iGaming Business – Nextpeer, an Israeli start-up that specialises in making mobile games multiplayer-enabled, is launching its service for Android devices after a successful debut on the Apple iOS platform. The company’s software development kit allows players to compete directly against friends or random players. “When people think about playing together in mobile games, we want the first thing that goes through their head to be Nextpeer,” Shai Magizmof, the company’s chief executive officer and co-founder, said. The integration process manages push notifications, Facebook challenges, analytics and cross-promotions. In other news, wagering platform Small-Bet has announced a new partnership with…

Like to gamble? Why not stay at a casino hotel where you can play? From Foxwoods in Connecticut to the Ibiza Gran Hotel, take a trip with Lady Luck to these top casino hotels. You can bet our selections include The Donald. 1. Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut Better known for Ivy Leaguers and autumn leaves than slot machines and five card stud, Connecticut offers a pleasant surprise in the form of Foxwoods Resort casino hotel. Owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, this property is actually home to six casinos, along with two Rees Jones-designed championship golf…

iGaming Business – Jimmy Vaccaro has left his role at William Hill US, a subsidiary of UK bookmaker William Hill, to take control of the race and sports marketing division at Las Vegas-based South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa. According to LineMakers.com, the position was created especially for Vaccaro, who held a similar role at William Hill before his exit. In his new job, Vaccaro will look after South Point’s new mobile phone app that allows customers to place sports wagers from anywhere within the US state of Nevada. Vaccaro said: “In the next three years, there will be a…

Salon – Last week, Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Nelson Johnson ruled that waitresses at a New Jersey casino can be fired for putting on weight, potentially setting a dangerous precedent for other workplace discrimination cases, experts say. The 22 women behind the suit, known as the “Borgata Babes” targeted a policy at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa that barred them from gaining more than 7 percent of their original body weight, as Time notes: The “babes” argued that the casino viewed them as nothing but sex objects and were forced to endure frequent weigh-ins and were even suspended when…

The Express-Times – Slipping into the casino to gamble while underage might seem a harmless adventure, but it’s likely you won’t walk away with any big winnings, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman Doug Harbach says. An underage visitor might instead be walking away with a criminal record. That could be the fate awaiting Rong Lin, 20, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., after police determined Wednesday evening he had a fake ID after he’d won a jackpot at a Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem slot machine. Police and gaming officials say they don’t know the precise size of the jackpot which ended up giving away…

Pokerati – Sports fans are wagering thousands of dollars on the performance of professional athletes each day online, and it is all perfectly legal. Known as daily fantasy sports, the games are part of an exemption to federal law banning online gambling. In daily fantasy sports, winners aren’t determined by the outcome of a single game or the performance of a single player. Most fantasy competitions — football or baseball — last a season, but more and more players are looking for their daily fantasy fix. Critics argue that turning fantasy sports into a daily competition edges it closer to…