CASINO: NEWS

In this section we cover all the latest trends within the online casino sector, as well as the most outstanding events in physical casinos.

Gondolas at The Venetian integrated resort, Las Vegas.

Sands sells its Las Vegas properties

The American company Las Vegas Sands Corporation has closed an agreement to sell two of its flagships in Nevada, the integrated resort The Venetian and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, two emblematic buildings of Las Vegas. After the death of its founder Sheldon Adelson was seen coming [...]

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Pragmatic Play closes important commercial agreements in Latin America

The Pragmatic Play company, which also has a significant presence in the Spanish regulated market, has closed important agreements in Latin America with various operators in Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay. Pragmatic Play thus consolidates its presence in the American continent where it is becoming one of the leading companies...]

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New hotline for safe and responsible gambling

The association of the Digital Gaming Industry (Jdigital) has launched a free helpline in collaboration with the Spanish Federation of Rehabilitated Gambling Players (FEJAR). The telephone number whose purpose is to provide assistance in matters of safe and responsible gambling is one of the mandatory requirements...]

Fireworks.

New online casinos arrive on the Spanish regulated market

There are still reasons for optimism in the igaming sector in New Zealand. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Consumption and the poor state of the Spanish economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, online operators continue to arrive in the regulated market of our country with [...]

Ball on the 17th square of a casino roulette cylinder.

Brazil: gambling legislation up for debate

In a country where gambling has been illegal since 1946, debating this issue is not easy. The South American giant, which is still anchored in many preconceptions around the game, is nevertheless an enthusiast of the national lottery O Jogo do Bicho. Now, the Senate [...]

Marina Bay Sands Casino and Hotel in Singapore.

Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson has died

The well-known Las Vegas casino entrepreneur Sheldon Adelson has died. The 87-year-old American tycoon could not overcome the complications caused by an aggressive lymphatic cancer for which he was admitted last Monday, the 11th. In 2019 Adelson had been diagnosed with lymphoma [...]

An open suitcase with hundred dollar bills.

All the things that happen in casinos

A lot has happened in casinos around the world this year, and we are not referring to the coronavirus pandemic that has dominated the front pages day after day since practically the month of February. Actually, there's been everything. In our country, some casinos were becoming [...]

Roller of a slot machine.

MGA games are incorporated into 888casino

Two companies that are going to benefit enormously from this collaboration: the online operator 888casino, which is part of the 888 Holdings group, and the slot developers MGA Games, perhaps the most successful casino gaming software company in the Spanish regulated market. Both companies have been closing deals [...]

Ski slope in Andorra.

What about the Andorra casino?

The Principality of Andorra is also open to the passion of gambling and its regulatory council, the Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc, has given free rein to the opening of the first casino in the Pyrenean country. The local company Jocs SA has been the awardee of [...]

Advertising banner of the new slot by Ismael Beiro from MGA Games.

MGA fattens up its Spanish Celebrities line

MGA says goodbye to the year with two new slots within its already well-known Spanish Celebrities: Ismael Beiro and Sandro Rey have been the chosen ones. The company analyzes the year that is leaving and presents the objectives that it has set for 2021, the year in which it turns 20 years old. [...]

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First online gambling licenses granted in Germany

The regulated online gambling market in Germany is experiencing busy times with the granting of licenses and a series of restrictions imposed by the new agreed treaty, the Glücksspielneuregulierungsstaatsvertrag (GlüNeuRStV), which is being approved by the authorities of the different German Länder and is living a phase [...]

Inside of a multicolored umbrella.

The new Pragmatic Play: now live

The new live game from the developer Pragmatic Play is Mega Wheel, an exciting ferris wheel in which players will be able to interact with the presenters of the Malta-based company. Although Pragmatic's games are widely present in Spanish online casinos with [...]

Poster welcoming to Las Vegas.

The future of Las Vegas Sands is up in the air

This is one of the heavyweights of the gaming industry in Sin City. As it has transpired just a few days ago, Las Vegas Sands Corp., owned by controversial American tycoon Sheldon Adelson, may be initiating plans to leave Las Vegas. Iconic casinos such as the Venetian or [...]