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DraftKings Incorporated float creates an instant billionaire

May 19, 2020

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Last month’s reverse merger of American online sports wagering innovator DraftKings Incorporated with iGaming technologies firm SBTech Malta Limited has reportedly transformed the founder of the latter firm int...

Genting Malaysia Berhad resolves lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company

Adam Morgan

July 27, 2019

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Asian casino operator Genting Malaysia Berhad has reportedly announced that it has reached a settlement that has ‘fully resolved’ the $1 billion lawsuit it filed against The Walt Disney Company late last year. ...

DraftKings Incorporated stake for The Walt Disney Company

Adam Morgan

May 21, 2019

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Despite its perceived long-standing antagonism towards gambling, it would reportedly seem that The Walt Disney Company now controls a stake in daily fantasy sports and online sportsbetting firm, DraftKings Inco...

Fox Corporation to enter the American online sportsbetting market

Adam Morgan

May 10, 2019

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American television broadcasting giant, Fox Corporation, has reportedly agreed a deal that is to see it spend around $236 million in order to acquire a 4.99% stake in prominent online casino and sportsbetting o...

The Walt Disney Company to maintain sportsbetting antipathy

Adam Morgan

February 11, 2019

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In the United States, the boss for The Walt Disney Company has reportedly announced that his firm will not be getting involved in the nation’s nascent sportsbetting industry because to do so would run counter t...

Genting Malaysia Berhad facing countersuit in California

Adam Morgan

January 25, 2019

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After initiating a $1.75 billion legal action against the newly-purchased Twenty-First Century Fox Incorporated subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company in November, Asian casino operator, Genting Malaysia Berhad,...

Genting Malaysia Berhad launches $1 billion lawsuit

Adam Morgan

November 28, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Casino project updates, Malaysia, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Asian casino operator, Genting Malaysia Berhad, has reportedly filed a lawsuit in California against The Walt Disney Company and its new Twenty First Century Fox Incorporated subsidiary seeking at least $1 bill...

Wynn Resorts Limited appoints trio of women to its Board of Directors

Adam Morgan

April 19, 2018

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Still hurting from the February resignation of its Chief Executive Officer, Steve Wynn, amid numerous allegations of sexual misconduct and American casino operator Wynn Resorts Limited has announced the appoint...

Expanded gambling ballot initiative may be put before Florida voters

Adam Morgan

January 19, 2018

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

In Florida, a group opposed to the expansion of gambling has reportedly announced that it has collected enough signatures to have a special ballot initiative placed before voters at the southern state’s next mi...