The Malaysian-based developer, the Genting Group will begin construction of the $4 billion project Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV) commencing in 2017 3rd Q Originally the opening date was set as being 2019, but it is now pushed out until 2020, with designs being changed to concentrate on the younger generation of gamblers and to the growing Chinese..

  The Spanish Blockchain start-up Aragon, who is developing a decentralized management platform recently announced their partnership with ShapeShift a Blockchain assets exchange This will allow buyers of Aragon to take part in the token sale on the ShapeShift platform where more than forty cryptocurrencies will be offered They will..

Recently further discussions on the bill to stop for-profit poker rooms took place in Oregon These crackdown efforts, obviously have not pleased the local vibrant poker community  The action committee Save Oregon Poker have stated that casinos in the Washington State previously backed legislation to end poker in Portland If legislation is..

Betradar, a sports betting solutions provider, has partnered with Digital Sports Tech and will offer a wide range of player proposition markets to a global operator base Player proposition markets – or Player prop, targets player performance on an individual basis as for example if Ronaldo were to score at least 2 goals against Juventus; a..

Hard Rock International owned by Florida’s Seminole Tribe, have won the bid to build a casino in southern Ottawa  The licensing deal approved by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp will involve redevelopment of Rideau-Carleton Raceway Hard Rock will control the currently gaming facilities at this site this fall and will then commence..

Currently, PokerStars, the world’s largest poker site, is still running in Australia and is allowing customers to play real-money games  This situation is currently in jeopardy in that anti-poker legislation could be brought to book as early as July The parent company of PokerStars, Amaya is closely monitoring the situation in the..

Payza, a global payment solution made its mark through a global convenient eWallet service As a massive gain for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general, Payza recently announced that it shortly will be enabling Bitcoin support and it aims to regard this currency as it does any other supported through the platform  Merchants using Payza are..

  Spiffx Founder Lennart Gillberg recently stated: “Betting on Football is one of the best events of the year for sports betting companies, which is why we chose it for our Take5 product launch”   Recognizing the connection between sports and casino games, Gillberg says he is ready to deliver his B2B products to operators..

Casinos were banned in Brazil 70 years ago, but authorities are now revisiting this industry in order to boost the economy  Proposals are being called to allow casinos once again and if the government were to approve operation of casinos by foreigners, this would have the potential of being a highly significant market shift in gaming..

The World Series of Poker’s (WSOP) main event is over and the champion is to be decided in July 2017 This is the first time since 2007 In the past, the main event was halted after the final table was confirmed and the 9 final players had to wait for over three months to continue play in order for ESPN’s coverage to catch up with..

All deposits, orders and withdrawals have been suspended by Celery and as yet no explanation or update has been forthcoming Along with ransomware WannaCry it seems that the internet is going through a tough time A portion of the Bitcoin community, whose favorite cryptocurrency exchange platform, Celery have also been faced with an equally serious..

According to Everton this deal with SportPesa will be the most lucrative shirt sponsorship deal in the 140-year history of the club  SportPesa will replace the Thai brewing giant Chang who have been the sponsors since 2004 The sponsorship will commence 1 June and is to last for 5 years It will have the African betting company,..

GAN is a London-listed social gaming and real-money supplier  It will supply its patented iBridge Framework to WinStarOnlineGamingcom which will be integrated with the casino’s loyalty program along with its Scientific Games casino management system The Chickasaw Nation will become GAN's fourth Native American casino client The launch..

Amaya Inc, the owner of PokerStars, is in the process of changing its name to The Stars Group Inc and is going to be based in Toronto The online gambling company has recently gone through a difficult time and this is clearly part of their strategy for their planned transformation Furthermore, the company is working towards paying down debt,..

With some businesses are already accepting Bitcoin as payment in New Zealand it is fair to say that this adoption is coming early to the country  However, cryptocurrencies can be volatile and currently, these are continually being adjusted in Bitcoin rather than being based on the NZ Dollar Cryptopia, the New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange..

New Zealand’s national bookie, The Racing Board, has signed agreements with two leading listed companies in order to compete internationally by developing its fixed-odds betting market The Racing Board of NZ operates the TAB and has selected both OpenBet (part of NYX Gaming Group) and Paddy Power Betfair, based in Dublin, to supply both..

British Columbia’s gaming regulator, GPE, recently approved NetEnt as the supplier to the province’s only licensed gaming and lottery operator the BCLC This corporation is owned by the province and directs all revenues towards community upliftment, education and health care In all the 10 provinces in Canada, the gaming market is..

The proposal for a two-year extension to allow poker operators to continue conducting business in residential areas is a reasonable one according to t Mayor of Saipan, David Apatang This opinion was recently expressed by him in a letter regarding House Bill 20-12 This bill is to grant operators and owners of nonconforming gambling businesses a two..

The United Nations agency has developed a new cryptocurrency training program in order to fight trafficking of drugs and stop organised crime The agency is working with Blockchain start-up Chainalysis to help in developing the programme  The focus will be on bitcoin tracing and will be part of a wider financial investigation with follow-up..

The iGaming Super Show will be held 11-14 July 2017 and will take place in the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam This is the biggest exhibition and conference show in the world solely dedicated to the iGaming industry; 4 500 delegates from over 100 countries are expected to participate As the show will be taking place..