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Scientific Games and IGT Announce ‘Cross-Licensing’ Pact, Patent-Sharing
Scientific Games and International Game Technology (IGT) have reached an agreement to share licenses and patents across their two companies. The casino technology and lottery services providers said in a statement that they've signed off on a "patent cross-licensing" contract that allows...
MGM Cotai Still Set to Open in 2017, Despite Typhoon Hato Setbacks
MGM Cotai will open its doors in late 2017, despite Macau beginning the recovery process after Typhoon Hato. The storm was the most powerful recorded hurricane to hit the city in 53 years, and caused nearly $2 billion in damages and took...
Indiana’s Commercial Operators Bemoan State’s First Tribal Casino
The casino landscape in Indiana is changing. The state’s ten riverboat casinos, based on the shores of Lake Michigan and the Ohio River, are begrudgingly about to welcome a new competitor to the fold. The state’s first tribal casino, the Pokagon Band...
Ban Gambling Brands on Soccer Shirts, Says UK Opposition Labour Party
A Labour government in the UK would put an end to gambling companies advertising on soccer jerseys, the party’s deputy leader Tom Watson said on Wednesday. This season, nine out of 20 English Premier League teams are bearing the logos of betting...
Cyberattacker Shows His Cards, Says Rival Site Paid for Assault on ACR Poker Network
The Winning Poker Network (WPN) and its flagship site America’s Card Room (ACR) were hit by a spate of massive DDoS attacks on Thursday. The onslaught lasted three days and resulted in the cancelation of the network’s “Bigger Online Super Series” (BOSS)...
MGM Resorts Sells National Harbor to Itself, Announces Stock Buyback
MGM Resorts International opened its $1.4 billion National Harbor property last December, and the big casino located about 10 miles from the White House across the Potomac River quickly became the top casino performer in Maryland. Now the Nevada-based casino giant is...
Supreme Court Sports Betting Case Receives AGA Brief in Support of New Jersey
The Supreme Court received an amicus brief this week filed by the American Gaming Association (AGA) that expresses the casino lobbyist's views that New Jersey's arguments against the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) have merit, and that the federal sports...
Brazilian Olympic Committee President Allegedly Orchestrated Millions in Bribes for Rio Summer Games
The head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) is being accused by his own country, as well as federal officials in France, of buying votes in Rio de Janeiro's successful bid to host the 2016 Summer Games. The developments this week add...
Seafood Buffet Prices Leave Gulf Coast Casino Gamblers Feeling Crabby
Gulf Coast casino floors use their well-stocked seafood buffets to lure millions of guests inside their doors each year, with the hopes that the reasonably priced smorgasbords will turn diners into gamblers. Countless guests begin their casino getaway in coastal Mississippi by...
Russian Gambling Zone Targeting Asia Yet To Blossom with Only One Casino
The hotel at billionaire Lawrence Ho's $500 million Tigre de Cristal casino resort in Russia's farthest eastward facing corner is filled to capacity on weekend nights, but that's not necessarily a good thing. Analysts say the hotel's limited lodging capacity is preventing...
