Galaxy Gaming, Inc., a developer and distributor of casino table games and enhanced systems, will buy 100 percent of the equity interests in Progressive Games Partners LLC (PGP). PGP owns the worldwide online rights to a comprehensive suite of proprietary casino table games. Since signing its first license agreement with Cryptologic in 2003, PGP has… Read more »
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The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission recently unanimously voted to allow Las Vegas-based Scientific Games to offer historical horseracing gaming machines at two Churchill Downs properties in Kentucky: Derby City Gaming in Louisville, and Oak Grove Racing and Gaming in Oak Grove. The games will operate on Ainsworth Game Technology’s proprietary historical horseracing system, using racing… Read more »
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Digital banking and payments firm i2c has partnered with Sightline Payments to deliver cashless, mobile and omnichannel programs to more than 45 gaming resorts, state lotteries, and digital gaming and sports betting sites across eight states. Founded in 2010, Sightline provides payment services to MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, the Oregon… Read more »
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In recognition of March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) introduced a new responsible gaming website that will promote resources to help people with gambling problems. As part of an effort to raise awareness of problem and compulsive gambling and provide professionals and individuals with information, the PGCB’s updated, user-friendly… Read more »
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Resorts World Las Vegas last month announced the selection of Konami Gaming, Inc. as its exclusive gaming system management partner. Konami’s award-winning Synkros system will streamline, manage and optimize the $4.3 billion resort’s gaming operations by converting meaningful data into actionable information. The system will provide the resort with powerful marketing, communications and tracking tools,… Read more »
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Three premier tribal casinos were the first to deploy the latest gaming hardware platforms and entertainment experiences from Everi Holdings Inc. The new Empire Flex cabinet, featuring Beast, recently debuted at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana. The new Empire DCX cabinet featuring The Mask-themed slot game debuted at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California.… Read more »
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Scientific Games Corp. and William Hill have agreed to extend their partnership for an additional four years, through 2024. Scientific Games will continue to provide its industry-leading OpenSports solutions to William Hill in the U.K. and Europe, building on a longstanding relationship since 2007. This agreement expands on Scientific Games’ history with William Hill, and… Read more »
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The National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) has a new name that reflects its broader influence. In February, it announced its new name: the International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG). “The globalization of the work and mission of the ICRG will continue to develop the finest research and educational programs, aimed at reducing gambling-related harms… Read more »
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The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has given $9 million to the University of Nevada Las Vegas to fund education and innovation related to tribal gaming operations and law. This gift—the largest out-of-state philanthropic gift that the California-based San Manuel Band has bestowed on an educational or health care institution—will support course development and… Read more »
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International gaming testing company BMM Testlabs has appointed Tracy Hecker as director of business development for BMM North America. Hecker brings more than 15 years of gaming experience to BMM Testlabs, including roles focused on client relations, project management and account management at DiTronics Financial Services, where she was national account manager for three years,… Read more »
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Gun Lake Casino, based in Wayland, Michigan, has promoted Virginia Vanderband from director of training to executive director of operational development and training. Vanderband is a citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi. In her elevated role, she will be responsible for strategic workforce planning activities, including the overall administration, coordination and evaluation of the… Read more »
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Christine Thurmond, a former senior business contributor at the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, has been named the first director of responsible gaming at DraftKings. Thurmond will “lead the expansion of DraftKings’ already robust responsible gaming framework for its iGaming, sportsbook, and fantasy sports products,” according to a DraftKings news release. She spent almost 20… Read more »
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Sands China has reappointed Wilfred Wong as the company’s president in a series of executive moves that saw Grant Chum named chief operating officer and Dylan James Williams assuming the post of general counsel and retaining the position of secretary. Wong, 67, a Hong Kong businessman, has served as president of Las Vegas Sands’ Macau… Read more »
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Wind Creek Bethlehem in Pennsylvania recently announced changes in top management, part of a leadership shakeup in the wake of the casino’s purchase from Las Vegas Sands by Wind Creek Hospitality, a branch of Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Carr, who headed the casino when it was… Read more »
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Novomatic CEO Harald Neumann announced his resignation last month for family reasons, effective immediately. Neumann had served as Novomatic’s leader for the past six years, and led the impressive growth of the European manufacturing giant. He was appointed CEO in October 2014 after serving as the leader of Novomatic subsidiary Austrian Gaming Industries. Although he’s… Read more »
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James Murren, MGM Resorts International’s chairman and CEO, announced in February that he would be stepping down after 22 years with the company, 12 of them as its leader. During his tenure with MGM, Murren oversaw the development of CityCenter in Las Vegas, MGM Cotai in Macau, MGM National Harbor in Maryland, and MGM Springfield… Read more »
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Arrowfield Stud made the stunning decision to withdraw its entire draft from the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale March 26 and will instead sell by private treaty in response to the auction being forced to go solely online.
A large group of American horses in Dubai, many of whom had been pointed toward races on the Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1) card March 28 before Meydan’s COVID-19-related cancellation last week, are headed home.
The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s head of security Chris Gordon won his defamation case by unanimous verdict March 25 against the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association in the High Court.
Singapore’s two casinos are imposing new limits on who gets to play on their gaming floors, while Singapore Pools has shut its retail sports and race betting operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Thursday, Las Vegas Sands’ Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Genting Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) each announced new rules to comply with the city-state’s orders to minimize further spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
MBS announced that its casino facilities were now only accessible by “Sands Rewards Club Gold and above” members, as well as local residents who have already paid the annual entry levy, which was increased to SG$3k (US$2,100) last April. RWS said its gaming floor was now accessible only by existing Genting Rewards members and locals who’d paid the annual levy.
Both casinos have also adopted social distancing and crowd control requirements, in keeping with the Casino Regulatory Authority’s guidelines. Singapore’s government has ordered all bars and entertainment venues to be closed until at least April 30 and it remains to be seen whether the casinos will eventually be forced to halt their gaming operations.