Novomatic Completes Ainsworth Acquisition

Novomatic AG announced it has completed the acquisition of 52 percent of the shares of Australian slot manufacturer Ainsworth Game Technology. The shares were formerly the stake of Ainsworth...

Published January 15, 2018

Aristocrat Completes Big Fish Acquisition

Aristocrat Leisure Limited announced that it has completed its acquisition of social casino platform supplier Big Fish Games Inc. in a $990 million cash deal.

Published January 15, 2018

BMM Designates Moncton as Automation Center

BMM Testlabs has selected Moncton as the location of its new Test Automation Center of Excellence, along with education programs in conjunction with the University of New Brunswick.

Published January 15, 2018

Aristocrat Previews ICE Lineup

Aristocrat Technologies will display its new Helix+ cabinet and new games in all its game groups in its display at the ICE Totally Gaming trade show.

Published January 15, 2018

NYX Deal Done

Scientific Games last week completed the acquisition of NYX Gaming Group, first announced late last year. The combination of the two companies creates a leading B2B provider of digital...

Published January 8, 2018

GGB Magazine Launches the UNLV Gaming & Hospitality Education Series

Always one of the go-to sources for printed and online information in the gaming industry, GGB magazine is launching a new educational effort in collaboration with UNLV’s William F....

Published January 8, 2018

IGT Expands Optima Partnership, Eyes Macau

IGT has expanded its strategic partnership with Optima Group for delivery of sports-betting services and the development of IGT’s sports betting platform, as its first new games arrive on...

Published January 8, 2018

Scientific Games Launches ‘HD Games’ for Lottery

Scientific Games has launched a new proprietary line of instant lottery games featuring high-resolution imaging and large, contemporary play symbols.

Published January 8, 2018

M2G Releases Hotel Forecasting Module

M2G Analytics has released its largest hotel bookings forecasting module as part of its Casino Database Analytics suite of artificial intelligence products.

Published January 8, 2018

Aristocrat Launches New ‘Thrones’ Slot

Aristocrat Leisure Limited has launched a new game based on the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons of the hit show.

Published January 8, 2018

Macau Issues New ETG Standards

Macau has enacted new technical standards for live-dealer electronic gable games, the first such regulations tailored specifically for the live-dealer ETG genre.

Published January 8, 2018

DC Comics Registers Gambling Trademarks

DC Comics, home of superheroes from Superman to Batman and the Green Lantern, has registered a number of its trademarks for use as themes in gambling machines.

Published January 8, 2018

GGB Magazine Announces 25 People to Watch for 2018

The 25 People to Watch feature is one of the most widely read of the year for GGB Magazine. This year will be no different and the lineup of...

Published December 25, 2017

Foxwoods Installs Novomatic ETG Arena

Foxwoods has expanded its electronic table game offering by adding the Rainmaker Stadium, featuring the Novo Unity Stadium by Novomatic AG.

Published December 25, 2017

Novomatic-Ainsworth Purchase to Close January 5

Ainsworth Game Technology announced that the purchase of the 52 percent stake of its shares owned by founder Len Ainsworth to Austria’s Novomatic AG is expected to close on...

Published December 25, 2017

NYX Shareholders Approve Sci Games Acquisition

Shareholders of NYX Gaming overwhelmingly approved the company’s acquisition by Scientific Games Corporation, putting the deal on schedule to close in early January. Scientific Games President and CEO Kevin...

Published December 25, 2017

Aristocrat Launches Dragon Link, Buffalo RELM XL

Aristocrat Technologies has launched its Dragon Link progressive product in North America, and a new version of Buffalo on the large-format RELM XL stepper cabinet.

Published December 25, 2017

Interblock Launches Record ETG Footprint

Interblock has launched North America’s largest single-venue electronic table game footprint at Genting’s Resorts World New York City Casino.

Published December 25, 2017

Paradise to Pay IGT in Patent Dispute

Macau-based Paradise Entertainment Ltd. Has agreed to pay International Game Technology a fee of $800,000 to settle a patent dispute over its licensed products.

Published December 25, 2017

Scientific Games, IGT Stocks Boost AGEM Index

The surging stock performance of suppliers Scientific Games and International Game Technology was enough to boost the AGEM Index to another year-over-year monthly increase. AGEM also announced nine new...

Published December 18, 2017