Swiss Add 50 More Sites to Badlist
With 26 fiercely independent cantons, three official languages and two, technically over-arching, often-competing, regulatory authorities, it’s little surprise that iGaming operators often…
André Dubronski
Special Report: Betting on a Whole New Disneyworld
Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek has revealed the storied brand is now poised “to get aggressive” with a proposed expansion into sports…
The Magnificent Ten – Dutch iGaming Goes Live and Legit
The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling authority, has issued licences to only 10 providers, much fewer than anticipated, and they’ve already been dubbed…
Reshuffling The Pack – Blackstone Off-loads Vegas Cosmopolitan, Sort Of
Ownership of the hotel—in a stunning sleight of financial alchemy—has now passed to the Cherng Family Trust, a multi-billion-dollar single-family investment firm,…
DraftKings Going for Broke – Has Launched Entain Bid with MGM Resorts
One by one, like ducks in a row, our American friends are targeting iconic British betting brands in a bid to buy…
Special Report: “Big Macau, Hold the Cheese” – Crackdown in China’s Gambling Entrepôt
In recent days—amid already rocky US-China relations—casino stocks have fallen by some US$20 billion (CNY129.3bn/£14.63bn/€17.07bn) in Macau, the world’s largest gambling hub….
It’s Open Season on the UKGC
They have launched a probe that will run until October 31 to investigate the “competence” and “effectiveness” of the body that regulates…
Race for Safe Gambling on the Finnish Line
Veikkaus is the most dominant of four state-controlled entities that control gambling in the Scandinavian nation. It essentially runs all online betting,…
“Yes He Khan” – London Mayor Tightens Grip on Proposed Ad Ban
During his re-election campaign in May this year, Khan, the son of an immigrant Pakistani bus driver, pledged to ban betting ads…
Over The Hill: UK Icon’s Uncertain Future
Back in the 1930s, its eponymous founder launched his betting business as a postal and telephone-based betting service — the equivalent then…
888 Gets With The Flow, Delivers Sweet H1
Total revenue for the Gibraltar-based FTSE-250 group increased by 39 per cent to US$528.4 million (£383.4m/€446.6m), year-on-year, ending June 30, with the…
After Covid’s Blizzard of Oz, Uneasy Lies The Crown
With the land-based heavy-hitters making a loss of AU$261.6 million (£139.3m/US$191.9m/€162.2m), their revenue fell to AU$1.5 billion (£798m/US$1.1bn/€930m), while EBITDA plunged like…
Hot, Hot, Hot: Nevada Desert Blooms in July
Betting revenue in the Desert State hit an all-time high in July, totalling an astonishing US$1.36 billion (£989m/€1.15bn), the most successful month…
Things Can Only Get Better – Denmark’s Better Collective Posts Superb H1
Driven by its brilliant business moves in the United States, where its acquisition of the Action Network in May has substantiated its…
Betting on Black – Historic Casino Set to Open
The first-ever Black-owned casino is set to open in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the slave-owning southern Confederacy during the US…
Gong Baby, Gong; Iconic Group Slipping Down the Rankings
Time was when the Rank organisation, with its iconic branding of the sexy, perfectly formed, “Gongman”, bestrode the British media, entertainment and…
Back to Black, Tabcorp Tames Killer Covid
The Omni-channel, which employs 5,000 people, has just posted its 2020/2021 full-year results, ending June 30, marking group profits of AU$269 million…
It’s GiG’s Economy, Posts Upbeat H1
Despite its progressive iGaming posture, GiG’s operations were seriously effected by last year’s worldwide disruption to sports events. But the return of…
Skins Alive; Chasing $500m Payday, New York OKs Online Sports Betting
After years of losing out to illegal operators and nearby states, principally New Jersey, New York has finally regulated online sports betting,…
We Will Rock You, Entain On A Roll
Not content with a remarkable 22 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth, multi-channel Entain Plc. has just posted a handle of £7 billion…
A Tale of Three Markets; Dragged by Germany, LeoVegas Posts Negative Q2
Kept positive by an all-time high in Sweden, and the successful integration of its newly-acquired Expekt sports book, iGaming group LeoVegas has,…
Everyone Loves a Winner, Amid Top Year-End Forecast, Flutter Posts Big in H1
With sports betting now legal in some two-dozen US states, and counting, this financial half has been all about the market dominance…
Gamesys Posts Tasty H1 Pre-nup
Amid its ongoing £2 billion (US$2.76bn/€2.36bn) merger with US casino retail-heavy Bally’s Corp., software group Gamesys has posted a very positive 17.3…
Let the Scientific Games Begin
Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has recorded revenue of US$880 million (£634.7m/750.2m) during its second quarter trading, an increase of 63 per cent over…
VIP Schemes: Scrutiny and the Bounty
While iGaming platforms are free to enjoy the bounty of their innovation and enterprise in the marketplace, they must also be subject…
Heaven Can’t Wait, DraftKings Betting on Online Deregulation to Drive Revenue
Stoked by the convergence and integration of its myriad platforms and buoyed by its record of strong customer acquisition and retention, DraftKings…
Caesars H1: Return of the King
In a rejoinder along the lines of good news, bad news, Caesars Entertainment, king of the old real-world gambling jungle, has seen…
Q2 Wheel of Fortune Turns for IGT
A bold strategy of mining its debt mountain and cutting back to basics has paid off for multi-national International Game Technology (IGT)…
Playing the Long Game, Playtech Beats Back Covid
Despite the deep impact of Covid-19 pandemic closures on its Snaitech Italian operations, Playtech, the world’s largest supplier of iGaming and sports…
Kambi Scores a First Half Double
Powered by a strong performance in the just completed UEFA Euro 2020 Football Championship, Sweden’s Kambi Group Plc–a leading B2B provider of…
Leaving Las Vegas, Sands Shifting East
The company behind the Sands Casino brand–an icon that’s almost synonymous with the Desert Queen itself–is cashing out its chips and moving…
Cutting a Path Through the Tax Jungle, Sports Betting gets a Brazilian
Big gaming outfits eyeing up Brazil’s potentially lush, soon-to-be-launched, online sports betting market have been dealt some clarity if not charity by…
Evolution’s Revolution
Fuelled by its acquisition of fellow Swedish betting supplier NetEnt last year, Evolution gaming has put in a spectacular financial half that…
In Spain’s New Online Order: “Less is More”
Spain is poised to implement new online gaming protocols designed to protect at-risk and so-called intensive players by imposing strict limits on…
Deep Covid Scrambles the Stats
Given the deep impact of Covid-19 on the betting industry, through the suspension of real-world sports events and closures of land sites,…
Tweak and Roll: Make Mine a Danish
Denmark’s Gaming Authority, the Spillemyndigheden, has unveiled regulatory tweaks that while minor should nevertheless delight the nation’s punters. First up is a…
Vat’s Very Nice Says Betfred
A little later than anticipated, Betfred has released its 2020 financial report, year ending September 27, and revealed that a hefty VAT…
Entain the Dragon, Market Leader Set to Post Online Record
Citing 22 consecutive quarters of double-digit online growth, UK betting powerhouse Entain Group has upped its 2021 full-year earnings forecast to between…
Boom, Boom: Ontario Readies for Online Surge
Following the liberalisation of its betting market, Canada’s Ontario provincial government is preparing for an online betting boom by forming a specialised…
Back to the Future, 888 Hits A Q2 Jackpot
FTSE-250 iGaming giant 888 Holdings has reported a 20 per cent, year-on-year, increase in revenue for its Q2, ending June 30, to…
The President and the SportPesa, Kenya Gaming Given Kiss-of-Life
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has brought his country’s sports betting back from the dead by significantly reducing a controversial tax that had…
Riders of the Storm; Malta Keeps the iShip Afloat
In decidedly mixed news, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has reported that the country’s gambling industry, a European powerhouse of online betting,…
German Online Gaming: Don’t Mention the Law
Paraphrasing a famous football dictum, perennial winners Germany thought their hard-fought battle to legalise and legislate online gaming was over but now,…
Malta Battling Financial Action Task Force Greylist
In recent times Malta, home to more than 250 top international betting and iGaming operators, has tried its best to shake off…
Yes We Canada, Single Event Sports Betting Goes Legit
Canada’s decision to legalize single event sports betting has been hailed as a historic victory by the movers and shakers of the…
Get Me To The Altar Online, Codere Shotgun Wedding
In what could presage the break-up of embattled Spanish betting group Codere SA, venture capitalists DD3 have made an offer that can’t…
Crown of Thorns, Top Aussie Group Under Forensic Corruption Heat
Crown Resorts, the largest gaming and entertainment group in Australia, with a market capitalisation of almost AU$9 billion (£4.92bn/US$6.95bn/€5.7bn), is under investigation…
Bally Ho, Gamesys On; Alpha Players Poised for £2bn Merger
In a bid to dominate American iGaming, the world’s fastest-growing online betting market, which could soon be worth an astonishing US$45 billion…
Less is More for Playtech, As They Streamline Finalto for US$210m
Delivering on a promised strategy of a pivot to core business operations, Israel’s market-leading Playtech has agreed to sell its Finalto financial…
On The Prowl, Aristocrat Shows Oz The Way
With its online revenue alone exceeding a billion Australian dollars, Sydney-based Aristocrat Leisure has underlined its enduring class by dropping only one…