A prominent Ontario-based casino and sports betting operator, NorthStar Gaming Holdings Inc., announced that its NorthStarBets.com platform launched in Ontario in May 2022 will now bring the live casino and sports wagering experience across the entire Canadian territory. Commenting on the plans, Michael Moskowitz, Chair and CEO of NorthStar Gaming, said: “We are thrilled to
Month: October 2023
On Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 the Los Angeles Rams traded their 4th – year wide receiver, Van Jefferson, to the Atlanta Falcons in this mid – season NFL blockbuster trade agreement. As part of this new trade, the Atlanta Falcons are sending the Los Angeles Rams a 2025 6th – round NFL draft pick in
Tim Miller, Executive Director of the GB Gambling Commission, spoke at the Global Gaming Expo on October 10. His main point of discussion was the urge for collaboration between regulators from all over the world. Collaboration is required, as Miller claims, because the customers need to feel safe, and illegal gambling has to be reduced
Play’n GO, a leading Swedish-based iGaming supplier, has officially launched Raging Rex 3, the sequel to the original hit, Raging Rex, a dinosaur-themed slot that once again features the already widely-known angry reptile. The new video slot joins a pair of recently released trademarked installments to player-favorite franchises. the aforementioned Raging Rex, Raging Rex 2,
A federal lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in Nevada, alleging that the former top executive of Resorts World Las Vegas turned a blind eye to information regarding felons engaging in illegal gambling at the casino. In a lawsuit filed on Monday by California attorney Marshall Cole, Robert “RJ” Cipriani seeks unspecified
Colorado has awarded Novig, a sports betting exchange, one of the state’s sports betting operator licenses. The betting exchange, a relatively rare proposition in the US market, becomes the first of its kind to be awarded a license in the state. To adapt to Colorado’s current regulations, which do not permit sports betting exchanges, Novig will
Online sports betting operations are rapidly growing in the state of New York to funnel a rising level of tax revenues and simultaneously record the increased number of problem gaming cases. As reported, online sports wagering has grown by 51% in the fiscal year 2022-2023 to generate $727 million in tax revenues and a 26%
The works on the reconstruction of the Waterfront Manila Hotel and Casino complex are ongoing, and the first phase is expected to be completed in the middle of the next year. Back in 2018, the property was seriously damaged by the fire, so the reconstruction was much needed. Renovations after the fire: The information was
An additional number of NFL-themed slots were revealed at the yearly Global Gaming Expo (G2E), which took place in Las Vegas from October 9-12. Additionally, 25,000 global gaming operators and manufacturers came to the Las Vegas Strip just for this event to showcase their latest innovations and products and find new products to add to
Following the launch of the keynote sessions program on Monday and the opening of the exhibition floor on Tuesday, the third day of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), running through Thursday in Las Vegas, put sports betting at the forefront. Leading executives of the vertical took The Venetian’s main stage to discuss the state of
The Cordish Companies’ Sports and Social Bethesda celebrated the opening of a new FanDuel in-person sportsbook on September 7th, the date that marked the commencement of the National Football League (NFL) season. According to The Maryland Daily Record, the official ribbon-cutting ceremony featured ceremonial commentary from FanDuel Vice President of Retail Operations Jeff Lowich; and
A notable 86% of players turn off iGaming sites due to an onslaught of excessive or irrelevant emails, texts, and push notifications, reveals the 2023 Optimove iGaming Survey. According to the Report of Players’ Preferences in iGaming Marketing, released at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas, players are exhausted by marketing fatigue. Nearly one-third of
Gaming and sports betting technology company Elys Game Technology is boosting its presence in the Washington, D.C. sports betting market through the opening of a third sportsbook venue in the US capital, the Grand Central Sportsbook on H Street. Located at 625D H Street NE in Washington, D.C., this new venture builds on the success of the
iGaming content provider BGaming has announced a partnership with Serbian operator Maxbet to integrate its games portfolio on the platform. According to the slot studio, this agreement will help consolidate BGaming’s presence in the Serbian market, where Maxbet has operated for the past 30 years. Under the agreement, BGaming will deliver more than 100 games optimized for
iGaming software and business solutions provider Slotegrator has partnered with live casino provider Enjoy Gaming, opening the studio’s titles for integration via Slotegrator’s game content integration solution APIgrator. Enjoy Gaming’s portfolio includes 4 prerecorded, RNG-based roulette games of 2 types, hosted by 4 dealers: 2 games of classic European roulette, called “Kyiv Pros Roulette,” and 2
October 12, 2023 The Cyprus stop of the PokerStars European Poker Tour is officially underway, and cards are already in the air for the $10,200 Mystery Bounty and $1,100 Eureka Main Event (which you can follow in PokerNews live reporting blog). The excitement is already building towards the $5,300 Main Event, and PokerStars have now
International Game Technology (IGT) announced on Thursday that its IGT Global Solutions Corporation has signed a contract amendment for a seven-year extension with the California Lottery, the second-largest lottery in the U.S., to continue as its primary lottery technology provider. The contract amendment is expected to run through October 2033, and it includes an additional
October 12, 2023 Real-Time Assistance (RTA) is a topic that is becoming increasingly more discussed within the poker community, and PokerNews is here to give you a brief explainer of what the term poker RTA means, how it works, and how players are supposedly using it at the highest levels of poker to cheat their
October 12, 2023 Are you ready for an exhilarating week of poker action in one of the world’s most iconic poker cities? PartyPoker invites you to the MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival, happening from October 31 to November 5. Brace yourself for a chance to win a share of a staggering €1 million in combined guarantees.
October 12, 2023 The World Poker Tour (WPT), in collaboration with TexaPoker, has announced three WPT Prime stops in France and Italy as part of its upcoming 2024 season. WPT Prime Aix-en-Provence, Sanremo, and Paris are all confirmed after successful debuts during 2023. Although it is only natural that big buy-in tournaments grab the attention