Bally’s and Gamesys Agree Merger Terms
Bally’s Corporation, a U.S. omni-channel provider of land-based gaming and interactive entertainment, today announced that the Company and Gamesys Group plc have…
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The Good, The Bad and The Furloughed
Arch rivals William Hill (WH) and Ladbrokes have set themselves up as the good and the bad of the furloughed gambling industry….
Crown Resorts Hires Bruce Carter as Non-Executive Director
Crown Resorts Limited announced today the appointment of a new Non-Executive Director, Bruce Carter, to the Crown Board, subject to the receipt…
BOS Comments on Sweden Online Casino Restrictions
The Ministry of Finance has issued a proposed extension of the restrictions for Swedish-licensed online casinos until November 14, with reference to…
BGC Boss Claims Betting Shops Will Aid Post-Covid Economy
The re-opening of betting shops in England and Wales is a “much-needed boost” for their staff, customers and also the UK economy,…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It has been a rather bitty week in the world of Safer Gambling, with a number of small stories without an overarching…
Betfred Meets Mr Green
After a fraught three years of legal action to claim his fair winnings, Betfred blackjack player Andy Green now has all the…
Beat the Dead Donkey, Khan Gambles on Banning Tube Betting Ads
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, love him or hate him, is beating a dead donkey in a bid to win re-election. In…
GamCare Receive Funding Boost to Support Criminal Justice System
Gambling support charity GamCare will now receive two years’ funding to scale up delivery of its programme to raise awareness and develop…
MGM Adds Rapid Covid-19 Testing to “Convene with Confidence” Program
Now welcoming larger groups in accordance with increased capacity limits in Nevada, MGM Resorts is offering meeting planners the option for on-site…
Pinnacle Enhances In-Play Betting Tech
Pinnacle has today announced a partnership with DeckPrism Sports. The deal will enable the online bookmaker to further enhance its in-play betting…
Conscious Gaming Hires Blair Aronson as Operations Director
Conscious Gaming announced today the appointment of gaming industry veteran Blair Aronson (formerly Albanese) as its new Operations Director. Blair joins Conscious Gaming after…
Entain Improves Speed and Security of Customer Checks
Entain the global sports betting and gaming entertainment group, is strengthening its identity, financial and credit checks to augment its experience for…
Bally’s Finalises Acquisition of Montbleu Casino from Caesars
Bally’s Corporation, a U.S. omnichannel provider of land-based gaming and interactive entertainment, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition…
Raketech Nominates William Hill CEO as Chairman
Raketech, the iGaming performance marketing partner, announced that the current chairman of the board of directors, Christian Lundberg has declined re-election. The…
Entain Announce Results of the Extended Acceptance Period for Enlabs
Entain plc, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Bwin Holdings, announced a public cash offer to the shareholders of Enlabs AB to tender all…
UFC and American Gaming Association Partner on Safer Gambling Campaign
UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, has joined the American Gaming Association (AGA) to promote responsible sports betting as the…
Holland Casino Launches New Responsible Gambling Initiative
As of April 1, Holland Casino has launched the award-winning Gamalyze self-test on their website for their customers to get insight into…
Strong Link Between Loot Boxes and Problem Gambling Found
GambleAware has today published a report completed by the University of Plymouth and the University of Wolverhampton into gaming and gambling. The…
DraftKings Acquires BlueRibbon
DraftKings Inc. has announced that it has acquired Blue Ribbon Software Ltd., a Tel Aviv-based leading global jackpot and gamification company that…
Carousel Group Announces $50M Series A Investment
Carousel Group, a rapidly-growing privately-held licensed sports betting and casino operator has announced a global strategic partnership with renowned media brand, Maxim….
Spanish GGR Up 13.8 Per Cent
Spanish online gross gambling revenue (GGR) rose 13.8 per cent year-on-year to €850.7m (£726.3m/$998m) in 2020, despite sports betting revenue declining. According…
Flutter Minding The Pay Gap
Gaming giant Flutter Entertainment, the FTSE100 listed company that recorded revenues of almost £4.4 billion last year (US$6.11bn/€5.17bn), has just released its…
UKGC Boss Tim Miller’s Headlines
Pandemic haircuts can come in many styles, Tim Miller, the new Executive Director of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has warned the…
Gambling Commission Unveils Three-Year Corporate Strategy
The Gambling Commission has unveiled its new three-year Corporate Strategy which sets out the Commission’s focus as it continues to protect the…
Kindred Group Completes the Acquisition of Casino Operator Blancas NV
Kindred Group has completed the previously announced acquisition of 100% of the shares in Blankenberge Casino-Kursaal (Blancas) NV, which operates Casino Blankeberge…
Entain Expands Global Regulated Markets by 30% Through Bet.pt and Enlabs AB
Entain, the global sports betting and gaming entertainment group, has increased the number of regulated international markets in which it operates by…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It’s an earlier newsletter this week, with the Easter period starting tomorrow, while it has been a slightly quieter week as a…
Bet365 Reports 8 Per Cent Revenue Slump
Bet365 has released figures revealing that total revenue fell 8 per cent to £2.81bn (€3.30bn/$3.87bn) during its 2019-20 fiscal year, closing 29…
Entain Launches UK New Affordability Model in the UK
Entain, the global sports betting and gaming entertainment operator, is using its pioneering, technology-led player protection initiative known as ARC (Advanced Responsibility…
UK Gambling Activity Declines in Early 2021
Gambling activity has fallen in the first two months of this year after a festive peak in December, according to data released…
Allied Esports Accepts Increased Offer from Element Partners for Poker Assets
Allied Esports Entertainment today announced that it has amended its stock purchase agreement with Element Partners, to sell all of the outstanding…
2021 Regulation Challenges, with Kindred, ComeOn and Rightlander
As attitudes towards player protection continue to tighten up, one of the key industry stakeholders to be under increased scrutiny is the…
Entain Reports 7 Per Cent Gender Pay Gap
Entain has reported a median gender pay gap of 7.1 per cent for 2020, which is considerably lower than the national average…
Affiliate Spotlight: iGaming in the New World, with Fintan Costello, Managing Director, BonusFinder
In part two of our conversation with Fintan Costello, Managing Director, BonusFinder, we take a deep dive into the future of iGaming,…
Tabcorp To Commence Strategic Review
Tabcorp Holdings Limited has previously announced that it has received several unsolicited approaches and proposals in relation to a potential transaction involving…
EY Report: Betting And Gaming Sector Supports 119,000 Jobs And Generates £4.5bn in Tax
The latest study by EY, which was commissioned by the Betting and Gaming Council, also shows that their members contributed £7.7bn in…
BetPlay Enriches Offering Through END 2 END
BetPlay, the largest online betting operator in Colombia, has further enriched its online casino offering with the launch of END 2 END’s…
LeoVegas Invests in SharedPlay
LeoVegas, through LeoVentures, is investing EUR 1.1 m for 25% of the shares in SharedPlay with an option to increase its ownership…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
The Safer Gambling news this week has a strong international flavour so, while we’re still all in lockdown, let’s travel the world…
UK ‘Lags’ Behind on Research into Gambling Harms
A study by the Policy Institute at King’s College London has concluded that the UK is lacking a strong body of evidence on…
Flutter Loses Pokerstars Kentucky Appeal
The Kentucky Supreme Court yesterday denied a petition made by Flutter for a rehearing of its 17 December 2020 decision relating to…
R. Franco Digital Achieves MGA licence
Franco Digital, R. Franco Group’s digital division,has landed the highly prized acquisition of its Critical Gaming Supply Licence from the Malta Gaming…
Videoslots Promotes Peter Sjoberg to COO
Leading casino operator Videoslots has appointed Peter Sjoberg to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Sjoberg, who has also held senior positions…
Better Collective Proposes Therese Hillman as New Board Member
The nomination committee of Better Collective has proposed that Therese Hillman is elected as new board member and also proposes the re-election…
Bally’s and Gamesys Agree Preliminary £2 Billion Merger
The board of Bally’s and the board of Gamesys have announced that they have reached an agreement in principle of a £2…
Playtech Signs New Long-Term Agreement with Betsson Group
Playtech, the world’s leading gambling technology company, today announces that it has signed a new agreement with Betsson Group. Under the agreement, Playtech will…
French Survey Finds 6% of Gamblers ‘Overwhelmed’ During Second Lockdown
Research from the French regulator L’Autorité nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has discovered that 6 per cent of players felt “overwhelmed” by their…
Golden Nugget Launches New Mobile Sportsbook in New Jersey with Scientific Games
Scientific Games Corporation has launched its comprehensive mobile sports betting solution with leading U.S. casino operator Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG) in…
Affiliate Spotlight: Moving Forward Sustainably with Regulation, with Fintan Costello, Managing Director, BonusFinder
There’s no denying the pivotal role affiliates play in today’s iGaming market. However, some industry commentators believe that there’s more that can…