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Flexia Payments Debuts InstaPlay for Casino Customers
Payments Innovation // August 18, 2022

Gaming FinTech Flexia Payments has debuted a way for casino customers to enroll in a cashless gambling solution that includes casino loyalty systems, a press release said Thursday (Aug. 18). Called the InstaPlay Registration and Integrated Onboarding Module, it will let customers scan a QR...

Wynn Resorts Pushes To Reopen Nevada Hotels, Vegas Strip
Coronavirus // April 19, 2020

A Nevada CEO is gunning for the state to reopen in May, a bold undertaking he justifies by pointing to the crippling effect the virus is having on the state’s economy. Nevada’s unemployment rate jumped recently to 6.3 percent, the highest in the nation. Its...

MGM And Wynn Shutter Casinos For A Limited Time Due To Coronavirus
Coronavirus // March 16, 2020

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, MGM Resorts International’s and Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s casinos will be taken out of operation. The eight Las Vegas strip resorts of MGM Resorts will be shuttered “until further notice,” while the Encore and Wynn casinos of Wynn Resorts will...

Bitcoin Daily: IDC Identifies Terror-Linked Hamas Bitcoin; Venezuela Opens Crypto Casino
Bitcoin // January 21, 2020

The International Data Corp.’s Institute for Counter Terrorism (IDC-ICT) has discovered a bitcoin front linked to Hamas that is associated with Iran, and is used to move money for terrorist purposes, according to a report Sunday (Jan. 19) by The Jerusalem Post. A website called...

Quick Reads
Caesars Entertainment Reports Growth and Profitability in Digital Segment

October 31, 2023
Caesars Entertainment highlighted the growth and profitability of its digital segment Tuesday (Oct. 31) during its third-quarter earnings call.  The digital segment generated $2 million in adjusted EBITDA during the third quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter of profitability, Eric Hession, co-president of Caesars Sports and Online Gaming at Caesars, said during the call. This is […]

Flexia Payments Debuts InstaPlay for Casino Customers

August 18, 2022
Gaming FinTech Flexia Payments has debuted a way for casino customers to enroll in a cashless gambling solution that includes casino loyalty systems, a press release said Thursday (Aug. 18)....

Wynn Resorts Pushes To Reopen Nevada Hotels, Vegas Strip

April 19, 2020
A Nevada CEO is gunning for the state to reopen in May, a bold undertaking he justifies by pointing to the crippling effect the virus is having on the state’s...

MGM And Wynn Shutter Casinos For A Limited Time Due To Coronavirus

March 16, 2020
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, MGM Resorts International’s and Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s casinos will be taken out of operation. The eight Las Vegas strip resorts of MGM Resorts will...