City of Dreams Mediterranean officially opened for business this week after five years of planning, building, and outfitting guests for the high-end adventure of a lifetime in Europe’s largest and only integrated casino resort. The sheer mass and design elements of the building seem to indicate it would be visible from several miles away with a ...
New Toronto Casino, Ontario iGaming Stifling First Nations Ops Like Great Blue Heron – Seeks Better Deal
According to a report on CTV National News, the owners of the Great Blue Heron Casino, the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN), north of Toronto, believe they got a raw deal from the government with the launch of iGaming in Ontario and new land-based operations in the area. The Great Blue Heron ...
Seminole Tribe, DeSantis Win Florida Sports Bet Ruling
An error by a federal judge soon after sportsbooks launched in Florida lawmakers on the budget committee along with recipients of state funding as well as Gov. Ron DeSantis have scored a rather large victory in court – worth at least $2.5 billion and as much as $6b by some estimates. A three-judge panel on the ...
AC News: 5-Year iGaming Lease on Life, Borgata Turns 20, Indoor Waterpark Delays Opening
In news from Atlantic City, New Jersey we’ll explore a potential new 5-year authorization to continue online gambling at casinos located in the seaside resort city on the Jersey Shore. We’ll take a look at a 20-years-young casino that has consistently led the market in footfall and table-take, internet gaming, and innovation. And finally, we’ll ...
Australian Inquiry Suggests Federal iGaming Regulation, Complete Ban on all Gambling Ads
The government of Australia looks poised to ban all gambling advertising across all forms of media if it follows a scathing report compiled from a parliamentary inquiry into the subject. Over 30 recommendations are presented in the report, and several of them are focused on advertising and other ways to protect vulnerable persons. A committee on ...
Rhode Island Becomes 7th US State for Online Gambling – Mere Months from Inception to Passage
Rhode Island will soon have state-sanctioned online casino games just a few short months after the idea was informally introduced. For some background, RI is the smallest state in the US with a land mass of less than 50 miles by 50 miles in any direction. It was the 13th colony and the first to ...
Coney Island Casino Could Create 4,000 Union Jobs – Would They go to Locals?
As the bidding and pitching process for new casinos to win licenses in and around New York City heats up, we’ll be taking a closer look at some of the local potential impacts. Known collectively as the “downstate New York” casino license tender, at least one new casino will open with two other full-fledged ...
Billion Dollar Casino Resort to Open in Ontario as iGaming Suggests Q1 GGR up 350% Y-o-Y
Great Canadian Entertainment has announced that Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto is set to open June 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. local time. The highly anticipated opening, next to Woodbine Racetrack, will open a huge gaming floor of more than 300,000 square feet and all of the Las Vegas-style amenities Canadians have come to ...
Allwyn’s US and UK Acquisition of Camelot Assets Produce 80% Revenue Spike
The 80% is more specifically 81.4% and represents the sum of €1.58bn even with the company’s[ UK results falling nearly 2% to €1.01bn. Explaining the rapid jump in numbers, a company statement read: “In Q1 2023, we completed the acquisitions of Camelot UK, the current operator of the UK National Lottery, and Camelot LS Group, ...
RI Senate Passes Amended iGaming Bill
Lawmakers in the Rhode Island Senate passed a bill allowing the state to open one or more online casinos. The target opening date is January 1, 2024. Gaming would be regulated by the state lottery agency (RILOT) and game servers would be located in one or both of the state’s VLT (video lottery terminal) ...