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Jewel Nightclub at Aria will close permanently on Nov. 21, 2026, ending a 10-year run at the Las Vegas Strip resort. The club was operated by Tao Group Hospitality in partnership with resort owner MGM Resorts International. MGM said the two companies had mutually agreed to the closure. In a press s…

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) still plans to pursue proceedings against gaming industry entrepreneur Andrew Lo Kai Bong (pictured in a file photo), according to a Friday notice. The legal action under Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Ordinance is due to start in September ne…

Seaport Research Partners expects 2026 year-on-year growth in Macau casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) to be under 1 percent, with decline in GGR anticipated for November, albeit at a slower pace than seen in June, July and October. The brokerage’s’ forecast of 0.9 percent expansion in 2026 GGR woul…

With New Brunswick considering an Ontario-style regulated iGaming market, the province has introduced legislation to amend its Gaming Control Act, giving the government authority to regulate online live casino games. On Oct. 21, according to reporting by the Telegraph-Journal, the provincial govern…

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s Gambling Authority, has imposed an immediate ban on Immortal Snail LLC, the company behind the notorious offshore gambling operator Duel.com, claiming it illegally targets the Swedish market. Sweden Bans Duel.com Spelinspektionen stated that the ban was imposed to protect…

Macau’s casino industry saw a sharp revenue drop in October, with gross gaming revenue (GGR) decreasing 10% despite an influx of visitors during the National Day Golden Week holiday, traditionally one of the region’s busiest periods. Together with the last few months’ disappointing results, the gam…

Online gaming content provider Pragmatic Play has launched Sweet Loot, a new slot in which players are invited to set sail for a sweet world of candy-themed piracy. This new title offers multipliers of up to 500x, instant wins of up to 2,000x, and a max prize of up to 10,000x, ensuring exciting tim…

October casino sales for South Korea’s Lotte Tour Development Co Ltd leapt 115.4 percent month-on-month, to reach just under KRW62.53 billion (US$46.6 million). That is according to a Monday filing to the Korea Exchange. Judged yearly, such sales improved 24.1 percent. Lotte Tour runs the Jeju Drea…

Victory Casino Cruises has confirmed that the extended dry dock of its lone vessel, Victory I, stems from a lawsuit against the company claiming it owes nearly $791,000 to a shipyard in South Carolina. But the Port Canaveral casino cruise ship operator says the civil litigation stems from a “contra…

The Sahara has become the first casino on the Las Vegas Strip to offer regulated cryptocurrency-funded gaming transactions through its casino cage, allowing customers to convert three kinds of digital assets into chips or casino tickets for gambling—Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin. Customers are not…

Betty Canada reported a 23% increase in quarterly net revenue across its Ontario and Alberta online gambling operations in Q3 2026, driven by continued growth in Ontario and expansion into Alberta’s newly regulated iGaming market, according to the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). In a Linke…

The 2026 tale of woe for Full House Resorts (NASDAQ: FLL) continued Monday as the already battered casino stock dipped modestly after Texas Capital downgraded the shares. In a new report to clients, analyst David Bain lowered his rating on the regional casino operator to “hold” from “buy” while par…

Sanford City Councilor Charles Taylor (R) has served in local government for nearly two decades. As he seeks election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in Tuesday’s race, Taylor has labeled a campaign ad a smear piece regarding his alleged ties to an illegal gambling operation. In Octo…

A Missouri mother has been arrested after demonstrating neglect of her children on several occasions in the span of a very short time. First abandoning a four-year-old daughter at a truck stop in the middle of the night, and then proceeding to drive to a casino where she left her two young boys in…

Macau casino revenue remained sluggish in October, marking the region’s fifth consecutive month of year-over-year decline. The city’s gaming regulator reported on Sunday (Nov. 1) that the six casino operators generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of MOP21.68 billion (US$2.68 billion) in October 2026…

Four Chicago men are accused of smashing their way into a suburban gambling café and stealing nearly $14,000 from video gaming machines, before leading police on a chase that reached speeds of over 100 mph. The suspects allegedly used sledgehammers and a crowbar to break into Maria’s Gaming Cafe in…

It remains one of the most iconic photos ever taken of gambling in Las Vegas. And it’s fake news. “Customers at the Sands playing craps on a floating table in the pool,” reads the description for the photo in the UNLV Special Collections archive. “About 2,200 guests tried this in 1954.” Very few wo…

Evoplay, the award-winning game development studio, has introduced Player Space, a first-of-its-kind loyalty and retention ecosystem. Built around progression, rewards and long-term player goals, Player Space adds a continuous gamification layer to the casino experience, connecting individual gamin…