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Jade Casino installs Merkur Multigames
US - MGM puts Ohio and Springfield up for sale Bloomberg has reported that MGM Resorts is looking for suitors to buy its casinos in Ohio’s Northfield Park and in Springfield, Massachusetts. MGM has reportedly enlisted financial advisers to hold preliminary discussions which may not result in any sale.
MGM bought the Northfield Hard Rock racino in 2019 for $1bn, rebranding it to MGM Northfield Park. The horse track and rasino is located about 20 miles southeast of Cleveland. MGM won the licence to operate in Springfield after Massachusetts and opened MGM Springfield in 2018.
US - Aristocrat promotes Aristocrat has appointed Matthew (Matt) Primmer to the position of Chief Product Officer, reporting directly to Aristocrat CEO & Managing Director Trevor Croker. Matt joins
Aristocrat’s Executive Steering Committee, and remains based at the company’s offices in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Matt comes to the role with over 20 years’ experience in the global gaming industry, including 10 years at Aristocrat in a range of senior product strategy, insights and leadership roles in Australia and the US. Matt has been Chief Product Officer at Aristocrat Gaming for four years, leading Design & Development (D&D) in Aristocrat’s largest operating business, with casino game content and hardware comprising its most strategically important portfolios. Matt previously held marketing and sales roles at Ainsworth and Shuffle Master.
New Jersey - Revenues surge by 12 per cent The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released its February financials for the Garden State with total gaming revenue covering casino, online gaming and sports betting, surging by 12 per cent to $461.5m in February 2024, from $412.2m in February last year.
Revenues have climbed by 20.2 per cent for the year so far, reaching $1.02bn. The State's casinos collectively beat the $196m they won from in-person gamblers in February 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, but only three of them won more in person this February than they did pre-pandemic.
Casino win came in at $211.6m, marking a 1.6 per cent drop from last year with the year so far reflecting a 2.4 per cent drop. Online gaming propped the casinos up, increasing by 27.9 per cent to $182.3m in February. Sports betting was up 23.7 per cent with casinos, racetracks, and their partners generating $67.6m for February 2024. The year so far has seen an 87.7 per cent increase in sports betting numbers.
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Merkur Gaming and Reel Games celebrate success as the partners have installed over 20 multigamers at the Jade Casino in Trinidad& Tobago.
Merkur Gaming and Reel Games has installed proven Linked Progressives Link Zone as well as Link Zone II, Solar Link, Merkur Mystery, and the acclaimed Red Pocket Jackpot at the Jade Casino in Trinidad & Tobago.
Te two companies entered into a promising distribution partnership at the beginning of last year, whereby the Florida-based Reel Games is responsible for marketing and servicing Merkur Gaming products in Central America and the Caribbean. Reel Games has been a distributor of slots, multiplayer roulettes, and progressive jackpot systems in the US for decades.
Te Latin American & Caribbean gambling market is already familiar territory for Merkur Gaming. "With Reel Games as a strong and reliable partner by our side, we are able to further expand and strengthen our business activities in the Caribbean with a focus on the future," says Tomás Mieles, Business Development Manager Casino Spain & Sales Coordinator Latin America at Merkur Gaming. And Sean Smith, President and Founder of Reel Games Inc., adds: "We are incredibly proud and grateful to introduce the new highlights from
Rhode Island
IGT PlayDigital iGaming content library is now available in Rhode Island via the Bally Casino Rhode Island app and on
BallyCasino.com, making IGT PlayDigital one of only two suppliers to offer content in all seven US online gaming jurisdictions.
"Bally Casino is pleased to make IGT PlayDigital's legendary game portfolio available to our players from the first day of online gaming in Rhode Island," said Craig Eaton, Bally's Rhode Island Operations President.
"We've created a top-tier player experience at Bally Casino that gives players the convenient opportunity toexperience many of their favourite IGT slots such as Cleopatra and Wolf Run at any time from any location .”
the Merkur Gaming portfolio to the Caribbean gaming market. I am confident that these will achieve great success and receive tremendous acclaim from the players. Te fact that we were able to achieve such a comprehensive setup in our collaboration is a great proof for the success of our partnership."
Allan Bhagan, co-owner of the Jade Monkey Restaurant and Casino, explains: "For more than two years, we have been actively searching for new and innovative products to make the gaming experience in our casino even more attractive and enjoyable. Tanks to the diverse product portfolio of Merkur Gaming, we are now able to provide the most varied and attractive gaming and jackpot offering of the past 20 years."
Currently, over 20 countries in the Caribbean have legalised gambling. Around 22,000 slot machines and 1,280 gaming tables provide fun and entertainment in approximately 160 different casinos in the Caribbean. A recently established gambling commission is responsible for issuing casino licences, whereas they were only issued for private member clubs.
Pennsylvania Play’n GO awarded license for Pennsylvania
Play’n GO continues its momentum in the US and is set to enter the third largest iGaming market in Pennsylvania, with a Delaware license also awarded in March 2024 — Play’n GO has maintained its upward trajectory in North America by landing its latest US iGaming licenses and will soon supply its content portfolio to operators and players in Pennsylvania and Delaware
Te licenses are the fifth and sixth obtained by the Swedish company in the US, following New Jersey, Michigan, West Virginia, and Connecticut.
Play’n GO has taken a dual- pronged approach to its strategy in North America, with these US licenses being complimented by the company’s success north of the border in Canada, where Play’n GO
was one of the first suppliers to be licensed to supply slot games in the province of Ontario. Although early in its American journey, Play’n GO games such as Piggy Blitz, make regular appearances in the top 15 most popular titles in all of North America.
Magnus Olsson, CCO for Play’n GO, said: “With player acquisition costs sky high in the US, we’re pleased to be able to offer operators in Pennsylvania access to our content which will keep players coming back for more.We are determined to be the number one casino gaming supplier in every regulated market in the world, and given that we are in more than 25 jurisdictions around the world where we have a license, we fully expect a similar success story in Pennsylvania in the coming years.”
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