All Articles by Emma Rumney

More than 1,000 staff at Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino received layoff notices on Monday as the venue prepares to close on 16 September. In the latest blow…

Italy’s GTech S.p.A has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Vegas-based International Game Technology (IGT) in a $6.4bn deal that will see the amalgamation of the world’s largest lottery…

On Monday the European Commission announced non-binding recommendations that would tighten rules and better regulate a fast-growing and dynamic online gambling industry. The non-compulsory proposals are intended to provide better…

New Jersey and Delaware have reported disappointing online gambling revenue results for June. Along with Nevada, the two states currently represent the US’ entire regulated i-gaming industry. On Monday figures…

The UK Gambling Commission has indicated that online gambling operators who wish to maintain their partnerships with sports franchises without having to get a UK licence might be able to…

Operator Caesars Entertainment has hired legal firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP for advice on how to reorganise its $17.4b worth of debt. Bloomberg reports that the operator’s largest unit –…

The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has given preliminary approval to a system devised by 888 Holdings that would link online poker rooms from multiple operators and which could serve…

The Responsible Gaming Council (RGC) has announced it will launch an international accreditation programme to assess the gambling safeguards of online operators. The programme, dubbed RG Check – Internet, gives…

Casino magnate and G.O.P mega-donor Sheldon Adelson has recruited former Republican congressman Connie Mack and his firm Mack Strategies into his crusade against i-gaming. Breaking from the majority of the…

UK bookmakers were hit almost as hard as Brazil themselves after Germany’s incredible 7-1 win in Monday’s World Cup semi-final, according to Agence-France-Presse. Bookmakers including Paddy Power, William Hill and…