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GKL hiring 58 staff, including dealers and for Asia marketing roles
Casino

GKL hiring 58 staff, including dealers and for Asia marketing roles

Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd (GKL), an operator in South Korea of foreigner-only casinos, says it is hiring 58 people, including marketing staff to cover several markets in Asia. The company announced on Tuesday the successful candidates from its 2026 recruitment exercise. The intake includes people…

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Veteran casino executive Kelvin Tan joins RGB International board
Casino

Veteran casino executive Kelvin Tan joins RGB International board

Malaysia-listed gaming equipment supplier and distributor RGB International Bhd has appointed gaming industry veteran Kelvin Tan Hai Ching as an independent non-executive director. The appointment took effect on August 18, according to a filing by RGB International to Bursa Malaysia. Mr Tan, 59, is…

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Regulation & Law

UK Gambling Sector Remains Healthy Despite Increased Taxes

A recent analysis by Regulus revealed that the UK’s leading gambling operators appear to have adapted to the recent tax hike without shifting much of the extra burden to customers. Despite these outward signs of stability, analysts remain cautious, maintaining a bearish outlook for the market and e…

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The Future of Bally’s Hangs in the Balance

In Friday’s Q2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bally’s Corp. admitted it was facing severe financial difficulties that could affect its future operations. The gambling giant warned investors that it might not be able to continue as a going concern due to its significant debt. To…

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Regulation & Law

Alpaca Braces for Prediction Markets Foray

Alpaca, a provider of a developer-first API for stock, options, and crypto trading, is preparing to capitalize on emerging opportunities by entering the hot prediction markets sector. To that end, the company has submitted the necessary applications in a move that would broaden its business. Alpaca…

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Casino

Evoke Shareholders Greenlight Bally’s Intralot Acquisition

Evoke announced the results of its recent general meeting, saying that an overwhelming majority of shareholders have voted in favor of the previously announced acquisition by Bally’s Intralot. As a result, the deal has moved closer to completion, despite earlier concerns about Bally’s ability to ma…

Gambling News
Polymarket Testing Parlays, er Combos, Ahead of Football Season
Sports Betting

Polymarket Testing Parlays, er Combos, Ahead of Football Season

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…

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Encore Boston Harbor Workers Threaten Strike Unless Casino Antes Up Benefits
Casino

Encore Boston Harbor Workers Threaten Strike Unless Casino Antes Up Benefits

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…

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Regulation & Law

NorthStar Gaming Names Corey Goodman as Permanent CEO

NorthStar Gaming Holdings announced a major C-suite change, appointing its interim chief executive officer, Corey Goodman, as its permanent CEO. The company said that it reached this decision after Goodman proved his mettle by leading the business through a period of financial and operational stabi…

Gambling News
Alpaca registers with CFTC to enter prediction market sector
Regulation & Law

Alpaca registers with CFTC to enter prediction market sector

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…

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Bally’s Atlantic City appoints veteran casino exec Tom Pohlman as president
Casino

Bally’s Atlantic City appoints veteran casino exec Tom Pohlman as president

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…

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Interview: Moon Partners and PPC teams on the affiliate relationship
Business & M&A

Interview: Moon Partners and PPC teams on the affiliate relationship

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…

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Ireland tightens anti-money laundering rules for gambling sector
Regulation & Law

Ireland tightens anti-money laundering rules for gambling sector

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…

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