All Articles by David Cook

Atlantic City has rejected the proposal of a state-appointed emergency manager, despite recently agreeing to budget cuts over the next four years. The city council agreed to the plan of…

Content provider Vermantia is now offering its Candylicious instant win game in HTML5 via the Odobo Marketplace. The game sees players select one of 12 candies at the beginning of…

Online poker site PokerStars has reversed its decision to increase its rake. Strategic changes were announced in October, which included a rake increase on heads-up hyper-turbo sit&go tournaments, with more…

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners will finance its acquisition of a controlling stake in online operator Sky Bet with £390m in leveraged loans, according to Reuters. An announcement was…

Operator Ladbrokes has withdrawn its operations in four European countries, following a 2014 regulatory operational review. Customers in Russia, Finland, Portugal and Armenia will no longer be able to place…

Macau’s casino industry has suffered an annual decline in gross gambling revenue for 2014, the first time a yearly decrease has been reported since records began in 2002. A 2.6%…

Nevada has once again broken its record for the lowest recorded monthly online poker revenue. Online poker revenue has dropped from $665,000 in October 2014, which was itself a record…

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he would join New Jersey State Governor Chris Christie in lobbying Congress to set up a federal framework for sports betting in the US. The…

Las Vegas Sands' Chinese subsidiary Sands China has been granted the necessary approval from the government in Macau to progress with a $2.7bn casino project in the city. The Parisian…

Casino operator Caesars Entertainment is paving the way to place its operating unit into bankruptcy in 2015 after reaching an agreement with two senior creditors. It was confirmed by Caesars…