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Twin River Worldwide Holdings Incorporated grows its casino portfolio

July 3, 2020

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi, Missouri

American casino operator Twin River Worldwide Holdings Incorporated has announced that its estate now encompasses nine venues following the official acquisition of a brace of riverboat properties from compatrio...

Coronavirus-related June comedown for Paradise Company Limited

Adam Morgan

July 3, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, South Korea

South Korean casino operator Paradise Company Limited has reportedly released its financial results for June showing that it had experienced a decrease of 80.8% year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues ...

Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment unveils logo for new Las Vegas endeavor

Adam Morgan

July 3, 2020

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment has officially unveiled the logo for the new casino it will be operating inside the coming Virgin Hotels Las Vegas venue while additionally revealing the identities of two of th...

William Hill unveils plan to merge online and retail divisions

Adam Morgan

July 2, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, United Kingdom

Giant British bookmaker William Hill has reportedly announced that it will be merging its online and retail divisions and putting the current boss of the former, Phil Walker, in charge of the newly-combined ope...

United Kingdom’s gambling landscape criticized by House of Lords committee

Adam Morgan

July 2, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Lottery, Online Gambling News, Licensing, United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom and a House of Lords committee has reportedly called on the government to officially implement a string of radical changes to the nation’s gambling landscape including one that would place...

Far East Consortium International Limited records European success

Adam Morgan

July 2, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Hong Kong, Economy/Finance, Czech Republic, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Asian hospitality and property development conglomerate Far East Consortium International Limited has reportedly announced that its revenues from gaming for the twelve months to the end of March rose by 4.6% ye...

Macau records lacklustre June aggregated gross gaming revenues

Adam Morgan

July 1, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Macau

The 39 casinos in Macau reportedly saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for June drop by almost 97% year-on-year to just over $89.69 million due in large part to the impact of ongoing coronavirus-related ...

Chicago casino legislation gets gubernatorial consent

Adam Morgan

July 1, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Taxation, Illinois

Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker reportedly put his signature to legislation yesterday that will allow the city of Chicago to host a casino complete with slots and a wide range of gaming tables. Accordi...

Indoor smoking and drinking bans for re-opening Atlantic City casinos

Adam Morgan

June 30, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, New Jersey

In New Jersey and American casino operator MGM Resorts International has reportedly postponed the re-opening of its Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa after the eastern state opted to institute interim indoor smoking...

Serious ultimatum for Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited

Adam Morgan

June 30, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Saipan, Licenses, Labor Relations, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the firm behind the under-construction Imperial Palace Saipan has reportedly been told that it will lose its casino operating license in 15 days if it doe...

Golden Nugget Online Gaming Incorporated set to go public

Adam Morgan

June 29, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In the United States and an entity known as Landcadia Holdings II Incorporated has announced the signing of an agreement that is to see it fully acquire local iGaming operator Golden Nugget Online Gaming Incorp...

Federal anti-trust approval for proposed Caesars/Eldorado merger

Adam Morgan

June 29, 2020

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corporation has announced that the $17.3 billion deal that is to see it merge with counterpart Eldorado Resorts Incorporated has been approved by the Federal Trade...

Coronavirus-related concerns prompting Culinary Workers Union lawsuit

Adam Morgan

June 29, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Labor Relations, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

In southern Nevada and the local branch of the Culinary Workers Union has reportedly announced that it will be filing a lawsuit against ‘major Las Vegas Strip casino companies’ concerning allegations that they ...

Singapore casinos to partially re-open from Wednesday

Adam Morgan

June 29, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Singapore

In Singapore and the casinos within the Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands facilities will reportedly partially re-open for business from Wednesday after being temporarily shuttered on April 7 in respon...

Casinos across Illinois to partially re-open from Wednesday morning

Adam Morgan

June 26, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Illinois

The ten riverboat casinos in the American state of Illinois are reportedly set to re-open from Wednesday morning after being temporarily shuttered some 15 weeks ago owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Accordi...