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There have been a lot of rumors about the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in recent months, including that it would be demolished to make room for a new baseball stadium. So what’s up with the Rio? Will it be torn down? Or are there other plans for the resort casino? Hello friends! I am in Las Vegas sweating my ass off on the Strip with the record-breaking 118 degree heat! But before I left I made you this video with some game reviews to talk about, and this week’s big story! Over the years we may have used…

What are Some of the Most Popular Casino Games in Finland You’ve Never Heard of? Finland is a country with an organized i-gaming industry and has had a long history of gambling. Although gambling was illegal at some point, it is now completely legal, with oversight from government agencies. As with all countries, gamblers in Finland enjoy playing some casino games you would rarely hear of. These games are popular and peculiar to gamblers in this country. This is what we will be looking at in this article. Mustamaiji The first of the casino games in Finland  we will examine…

Gaming test lab and product certification consultancy BMM Testlabs has announced the appointment of Mike Van Ermen as Vice President of Business Development at the company’s Las Vegas headquarters. Van Ermen will report to the Executive Vice President of the North American region. Travis Foley, Executive Vice President, commented: “BMM is experiencing very exciting growth, which has allowed us to further expand our leadership team. Mike joins BMM with a focused approach derived from his vast business development experience in the sportsbook, iGaming, hospitality, and technology fields. “The North American sportsbook ecosystem has launched impressive growth in recent years, and…

Aggregator and content provider Pariplay is delivering games from Konami Gaming to online gaming giant DraftKings in New Jersey for the first time. Players in the state have now gained access to a wide range of land-based favorites from Konami via the deal. The launch follows the recent integration of Konami’s content onto Pariplay’s Fusion aggregation platform. Through this launch, sports betting giant DraftKings is expected to strengthen its gaming offering in the Garden State. “Synonymous with innovation and quality, the integration of Konami’s online portfolio of popular land-based casino titles onto the Fusion platform allows DraftKings to serve its…

Sportsbook and casino platform supplier Digitain is expanding its eSports content offering by integrating with betting content and data provider BETER. The deal allows Digitain to provide BETER’s ESportsBattle tournaments within the efootball discipline, alongside Setka Cup table tennis tournaments, to its 150+ partners and their players for the first time under the terms of the agreement. Digitain partners will also have the opportunity to launch other ESportsBattle titles including CS:GO, Dota 2, eBasketball and eHockey “in the near future,” according to a press release from BETER. Iain Hutchison, Chief Revenue Officer of Digitain, commented on the deal: “We are always…

International Game Technology has announced that its Wheel of Fortune and Powerbucks slots awarded three million-dollar-plus jackpots over the month of June in North America. With this new slate of jackpots, IGT Powerbucks has now awarded its 50th prize of more than $1 million dollars in Canada. Lucky Wheel of Fortune and Powerbucks slots players won the following jackpots last month: On June 25, an online Powerbucks slots player won CAD $1,533,377 playing Wheel of Fortune Hawaiian Getaway in New Brunswick, Canada. On June 27, a Wheel of Fortune slots player won $1,330,134 playing Wheel of Fortune Triple Double Emeralds…

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has reaffirmed its intention to assume a purely regulatory role, instead of operating as both a regulator and an operator, as it currently does. Chairman and CEO Alejandro H Tengco stressed PAGCOR’s commitment to shifting its focus in a keynote speech at the Asian IR Expo and Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia 2023 in Macau, in which he also said the regulator will be implementing various reforms and measures to combat illegal gambling activities. “In view of PAGCOR’s current business model [with] the agency assuming a dual role of regulator and operator, its…

iGaming and sports betting operator BetMGM has announced that the company awarded nearly $75 million in progressive jackpots during the first half of 2023. In 2022, BetMGM awarded over $104 million in jackpots and is confident that it will shatter that number this year. Slot titles created by Entain, MGM Resort’s venture partner in BetMGM, and available exclusively on the brand’s online casino were the source of $30.4 million of the $74.7 million prize total. BetMGM notes that its online casino is home to over 1500 games and one of the “largest state-by-state exclusive jackpot networks” in the US. The…

International Game Technology (IGT) has announced that it earned a top score in the 2023 Disability Equality Index (DEI) and that it was named a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion.” Now in its ninth year, the DEI is a joint initiative established by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the nation’s largest disability rights organization; and Disability: IN, a global disability inclusion network, to provide benchmarking services to companies on their disability inclusion.  In assessing IGT, DEI considered Culture and Leadership, Enterprise-Wide Access, Employment Practices (including benefits, recruitment, employment, education, retention and advancement, accommodations), Community Engagement,…

B2B online casino services provider Evolution has announced the launch of its online live casino game Lightning Dice in the United States. The game is now streaming live to players in New Jersey from Evolution’s live casino studio in Atlantic City. The company describes it as “a simple yet endlessly entertaining dice game” with random “Lightning” strike multipliers of up to 1000x. Lightning Dice is part of Evolution’s popular Lightning family, which also features the game Lightning Roulette, described by the provider as “a revolutionary online live game show concept that launched in 2018.” Like Lightning Roulette, Lightning Dice also…

The UK Gambling Commission announced that gaming operator Star Racing Limited, trading as Star Sports, will pay a £594,000 ($778,932) penalty for anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures. The company will also receive an official warning and have conditions added to its license. The regulator summarised that, between March 2020 and May 202, Star Sports had ineffective policies, procedures, and controls in place at the time of a compliance assessment. — Gambling Commission (@GamRegGB) July 13, 2023 The failures allowed customers to deposit large amounts before Star Sports obtained source of funds information, and the operator also failed to analyze the source of…

Buckle up for an up close look at the Buffalo Ways online slot from our friends at Microgaming! It’s a 6 reel game with high volatility, and it features Scatter Symbols and a Bonus Round with over 4,000 Ways to win! There are Multipliers, and landing three or more Free Spin Symbols will trigger the Free Spins Round! The more Symbols you land the more Spins you win, with 6 Symbols giving players 100 Free Spins! Introducing the Buffalo Ways online slot, an exhilarating gaming experience with captivating visuals and thrilling game play. Whether you’re a seasoned player or a…

Boyd Gaming-owned Treasure Chest Casino in Kenner is gearing up to move on land. The $100 million project to relocate the riverboat property was started earlier this year, and is expected to finish in spring 2024, casino spokesperson Rodney Miller told Axios. The new property on land will be almost twice its current size. The original casino opened in 1994 on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and has 25,000 square feet of gaming space. The land-based casino, one of five being built on land after a 2018 change in state law, will have 47,000 square feet. The new property will…

Gaming technology and services provider BetConstruct has announced the launch of Betting Terminal PRO, a new version of its self-service Betting Terminal software. The provider notes that the new touchscreen self-service terminal has software for sports and casino games bettings, 24/7 access and enhanced UX design, and more features that are now available for all BetConstruct partners. The software has taken everything players loved from the previous version and equipped them with advanced features, says BetConstruct.  The new release is aimed to provide “a seamless and engaging” experience to all land-based betshop players. BetConstruct will now enable players to place individual bets…

Penn Entertainment announced Tuesday that it has committed $75,000 over five years to the Reading Hospital Foundation. The donation from the Penn Entertainment Foundation supports Street Medicine and Gwen’s Closet, two programs that are improving the quality of care provided to both patients and underserved communities in Berks County, Pennsylvania. “We are proud to partner with the Reading Hospital in support of these critically important programs to help those in need in our community,” said Eric Schippers, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for Penn Entertainment and Chair of the Penn Entertainment Foundation. “Located in close proximity to our corporate headquarters,…

The Fontainebleau will finally open it’s Las Vegas resort this December, if all goes according to plan. And since this particular hotel and casino has been “under construction” since 2007, it had better be one helluva grand opening! It sits on the 24 acres previously occupied by El Rancho and the Algiers. Billions of dollars have been invested into this property, which has changed hands a few times over the years. Now, the 67-story Fontainebleau is preparing to welcome guests to their 3,600 rooms and 420 suites, as well as their 56,000 square-foot spa and salon, and the 14,000 square-foot…