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Aristocrat’s online Real Money Gaming business Anaxi announced Thursday a strategic partnership with sports betting and online gaming operator BetMGM. Under the terms of the agreement, gaming content from Aristocrat will first be available via BetMGM online casino. Cath Burns, Executive Vice President of Anaxi, said: “We are thrilled to be collaborating with BetMGM as Anaxi reimagines the world’s greatest gaming content online. This is the first content release for Anaxi, and we look forward to continuing to innovate and create online gaming experiences that entertain our partners and players.” Matt Prevost, Chief Revenue Officer, BetMGM, commented: “We are honored to…

 February 17, 2023 The amazingly bad timing of the William Hill Nevada app and kiosks crashing on Super Bowl Sunday was a blow to the company. Not just from a PR perspective, but in a massive loss of betting volume. And now that the app and betting stations are back up and running, it’s going to cost them even more. The Nevada Gaming Control Board is investigating the cause of the outage. It is certainly within their purview to issue a fine… if they felt it was appropriate. Whether or not that happens remains to be seen. But the company…

Caesars Entertainment and SL Green Realty Corp have announced a new Caesars Rewards partnership for local merchants in greater New York City as a part of their pursuit of a gaming license in Times Square.  If Caesars Palace Times Square in Manhattan is selected among the licensees of New York City’s casino race, Caesars Rewards members will be able to use their Rewards Gift Card Network, including participating hotels, restaurants, retailers, comedy clubs, entertainment venues and more across New York.  As part of Caesars and SL Green’s joint bid with Roc Nation to bring casino gaming to Times Square, the…

In the two weeks that sports betting has been legally active in Massachusetts, all three casinos that were approved to take sports wagers have violated the Commonwealth’s ban on in-state collegiate sports betting.  Two casinos – Plainridge Park Casino and Encore Boston Harbor – were found in violation last week. MGM Springfield has now been found to have accepted wagers on two Harvard men’s basketball games, a 57-68 home loss to Yale on February 3, and a 65-68 home loss to Brown on February 4.  The Massachusetts Gaming Commission said the violations, which initially occurred days after the market went…

New York state Sen. Joseph Addabbo introduced on Wednesday bill S4856, which seeks to legalize online casino gaming, including slots, table games, and live dealer games. The bill includes a 30.5% iGaming tax rate. Most states average 15% to 18% for their iGaming tax rates.  Despite the bill’s introduction, it faces an uphill battle for passage. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) did not include iGaming provisions or plans in her recent executive budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024. In her budget proposal, Hochul suggested using downstate casino license fees and tax revenue, already earmarked for education, to fund the MTA in 2026. However, Addabbo…

You just knew this was coming! With gambling expansion still on fire, there was more Super Bowl betting this year in America than at any time in the past. Who’s surprised? Most likely not too many people… but it’s still news, and still nice to hear about. The numbers have been crunched by our good friends at GeoComply, a geolocation company making sure bettors are where they say they are. And according to their numbers there were 100 million bets made om the big game last weekend. That’s 25% more than last year! It may have helped that this year’s…

Atlantic City casino workers pushing for a smoking ban received support from several state lawmakers on Monday at a hearing on a bill that would put an end to indoor smoking at the destination’s nine properties.  Casino employees testified before a state Senate panel in favor of a law that would close a loophole in the state’s 2006 indoor smoking law, which was written specifically to exempt casinos from the ban. Currently, smoking is permitted on 25% of a casino floor in Atlantic City.  Even though no action was taken on the bill, numerous lawmakers supported a ban, calling it…

Blue Star Planet, trading as 10Bet, will pay £620,000 ($742,000) after a UK Gambling Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures, the regulator announced on Thursday. The operator – which runs 10bet.co.uk – will pay the money as part of a settlement with the Commission. The failings were identified following a compliance assessment that was conducted by Commission Officials on June 22-25, 2021. Between November 2019 and June 2021, the company failed to comply with a number of License Conditions and Codes of Practice. — Gambling Commission (@GamRegGB) February 16, 2023 These involve compliance for the prevention of money…

iGaming platform provider and aggregator Soft2Bet announced Thursday that it has secured a key content agreement with games studio AvatarUX. According to the supplier, this new partnership will see the company increase its capabilities for player retention and offer “an enhanced player experience” with the addition of “popular and groundbreaking” game mechanics. The deal will see Soft2Bet add several AvatarUX games to its portfolio, including content that is available and “proven extremely popular in major markets across the globe.” These games will be offered directly to Soft2bet’s network of clientele. Mechanics such as Popwins and Multipop, which have been incorporated into…

On the biggest sports betting day in America, the William Hill app crashed for bettors in the state of Nevada just prior to kickoff. Well, they do say that timing is everything. How could such a thing happen? Were they simply not prepared for such a massive volume of traffic? I mean, William Hill is one of the largest bookmakers in the United Kingdom, so surely they have experienced large spikes to their apps before. And they’ve been in Nevada for several years… even before the US sports betting revolution. So surely they knew what was coming. So, some players…

Gaming provider Euro Games Technology announced Wednesday it will provide assistance to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. Seismic activity registered in both countries on February 6 has left a death toll of 35,000 people, while rescuing efforts continue in the area.  EGT will thus join humanitarian aid efforts from other companies by sending essential goods, and will also provide sleeping bags for extremely cold temperatures. Vladimir Dokov, CEO of EGT, commented: “Unfortunately, the earthquake in Turkey and Syria is another natural disaster with devastating consequences. At such times, the most natural thing to do is to help. That is why…

Managers of Genting Casino have announced the closure of the chain’s venue within The Cornerhouse in Nottingham, England, citing “commercial considerations.” In a statement, a spokesman for the Birmingham-headquartered casino chain explained the decision followed a 30-day consultation process with all staff at the Nottingham casino. “We have explored all avenues and come to the decision that we will be closing the Nottingham casino due to current commercial considerations,” they said, as per Nottingham Post. “Genting has a duty of care to all our employees and we will be supporting our staff accordingly as we have done through the consultation review.” Genting…

Gaming technology company Lottery.com has appointed Mark Gustavson as its new Chief Executive and principal executive officer. He officially assumed responsibilities on February 1 and will also serve as the business’ principal financial and accounting officer until a replacement is found.  Gustavson replaces Sohail Quraeshi, who was appointed CEO full-time in November after being brought in on an interim basis in October. Gustavson, age 54, has 17 years of business development, transactional, alliance management, finance, operational, company formation, and IP experience with emerging businesses, notes Lottery.com. During his career, he acquired extensive experience in the integration of business disciplines, with an…

This week’s gaming and casino news comes from the floor of the International Casino Expo in London, England. Discussion centers around several US gambling news stories, from the launch of sports betting in Massachusetts, to the proposition of esports betting in Pennsylvania, to the push for online casinos in Maryland! Hello friends, Jay Todd here on the floor of the International Casino Expo, or ICE as they call it. Arguably the biggest gathering of gambling professionals in the world. There’s about 35,000 people here from 70 countries from all over the world that have booths  and are displaying their products.…

Atlantic City casinos are to “pay their fair share” in taxes, according to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, who assured the state will see it happen as his administration continues its court fight to uphold a 2021 law that cut the industry’s local tax burden by millions.  The changes to the casinos’ payment-in-lieu-of-property tax system resulted in the industry paying $55 million less in 2022 than it would have if the law had stayed the same.  The Governor’s comments came during the February 2 episode of WNYC public radio’s Ask Governor Murphy program. Asked by senior WNYC reporter Nancy Solomon…

Betty, a New York-headquartered entertainment company operating on the intersection of real money online casino and casual mobile gaming, announced Tuesday it has raised a $5 million seed round led by Karlani Capital.  Participants in the round also include CEAS Investments, Courtside Ventures, Gaingels, OCA Ventures Subversive Capital, and 305 Ventures. Betty had previously raised a $1.8 million pre-seed in March 2022. The company says it has identified a large audience of casual iCasino customers, particularly women slot players, who are “underserved” by existing brands which, at their core, are sportsbooks.  “Betty’s mission is to maximize the entertainment value of…