Sara Contreras

Over a hundred Los Angeles-area cardroom workers and their supporters assembled in Fullerton on December 6 to officially protest a legislation they worry could spur a loss of income and jobs for their area of work. Reason for the rally: The protest was organized just in front of the office of Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman, whose Senate Bill 549, also known as the Tribal Declaratory Relief Act of 2023, rekindled a conflict ... Read more

The NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC) imposed a new six-month deadline to the Australian casino giant Star Entertainment to regain the gambling license for its gaming operations in Sydney. Otherwise, the operator may reportedly face permanent closures of its gaming floors in the capital of the New South Wales province. Six-Month Deadline: As Financial Review reports, the regulator’s warning alleges the Star’s failure to ... Read more

Eagle1 Acquisitions Corp., LLC, supports the legalization of sports betting in California. However, the company submitted the amendments to the Attorney General about the Sports Wagering Regulation and Tribal Gaming Protection Act.  The amendments: When tribal leaders, out-of-state operators, regulators, and other involved parties, including stakeholders, gave their suggestions and feedback about the regulations, Eagle1 ... Read more

Work on ground preparation has now officially started for the planned Osaka’s integrated resort (IR) which is slated to be cited right beside the Osaka’s expo site. However, this step forward is masked by issues that were already the cause of delaying the construction of foreign pavilion for the 2025 expo. New problems: The aforementioned work on the man-made island located in Osaka Bay, Yumeshima, started approximately less ... Read more

The Durango Casino resort was finally opened on Tuesday, December 5th, as previously announced. However, the opening came 15 years after the company’s last development, and it was delayed several times. The tough path to success: After the $780 million resort opened, its owner, Red Rock Resorts, is looking for further expansion in several new locations across the Las Vegas Valley. However, Scott Kreeger, the President of the ... Read more

Pariplay®, a well-known division of NeoGames S.A., has entered into a partnership with ZEAL, a flagship online lottery operator based in Germany. The agreement includes the official integration of Wizard Games’, Pariplay®’s in-house studio, feature-packed content on the ZEAL platform. Entering a new market: With this partnership, Pariplay® hopes to enter Germany and to introduce its brand-new content to a new audience. ... Read more

Thunderkick, an established online slot and remote gaming server (RGS) provider, has released the Hellapeños slot game to offer yet another innovative development to its faithful gaming community. The thrilling game play and an array of innovative features designed to ensure the undisturbed player’s journey through exciting game sections are set to make the new slot release an inevitable gaming destination of the provider’s ... Read more

The 2024 Super Bowl event will be held at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on 11 February 2024. As the countdown to what the media already refer to as the biggest “Big Game” in NFL history begins, the NFL officials list the features and figures making the upcoming event spectacular and qualified for the potential best-of-all-times NFL event title. Super Bowl Buzz: As Las Vegas Review-Journal (LVRJ) reports, a series of Super ... Read more

ELK Studios, a specialist developer of real money casino games based in Stockholm, Sweden, has officially released Dam Beavers, a beaver-themed slot featuring dancing beavers as the main protagonists of this remarkable game. Disco surprise: This exquisite slot entices players to dive into the forest realm and meet beavers who love to dance and host the best disco parties on their side of the river. However, they may only ... Read more

Leading Danish online casino and betting service provider association, Spillebranchen, has announced the inclusion of renowned game suppliers Playtech and Evolution Gaming in the group’s membership. According to the association, the addition of the leading suppliers to the iGaming industry is a testimony about the Spillebranchen’s commitment to cover a wider array of the gambling industry shareholders to be able to represent ... Read more

The global online casino and sports book operator 888 Holdings has reportedly rejected the acquisition bid from the Playtech PLC, the software development company delivering solutions to the iGaming industry. As reported, Playtech submitted a £700 million (around $883 million) bid to take over the operations of 888 Holdings in the summer of 2023 but the operator rejected the bid. Rejecting the $883 Million Bid: According to ... Read more

The renowned provider 1×2 Network partnered with Livespins to deliver its unique content to a range of new players. The company’s studios, 1X2Gaming, Iron Dog Studio, Prospect Gaming, and AD LUNAM, will provide the streaming platform with a range of new products. Social live streaming on the new level: Livespins is a social live-streaming platform that is very popular in the industry. It allows its users to bet behind various ... Read more

The visitors of the Barona Resort & Casino from San Diego, California, will be happy to hear that they will be able to enjoy various kinds of entertainment on triple-stacked screens. Advanced unique screen: Thanks to the partnership with Konami Gaming, Inc., the big-screen slot machine which will be available in this award-winning casino. This will be the first time in history that a casino outside Nevada features this ... Read more

Industry analysts stay puzzled by the descending trajectory of gaming shares in Macau, which this month, or December, officially fell to their worst levels so far in 2023. In addition, neither the income nor the money that has returned to the levels before COVID-19 pandemic that have occurred since Macau decided to make itself available for foreign visits on January 8, have not helped the situation. Unexpected twist: In an ... Read more

Employees at the MGM Grand Detroit officially voted to approve the latest contract with their employer, an act that ended a strike that lasted 47 days. Approval: Employees at the mentioned casino are members of the Detroit Casino Council union, which formally represents almost 4,000 workers of the city’s 3 casinos. In addition, their December 2nd validation of a 5-year contract occurred weeks following an event in which ... Read more