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FanDuel IPO May Happen Before the 2023 Super Bowl
FanDuel IPO rumors are kicking off again. In the new few months, FanDuel’s primary owner, Flutter Entertainment, may resolve the feud with its broadcast partner, Fox. The battle arose because each company is interested in making as much money as possible from a US IPO, yet it has also been one likely reason for the […]
FanDuel Gets the Tiniest of Toeholds in Nevada
Ironically, the US state best known for gambling is also a tough nut to crack for modern online gambling companies. Nevada’s economy depends heavily on the long-standing retail casino business in Las Vegas and, to a lesser extent, Reno. There’s a lot of resistance to anything that would disrupt that. And for all its virtues, […]
Aristocrat Seeks Head of Product to Lead Foray Into Real Money Online Gaming Space
Aristocrat Leisure’s efforts to establish itself in the real money online gaming space are gathering steam. The company first announced that it would branch out this way in February. Bonus has noted that a job listing has appeared in recent weeks for a Head of Product for the new division. That suggests that the company […]
MGM Still Plans to Buy iGaming Competitor LeoVegas, Despite Its Legal Issues
MGM Resorts International says it still plans to buy online casino and sports betting company LeoVegas Group, despite the latter’s legal troubles. Las Vegas-based MGM has been seeking to acquire LeoVegas for $607 million in order to establish an international online gambling presence. The land-based gambling giant’s leaders said so repeatedly during the gambling organization’s […]
Unifor Casino Strike Ends in Ontario, Details Emerge About Worker Injured on Picket Line
Pickering Casino Resort and Casino Ajax workers have ended their strike after ratifying a new agreement on Friday with their employer, Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE). GCE is the same company referred to as Great Canadian Gaming Corporation in previous articles. It has recently rebranded itself. The two parties reached a tentative agreement on Aug 4. […]
PlayFallsview Is the First Foray of an Ontario Land-Based Casino Into the Online Space
PlayFallsview is the first iGaming site in Ontario to grow out of one of the province’s brick-and-mortar gambling establishments, the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. The app enters the Ontario iGaming market with online casino gambling that includes live dealer products. PlayFallsview also consists of an online sportsbook. iGaming Ontario (iGO) lauded PlayFallsview in […]
Betway Ends Its Gray Market Status in Canada
Betway Canada‘s Twitter bio says it all: “Ontario only, 19+.” That’s notable because, until Tuesday, Betway was one of the country’s most prominent gray market online gambling operators. On Tuesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) congratulated Malta-based Betway for completing its nearly four-month-long regulatory journey. Now, Betway offers legal online casino, live casino, esports, and sports betting in […]
Flooding Hits Vegas Strip, but Casinos Stay Open
Heavy rains swept southern Nevada last week. According to the New York Times, they dumped about half the area’s annual rainfall in the span of two hours. The rainfall resulted in significant flooding on the Las Vegas Strip from Thursday evening into Friday morning. That threatened to create major issues for business owners throughout the […]
Could Quick-and-Gentle Self-Exclusion Be the Way Forward for Responsible Gambling?
A stitch in time saves nine. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. English, like many languages, is full of aphorisms about the comparative efficiency of early intervention. When it comes to current practices around responsible gambling, however, a different phrase springs to mind: Shutting the stable door after the horse has […]
Striking Workers at Ontario’s Pickering Casino Picket Nearby Casino Woodbine
Negotiations broke down late last week between Unifor casino workers at Pickering Casino Resort and Casino Ajax and their employer, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC). This week, they’ve added a third picket line at Casino Woodbine, located about 65 km from the Pickering location. The new picket line appeared on July 29, expanding on the existing strike […]
