Business & M&A

Ainsworth Game Technology’s net profit attributable to shareholders fell 78 percent year-on-year to AU$1.1 million ($780,000) in the first half of 2026, as weaker North American machine sales weighed on […] The post Ainsworth 1H26 net profit drops 78% amid North America downturn first appeared on A…

QTech Games has entered into a new partnership with GoldenRace, bringing the supplier’s acclaimed portfolio of virtual sports, numbers games, crash titles and slots to its extensive network of operator partners. The post QTech Games strengthens platform with GoldenRace’s virtual portfolio first app…

Downtown’s Plaza Casino just opened its new high limit room. Yes, it’s aspirational, meaning the player for whom this room was created isn’t exactly the typical Plaza customer. At least not yet. The new high limit room is in the space that was previously Brightside Breakfast & Burgers. It’s right o…

As has been widely documented, Novig’s sports-focused prediction market, which rolled out nationwide earlier this month, is off to a fast start. So much so that average daily volume on the platform is already surpassing turnover on rival exchanges, such as Rothera and Underdog. That’s noteworthy be…

Bally’s recently filed a 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but Citizens analysts Jordan Bender and Isabelle Slavin have argued that the operator’s current pipeline of projects is ambitious. Citizen Analysts Warn About Bally’s Somewhat Precarious Position According to the analy…

SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited has finally responded to media speculation about a potential takeover of the company. In its release, the company confirmed that it has rejected two such offers. Two Companies Sought to Acquire SkyCity According to the official announcement, SkyCity had indeed be…

ProphetX is teaming up with EDGE Markets, a financial technology (fintech) company catering to sports bettors and prediction market traders, to permit users of the platform to deposit as much as $1 million per day. ProphetX, which is bolstering its business-to-business (B2B) footprint, was once a s…

Dolly Parton, the Tennessee‑born singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist whose voice, wit and generosity shaped American culture for more than six decades, died Tuesday (Aug. 25) at 80. Her death closes the book on one of the most influential careers in country music history and leaves fans he…

Don’t bet on Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) partnering with Bally’s (NYSE: BALY) or coming to that company’s rescue on the Las Vegas Strip. Following a post by Vital Vegas and Casino.org reporting indicating that Boyd is rumored to be a potential replacement for Bally’s in developing the Strip site that w…

AI is discussed in all industries today, but it doesn’t actually make a real difference in every business. In this interview, Dmytro Sorysh, AI Domain Product Officer at RedCore, breaks this down through specific cases, explains where the line between automation and human decision-making lies, and…

A report from the Atlantic County Economic Alliance (ACEA) identifies five key pressures facing the future of Atlantic City and the nine casino resorts that drive the local economy. The ACEA, a nonprofit economic development corporation established in 2017 for business attraction, retention, and ma…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, now a strategic advisor to the American Gaming Association (AGA), believes Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig lied to President Trump about the regulator’s legal tussles with states on the prediction market issue. Selig was appo…

Atlantic City's nine casinos saw their operating profits decline by 9.3% to $162.4 million in the second quarter, with a Stockton University analyst calling it "a clear trend" of the city's casinos becoming less profitable. Including online-only Caesars Interactive Entertainment New Jersey, the dec…

PointsBet has called on the Australian government to restrict payment channels to illegal offshore bookmakers and enforce faster removal of unlicensed gambling ads, citing enforcement models used in Canada and New Zealand. Group CEO Andrew Catterall outlined the proposals at the company's annual ge…

BetMGM live dealer casino games, streamed directly from Las Vegas, are now available to players in Alberta, the iGaming operator announced. Players can now access real-time blackjack, roulette and baccarat hosted by professional dealers and broadcast from MGM Resorts International destinations, liv…

HBO is currently developing Advantage Player, a casino drama series set to star Riley Keough, who will also executive-produce the project. The series is inspired by professional gambler Gina Fiore’s upcoming memoir, Advantage Player: Blackjack, Backrooms, and Beginnings, coming Oct. 27, 2026 from G…

BetMGM announced that players at BetMGM Casino Alberta in Canada can now enjoy live blackjack, roulette, and baccarat, hosted by professional dealers and streamed in real time from MGM Resorts International venues in Las Vegas. BetMGM Alberta Offers Livestreamed Casino Games The launch further stre…

SkyCity Entertainment Group has disclosed that its board rejected two takeover approaches received in May, including one from a fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management, after concluding that the proposals did not adequately reflect the company’s underlying value and contained problematic conditi…