Location: Australia

03/11/25 8:00 AM

Focus on Light & Wonder: New Engage AI platform delivers casino insights in real time

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
Fresh off winning the 2024 Product Innovation of the Year award at the Global Gaming Expo, Light & Wonder is making waves with its... more
03/10/25 3:50 AM

Bally’s makes late offer to acquire, turn around Australia’s troubled Star Entertainment Group

  • Andrew W Scott and Ben Blaschke, Inside Asian Gaming
Just days after announcing an agreement with its Hong Kong partners to sell off its 50% stake in The Star Brisbane, Star Entertainment... more
03/07/25 12:18 PM

Star Entertainment Group said to have secured last-minute lifeline via proposed sale of The Star Brisbane to Hong Kong partners

  • Ben Blaschke, Inside Asian Gaming
Local media reports claim that embattled Australian casino operator Star Entertainment Group is set to offload its recently opened The Star... more
02/28/25 12:47 PM

Star enters trading halt amid concerns cash has run dry

  • Inside Asian Gaming
Australia’s Star Entertainment Group has entered a trading halt amid rumors the company has all but run out of cash. Local media reports... more
02/26/25 4:06 AM

Light & Wonder ditches live-dealer games

  • David McKee, CDC Gaming
Anyone who thought that Light & Wonder executives talked themselves out in an impromptu February 18 analyst call thought wrong. CEO... more
02/26/25 4:03 AM

Light & Wonder reports expansive fourth quarter

  • David McKee, CDC Gaming
Company records for financial and operational performance were posted by Light & Wonder in fourth-quarter numbers released late on... more
02/25/25 12:25 PM

Victorian regulator completes widespread investigation into underage gambling

  • Inside Asian Gaming
Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) said Monday it had filed 98 charges and achieved 14 prosecutions against 10... more
02/21/25 3:43 AM

Bally’s Corporation joins Star Entertainment scramble in Australia

  • Zoe Samios and Anthony Macdonald, The Australian Financial Review
An American casino operator controlled by a New York hedge fund has joined the opportunists sniffing around embattled Star Entertainment... more
02/20/25 2:09 PM

Aristocrat to launch $475 million share buy-back program

  • Ben Blaschke, Inside Asian Gaming
Weeks after wrapping up an AU$1.85 billion (US$1.17 billion) on-market share buy-back program, global gaming supplier Aristocrat Leisure... more
02/20/25 3:30 AM

OPINION: Why one of Australia’s biggest casino operators doesn’t deserve to be saved

  • Elizabeth Knight, The Sydney Morning Herald
The buzzards are circling, and the coyotes are licking their chops because the pulse is getting weaker by the minute at Star Entertainment.... more