Following the completion of a comprehensive strategic review into its business and American land-based and iGaming behemoth Scientific Games Corporation has announced that it will be divesting its lottery and sportsbetting businesses. The Las Vegas-headquartered firm used an official Tuesday press release to proclaim that the move is part of a plan ‘to drive long-term sustainable value’ by becoming a ‘content-led growth company with particular focus on digital markets’. The giant moreover stated that the intended divestiture will allow it […]

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A little over two months after agreeing a deal to buy British online casino games developer Red7Mobile Limited for an undisclosed amount and Scientific Games Corporation is set to further expand its digital gaming empire with the acquisition of NYX Gaming Group Limited. Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corporation revealed that it has provisionally agreed to spend approximately $631 million in order to acquire all of the digital games and technology provider’s outstanding shares with the price representing a 112% premium […]

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In New Mexico, the federally-recognized Pojoaque Pueblo has reportedly turned off some 30 slots at its Buffalo Thunder Resort And Casino amid a threat from the administration of Republican governor Susana Martinez to invalidate the licenses of any firms that supply the tribe with machines. According to a report from The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper, the tribe, which also runs the nearby Cities Of Gold Casino, has additionally stopped using card-shuffling machines manufactured by Bally Technologies Incorporated in its […]

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