Booze, Grass or Twitch, Nobody Surfs for Free, Amazon Ditches Riders Mid-stream
Stung by a steady stream of criticism over illicit betting and accusations of corrupting young minds, Amazon, owners of Twitch, have decided…
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With £2.87m Fine, UKGC Brings Down Money Laundering Boom on Big Beast Betfred
In growing indication that Britain’s betting industry is perhaps capable of policing itself, the regulatory UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has brought the…
When Kristian Meets Christian, For Kambi It’s the Shape of Things to Come
It only takes two to make a church, and a win-win deal. So when cutting-edge Kambi buys red-hot Shape Games it’s probably…
Gambling Queens Survey A Realm of Possibilities, But There’s Still Room at The Top – and The Bottom
As the world bade farewell to its most celebrated daughter this week, Queen Elizabeth 11, it seems more than apposite to explore…
A Feast of Esports on the Menu for The Fat Banker’s SAS
Ever wondered how the Fat Banker got so fat? One answer could be because he/she/they ate the future for breakfast. And none…
In The Sport of Kings, The Queen Always Came Out a Winner
-A Royal Appreciation- Although she never won the Epsom Derby, considered the grandest prize in Flat racing, Queen Elizabeth will forever be…
It’s Rocky Mountain High as bet365’s Queen of British iGaming Gets Set to Rule America
FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, Caesars, PointsBet, must be quaking in their boots. And if not, they soon will be. For bet365, the queen…
On a Prayer and Parachute, In Michelle Donelan We Truss
Liz Truss, the UK’s fourth prime minister in six years, has made her keen right-wing supporter Michelle Donelan the new overlord of…
Camelot Calls It Quits, Concedes Contest To Control UK Lottery
It must have been a wrench but finally–almost six months to the day of receiving the bad news that it had lost…
It’s A Whole New World For Codere As Online Progeny Steps Up To The River Plate
They say, with the deepest respect, that: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Yet, in rejoinder, and equally respectfully, it’s…
Online Flavours The Pot, But In The Stats Cook-off Between Citadels Vegas and Macau Someone Ate All The Noodles
Post-Pandemic and post-Liberalisation iGaming flavours the pot, but in the stats war between the twin citadels of straight gambling, Las Vegas and…
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Holland Casino Back With a Bang and Boom
Thanks to the double-header of the end of Covid-19 lockdowns and the liberalisation of the Dutch online gaming space, state-owned Holland Casino…
Gunfight At The iGaming Corral: FanDuel Biggest Draw Of America’s Best
In the All-American shoot-out to come out top dog in the relatively new and increasingly contested online sports betting market, FanDuel seems…
The Koolest Kid on The Block, Penn Buys the Bar
Penn National Gaming is accelerating its convergence into a 360-entertainment provider by taking full control of hip Barstool Sports in a deal…
Pazner No Patsy, Yet It’s Tough Running Up That William Hill For 888Holdings
A few questioned his wisdom at the time, borrowing a billion dollars to scrape up Caesars Entertainment’s cast-offs, and so it’s proved…
Muscular Return of Retail Spares Entain’s Blushes in H1
The muscular “return of retail” helped save gaming giant Entain’s blushes in H1, reveals its latest Interim Financial Report. Despite a decline…
Look Back In Wonder: Kambi’s NFL Season Report 2021/22 Goes The Whole Nine Yards
The return of the NFL could not come a week too soon to boost America’s flagging sports betting scene. And the imminent…
CEE CEE Rider, Entain Bets Big on Central and Eastern Europe
In a hugely significant move that presages a major expansion into Central and Eastern Europe, Entain, the Pride of British Betting, has…
In Tactical Switch, Catena Media Reverts to Catenaccio, Pivots to The Americas
The end of an era is fast approaching at top iGaming affiliate Catena Media, which was founded by Swedish boy wonder Erik…
Not So Hot in July as New York Sports Handle Falls Below Billion For First Time
The monthly handle of New York State online sports betting has dipped below US$1 billion for the first time since legalisation at…
Return of The King (And Queen): Football to The Rescue as GGR Plunges to Monthly Low
With the UK’s Gross Gambling Revenue (GGR) falling by almost 14 per cent in the most recent certified month, the return of…
Ciao Bella, Flutter Adds Tutti-frutti To Its Palette of Flavours, Buys Italy’s Sisal for €1.9 Billion
Despite growing fiscal headwinds, Flutter Entertainment, one of the world’s largest betting companies, has completed its €1.91 billion (£1.61bn/US$1.94bn) purchase of Italian…
Reporting a Loss of Only US$123m in Q2, Less is More for Caesars Entertainment
Citing losses of US$123 million (£101.77m/€120.83m) for Q2 that would fell mere mortals, Caesars Entertainment, among the gods of the gaming world,…
Lottery.com’s Losing Ticket. Purveyors of World’s Biggest Lottery Win Now Facing Very Own Alamo
Lottery.com, the Texas purveyors of the world’s biggest ever lottery win, have drawn a losing ticket. And the online lottery sales platform,…
In “Race to the Top”, Flutter Lightens Load By Dumping Captain and Crew Overboard
A cynic may argue that in its “race to the top”, Flutter Entertainment, the world’s largest gambling group, has decided to lighten…
Under the Baobab Tree, Betsson Chills and Bets on Nigeria’s BetBonanza
In Africa it’s called “Chilling Under the Baobab”. Find yourself a shady spot under this beautiful, magical tree and watch life go…
With Falling Revenue Across Q2/H1, Kambi Gives it the Soft Shoe Shuffle
Despite falling revenues, premium sports betting platform provider Kambi has attempted to put a positive spin on its disappointing Q2/H1 financial results….
The Good, The Bad and The Scandi, Mixed Q2 for Top Nordics Betsson, Kindred
It’s been a mixed bag of Q2 results this financial year for top Nordics Betsson and Kindred. Omni-channel Betsson, helmed by Pontus…
Gone Fishin’, Flutter Casts New CEO in Bid to Satiate Market Sharks
Flutter, the world’s largest listed gambling group, has dumped its UK and Ireland CEO Conor Grant and brought aboard a new captain…
Online Sports Betting and iGaming Legalised in Peru
With Peru finally legalising iGaming and online sports betting, another bastion in the South American wall has fallen to 360 gambling. Hitherto…
Camelot Flickers Back to Life, Legal Ruling Gives UK Lottery Operator Fresh Hope
During its 28-years sitting astride the UK National Lottery, the operator Camelot has seen off five prime ministers, de-flowered Sir Richard Branson’s…
Howzat? Russian Punters Hit For Six in Indian Cricket Scam
It’s said that Russian punters will bet on anything. And so it has proved after an ingenious cricket betting scam in India…
Keeping It All In The Family, Playtech Finally Offloads Finalto for US$250m
In a move that brings little clarity to its opaque and tangled financial affairs, Playtech, the gambling world’s biggest back-end software provider,…
Return of the Mack, Retail Drives Entain Revenue in H1
For a significant cohort of punters, action in the real-world atmosphere of a traditional high street bookies will forever be the juice….
Not If, But When — UK Gambling Reform White Paper Set for Further Major Delay
With UK government ministers, among them gaming overlord Chris Philp, abandoning Boris Johnson’s dead-in-the-water administration, Britain’s long-awaited White Paper on gambling reform…
Keeping Dividends Close to the Dones, Right Said Betfred
Manchester-origin betting Omni-channel Betfred–both an online and retail powerhouse–generated a handle of almost £7 billion (US$8.34bn/€8.19bn) in its most recent Financial Year,…
Risky Business, 888’s Acquisition of William Hill International May Be a Bond Too Far
With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine fuelling economic uncertainty and raging inflation, maybe now is not the time for 888’s debt-financed…
Tory Grandees Draw Swords, Prepare to Face Off Over Long Delayed Gambling White Paper
Two Tory grandees have drawn swords and are preparing to face-off over the long-awaited gambling White Paper. Thanks to a last minute…
Someone’s Left the Cake Out in the Rain, Camelot Will Never Get The Recipe Again
In this world of luck, of ever-changing pronouns and mixed metaphors, “It Could Be You!” But, as Camelot, the improbable host of…
Big Moves in Little Laos, Set to Become Major Offshore iGaming Hub in S.E. Asia
Despite the very real possibility of incurring the wrath of its mighty neighbour, China, Laos, one of the few remaining avowedly communist…
Hammer and Anvil, It’s a Tough Rhodes Ahead Warns UKGC’s New Boss
It seems the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission (UKGC)–long dismissed as a “paper tiger” by anti-gaming activists, mostly notably the cabal of MPs…
iGF Breakfast Club: There’s a Wind of Change Blowing Across Gambling
Love it or loathe it, ready or not, there’s a wind of change blowing across the British gambling industry and in the…
Auf Wiedersehen, Unibet: Kindred Deals Major Blow to German iGaming Market
Heavy hitters Kindred Group have dealt a major blow to the credibility of Germany’s painfully slow and labyrinthine iGaming legalisation process by…
Allwyn On a Roll, Posts Impressive Q1 Results
Fresh from its unexpected triumph of being designated the “Preferred Candidate” to run the UK’s cash-cow national lottery, newly-boosted Allwyn International has…
Malta is Finally Off the Money Laundering Grey List
With a sigh of relief audible around the world of iGaming, Malta has been officially welcomed back in from the cold and…
Knowing theScore is Knowing When to Say Goodbye
With theScore Bet poised to leave the American market July 1, it seems the US sportsbook boom is losing steam. The decision…
iGF Shorts 8.0 — Beggars, Billionaires and Crypto
Welcome to My Cloud. The post-pandemic M&A mega-boom continues with US microchip powerhouse Broadcom tabling a US$61 billion offer to buy corporate…
Down to the Last Draw, There Will Always Be A Camelot
If the UK’s current—and hitherto only—lottery operator gets its way, there will always be a Camelot. Blown away by the surprise March…
Bookies to Celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by Donating Profits from Flagship Royal Ascot Race
Britain’s bookies will mark this year’s Queen’s Jubilee in by donating all profits from the Britannia Stakes race at Royal Ascot to…
Belgium Betting Industry: Maigret and Magritte Puzzled By Proposed Ban on Advertising
In a double quandary that may have delighted two of the country’s most famous sons, surrealist artist René Magritte and the great…