Top Rankin’: #EmbraceEquity, iGaming Unites To Empower And Drive International Women’s Day
As the world unites to celebrate and support International Women’s Day, the iGaming industry has stepped up to the liberation diamond with…
André Dubronski
Levelling the Playing Field: Female Demographics in iGaming
As we celebrate International Women’s Day, what better time to explore the sometimes vexed and complicated issue of equity within iGaming, focussing…
Pulling All Its Levers, Allwyn Adds €335m Accordion Loan To Its Playbook
Allwyn, soon-to-be operators of the UK’s National Lottery, is back on the financial merry-go-round, leveraging its capture of the crown jewels of…
Starship Troopers: Better Collective Reports Stellar FY22
Powered by the Qatar World Cup and keen corporate strategy, super media Affiliate Better Collective has reported a stellar FY2022, with revenue…
Betting On The Future, Kambi Reports Sterling Q4 Results
Swedish-origin, Malta-based iGaming B2B front-end maestros Kambi have reported a big rise in Q4 revenue and profit, boosted by a chunky contract…
Hop, Skip and a Fist-Bump, It Must Be Love For Betsson
You’d be forgiven for mistaking that extra bounce in Pontus Lindwall’s step as a sign of incipient love, sweet love. It is…
In-play, Parlay or Props, The Super Bowl’s A Winner All The Way
The statistics–like Kansas City Quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ unorthodox under-arm “shovels” and “scoops”–are mind-boggling. At a conservative bet, it’s estimated that at least…
The Magick of Simplicity: Just Keep It Simple, Says Client Guru Kathy Griffin
Breaking out of the echo chamber, iGamingFuture has deepened its progressive engagement with out-of-industry disruptors in the ongoing journey to share the…
Entain Is In The Room, Omnichannel Reports Big Rise In 2022 NGR
Omnichannel Entain–owners of Ladbrokes Coral–has reported a big rise in year-on-year Net Gaming Revenue (NGR). Thanks to a significant retail bounce-back, following…
Over The Hill, Itai Pazner Fired By 888 Holdings
As previously predicted in these pages, Itai Pazner has been fired as CEO of 888 Holdings. Shares in the Gibraltar-based, London FTSE250-listed,…
Esports Betting: How To Crack The Code And Keep The Buzz Alive
We can all agree that esports is one of the hottest gaming, and now iGaming, trends of our times. What began as…
All Hail Better-Than-Predicted BetMGM
It may be a stretch to call it a “Hail Mary” but given the billions spent on it by joint stockholders Entain…
“Bullsh*t” or Benefit, Curaçao Reform Roundtable
A proposal is now on the table to introduce new legislation and a new licensing system that the island nation’s government hopes will improve the island’s standing – and strengthen player protection….
Look! But Don’t Intouch Games; Fined £6.1m for Money Laundering Breaches
Three time loser Intouch Games has been fined a swingeing £6.1 million (US$7.54m/€6.91m) by the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission (UKGC) for serious…
Don’t Let Us Detain You, Entain To Accelerate Exit From Unregulated Markets
And so begins the big pullback–and perhaps the start of a great new iGaming mystery–as heavy-hitter Entain announces the equivalent of “Don’t…
Back In-play, Match Fixing Rears Its Ugly Header
Imagine, for a moment, a match between England’s two most storied football clubs, Manchester United and Liverpool. Imagine, moreover, that seven players…
Avatar: The Way of Indian iGaming
They say that India has 40,000 gods and goddesses, and that each one has four avatars. At the expense of exaggeration, it…
Silence Is Golden, Denise Coates Remains UK’s Richest Woman Despite Big Dip in bet365 Revenues
Despite a big slump in profits, bet365, characteristically, is keeping schtum, but Chief Executive Denise Coates remains the UK’s richest woman, proving,…
Amid The Great Depression, It Has To Be You
Amid the Great Depression, picture the scene. A down-at-heel punter, facing ruination, walks into a casino for one last throw of the…
2023: Famous Five Predict A Challenging Future, But Those Who Dare Will Flourish
“Those Who Dare Will Flourish.” As our name so graphically illustrates, we good folks at iGaming Future believe most positively in the…
Game, Set and Match-fixing, Top Tennis Players Netted
Two of the world’s top tennis players have been banned and fined for match-fixing by the sports’ International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA)….
It’s (Not) A Mirage — Hard Rock International Completes Control of Billion Dollar Vegas Dream
It’s taken a year but Hard Rock International has finally completed its US$1.08 billion (£889.44m/€1.01bn) dream acquisition of the rights to operate…
With Gambling Reform on the Warpath, It May Be Time to Circle The Wagons
Gambling reform–perhaps more than most issues on this government’s agenda–has been buffeted and delayed by the chaos of Covid and internecine Tory…
Hey Man! iGaming, EEG’s Not For You
Certainly in recognition of failure and over-reach, EEG, the Esports Entertainment Group, is pushing back on the full stack and returning to…
Veni, Vidi, Vici Ventures, While Roc Renders Unto Caesars
You’ve got to hand it to the bricks-and-mortar guys. They might have taken a beating from Covid. But in The States, at…
Ja Today, Jam Tomorrow, It’s A Sugar Fix For Jamaican Horseracing
Fixed-odds betting has finally come to Jamaica’s storied Caymanas Park racecourse, the premier track in the West Indies – thanks to Australia’s…
Facing Buyer’s Regret, 888 is Drowning in Debt After Reverse Takeover of Storied William Hill
At the time–with the world awash with cheap money–it seemed like a master-stroke; a supreme marriage of convenience between the brash, ballsy…
Shut That Door! Sweden’s New Moderate Government Rejects Draconian Crackdown on Gambling Ads
Sweden’s new Moderate Party government has rejected a draconian crackdown on the advertising fortunes of the nation’s overwhelmingly progressive and cutting-edge gaming…
iGaming Undisputed King of UK Gambling, Continues Pandemic Era Dominance
IGaming, with 61 per cent of the Gross Gambling Yield for 2021-2022, is the undisputed king of British betting. Slowly, slowly this…
Allwyn International On The Bounce, Given Blank-Check To Rule The World
Despite the fierce world economic headwinds, and their recent failure to launch on the New York Stock Exchange, Allwyn Entertainment, the soon-to-be…
Greatest Show or Horror Show, High Stakes World Cup Qatar Kicks-off With Half The Planet Watching
Amid the scandal of human rights abuses and allegations of latter-day slavery, the FIFA 2022 World Cup kicked-off Sunday, and signalled the…
California, IGaming’s Biggest Prize, Remains Just Out Of Reach
It could have been a classic and uplifting scene straight out of a revisionist left field western: a virtuous circle of “Cowboys…
Malta Gaming Authority Denies Mafia Links On IGaming’s Paradise Island
There are no links between suspected Mafia operatives and the Malta Gaming Authority on iGaming’s Paradise Isle, the MGA has asserted in…
A Poke in The Eye for PokerStars is a Worrying Landmark Ruling for Newly Regulated German iGaming
In the grander scheme of things a fine of €58,000 (£50,732/US$59,780) for a company that is owned by a £20.77 billion (US$24.47bn/€23.74bn)…
Who Wants To Be A Billionaire? Winner of US Powerball Keeps Schtum For Now
The winner of the US$2.04 billion Powerball, the world’s biggest ever lottery prize, is keeping schtum — for now. Little is known…
At Centre Of Universe, Like King Kong, Caesars Entertainment Plans To Scale Top of Empire State
Already leading the prestigious race to dominate New York State sports betting, currently the hottest ticket in US iGaming, Caesars Entertainment is…
And Now For Kambi’s Bet Builder: Every Which Way You Can
As planet iGaming gears up to wager on championships everywhere—and, needless to say, the biggest World Cup of all, FIFA Qatar 2022—it…
Buckle Up, In a Thrilling Game of High-stakes Poker MGM Resorts Plans World Domination
Perhaps the salient clue lies in the name: LeoVegas, a cheeky appropriation of two of the biggest branding images of world gambling…
Trussed Like A Turkey, Allwyn Is All Set To Consume Camelot For Christmas
The UK National Lottery may have raised almost £423 million (US$473.25m/€484.78m) for good causes in the first quarter of its penultimate financial…
The Fifth Dimension: In A Game of Musical Chairs, Don’t Worry Here Comes Scully in a Hurry
In a game of musical chairs, Paul Scully, a former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, has become the fifth government minister…
Valhalla Can Wait, Norse Warriors Kindred, Betsson, Kambi Deliver Divergent Results in Q3
The three Norse iGaming warriors–Kindred, Betsson and Kambi–have delivered widely divergent results in Q3, which could be loosely termed: “The Good, The…
You POGO If You Want To, But Don’t Say You Don’t Know
The sponsorship of a number of English Premier League football clubs by so-called POGOS–the often-illegal offshore betting sites based in The Philippines–has…
It’s A Sure Bet, The Sunak Always Rises
So it’s a one-horse race, after all. By the time you’re reading this, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will no doubt…
Hot in Winter, Canada’s Ontario Keeps North American iGaming Fires Burning
Canada’s recently-regulated Ontario has reaffirmed its position as the fourth richest iGaming and sports betting market in North America by posting a…
Allez Pallez! French FDJ Lottery Operator Records Impressive 12-Point Growth in Q3
With the latest edition of the French-invented Football World Cup coming up in Qatar, and a near-12 percentage points rise in year-on-year…
Clutching at Qatar, It’s Hardly World Cup Winning Form But Entain Stays in The Game
It’s hardly World Cup winning form but, given the dire economic outlook, Entain have delivered a solid, if not spectacular, Q3 in…
Facing Blitzkrieg, Lottoland Runs Out Of Glück in Germany
Germany’s state gambling regulator—the Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL)—has declared total war on online lottery operators Lottoland — and called for all…
Spring Cleaning Falls Early on Malta, iGaming’s Capital Isle
There’s been a flurry of autumnal cleaning by Malta’s regulatory gaming authority (MGA) as they’ve laid it on the line by publicly…
Return of the King Boosts New York Sports Betting Revenue
No doubt boosted by the return of the king, American Football, sports betting revenue in New York State hit a record US$143.3…
Having Booted Boris, Tories Kick Gambling Reform Down the Road Too
Amid the screeching economic car crash of their leadership shuffle, it would appear that Britain’s ruling Conservative Party are quietly shelving plans…