Tag Archives: Hard Rock

Playtech eyes US acceleration following NJ approval

SBC News Playtech eyes US acceleration following NJ approval

Playtech has been granted regulatory approval by New Jersey’s DGE, allowing the technology group to provide casino product services to state licensed incumbents.  The FTSE250 technology group will launch its casino products in the Garden State, servicing long-term partner bet365’s transactional waiver with the Hard Rock Atlantic City property. Securing its DGE approval, Playtech detailed that it is actively seeking …

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Codere secures Hard Rock Mexican market joint-venture

SBC News Codere secures Hard Rock Mexican market joint-venture

Spanish business news sources report that Bolsa Madrid gambling group Codere SA has signed a joint-venture agreement with Hard Rock International, which will see both companies develop new gaming properties within Mexico. The joint-venture will begin with Codere and Hard Rock establishing a new ‘tourist complex’ valued at $1 billion, which will see the US leisure and entertainment group develop …

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#bosamerica book signing for former New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak

Lesniak

Former New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak will be speaking at next week’s Betting on Sports America (23-25 April) and holding a book signing session at the event. As an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1983 to 2018, Lesniak helped drive the legal challenge to the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act …

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GiG hits 2018 guidance despite difficult year-end landing

SBC News GiG hits 2018 guidance despite difficult year-end landing

Publishing its final trading statement as an Oslo Bors listed enterprise, Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) details that it has fulfilled on expectations set-out in its 2018 corporate guidance, despite facing a turbulent Q4 2018 closing period. Updating investors, GiG informs that during Q4 2018 trading the company would move to write-down four of its ‘in-house brands’ restructuring its B2C division. …

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Ultimate Advisory Board for inaugural Betting on Sports America

Advisory Board

SBC Events has brought together experts from a leading US casino, tribal association, racetrack operator and government-run lottery, as well as those from gaming suppliers, consultancies, legal teams and regulators, to form the ultimate Advisory Board for Betting on Sports America (BOSA). The inaugural BOSA, held from 23-25 April 2019, will open on Tuesday 23 April with a networking evening …

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Hard Rock and Kindred confirmed for inaugural Betting on Sports America

Betting on Sports America

Hard Rock International, Kindred Group, Missouri Lottery, Mississippi Gaming Commission, Foxwoods, Webis Holdings and the National Council on Problem Gambling are just some of the key organisations to be represented across seven conference tracks at next year’s inaugural Betting on Sports America (23-25 April 2019). Super Early Bird tickets are now available for #bosamerica, which is set to become the …

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Chris Murphy: Americas Outlook – New & Old worlds will collide in the development of US betting

SBC News Chris Murphy: Americas Outlook - New & Old worlds will collide in the development of US betting

Four months following the repeal of PASPA, intriguing partnerships have flourished as US and European gambling enterprises form strategic alliances seeking to crack world sports’ biggest market.  Chris Murphy Editor of SBC Americas details US betting’s early movers, and why they will likely collide against old influencers… ________________ Last time we reviewed the newly regulated American sports betting market I described …

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GiG to launch Hard Rock venture securing DGE platform approval

SBC News GiG to launch Hard Rock venture securing DGE platform approval

Oslo-listed online gambling firm Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has confirmed that it has met the requirements of The State of New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to service online casino platform solutions for its licensed NJ operators. The DGE informs that the GiG Core Platform has met all compliance procedures and standards set to offer real money casino services to …

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Melco & Hard Rock consortium wins first Cyprus casino resort project

SBC News Melco & Hard Rock consortium wins first Cyprus casino resort project

Cypriot business news sources report that the city of Limassol will gain the country’s first casino resort to be operated by the consortium of ‘Melco-Hard Rock’ (Melco International and Hard Rock Entertainment). The consortium expects to finalise contracts for a 30-year licensing agreement with the Cyprus National Gaming Board and Casino Supervision Commission this April. The Melco and Hard Rock …

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CG Technology facing $1.5m fine and removal of CEO

SBC News CG Technology facing $1.5m fine and removal of CEO

CG Technology has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine in relation to charges of underpaying and overpaying certain bettors on the sportsbook. This comes just two months after the Nevada Gaming Control Board alleged that CG Technology had underpaid winning parlays by about $700,000 on more than 20,000 occasions from August 2011 to March 2015. The complaint also accused the …

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