Business & M&A

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…

The Roanoke City Council hosted a lengthy public hearing on Monday (Aug. 17) about a proposed redevelopment of the Berglund Center into an entertainment district with a casino and hotel. A casino developer approached the city last fall with plans to overhaul the Berglund Center, but the firm’s iden…

Zitro Digital has partnered with iGaming platform provider Novusbet to expand its global reach by integrating its portfolio of slots and Video Bingo titles into Novusbet’s operator network. The post Zitro Digital partner with Novusbet to expand its global iGaming reach first appeared on Asia Gaming…

Szerencsejáték Zrt, Hungary’s state-owned gambling monopoly, will overhaul its current marketing structure. The state-owned firm aims to improve public engagement and increase transparency around funding and the distribution of sponsorships and grants. This process has seen Szerencsejáték Zrt end i…

Blokotech has unveiled BlokoPredict, a white-label prediction markets platform designed to help operators launch prediction markets without building proprietary trading infrastructure. The solution combines market creation, pricing, settlement, compliance and reporting into a single platform that c…

For many casino operators, expanding into sportsbook remains firmly on the strategic roadmap, but often they fail to reach implementation. The hesitation rarely comes from a lack of opportunity. Instead, it stems from a series of long-standing assumptions: sportsbook is expensive to launch, difficu…

Hub88 has secured a partnership with NeverEnding, an anti-bureaucracy slot provider, to deliver the studio’s expanding catalogue to its global operator network. The agreement gives operators one-click access to NeverEnding’s full portfolio through Hub88’s platform, enabling them to fill their lobbi…

Evoke shareholders have approved the company's proposed takeover by Bally's Intralot. (Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The post Evoke Shareholders Back $328M Bally’s Intralot Takeover appeared first on Casino.org.

Stake, the world-leading online sportsbook and casino, has announced Brazilian boxer Jully “Poca” de Oliveira as its global ambassador, marking a significant milestone in the brand’s foothold in combat sports. The post Stake names undefeated boxer Jully Poca as new global ambassador first appeared…

Artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) threat to land-based gaming and the sector’s technology suppliers “is limited”, as they are “protected by licences, regulatory relationships, and a large installed base of leased machines,” notably in the case of two of the biggest brands, Aristocrat Gaming, part of…

The turnkey casino platform now takes operators live under a valid gaming license within a day, with 5,000+ games, payments, and a full back office built in. Spinlab Studio, an all-in-one white label casino platform, today announced that operators can now launch a fully licensed online casino in un…

Danish payments provider Inpay A/S has been temporarily restricted from entering new business agreements with iGaming companies. The restriction follows a review conducted by Finanstilsynet, the Danish financial regulator, back in March to inspect Inpay’s internal anti-money laundering procedures.…

1xBet congratulates its long-standing partner, Paris Saint-Germain, on its triumph and wishes the team every success in the new football season. The post Another trophy: 1xBet congratulates Paris Saint-Germain on winning Super Cup first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Online casino has undoubtedly occupied a significant space within the industry for quite some time, and continues to do so. However, headwinds are increasingly being encountered. From regulatory and governmental crackdowns, players demanding instant gratification, a lack of legislation hampering pr…

SBC Summit will explore how betting and gaming brands can cut through the noise with more distinctive, data-driven and effective marketing campaigns through its dedicated ‘Marketing & CX’ conference track. Taking place on Thursday, 1 October, 2026, at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa, the track wi…