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Galaxy Entertainment First Macau Gaming Operator to Accept WeChat Pay
Galaxy Entertainment, one of just six licensed gaming operators in Macau, announced this week that it will soon begin accepting WeChat Pay mobile transactions at its three major properties, Galaxy Macau, StarWorld...
Queen Elizabeth Knows How to Pick Horse Racing Winners, and She Has?£6.7M to Prove It
Who knew the 91-year-old Queen of England, Elizabeth II, was so into gambling? According to a recent data dive by the horse race betting website MyRacing.com, the British monarch has amassed quite...
888 Hit With Record $10M Fine for Letting Problem Gamblers Play
888 Holdings has been fined £7.8 million ($10 million) by the UK Gambling Commission over serious failings of its social responsibility program. The fine, a record amount for the online gambling industry,...
Las Vegas Hopes Independence Day Gaming Revenues Spark a Strong July
July Fourth may be Independence Day, but for the casinos and ancillary businesses of Las Vegas, it's also traditionally a cash cow. Falling on a Tuesday this year may have impacted revenues,...
Wynn Las Vegas Wants to Teach How to Run a Sportsbook, Be a Sommelier, and More
Wynn Las Vegas, like most casinos on the Strip, has long offered classes on how to play popular table games like craps and blackjack. But the resort is taking things a giant...
Ladbrokes Coral Takes $200 Million Hit But Insists the Future’s Bright?
Ladbrokes Coral execs brushed off a £200 million pre-tax loss for 2016 during the enlarged company’s first earnings call since combination, citing projected cost savings of £100 million per year by 2019...
UK Bookies Hope Cheltenham Festival Will Break “Right” Kind of Records This Year
UK bookies are expecting a record Cheltenham Festival this week, as the country’s biggest horse racing meet gets underway on Tuesday and continues through Friday. The kind of record they’re hoping for,...
Amaya and William Hill in $6 Billion Merger Negotiations
Amaya and William Hill confirmed over the weekend that they are in discussions to merge. Their aim is to create a $6 billion Trans-Atlantic gambling powerhouse with greater scale and diversification. With...
Paddy Power Betfair Reports £47.5 Million Loss Due to Costs of Merger
Paddy Power Betfair has reported operating losses of £47.5 million ($62.6 million) for the first half of 2016 in comparison with profits of £106.5 million ($140.5) for the corresponding period of 2015....
New Responsible Gambling Trust Research Highlights Possible Social Cost of FOBTs
The UK’s controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) took a pummeling this week from research commissioned by the betting industry-funded Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT). The machines allow betting shop customers to wager up...