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SG Digital picks ex-Playtech exec as finance chief

Oct 04, 2018 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, World

Scientific Games Corp, a U.S.-based maker of casino equipment and provider of lottery services, has a new chief financial officer for its SG Digital arm. In a written statement issued on Wednesday,...

Aristocrat chairman Blackburne to step down in Feb

Oct 02, 2018 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Ian Blackburne (pictured), the chairman of Australia-based slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, is to leave the post on the day of the firm’s annual general meeting on February 21 next year....

Melco interim Cyprus casino drew 175,000 in three months

Sep 28, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

The developer of the C2 casino, an interim facility in the southern Cypriot city of Limassol, says more than 175,000 people have visited the establishment since it opened on June 28, the Cyprus Mail...

Mass. regulators pick interim leader amid Wynn probe

Sep 28, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission picked on Thursday an interim leader, one day after chairman Stephen Crosby resigned over claims of bias in that body’s ongoing investigation...

Everi touts qualities to drive two years of earnings growth

Sep 28, 2018 Tiago Azevedo Industry Talk, Latest News, World

Everi Holdings Inc, the Las Vegas, Nevada-based supplier of cash handling technology and electronic game content for casinos, is forecasting two years of steady earnings growth. At the company’s...

Four new junkets approved for Saipan’s Imperial Pacific

Sep 27, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Four junkets had licensing approved by Saipan’s Commonwealth Casino Commission on Monday, for gaming operations at Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd’s Saipan casino resort (pictured),...

Aristocrat foray into digital paying off: JP Morgan

Sep 27, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Return on invested capital at Australia-listed slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd is likely to moderate in financial year 2018 after peaking in 2016 and 2017, but work being done now is likely...

Ainsworth’s Gladstone to quit as CEO, staying with firm

Sep 24, 2018 Newsdesk Industry Talk, Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd has announced its chief executive Danny Gladstone (pictured) will relinquish the post after June 30 next year. The Australian maker of slot machines told the Australian...

Satellite casinos in Cyprus open by spring 2019: Melco Intl

Sep 20, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

Hong Kong-listed casino developer Melco International Development Ltd says three of its so-called “satellite casinos” in Cyprus are scheduled to commence operations in respectively...

Casinos tip US$261 bln into U.S. economy in 2017: AGA

Sep 20, 2018 Newsdesk Latest News, Top of the deck, World

The casino industry contributed US$261 billion to the United States economy last year according to a study commissioned by the American Gaming Association (AGA). The AGA, which brings together...