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Bloomberry’s Solaire North opening pushed back to 2023 due to COVID-19

 The casino has ceased operations in mid-March but has partially reopened its doors to “very limited capacity” Bloomberry Resorts Corp – the operator of Manila gaming complex Solaire Resort and Casino – has announced the delay in completion date in the firm’s second integrated resort development known as Solaire North, located in Quezon City, one of the Central Business Districts in Metro Manila, Philippines. 

Weltbet chooses Delasport as its platform provider

iGaming & Sportsbook software solutions provider Delasport signs partnership with betting operator Weltbet as their proprietary sportsbook provider Weltbet Spokesperson: ‘’We are delighted to partner with Delasport and look forward to providing our players with a truly amazing betting experience on a state-of-the-art sportsbook and iGaming platform. The opportunity to provide our clients with an…

Cambodia accelerates the pace of the New Gaming Law” legislation”

This law aims to ensure that the Cambodian government can better regulate casinos and various legal gambling activities The Cambodian government is accelerating the pace of legislation to make the ‘New Gaming Law’ take effect within this year, to ensure that the government can better regulate casinos and various legal gaming activities, so that the…

The profile of the modern Casino player in a post-COVID era

At the beginning of 2020, little did we know that this year will not turn out to be what everyone planned. All the plans land-based casinos had formed, went straight out of the window. COVID-19 hit us, and it hit us hard. Question is, what is the modern gambler expecting after this COVID-19 pandemic? With…

The end of Genting UK land-based operations

The Covid pandemic has claimed a major victim in the British poker world Genting is ceasing all live poker operations in the UK permanently.   News of the closures came out when a Genting cardroom manager posted a status on his Facebook page stating a farewell message on Tuesday.  “Well, it’s been emotional. Thank you to all our poker players, hope you have…

AGA urges lawmakers to open up casinos and use digital payment methods

57% of the customers who visited the casino in the past 12 months believe that contactless payment methods in the casino are very important to them The American Gaming Association (AGA) has announced a new ‘Payments Modernisation Policy Principles’ including 7 regulatory proposals, which are intended to provide a framework for regulatory changes to promote…

A look at the international casino market today

Governments have implemented harsh social distancing measures internationally and people are spending more time than ever online Although many industries across the world are suffering from near economic meltdown given uncertain economic conditions of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the story hasn’t played out this way for every industry. In fact, despite the harsh economic conditions…

Italy’s retail gaming venues reopen

With numbers of new cases dropping gambling venues were allowed to reopen this weekend All gambling venues in Italy were forced to close their doors when the country entered into a state of lockdown on 10th March because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Since Italy has been one of the worst hit countries by Covid-19 the government held the…

Pandemic resumption plan: Illinois regulators issue reopening guidelines

Some of these include wearing protective equipment and limited capacity in casinos On Tuesday, Illinois regulators released a set of guidelines for reopening casinos in the state, focusing on social distancing protocols.

Greentube expands in Portugal with Estoril Sol Digital launch

Greentube, the NOVOMATIC Interactive division, has launched its market-leading slot portfolio with Estoril Sol’s online platform, strengthening the supplier’s foothold in Portugal  The online casino operator has initially integrated Greentube’s top 30 performing games in the Portuguese market, including titles like Book of Ra™ deluxe, Lucky Lady’s Charm™ deluxe, Sizzling Hot™ deluxe and Lord of the Ocean™. More world-famous NOVOMATIC games that…