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Surpassing its 2018 high by more than $10 million, Detroit’s three casinos reported $1.454 billion in record adjusted gross revenue last year, with MotorCity Casino Hotel and MGM Grand Detroit having contributing record years, according to the Michigan Gaming Control Board. In the lead in 2019 with 43 percent of the market share was ...
After a four-year-effort, in December 2019, the state of Michigan finally legalized retail and online sports betting, however, it could take up to a year for the latter to actually launch in the Great Lakes State. According to a Wednesday statement from the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB), while this spring may see sports ...
Authorities in Cambodia have reportedly announced that the Asian nation’s estate of land-based casinos has largely been abiding by new legislation that implemented a total ban on the provision of online gambling. According to reports from Inside Asian Gaming and CalvinAyre.com, the administration of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ratified a measure in August ...
In Macau and health officials have reportedly advised the city’s many casinos to take a variety of measures such as installing body temperature monitors so as to help stop a potential outbreak of ‘viral pneumonia.’ According to a report from GGRAsia, the Thursday caution from the enclave’s Heath Bureau followed the recording of what ...
The 41 casinos in Macau reportedly ended December on a downward note after recording a 13.7% year-on-year decrease in monthly aggregated gross gaming revenues to slightly over $2.84 billion. According to a Wednesday report from GGRAsia citing official information from the city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau regulator, the December figure represented the largest ...
Canadian casino operator Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Limited has announced the details of a one-off restructuring that is to see it merge with special purpose acquisitions firm Leisure Acquisition Corporation and gain a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The Vancouver-headquartered firm used an official Friday press release to declare that the planned ...
Isle of Man-based technology provider, Microgaming, has inked a commercial agreement that has seen its most popular online casino slots go live in Portugal with Estoril Sol Digital’s favored Estoril Sol Casinos online brand (EstorilSolCasinos.pt). The innovative provider’s entry into the southern European country is in keeping with its strategy to continue growing its ...
The trio of large gambling-friendly facilities in the eastern state of Massachusetts reportedly had a dire November despite chalking up aggregated gross gaming revenues of slightly over $78.22 million. According to a Monday report from local television broadcaster WWLP-TV citing official figures from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, the 30-day month represented the second-worst for ...
New Jersey had a great November after its extensive collection of casinos, iGaming sites and sportsbooks chalked up an 18.9% year-on-year increase in aggregated gross gaming revenues to $306 million. According to an official Thursday filing from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (pdf), land-based casinos in Atlantic City saw their slot and ...
In South Korea and a senior official with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) has reportedly announced that the district is hoping to one day play host to a ‘cluster’ of up to seven integrated casino resorts. According to a report from GGRAsia, Nicholas Kim serves as Service Industry Division Project Manager for the ...
In Oklahoma and the leader of the casino-operating Chickasaw Nation has reportedly written to the federal government to advise officials that his tribe would see any state effort to disturb its current gambling operations as ‘an intolerable risk’. According to a report from the Tulsa World newspaper, Bill Anoatubby (pictured) serves as Governor for ...
American casino operator Century Casinos Incorporated has announced that it has received regulatory approval to complete its earlier-agreed purchases of southeastern Missouri’s Lady Luck Caruthersville and Isle Casino Cape Girardeau facilities. The Colorado Springs-headquartered firm used an official Wednesday press release to declare that the acquisitions from fellow casino firm Eldorado Resorts Incorporated have ...
The over 35 casinos in Macau reportedly experienced a disappointing November after chalking up an 8.5% year-on-year decrease in aggregated gross gaming revenues to slightly over $2.83 billion. According to a Sunday report from Inside Asian Gaming citing official figures from the enclave’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the November figure was the year’s ...
The Swedish consumer protection agency has reportedly issued injunctions against a pair of online casinos after determining that they had violated the nation’s gaming regulations by marketing their services to self-excluded players. According to a Wednesday report from iGamingBusiness.com, the move from the Konsumentverket ombudsman against KarlCasino.com and MrGreen.com came after the duo were ...
The many private and state-run casinos in the Philippines reportedly had a very positive third quarter as the nation’s aggregated gross gaming revenues increased by almost 21% year-on-year to top $1.08 billion. According to a report from Asia Gaming Brief citing official figures from the Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCor), the privately-operated casinos ...
International leisure and entertainment business, Genting, has agreed a deal that will see it acquire LeoVegas’ subsidiary Authentic Gaming for EUR 15 m ($16.7m) on a “debt-free” basis, with the sales price representing a return of better than 100 percent during a period of just more than three years. The Malta-based live casino firm ...
The first seven days of October reportedly saw the over 35 casinos in Macau record aggregated daily gross gaming revenues that were some 12% lower year-on-year at approximately $142.33 million. According to a report from GGRAsia, this figure was detailed in a Tuesday note from Hong Kong-based brokerage firm JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) ...
The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) has released the 2018 casino revenue totals for tribal casinos in the United States. The year was a record-setting one for the 520 tribal casinos in the nation as $33.7bn was recorded. This was a 4.1% increase from the 2017 fiscal year. The Numbers: The 2018 fiscal year ...
It was another good showing for Atlantic City casinos last month as its nine casinos saw the 15th consecutive month of gaming revenue increases. For the month of August, total gaming revenue for the iconic Boardwalk city’s casinos was $352.8 million compared to $303.9 million from the same time last year, reflecting a 16.1 ...
American casino information and management systems developer, TableTrac Incorporated has announced the signing of an agreement that is set to see a trio of gambling venues in Iowa utilize its CasinoTrac advance. Headquartered in the Minnesota city of Minnetonka, the innovator used an official Friday press release to reveal that the alliance with Wild ...
After years of delays, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s (KBIC) $34 million casino expansion project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is apparently now on schedule for a December unveiling. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Marquette Ojibwa Casino expansion and improvement project was held in early December 2016. Since that time the casino has encountered some ...
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has released the July revenue totals for casinos in Atlantic City, which shows the area not only saw an increase for the month, but also during the first seven months of 2019. In July, the nine operating casinos in Atlantic City earned $323.3 million. This was an ...
The local branches of two prominent brokerage firms have reportedly predicted that August aggregated gross gaming revenues from the over 35 casinos in Macau will be below where they were for the same month last year. According to a report, the revelations from Nomura Holdings Incorporated and Sanford C Bernstein and Company came after ...
Only three days after North Carolina Governor, Roy Cooper, signed legislation that legalized sportsbetting and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has reportedly announced plans to premiere sportsbooks at both of the southern state’s casinos. Double delight: According to a Monday report from The Cherokee One Feather newspaper, the federally-recognized tribe owns the Harrah’s ...
Maltese online lottery games innovator, Helio Gaming, has announced the signing of an agreement that is to see its full portfolio of customizable titles made available to the Vbet brand of online casinos. Rewarding relationship: The Valletta-headquartered firm used an official press release published by European Gaming Media and Events to detail that the ...
