Online payment services company Pay4Fun announced that it has been awarded the Great Places to Work (GPTW) seal, recognizing the best organizations to work for. The company obtained 96 approval points in its evaluation, surpassing the financial market average of 89 points. In an official statement, Pay4Fun said that ‘the GPTW recognition is an important indicator
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HIPTHER Agency announced that the online voting session for the Baltic & Scandinavian Gaming Awards 2024 is now open. The BSG Awards recognize gaming and tech companies’ achievements in the Baltic and Nordic regions and are held annually under HIPTHER’s Baltics conference series MARE BALTICUM Gaming & TECH Summit. The online voting session for the BSG
Maryland’s hopes for legalizing and regulating online casinos in 2024 have ended as efforts to advance the bill through the Senate faltered. Despite gaining traction in the House and progressing to the Senate in the previous month, the bill encountered staunch opposition in the upper chamber amid a lack of interest among senators. The resistance
Golden Matrix Group has finalized the acquisition of the MeridianBet Group and its related companies. The purchase, which involved a combination of cash, debt, and stock transactions, was approved by Golden Matrix’s Board of Directors and shareholders at a special meeting held on March 19, 2024. The combination of the two companies’ business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer
The Tonto Apache Tribe, owner of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, has forged a strategic alliance with Fanatics Betting and Gaming to introduce its online sports betting platform, Fanatics Sportsbook, in Arizona. With the recent launch of the online Fanatics Sportsbook in the state, sports bettors residing in and visiting Arizona can now access the platform via
Caesars Entertainment‘s Mississippi sportsbook app is now accepting mobile bets at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi. To use the app, bettors aged 21 and above must be physically present at Harrah’s Gulf Coast to place their wagers, ensuring compliance with Mississippi gaming regulations. The launch complements the on-premise Caesars Sportsbook location, which accepted its first
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has written to officially extend its full endorsement of SiGMA Asia’s upcoming 2024 Manila show. The event, which follows last year’s successful debut, takes place at the SMX Convention Centre, in Pasay, Manila from the 3rd to 5th June. In its letter, the corporation said it recognizes “the
Lithuania’s oldest land-based casino operator, the Nese group, has entered the iGaming and sportsbook market with the launch of Twinsbet, a new brand with a focus on sports sponsorships. The brand new company has entered into a 3-year long, €7.5 million ($8.04 million) sponsorship deal with the Wolves basketball club and secured the Avia Solutions Group Arena
BetMakers Technology Group has completed its acquisition of RACELAB‘s global assets. Under the deal, BetMakers will pay a total consideration of AUD1.5 million ($978,127) in cash with a clawback of up to AUD500,000 ($326,042) dependent on key customer novation within 30 days. According to a press release, the move adds leading race form, preview, and statistics technology
The Thai government is making progress toward the legalization of integrated resorts (IRs) with casinos, as the cabinet endorsed a special House committee report advocating for this move. The Ministry of Finance has been given 30 days to conduct an additional feasibility study. This development, reported by The Bangkok Post, marks a step forward in
Casinos are always fun on the surface. It’s a place of real entertainment that gives everyone a chance of quick fortune. However, some casino tactics mean that not everyone will go home with good stories to share. Unfortunately, losing money is a common occurrence in casinos. That’s why everyone must remember to gamble only an
The numbers are in for New York sports betting in 2023, and they do not disappoint. Players in the state wagered more than $19.6 billion on sporting events last year, which translated to almost $1.8 billion in revenue. During the 12-month period ending on March 31st, total wagers in the Empire State surged by almost
The Swinomish Casino and Lodge in Anacortes, Washington has announced that it will remain closed until further notice, owing to a cybersecurity incident. On Wednesday, the casino posted the following message on its website: “We are investigating a cybersecurity incident that has affected our operations.The casinos and restaurants on our property are all temporarily closed.
Detroit’s three casinos – MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown – reported $123.86 million in monthly aggregate revenue (AGR) for March 2024. Of the total, $122.26 million was generated from table games and slots, and $1.6 million from retail sports betting. The figures show the casinos have posted their best March since 2019 and their best
iGB Affiliate organizers announced that the expo has been rated among the best live events found across any industry sector globally, as revealed by Explori, an independent research agency that works with over 7,000 events and conferences around the world. The post-show research report stated that 93% of visitors to iGB Affiliate 2024 said they
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are advancing plans to construct Tri-Cities’ inaugural tribal casino. The proposed endeavor enters now a pivotal phase in the federal approval process. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), tasked with reviewing the Colville proposal, has scheduled a virtual public meeting on April 24 at 6 p.m. to gather
Irish sports betting giant Flutter Entertainment plans to open new offices for one of its subsidiaries in New York’s Flatiron District. The company has signed a 12-year lease for 35,898 square feet across the entire 23rd floor of the recently built One Madison Avenue office building, according to an announcement from SL Green Realty. The
BlueBet Holdingshas entered a binding asset sale agreement to acquire the Betr wagering business. BlueBet will issue approximately 265.4 million fully paid shares to Betr shareholders, which equates to around 56.9% of BlueBet’s current shares. The merger is expected to triple BlueBet’s customers under 35 and provide Betr with better technology. On Wednesday, BlueBet requested a trading
The Supreme Court (TS) of Spain has nullified several articles of a royal decree pertaining to the commercial communication of gambling, which seeks to limit online betting advertising, citing concerns that certain limitations or prohibitions outlined in the regulatory framework lack adequate legal justification. Specifically, the High Court has annulled Articles 13 (sections 1 and
Lawmakers in Macau have introduced a provision concerning the “termination of the qualification of the concessionaire to engage in gaming credit activities” in the final version of the new law on gaming credit. According to the Second Standing Committee, the new law empowers the Chief Executive to revoke a concessionaire’s eligibility to issue credit to