Business & M&A

Polymarket U.S. is beta testing combination bets, also known as combos, ahead of the start of the 2026 football season. The prediction market operator refers to the combined contract wagers as Combinatorial Athletic Outcome Contracts, or CAOCs. Polymarket filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Co…

Encore Boston Harbor’s operations could be impacted beginning Sept. 1 unless Wynn Resorts agrees to a new collective bargaining agreement with the property’s largest unions. Unite Here Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25 tell Casino.org that they’ll conduct a strike authorization vote among their 1,350…

NorthStar Gaming Holdings hat Corey Goodman zum festen CEO ernannt, nachdem er das Unternehmen erfolgreich durch eine Phase der Stabilisierung geführt hat. Zudem gab es Veränderungen in der Finanzabteilung und die Ernennung eines neuen Vizepräsidenten für Compliance.

Alpaca, an API-first brokerage technology provider based in New York, has taken a key regulatory step toward entering the prediction market sector after its subsidiary, Alpaca Derivatives LLC, registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a futures commission merchant (FCM) and…

Bally’s Atlantic City has appointed veteran casino executive Tom Pohlman as its new president. Pohlman confirmed the appointment on Monday, accepting the position after 15 years in Atlantic City’s Marina District. “Standing at the legendary intersection of Park Place and the Boardwalk, Bally’s is a…

Trust is the foundation of any working relationship, and in performance marketing doubly so. Everything changes on the fly, and in that kind of turbulence it's especially important to know you can rely on your partner. This interview with Moon Partners and PPC teams unpacks the affiliate-program-an…

Ireland is introducing tighter anti-money laundering (AML) controls for the gambling sector as part of the country's first national anti-money laundering strategy, including mandatory closed-loop payments and enhanced scrutiny of cryptocurrency transactions. Under the new approach, gambling operato…

Billionaire investor Kenneth Dart is reportedly staring at a $4.2 billion paper loss on his stake in Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT), but that’s not stopping him from amassing a sizable stake in DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG), Flutter’s primary rival in the U.S. A recent DraftKings Form 13G filing wi…

Rather than just keeping its customers on property, Fontainebleau Las Vegas is remaking its casino loyalty program into a gateway for all of Las Vegas. This week, the North Strip resort launched The Experience Collection, a new initiative allowing customers to redeem “Bleau Points” for admission to…

Scaling without sacrificing traffic quality is becoming one of the main challenges facing iGaming affiliate teams as competition and acquisition costs increase, according to Daria Smirnova, Affiliate Team Lead at N1 Partners Group. Speaking with iGaming News Editor Abigail Welch during a six-minute…

Die Seneca Nation plant eine Investition von 47 Millionen Dollar zur Renovierung von 594 Zimmern in ihrem Hotel in Niagara, New York, mit dem Ziel, sich auf die zukünftige Konkurrenz im Casino-Bereich vorzubereiten.

The BetRivers Table Talk Podcast is hosted by PokerNews' Chad Holloway & Keith Becker.

Fortuna Entertainment Group (FEG) has finalised the acquisition of a majority stake in Lithuanian sports betting operator TOPsport, expanding its presence across Central and Eastern Europe. The Czech-headquartered sports betting and gaming group initially announced the agreement in March, with plan…

Paradise Entertainment expects to post a loss of HK$82.6 million ($10.6 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2026, a reversal from a profit of HK$177.8 million ($22.8 million) in the same period last year, the company said in a profit warning filed Friday. Revenue from the sale and leasing of…

Caliente.mx has been confirmed as the main sponsor of SiGMA North America, which will take place in Mexico City from 1 to 3 September 2026. The inaugural SiGMA North America summit will be held at Centro Banamex, bringing together operators, affiliates, technology providers, regulators, investors a…

PENN Entertainment will invest approximately $195 million to relocate Boomtown Casino & Hotel New Orleans from its riverboat to a new landside property and rebrand it as Hollywood Casino New Orleans, subject to regulatory approval. The project is expected to open in 2029 and involve approximately 1…

Veikkaus Deputy CEO Velipekka Nummikoski will leave Finland’s state-owned gambling operator on August 31, ending a 14-year career with the company as the country prepares for the opening of its online gambling market to private operators next year. Nummikoski joined the Finnish Slot Machine Associa…

Catalist Sports and Kalshi have announced a first-of-its-kind multi-year partnership that will bring exclusive official live streaming and data rights to one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. sports landscape: prediction markets. The post Catalist Sports powers next phase of prediction ma…