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MGM Resorts International, which has the largest number of casino venues on the Las Vegas Strip, announced on Wednesday it had launched a mobile gaming platform and online tournament available on the Wi-Fi telecommunications system at nine MGM properties. A press release from the company described the initiative as...

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued a warning to operator Marathonbet concerning a misleading promotion, which failed to make clear that a portion of customer’s winnings would be paid out in free bets. The promotional text stated: “New customer offer… 2/1 Willie Mullins top trainer”, while smaller...

Global gaming and lottery supplier International Game Technology Plc (IGT) and U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp have completed what was dubbed as the “largest live electronic table game installation in the United States”. The installation includes 150 of IGT’s Dynasty electronic table game (ETG) cabinets displayed in...

Nick Rust, Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to outline the governing body’s fears for the horseracing industry with regards to the proposed Ladbrokes Coral merger. The CMA began investigating the planned merger in December and announced in...

Macau-based casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd on Thursday entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Setúbal municipality government from Portugal, for the proposed development of an “integrated leisure, tourism and entertainment project” there. It is designed to feature gaming elements. The budget for the Setúbal project...

A Macau Legend Development confirma a compra do Casino de Tróia, o motivo que impulsionou um investimento superior a 200 milhões de euros em Setúbal. Será criada uma nova empresa, reunindo os macaenses com os actuais proprietários, o fundo Aquarius e a Amorim Turismo. A Macau Legend Development vai...

Malta-based Bet Entertainment Technologies Ltd has been announced as the second online operator to be awarded a license under Portugal’s new online gambling licensing regime. Bet Entertainment will offer its services to Portuguese customers on the www.bet.pt domain, which operates on a platform provided by SBTech. The Portuguese regulator,...

Portuguese bookmaker Bet Entertainment Technologies Limited (bet.pt) has launched a Sportsbook and iGaming platform in Portugal powered by leading Sportsbetting provider SBTech. Bet.pt has been granted an online Sportsbetting license in Portugal by gambling regulator Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ).This license will...

Macau-based casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd is to announce later this week a new investment project in Portugal, reports Rádio Macau. The investment includes what the media outlet described as an “integrated resort” with hotel, residential and retail facilities, and a marina. It is to be located in...

Online gambling operator Bet365 is being publicly shamed by a disgruntled punter who says she can’t get her winnings off the site. On Tuesday, The Guardian published the story of an unidentified female punter who claims to be having difficulties convincing Bet365 to fork over her £54k account balance....

Nos primeiros cinco meses do ano (1 de janeiro a 31 de maio), os portugueses apostaram 161 milhões de euros no Placard, o mais recente jogo com a chancela da Santa Casa. Em média, os portugueses gastaram mais de um milhão de euros (1 059 210 euros) neste portefólio:...

The referendum that marked a historic time for Britain and Europe was a momentous event for punters too. Brexit vote broke the record for gambling on non-sporting events in the UK—eclipsing even the widely popular Royal baby and previous elections in the country—with punters putting down an estimated £120 million...

Ladbrokes has admitted that betting markets got the EU referendum outcome completely wrong and will have to “face up to some tough questions”. As the polls closed on Thursday night, Ladbrokes was offering 4-1 on an out vote, with its betting suggesting that a remain verdict was a 90%...

UK voters deciding to leave the European Union with a 51.9% majority vote brings about another possible exit discussion: Is it time for gambling companies to leave Gibraltar? Gibraltar is the buzzword that pops up in various discussions about the impacts of Brexit on the UK. The people of...

The EU referendum will be the largest political betting market in history, with about £100m expected to be gambled on the outcome. Around a third of those stakes are predicted to be placed when voters go to the polls on Thursday, as punters starved of any Euro 2016 matches...