5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Yahoo Introduces Daily Fantasy Sports
Web portal giant Yahoo has made the move into daily fantasy sports, embracing a multi-million dollar industry that skirts around the fringes of online gambling without actually being “gambling,” or so the industry insists. It’s a bold step for a mainstream company...
New Jersey Lawmaker Proposes Student Loan Lottery
Student loan debt has become a major issue in the United States, as Americans now owe about $1.2 trillion in college debts. Those debts have proven crippling for many former students who are just starting their careers, leading to many calls to...
Bwin.party Confirms GVC Bid
GVC’s Amaya-backed bid for bwin.party was confirmed by the board today. Yesterday, The Financial Times broke the story that GVC had made a $1.4 billion offer to acquire the entire share capital of the online gambling firm; today, the bwin.party board said...
$5 Billion Pinnacle Entertainment Takeover Is Odds On
Pinnacle Entertainment’s share price rose to an annual high on Tuesday following a revised $5 billion takeover bid from Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI); a bid that analysts say Pinnacle would be mad to turn down. The new offer represents an increase...
Greek Financial Crisis May Impact IGT
Greece’s ongoing financial crisis and standoff with European leaders could have repercussions that impact the global economy. That impact extends even to the gaming industry, as Greece’s attempts to avoid defaulting further on its debts may prove costly to companies like International...
NY Casino License Bidding Process Receives One Applicant
Regulators in New York State have slim pickings when they come to decide on the winner of the fourth Upstate casino license in the economically deprived Southern Tier region. Just one contender submitted a proposal for Monday’s deadline, while a rival pulled...
New Jersey Online DDoS Attacks on Regulated Sites Arrive with Bitcoin Ransom Notes
DDoS (distributed denial of service) is not a reality that any online gaming company ever wants to cope with, but some regulated New Jersey sites had to do just that last week. New Jersey’s fledgling online gambling industry has been targeted, apparently for...
Playtech Acquires AvaTrade, Optimal Closes In On Skrill Deal
Online gambling software giant Playtech has announced that it will acquire the currency-trading platform AvaTrade for $105 million. The move is the latest in a string of online trading business acquisitions by Playtech as it seeks to diversify its offering beyond its...
Tennis Match Fixing Issues Continue To Make Headlines
Tennis has been faced with accusations of match fixing for years: from the infamous match between Nikolay Davydenko and Martin Vassallo Arguello in 2007 that first introduced much of the public to questions about the integrity of matches in some smaller tournaments...
Macau Revenues Down Again, But Some See Signs Of Hope
Macau’s gaming revenues are continuing their seemingly endless tumble, falling again in June to make it 13 straight months of decline for the Chinese enclave. However, not all of the news coming out of Macau was bad for the casinos, suggesting that...
