Business & M&A

PENN Entertainment’s theScore Bet announced a new multi-year partnership with the National Football League (NFL), which the company said will give it more tools to engage with football fans in Canada. Under the agreement, theScore Bet will gain access to NFL trademarks and league intellectual prope…

Nebraska’s Grand Island Casino Resort is planning to show off the $185 million venue at Fonner Park when President Donald Trump comes to town on Monday (Oct. 5). Elite Casino Resorts, through a partnership with the Hall County Livestock Improvement Association, opened the Grand Island Casino Resort…

Kaizen Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Sportradar and BetConstruct AI were among the leading winners at the SBC Awards 2026, with each company securing two awards at a ceremony held at Lisbon’s MEO Arena. The post SBC Awards 2026 winners crowned at MEO Arena in Lisbon first appeared on Asia Gaming News | A…

CreedRoomz, the live casino brand of SoftConstruct, is set to enter Switzerland through a new partnership with Groupe Partouche’s Casino du Lac Meyrin and its PASINO.ch online casino platform. The post CreedRoomz expands into Switzerland through PASINO.ch agreement first appeared on Asia Gaming New…

Lisbon hosted the 2026 SBC Awards, one of the leading ceremonies in the global iGaming industry. 1xBet won the Marketing Campaign of the Year award, earning further recognition from industry professionals and strengthening its international profile. The post International recognition: 1xBet honored…

SBC has formalised a long-term partnership with Portuguese tourism authorities, the Municipality of Lisbon and Lisboa FCE to keep its flagship SBC Summit in the capital through 2030. The post SBC secures Lisbon as SBC Summit host city through 2030 first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gam…

Fitch says Okada Manila’s mass-market growth remains insufficient to offset a structural decline in its VIP gaming business. The post Okada Manila’s mass-market growth fails to offset structural VIP decline: Fitch first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Seaport links softer Macau gaming demand to China’s economic weakness and offshore trust tax enforcement, forecasting a 5% October GGR decline. The post China tax enforcement and economic weakness cloud Macau October outlook: Seaport first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

NagaCorp’s nine-month GGR fell 21.5% as deeper VIP declines were compounded by lower mass-market revenue. The post NagaCorp nine-month GGR falls 21.5% as VIP weakness deepens and mass revenue declines first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Paradise’s Q3 casino revenue rose 23.4% as higher hold and growth in Japanese and other VIP play offset weaker Chinese VIP drop. The post Paradise Co. 3Q26 casino revenue rises 23.4% despite weaker Chinese VIP play first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Higher hold lifted GKL’s September casino sales 19.8% from August, despite lower drop, while third-quarter sales grew just 1.1% year-on-year. The post Higher hold lifts GKL’s September casino sales as drop falls from August first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Two showgirl impersonators were arrested and charged with battery after attacking a man and woman on the Las Vegas Strip this week. A wild bystander video of the attack was obtained and posted by TMZ on Friday (Oct. 2) The video, embedded below, opens mid-brawl, as two impersonators attack a woman…

The U.S. online sports wagering industry is a duopoly controlled by DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) and Flutter Entertainment’s (NYSE: FLUT) FanDuel, but Fanatics may have something to say about that. Michael Rubin, chief executive officer of the privately held company, told Bloomberg Fanatics could boos…

Gaming stocks of all stripes are incurring punishment with the repudiation particularly harsh for the names linked to iGaming and sports betting. That includes DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG), shares of which are off nearly 22% over the past month and are now probing three-year lows. That ongoing slump i…

The state of Caesars Entertainment’s (NASDAQ: CZR) regional master lease agreement with VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) has been an overhang on both stocks this year with the companies remaining mostly quiet on the situation, but there may be some glimmers of hope. Citizens Equity Research analyst Mit…

Amid the war in Iran, investors expressed skepticism regarding the fate of Wynn Resorts’ (NASDAQ: WYNN) Wynn Al Marjan Island casino hotel project in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), but at least one analyst believes the reality is different from what’s being portrayed by the media. Imme…

Betsson Group has announced the creation of the Betsson Foundation as a dedicated vehicle for coordinating and scaling the company’s social impact activities. Betsson itself has maintained a long-standing commitment to supporting various organisations and local communities through its partnerships…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) argues in a federal court filing that binary event contracts like the ones a US Army Special Forces soldier traded to net $409,000 on a prediction market meet the legal definition of a “swap.” In April, a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York indict…