The City of Chicago has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a sole casino resort license in the nation’s third-largest metropolitan market.
The Illinois Gambling Act authorizes the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) to issue a single license permitting the conduct of casino gambling in the city.
The selected partner will be [...]
Online lottery games provider IWG has launched its second progressive jackpot-enabled eInstant game with the Virginia Lottery.
Jackpot Payout features two instant-win progressive jackpot prizes, the Grand Jackpot and the Swift Jackpot, and combines a traditional key number match mechanic with bonus rounds, offering the opportunity for players to win fixed [...]
Stockholm-listed gaming operator Kindred Group has been awarded a direct market access mobile sports betting permit by the Virginia Lottery.
The direct permit allows Kindred to offer online sports betting to players in the Commonwealth of Virginia without partnering with major league sports franchises, and marks Kindred’s fourth US launch under [...]
The Virginia Lottery has revealed that the newly regulated sports betting market generated total wagers of $628.7m during the first quarter of 2021.
Legal sports betting launched in Virginia on 21 January with $59m in wagers generated during its first truncated month and a further $265.8m generated in February.
March’s sports betting [...]
New Hampshire’s regulated sports betting market generated total handle of $55.8m in March, buoyed by a record performance from retail.
The New Hampshire Lottery and its exclusive sports betting partner DraftKings saw wagers increase by 9 per cent compared to the previous month, although the total was below January’s record monthly [...]
The bill to legalise single event sports betting in Canada has been sent to the Senate for consideration following its third reading in the House.
Bill C-218 passed the House Thursday with widespread bipartisan support following its amendment in the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to secure horseracing interests.
“At [...]
This week’s platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Spearhead Studios, Fantasma Games, Pariplay, Pragmatic Play, Habanero, Push Gaming, Lightning Box and Everi Digital, among others.
Spearhead Studios / PlaytechEveryMatrix-owned Spearhead Studios has signed a new content distribution agreement with Playtech, making its games available to operators via [...]
New York-listed supplier International Game Technology (IGT) has been awarded a long-term contract by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Commission to upgrade its video lottery central system.
The contract runs through to September 2028 and includes the option to extend for up to an additional four years.
The deal will see IGT [...]
Canada’s Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has extended its long-standing instant lottery partnership with Pollard Banknote for a further ten years.
The new ten-year ticket printing contract will see OLG order more than two billion tickets over the term of the deal and includes an option to extend for an [...]
New York-listed Caesars Entertainment has today completed the acquisition of Britain’s William Hill for approximately $4.0bn, positioning the company for accelerated growth in US iGaming and sports betting markets.
Caesars will focus on its existing US joint venture with William Hill, which will now be fully integrated to offer a single-wallet [...]
New York-listed casino operator Las Vegas Sands has reported a 16 per cent fall in net revenue to $1.20bn for the first quarter of 2021, as pandemic-related travel restrictions and reduced visitation continued to impact results.
With its Las Vegas property and operations presented as discontinued operations for sale, the company [...]
New York-listed racing and gaming operator Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) has reported a 28 per cent increase in net revenue to $324.3m for the first quarter of 2021.
The year-on-year revenue growth was boosted by record performances from the company's Derby City Gaming and TwinSpires wagering businesses, as well as the [...]