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• Caesars Entertainment Announces Age Restrictions During Problem Gambling Awareness Month

  The Reno-based casino giant, Caesars Entertainment, announced its intentions to enhance its responsible gaming policies during Problem Gambling Awareness Month. The operator will raise the age restriction for Caesars Rewards and launch its self-exclusion program to promote responsible gambling practices still this month.

  Age restrictions:

  The operator of some iconic properties in the Las Vegas Strip said last week that it will have its self-exclusion program implemented across all gaming operations by the end of March. Further, the company will restrict access to Caesars Rewards accounts to customers aged over 21. It will also follow the respective law to apply the same age restrictions to all domestic gaming, parimutuel, sp…

• Royal Swazi Spa Valley installs first progressive jackpot poker table

  Royal Swazi Spa Valley in Swaziland has celebrated its 50th birthday by upgrading its sole Raise ‘Em Poker table with a new bonusing system from British casino equipment manufacturer TCSJohnHuxley.

  Operated by Johannesburg-based Sun International, Royal Swazi Spa Valley is located in lush rolling woodland some seven miles south of the capital city of Mbabane and will now be able to offer players a range of bespoke progressive poker jackpots courtesy of the Raise ‘Em Poker Plus table from TCSJohnHuxley.

  “The Royal Swazi Spa Valley is thrilled to have the new progressive installed on the non-smoking floor as part of our golden jubilee celebrations and, thus far, have had great response and interest from our guests,” read a statement from Johann De Lange, Gaming Manager…

• Scientific Games Corporation secures prestigious accolade

  American gaming machine and systems innovator, Scientific Games Corporation, is celebrating after its SG Digital entity took home the Casino Platform Supplier of the Year accolade at last week’s 2018 EGR North America Awards.

  The Las Vegas-headquartered brand explained via an official press release (pdf) that the official June 26 awards ceremony held at the Le Meridien Philadelphia hotel also saw its SG Lottery subordinate receive an honorary commendation in the Payments Company of the Year category.

  SG Corp stated that the annual EGR North America Awards have been designed to recognize service providers and operators that have demonstrated ‘outstanding performance and innovation’ over the previous twelve months. It additionally declared that the award for its SG Digi…

• SIS Competitive Gaming to Supply Playtech Impressive Portfolio of Esports Events

  Sports Information Services (SIS), one of the major suppliers of unique betting services to both the retail and online industry, signed a major agreement with Playtech. The company will grant its new partner access to the advanced sports betting products developed by its Competitive Gaming brand through Playtech’s sports betting platforms.

  An impressive portfolio of advanced games:

  

  Competitive Gaming’s impressive portfolio of content at the moment has more than 150.000 events

• Slot Machine Myths – Rng And Jackpots_1

  If you are interested in learning how to win in slot machine, then read this fact. Here, you can get a lot of tips on how choose the ones with the biggest slot machine payout that will make you increase your yields.

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• Sportradar AG inks International Hockey Federation betting data rights alliance

  A little over a month after deepening its relationship with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and sports data intelligence specialist Sportradar AG has now heralded the signing of a deal to become the exclusive betting data rights partner of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

  The Swiss organization used an official press release to detail that this latest arrangement will run through to the end of 2030 and see it collect betting data from all of the field hockey body’s competitions before distributing it to partners located around the world. The specialist explained that this will encompass approximately 300 annual contests from a range of prestigious events including the Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup, the Men’s FIH Pro League and FIH Hockey5s World Cup …

• States slow to add interstate poker despite recent Wire Act ruling

  At the beginning of 2021, the New Hampshire Lottery Commission won a ruling in its case against the DOJ again. The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 2018 opinion of the Wire Act stands, which allows online gambling to take place, including interstate online poker, as is seen in Delaware, New Jersey, and Nevada.

  In June, any chance of appealing this decision died away and the Biden Administration had no plans to challenge the ruling. The decision was accepted as it stands, and this allows other states to sign deals to form interstate player pools without worrying about any kind of prosecution by the US Department of Justice. Despite the lack of appeal, some states are still slow to get started with interstate pooling.

  Michigan and Pennsylvania Laying Low

• Stake Acquires Betfair Colombia to Take Advantage of the Market Growth Potential

  Stake.com, a fast-growing casino and sports betting operator, acquires Betfair Colombia, an affiliate of the UK-based global sports betting service provider. As reported, the details of the acquisition deal have not been disclosed but only announced via a social network by the Stake’s chief strategy officer Brais Pena Sanchez.

  Launching Stake.com.co in Colombia:

  According to the source, Sanchez has revealed that the acquisition represents the launch of online casino and sports book Stake.com.co which will be compliant to local gambling legal requirements. Also, the deal will enable Stake parent company Easygo to secure a license to operate in Colombia until 2025. One may assume that the underlying reas…

• Court date set for Martha’s Vineyard tribe hoping to open a casino

  In Massachusetts, the federally-recognized Wampanoag Tribe Of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is set to head to federal appeals court in December in order to again argue for its right to operate a Class II gaming facility on its Martha’s Vineyard reservation.

  According to a report in the Vineyard Gazette newspaper, the tribe is fighting the state, a local community group and the town of Aquinnah in its efforts to bring electronic bingo terminals to its unfinished 6,500 sq ft community center on the island and is to put its case before the United States Court Of Appeals For The First Circuit in Boston on December 6.

  Elements of the tribe’s struggle date back to the 1970s when it filed a lawsuit against Aquinnah in order to obtain certain rights to aboriginal lands located within the …

• The Rank Group remains on the lookout for merger and acquisition opportunities

  After last week failing in its joint $4 billion bid to buy competitor William Hill, British land-based casino and bingo operator The Rank Group has announced that it is still on the lookout for merger and acquisition targets and intends to strengthen its business by expanding its online services.

  According to a report from the Reuters news service, The Rank Group had wanted to secure joint control of William Hill in partnership with online gambling firm 888 Holdings but gave up its pursuit on Thursday after stating that it had not been able to meaningfully engage with its target’s board of directors.

  Maidenhead-based The Rank Group, whose business is predominantly in the United Kingdom where it operates the Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos chains, revealed that it was sti…