Connecticut iGaming and Online Sports Betting Goes Live

Connecticut this morning became the sixth state in the country to launch legal, regulated online gambling. The DraftKings sportsbook at Foxwoods takes in-person bets in late September 2021. Its online sportsbook went live today in Connecticut, along with competitors FanDuel and Rush Street. (Image: AP) As of 6:00 am ET today, October 19, people aged …

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Star Entertainment to Face Public Grilling on Anti-Money Laundering Failures

Australia’s Star Entertainment will face a public inquiry in the state of New South Wales (NSW) into allegations it permitted its Sydney property to be infiltrated by organized crime. New South Wales Police arrest suspected drugs trafficker Mende Rajkoski, formerly the Star Sydney’s biggest slots player. (Image: New South Wales Police Force) The company’s shares …

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Scopely Incorporated signs $1 billion deal to acquire GSN Games Incorporated

American mobile video games developer Scopely Incorporated has reportedly announced the signing of an agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment Incorporated that is to see it purchase social casino counterpart GSN Games Incorporated. According to a source, the cash-and-stock arrangement inked by the Los Angeles-headquartered firm is worth approximately $1 billion and comes some 21 months …

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Bangladesh PM Asks Minister To Take Action After Hindus Targeted: Report

Attacks on Hindu temples have intensified in Bangladesh since last Wednesday after an alleged blasphemous post surfaced on social media during the Durga Puja celebrations. Sheikh Hasina has announced to provide all possible assistance to affected families. (File) Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday instructed her home minister to initiate immediate action against …

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Macau COVID-19 Conditions Improve, Gaming Consultations Rescheduled

Macau’s latest COVID-19 scare has calmed. And that has prompted local government officials into rescheduling several public consultation sessions to discuss the region’s gaming industry. A passenger inside Macau International Airport makes her way through the terminal. Traffic is expected to increase at the air hub following Macau announcing that the most recent uptick in …

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Cleveland Browns’ Nick Chubb Ruled out for Sunday’s Game vs. Arizona Cardinals

On Friday, October 15th, 2021 the Cleveland Browns announced that their NFL Pro Bowl veteran running back, Nick Chubb, has been ruled out for this Sunday’s week 6 match – up against the Arizona Cardinals. Chubb’s absence can be attributed to the calf injury Nick suffered last week in a game against the Los Angeles …

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GAN Limited inks Red Rock Resorts Incorporated alliance for Nevada

Real-money online casino and sportsbetting technologies developer GAN Limited has announced the signing of an agreement that is to see it supply a plethora of iGaming innovations to Red Rock Resorts Incorporated. The Nasdaq-listed firm used an official Friday press release to detail that the arrangement will involve the construction and deployment of an iGaming …

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US Supreme Court to Hear Texas Tribal Gaming Case, Could Impact Claims in Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts

The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could end two tribes’ decades-long fight to exert gaming rights on their sovereign land. A ruling in favor of the tribes will strengthen the claim of any federally recognized Native American group that is restricted from offering gaming by laws that predate the …

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Emerald Bay Resort and Casino opening delayed until the first quarter of 2023

In the Philippines and local casino operator PH Resorts Group Holdings Incorporated has reportedly announced that the first phase of its coming Emerald Bay Resort and Casino development will now not open before the first quarter of 2023. According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the Manila-listed firm is an enterprise of local trading …

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Palms Las Vegas Casino to Focus on Locals, Forthcoming Owner Reveals

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians haven’t yet fully taken ownership of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. But the tribe based in Southern California is already divulging its future plans for the off-Strip property. The Palms Casino Resort, just west of the Las Vegas Strip, will target Nevada locals when it reopens …

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