The Players Lounge

Welcome to The Players Lounge! This is the first section to check for breaking news on new games and new casinos. It's your place to learn about the development behind new titles, where you're likely to find the new games debut, and when your favorite operators plan to launch a new site. Players, operators, and regulators share some common interests in the online gambling sphere and this is another place those interests can overlap. But it is the players' lounge and the focus is on your interests.

Whether it's a new gamification model or promotional features built into games, new tech to make your gameplay more enjoyable, or where you might find your favorite lottery tickets available at an online casino, you'll find it here. You'll also find the latest progressive slots winners and relaunches of old favorite titles.

While most of the subject matter is online-oriented, we'll also let you know if land-based casinos are planning to go online, or if your local regulator plans to change the minimum gambling age. If it's something players need or want to know, you'll find it here.

New Jersey online and retail sportsbooks chalk up surprising May figures

Online and retail sportsbooks in New Jersey reportedly celebrated the end of the eastern state’s third year of legalized sportsbetting in May by posting aggregated handle of $814.3 million. According to a We...

Ohio State Senate passes sportsbetting legalization legislation

In the Midwestern state of Ohio and legislators have reportedly taken the first steps towards the legalization of retail and online sportsbetting as well as the licensing of electronic instant bingo. Accordi...

Microgaming’s Mega Moolah hit for €6.5m; New partnership and director of markets hire also announced

Top-rated software company Microgaming is having busy month. The brand just recently announced its Mega Moolah game was hit for €6.5 million and the company is set up to provide its games portfolio to the new f...

Real Luck Group Limited to promote Luckbox.com with help from Publishme

Isle of Man-based iGaming operator Real Luck Group Limited has announced the signing of a deal that is to see its mobile-friendly domain at Luckbox.com utilize innovations from gaming marketing agency Publishme...

Pragmatic Play powers new “innovative slot” from partner Reel Kingdom: Dragon Hot Hold and Spin

Pragmatic Play has launched what is sure to be another Reel Kingdom hit, Dragon Hot Hold and Spin, enhancing its rapidly growing slots portfolio with the fourth title of the year of the successful partnersh...

Aspire Global inks wide-ranging partnership with soon-to-launch Stake.co.uk

Maltese online casino and sportsbetting platform innovator Aspire Global has announced the signing of a deal that is to see its complete proprietary offering made available to users of the soon-to-launch domain...

TrueLab mixes fruity cocktails Aussie-style in fourth YG Masters effort: Crazy Mix

Independent studio and iGaming provider TrueLab Games is taking us Down Under with its latest addition to the YG Masters series developed through Yggdrasil’s state-of-the-art GATI technology, Crazy Mix, which...

Evolution Gaming Group AB goes live with Gonzo’s Treasure Hunt

Two months after inking a deal to purchase Australian rival Big Time Gaming Proprietary Limited for around $536 million, Swedish online casino games developer Evolution Gaming Group AB has now returned to annou...

Philippines innovator launching a pair of sportsbetting domains

In the Philippines and local sportsbetting firm Jade Entertainment and Gaming Technologies Incorporated has reportedly announced the impending launch of a pair of new websites to target sports wagering aficiona...

Pragmatic Play celebrates successful 1st week of €7,000,000 Drops & Wins promotion; unleashes new Heart of Rio video slot

One of the hardest working content providers in the industry, Pragmatic Play has simultaneously launched its next hit title, Heart of Rio, while also celebrating the first week of its €/£7,000,000 Drops &am...

BetMGM inks Professional Fighters League alliance

In the United States and the BetMGM retail and online sportsbetting brand has announced the signing of a deal that is to see it serve as an authorized gaming operator for the Professional Fighters League mixed ...