Industry Headlines

By Rachel Bennett

Chicago Confident Casino Operators Remain Interested Despite MGM Pullout

April 30, 2021

The top gaming operators have been eager for years to get access to develop a casino resort in Chicago. They now have the opportunity to do exactly that as Chicago put out a request for proposal (RFP) earlier this month inviting interested bidders to submit a proposal for a casino license in Chicago. MGM Resorts […]

By Mihajlo Ivanovic

Playza Launches A Fully Decentralized Casino on TRON

April 9, 2021

Blockchain powered online casino Playza has been launched on the Tron Network. Playza claims to offer a fair and transparent online gaming platform and accepts cryptocurrencies as payment in several jurisdictions. The platform also offers a wide range of conventional casino games. Interestingly, the platform does not require sign-ups or does not requisite any kind […]

By Sadonna Price

Playtech Brings Live Casino Experience To Michigan

March 31, 2021

The live dealer casino market in the United States is going to get bigger and better in the coming months as two of the top live dealer casino operators are expanding their presence in the United States. The COVID-19 shutdown in 2020 forced hardcore live casino players to turn to online casino games. Most land […]

By Rachel Bennett

Atari To Bring Their Old School Games To Crypto Casino

March 26, 2021

Drastic changes that happened across the world last year has modified all aspects of everyday life for almost all people and also paved way for certain fundamental changes in the functioning of a society. Frequent lockdowns and travel prohibitions have paved way for work at home scenario and modified the manner in which people utilize […]

By Malik Freeman

Chicago Mayor Wants Las Vegas Casino Operators To Develop Casino Resort

March 12, 2021

The first casino that opened its doors to the public in Illinois was a riverboat casino back in 1991. Since then another 9 casinos have gone live bringing the total number of casinos in the state to 10. However, there are no casinos in Chicago which is the third biggest metropolitan city in America. Chicago […]

By Rachel Bennett

Genting Americas Files $500m Lawsuit Against Multiple Insurers

March 10, 2021

The Malaysian based Genting Group is a conglomerate that has a strong presence in the global casino market. The casino operator has two casinos in America with its Resorts World Casino New York City in Queens county and the Hilton Miami in Florida. The two U.S based casinos were forced to shut down during the […]

By Malik Freeman

Land Based Casinos Move Towards Cashless Payments Due To COVID-19

March 3, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of industries as the lockdown and social distancing measures have forced both businesses and individuals to adopt. The land based casino industry has suffered significantly during the last 12 months and are looking for ways to innovate and continue to do business in these challenging times. Land based […]

By Mihajlo Ivanovic

SoftSwiss Reports Online Gambling Using Cryptocurrency Tripled in 2020

February 26, 2021

Provider and aggregator of top-quality online games, SoftSwiss Game Aggregator, in its latest industry report, has mentioned that there is a three times increase in the value of cryptocurrency based gambling traffic in 2020, compared to the prior year. Unsurprisingly, Bitcoin is the frequently used crypto in online gambling. Specifically, the numero uno crypto accounts […]

By Jayson Peter

Casino Sites Start To Adopt Cryptocurrencies As Payment Methods

February 22, 2021

Several online casinos have begun accepting crypto currencies by incorporating deposit and withdrawal methods on their payment platform. Obviously, with respect to cryptos, Bitcoin is the popular form of payment. The count of people who are now looking to register with a minimum of one Bitcoin supporting casino in the USA is on the rise […]

By Sadonna Price

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Keen On Developing Casino Resort In Dallas

February 15, 2021

Las Vegas Sands Corp. made it clear in 2020 that they were keen on pushing for Texas to legalize casino gambling. Sheldon Adelson who was the Chairman for Sands Corp. in 2020 put together a powerful team of gambling lobbyists who were going to push for gambling legislation to be passed in the Lonestar State. […]