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MGM scores home run with Boston Red Sox casino sponsorship deal

March 10, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, MLB, Mobile gaming, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Massachusetts

The first team sponsorship deal between a casino and sportsbook operator and a Major League Baseball (MLB) team is in the books after MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) on Friday, March 8, 2019, announced a m...

MGM Resorts the new owner of Empire City Casino in New York

K Morrison

January 31, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Horse Racing, Casino News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, New York

The Rooney family, known especially for their ownership of one of the NFL's wealthiest franchises, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the oldest franchise in the AFC and winner of six Super Bowl titles, no longer owns Em...

MGM Resorts appoints Keith Meister to Board of Directors

K Morrison

January 21, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Employment & Careers

Las Vegas-based global hospitality and entertainment company, MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), recently added a member to its Board of Directors. The appointment of Keith A. Meister (pictured), Chief Inve...

Former Nevada Gov. Sandoval joins MGM Resorts as head of global gaming

K Morrison

January 9, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Employment & Careers, Nevada

Las Vegas-based global hospitality and entertainment company, MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), has announced that Nevada's former governor, Brian Sandoval (pictured), will join the 33-year-old company as ...

MGM 2020 initiative launched by MGM Resorts International

Adam Morgan

January 4, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Economy/Finance

After recently seeing the value of its shares hit a two-year low, global casino operator MGM Resorts International has announced the launch of a new strategy that it hopes will reduce costs and improve efficien...

MGM Resorts International hits a home run with MLB partnership

Adam Morgan

November 30, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., MLB, Technology, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

After last month inking a multi-year data sharing agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL), American casino operator MGM Resorts International has now announced the signing of a similar deal with Major L...

MGM Resorts International inks multi-year NHL partnership

Adam Morgan

October 30, 2018

NHL, Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Technology, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

American casino operator MGM Resorts International held a press conference yesterday where it announced that it had signed a multi-year agreement that is to see it serve as the first official sportsbetting part...

Adam Greenblatt appointed to lead MGM GVC Interactive LLC

Adam Morgan

October 25, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Employment & Careers, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

American casino giant, MGM Resorts International, has announced that Adam Greenblatt (pictured) has been appointed to lead its recently-established joint venture with British iGaming operator, GVC Holdings. ...

Property of the Year prize awarded to Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa

Adam Morgan

October 10, 2018

Awards, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Conferences / Trade Shows, New Jersey

American casino operator, MGM Resorts International, has announced that its Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa walked away from the Global Gaming Awards on Monday with the prestigious Property of the Year accolade. ...

MGM Resorts becomes official gaming partner of new American football league

K Morrison

September 12, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Global hospitality and entertainment company, MGM Resorts International (NYSE : MGM), has entered into an exclusive three-year partnership with proposed professional American football league, The Alliance of Am...

Tough second quarter for MGM Resorts International

Adam Morgan

August 3, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Economy/Finance

MGM Resorts International reportedly saw its share price plummet to a 52-week low yesterday after the American casino giant revealed that its net income for the second quarter had fallen by 41% year-on-year to ...

MGM Resorts International agrees NBA data and branding partnership

Adam Morgan

August 1, 2018

NBA, Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Yesterday saw American casino giant MGM Resorts International ink a partnership deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA) only a day after finalizing a related joint venture agreement with British onl...

GVC Holdings shares climb following MGM Resorts International deal

Adam Morgan

July 30, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Shares in online casino and sportsbook operator, GVC Holdings, reportedly hit a record high earlier today on the back of news that the Manx firm had inked a joint venture agreement with American casino giant, M...

Japanese legislators pass casino legalization measure

Adam Morgan

July 23, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Japan

In Japan, Friday reportedly saw the upper house of the nation’s bicameral National Diet ratify the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill, thus paving the way for the opening of up to three large integrated casi...

Foxwoods Resort Casino boss Felix Rappaport dies aged 65

Adam Morgan

June 19, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Employment & Careers, Connecticut

Yesterday saw the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation reveal that the President and Chief Executive Officer for its Foxwoods Resort Casino, Felix Rappaport (pictured), had unexpectedly died at the age of 65. T...