S BC’s Founder and CEO Rasmus Sojmark is encouraging everyone to plan their week very carefully, otherwise they risk missing some of the expert insight that will be shared over the course of the week. He said: “We have almost 300 speakers sharing their ideas, 50 of which are CEOs, covering all aspects of the
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I NTRALOT announced last week its financial results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, prepared in accordance with IFRS. Group Revenue was €168.2m in the first half of the year, EBITDA amounted to €26.7m, while Adjusted EBITDA, to €24.0m. According to the report, North America operations, under Intralot Inc., achieved significant y-o-y growth (Revenue+15.2%,
T he Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) has released its monthly AGEM Index, which increased by 61.16 points in August 2020 to 482.02 points, a 14.5 percent gain from July 2020. Ten of the 13 AGEM Index companies reported stock price increases as global markets continued to trend positively amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The
Many people thought it was a sad inevitability. Not long ago, poker professional Mike Sexton announced a diagnoses of prostate cancer. Today he passed in peace at his home, surrounded by those he loved most. Sexton, 72, was a living poker legend, a World Poker Tour commentator, and one of the game’s all-time best ambassadors.
Just south of Las Vegas in Henderson, Boyd Gaming is requesting to keep their Eldorado Casino closed until June of next year. In order to do so, they have asked the Henderson City Council to place their licenses in non-operational status. Boyd Gaming is requesting to remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to
SiGMA Group is excited to reveal the newly-released agenda for the Americas Digital Conference. The inaugural event is running from 22-24 September, the summit brings well-known faces from the Latin American gaming and tech sector to a series of in-depth debate panels, with content offered in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Following the success of SiGMA-AIBC
I n a move to reignite its decade-long plans to enter casino gaming in New York, Shinnecock Indian Nation announced a a “fully vested” deal with native-gaming giant Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment and developer Tri-State Partners. The tribe also said the U.S. National Indian Gaming Commission this summer approved its tribal gaming ordinance, which outlines the
When the thunder rolls the players win! And they could win a lot playing the Thunder Arrow Jurassic Queen Slot Machine! The Thunder Arrow slot games from Konami Gaming combine three base game themes: The fierce North Queen, the fantastic God of the East, and the game we feature in this review, fiery Jurassic Queen
B eopay, one of Innovative Technology’s (ITL) trading partners in Eastern Europe, is continuing to strengthen its collaboration despite a difficult year shaped by COVID-19. Beopay is a highly specialised company for automated payment systems based in Serbia who provide complete service, support and distribution of ITL validators in Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Following the recent deal that will bring six new William Hill sports betting locations to the Vegas Strip, William Hill now seems to be setting their sights on the US online gambling market. The company is reportedly looking to merge its its American business with the online casino operations of longtime partner Caesars Entertainment. William
A s part of MGM Resorts International’s nationwide downsizing plan, MGM Grand Detroit is reportedly planning to cut about 1,100 jobs because of slow business amid the coronavirus pandemic. MGM Resorts International is reportedly laying off 18,000 of its furloughed workers, effective Tuesday, because of slow business amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Many Las Vegas casinos have re-opened following the Coronavirus shut down. However, several Sin City favorites are still closed, with plans to keep them shuttered until at least June of next year. In online gambling news we also discuss the newest online casino in America… and it’s probably not where you would think! Links to
I ntralot announced on Monday that its U.S. subsidiary “would like to congratulate our partners at the Idaho Lottery on their 2020 state return.” The Lottery announced $55.5 million in total dividends for the fiscal year. Since its inception, the Idaho Lottery, including this year, has now returned over $961.5 million to the People of
West Virginia online gambling is now up and running thanks to the BetMGM casino, operated by both MGM Resorts and GVC Holdings. The new casino is found using a dedicated tab within the BetMGM Sports mobile app. It goes live with 30 titles ranging from Blackjack and Roulette games to a host of slots, including
More than one-quarter of its pre-pandemic U.S. workforce I n light of the slow recovery of some casino markets, MGM Resorts International will be laying off about 18,000 employees, one-quarter of its pre-coronavirus U.S. workforce. The company will continue to pay health-care benefits through the end of September and anyone recalled to work by December
I NTRALOT, one of the leading gaming industry providers, partners of lotteries worldwide and sports betting operators, saw no disruption in the business (in terms of the ability of the company to serve its customers) since the pandemic outbreak, and focused on diversifying its portfolio first, according to its Group CEO Chris Dimitriadis. The company
A couple in Florida have been arrested on charges related to online gambling. The two face over 300 counts of illegally setting up, promoting and/or conducting a lottery online… even though no online lottery site ever existed. Apparently, the man and woman joined a Facebook group called Lavish Life Bingo. Somehow, they duped people into
The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved a number of locations for William Hill sports books at casinos on the Vegas Strip. William Hill will soon begin operating sports books at The Cosmopolitan, the Silverton, and both The Venetian and Palazzo. The Palms and Tropicana sports books also were part of the deal but those properties
SiGMA Group has announced the postponement of its Europe summit, which was planned to be held in Malta on 17-19 November 2020. The SiGMA Europe Summit show will now open its doors early next year in February, running from the 16-18th, making it the first event to headline the 2021 gaming calendar. The decision, which was
S an Manuel Casino did not bring back the game immediately after it reopened on June 15 from its roughly three-month coronavirus closure in June. According to the casino’s website, roulette returned to the gaming floor and in its high-limit rooms, but with changes that included plastic barriers between dealers and players and only two