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Interview with Evert Montero Cárdenas, president of Colombian gaming industry trade body Fecoljuegos T he number of greetings on the Fecoljuegos website, the Colombian Federation of Chance and Luck  Games Businessmen, seem to be a good balance of the role that the entity managed to earn in Colombia. How do you assess these 20 years? In these 20 years, Fecoljuegos has played an important role in increasing the professionalism, modernization, and reactivation of the sector, especially in recent times where we have experienced such a difficult situation; I believe that the place the gambling industry has gained in Colombia and…

W ith a player registration rate of 1,000 a day, software platform provider and owner of Mexico-based interactive regulated casino, Gaming Technologies, also known as Gametech, announced Monday that it has surpassed more than 75,000 registered players on Vale.mx.  Gametech teamed up with Mexico-based Big Bola Casinos, to launch Vale.mx, a regulated interactive online casino and sports betting entertainment brand in Mexico, in March 2021. It has more than 700 new online premium casino games, which can be played either on their mobile or desktop presentations. Players can receive promotions and play live roulette and blackjack, or high-definition slots from software…

It plans to announce a partner in the “next couple of weeks”, in time for football season C onnecticut’s launch of sports gambling for the football season is moving forward as the Connecticut Lottery Corp. is in final negotiations with a vendor to run the operation. At least four vendors were finalists for the sports-wagering operation, according to the lottery board minutes of earlier this month, as reported by CT Insider. The new market launch still needs approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, and completion of state rule-making. Both tribal casinos in the state…

As Chicago, Hawaii and some California’s counties are warning residents against traveling to Vegas A s several U.S. jurisdictions are advising residents to avoid traveling to Las Vegas as the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant fuels rising case counts in Nevada, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is working with casino resorts and an advertising agency to encourage and facilitate vaccination. As of July 23, cases across the state had risen 23% over the previous week, while hospital admissions rose by 7%. Clark County, which includes the city of Las Vegas, has specifically been added to the White House’s list…

Things had slowly been getting back to normal in America, and the Las Vegas recovery was pushing forward at a record pace! But then came the COVID Delta variant, and now the situation for Sin City has changed. Casino workers are now required to once again wear masks, but how will this affect travelers to Vegas? Are there more restrictions coming? Where do we go from here? Hello players, and welcome to This Week in Gambling, where we are once again following stories out of Nevada related to Coronavirus. And that is this week’s big story. We’ve been watching the…

G reentube, the NOVOMATIC Interactive division, has introduced its newest slot Twin Spinner Sizzling Hot deluxe. It is the company’s first Twin Spinner title, with the addition of a new twist to an old favorite. The classic fruit slot is a 5×3 reel set, with five win lines on each reel set. Should five Seven symbols land on a win line, the top prize on offer is 1,000 times the bet placed. In addition, the game features a special Star symbol as a Scatter symbol, which pays in a combination of three or more in any position. The Bet Balancer…

i iGaming website builder BetConstruct introduced updated design system SpringBuilder X to facilitate and speed up the construction of an online casino and sportsbook, and improve UI/UX. According to the company, this new generation improvement covers the integrity of the sports and casino elements, from initial to accent colors both for the desktop and mobile versions. It brings a suite of traditional CMS tools, and simultaneously allows for flexibility and autonomy in design, with the use of simple drag and drop technology, backed with React.Js.  The builder introduced betting and casino widgets. These elements – betslip, odds display, account element…

G annett, a Virginia-based media holding company and the largest newspaper chain in the United States, announced on Tuesday an exclusive agreement with Tipico USA Technology, the US division of German sports betting provider Tipico Group. The USA TODAY NETWORK covers local papers published in 46 states and over 200 sports websites consisting of more than 250 daily local sites including The Indy Star and Detroit Free Press, and its USA TODAY Sports Media Group. Product integrations are expected to begin in August to complement the start of the NFL season. USA TODAY Sports Media Group audiences across digital platforms…

H ard Rock confirmed Monday that Ray Stefanelli, former Borgata executive, will serve as Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City Vice President of Online Gaming.  Stefanelli will direct online casino and sports marketing strategies, customer service, risk and payments. According to his LinkedIn biography, the newly appointed Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City Vice President of Online Gaming is the former director of operations and poker for BetMGM. Prior to that, he held the title of executive director of Online Gaming Poker and Casino Product at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa.  Ray Stefanelli graduated from Lynchburg College. His…

The city can now request the Circuit Court to add a casino referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot O n Monday, the Richmond City Council finalized plans and contract terms for a casino resort project that the city is including on ballots this November.  The authorities approved Host Community Agreement for ONE Casino + Resort, which establishes the expectations of both the city and RVA Entertainment Holdings if the proposed casino is allowed to go further. If the ballot measure is approved in three months’ time, media conglomerate Urban One will have the city’s greenlight to build a 250-room luxury…

P uerto Rican judge Glorianne Lotti Rodríguez overturned regulation 9174 of 2020, for the Operational Inspection and Interconnection of Gambling Machines on the Road, and regulation 9175, for the Issuance, Management, and Inspection of Licenses, considering them unconstitutional, following a lawsuit by Electronic Games Inc. (EGI).  The Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission, Orlando Rivera, assured that they will appeal if the decision goes forward. “If the annulment of the regulations is approved, everything I have done in January until now is null and void. All the licenses that were given must be revoked and a new analysis…

T he UK’s Gambling Commission said Monday it has launched a new service called “Apply for a Personal License”, which brings together all applications for personal licences —personal functional license (PFL) and personal management license (PML)— and Annex A approvals.  This new service seeks the optimization and automatization of the application for a personal licence or Annex A approval. It is supported by an updated processing tool, which provides regular updates on progress, and making the process faster. Helen Venn, Executive Director of the Gaming Commission, spoke in a press release on the Commission’s website and said: “I am very…

O nline casino software provider and aggregator Slotegrator has partnered with NetEnt, a game developer owned by Evolution with over 200 slots and other casino and live dealer games in its portfolio.  NetEnt’s entire catalogue is now available through Slotegrator’s APIgrator solution. Operators can now integrate all of the developer’s content into their online casino platform in a single integration session. Some of the developer’s current most popular titles include the fruit slot Starburst, the classic-themed Twin Spin, the adventurous Gonzo’s Quest, the Miami-based Hotline 2, and the Western slot Dead or Alive 2. In addition, NetEnt offers promotional tools…

20-year contract for ‘Caesars Superdome’ naming rights valued at $138M may start in August N ew Orleans’ Superdome may soon bear the Caesars Entertainment name and logo as a committee of Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday approved Caesars’ 20-year deal to obtain naming rights to the NFL’s New Orleans Saints field. It will be the first casino naming rights deal for an NFL stadium. The stadium will become alternately known as the Caesars Superdome. Even though the terms of the contract are still being finalized, the deal is valued at around $138 million through 2041, according to the information provided to…

A fter the pandemic struck, contactless payment has gained popularity in almost every sector. However, having implemented a cash automated system by Innovative Technology, The Café Royal in Annan Scotland, UK, finds that cash is still the preferred payment choice.  CashGenic, the cash automation solution, was launched last year, in sight of the customers’ need to pay by cash in an hygienic manner. It was installed in the Café Royal in March, and has seen a rise in cash payments, as well as a reduction in cash floats.  The solution, branded as £XCHEKKA,  is available as a compact, all-in-one counter-top…

 July 26, 2021 The Gaming Control Board has reported record Pennsylvania gambling revenue of $3.875 billion for the combined Fiscal Year 2020/2021 which just ended on June 30th. The previous high for revenue in a state fiscal year was during 2018/2019 when revenue was slightly more than $3.3 billion. Since that time there has been significant growth in the nascent sports wagering and fantasy sports contests markets along with the establishment of both the iGaming and VGT markets. Those four markets combined constituted almost 33% of the total Pennsylvania gambling revenue achieved in Fiscal Year 2020/2021. The year over year…