with Miguel Ángel Ochoa, President of Mexican operators and providers trade body AIEJA T he president of the Association of Licensees, Operators and Suppliers of the Entertainment and Gaming Industry in Mexico (AIEJA), Miguel Ángel Ochoa Sánchez, reviewed with Yogonet how the process of reopening the casinos in his country is being developed. Do you have a record of how many casinos are operating? So far, 374 casinos of the 384 that were in operation in March 2020 have officially reopened. This means that 97.40% of the market has reopened, although there’s still a risk of having to…

The only bidder left is expected to submit its full proposal to the Japanese city on Tuesday M GM Resorts and Japanese financial services group Orix alliance, the only one that has indicated its intention to build and operate the Integrated Resort (IR) facility that Osaka Prefecture is offering, is planning an investment of US$9.09 billion (1 trillion yen), and it is expected to submit its full proposal to Osaka city and prefecture on Tuesday, according to a report by the Sankei.  The projected resort will include a casino, hotels, restaurants, a conference center and other entertainment facilities, and will be…

G lobal online gaming operator PointsBet announced today the hiring of Aaron O’Sullivan as Vice President of Online Casino Revenue.  With nearly 15 years of international iGaming experience, O’Sullivan will sit on the U.S. executive leadership team.  His previous experience includes having led product development, operations and marketing teams, both for large global brands like bet365, for which he was most recently Head of Games, and start-ups. He has also held directorial or senior positions at companies including Boylesports, Rank Plc, Betfred, and 32Red. O’Sullivan has delivered casino experiences to customers across multiple global regulated markets, such as the U.K.,…

There’s trouble brewing with New York online sports betting. The activity was finally approved just a few months ago in April. Now, however, the state is trying to squeeze every penny they can out of operators. So much, in fact, that industry insiders fear it just won’t work. We’re all together again and it’s time for This Week in Gambling! On our last program we spoke about online poker… the week before that we spoke about online casino games… this week we’re talking about online sports betting because, ya know, I like to keep you guessing! This week’s big story…

Gaining USB’s operations in New Mexico, Colorado, Michigan and North Dakota, with D.C. and Iowa in progress I nteractive gaming and sports betting technology company Elys Game Technology announced on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of Bookmakers Company US LLC, a Nevada limited liability company doing business as USBookmaking (USB). On July 15, Elys closed the transaction to acquire 100% of the membership interest in USB, which will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elys, as it continues to operate as a wholly-owned business unit maintaining its brand, employees, management, and bookmaking team. The consideration paid for all of…