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A Swedish treasure and thrill seeker won a whopping payout of SEK1.7 million (approx. $202,000) on AvatarUX’s BountyPop slot just four days after the game was released, the iGaming studio revealed late last week. This is the biggest award ever won on an AvatarUX slot since the game developer was founded in 2018. BountyPop is

Online casino operator Videoslots is set to soon boost its slots offering with content from recently launched games studio Arcadem, news emerged Friday. Under a deal between the operator and the slots maker, Videoslots will first add Arcadem’s Evil Elf: The Night Before Christmas title to its existing games offering. The iGaming operation is set

The long-called-for review of UK’s gambling law is set to be launched next week and to include proposals for tougher regulations in nearly all areas of the nation’s £14.5 billion gambling industry. The Guardian reported Friday that the review is expected to begin as soon as Monday, December 7, with an initial call for evidence.

New poker experiences, jungle excitement, and adventures into the world of espionage – this is just a little bit of what Microgaming has in its December bag of gifts for fans of its online casino content. And the first game listed in the company’s December line-up of new releases was launched on the first day

Online gaming content supplier and aggregator Relax Gaming has added a new partner to its Powered By Relax program for commercially independent casino games makers as the latest milestone in a continued growth for the company. Relax has teamed up with 1X2 Network in a deal that will provide the former’s ever-growing distribution network with

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc. announced Tuesday that it would offload the Belle of Baton Rouge riverboat casino from its portfolio of properties. The company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Baton Rouge, Louisiana gambling venue to CQ Holding Company, Inc. (Casino Queen) for an undisclosed amount. Caesars had a 15-year lease

Online gambling content and technology provider Playtech this week announced a new important commercial partnership as it looks to provide its products with exposure to a wider gambling audience. The company revealed that it has teamed up with Casumo to roll out its Casino and Live Casino titles across the Malta-headquartered online gambling operator’s brands

Online casino games maker and supplier of content for the iGaming industry Push Gaming has expanded its presence through a recent supply deal with EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine integration platform. The deal has seen Push Gaming integrate its titles with CasinoEngine. The games are set to soon become available across several EveryMatrix operator partners. Push Gaming said

Canada’s federal government is making moves to legalize single-event betting as the practice is heating up in neighboring US and as the nation’s gambling industry is grappling with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Canadian Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti on Thursday tabled legislation calling for the decriminalization of single-event sports betting in

Finland’s state-run gambling monopoly, Veikkaus, said Thursday that it would temporarily close gaming arcades and slot machines in a number of areas around the Scandinavian nation to help curb the advance of Covid-19. The gambling operator has begun closing gaming arcades and taking machines offline, and expects to be done by Saturday at the latest.

Online casino and sportsbook platform provider Soft2Bet has just unveiled its newest online casino brand that has joined its ever-growing portfolio of operations. Themed around zombies, the new Casombie brand is ready to treat its players to a vast array of online casino games from leading third-party content suppliers. Players are welcomed by a high-quality

Online casino games developer and supplier Wazdan is set to expand into the Spanish iGaming market after its content has received full certification from Spain’s gambling regulator, Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ). Following the certification, the company will now be able to deliver its popular slots and new releases to locally licensed online

Neither temporary, nor full-fledged casinos are likely to open in Virginia before April 2022, Kevin Hall, Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery, told state lawmakers last week during a Zoom conference. Casino and hospitality operator Hard Rock International previously revealed plans to build and open a temporary casino in Bristol while its main casino complex

Two sports betting operators have been hit with fines by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission over similar violations of the state’s self-exclusion gambling rules, Radio Iowa reported Monday. Brian Ohorilko, administrator of the state racing and gambling regulator, said that PointsBet and Betfred were the two operators to have been slapped with penalties by

Online casino games developer and supplier Red Tiger has strengthened its foothold in the Danish iGaming market through a partnership with Tivoli Casino, the online gaming operation of one of Denmark’s most iconic entertainment brands. Named after the Tivoli Gardens theme park located in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen, Tivoli Casino is operated by Danske Spil, the

Billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta is bringing the Golden Nugget brand to Illinois as the state’s gambling market is in the middle of its biggest transformation in many years. Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG), an online gambling company that is part of Mr. Fetitta’s gaming and hospitality empire, announced Thursday that it has teamed up with

Costa Rica-based online poker operator Winning Poker Network, WPN, has had to buy millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin every day for several weeks now as more and more players have been requesting Bitcoin payouts when cashing out their winnings. This reflects Bitcoin’s recent price rally that saw the cryptocurrency soar past $18,000 earlier this

Wind Creek Hospitality this week launched its first-ever retail sportsbook through a partnership with Betfred USA Sports, the US division of British bookmaker Betfred, that the casino operator signed early this year. The Betfred Sports betting facility had a soft opening this past Wednesday at Wind Creek’s Wind Creek Bethlehem casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The

Online casino games maker Red Tiger has made its US debut with the recent launch of a selection of its content in Pennsylvania. Red Tiger’s rollout in the Keystone State was supported by NetEnt’s license in the state, which the latter company obtained in the spring of 2019. Red Tiger became part of the larger

The Cordish Companies held Tuesday a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the soft-opening of the $150-million Live! Casino Pittsburgh, the first of two Live!-branded casinos the real estate developer and casino operator plans to launch in Pennsylvania. The Tuesday ceremony marked the new casino’s soft opening. A grand opening ceremony is scheduled for November 24, 2020