French Online Gaming Revenue Up 35% in Q1
French online gaming revenue rose by 35 per cent to €587m (£505m/$715m) in the first quarter of 2021, according to the country’s…
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LeoVegas Revenue Up 8%
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Codere Founders Seek €900m Buy-Out of Remaining 14% Stake
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Caesars Reports Q1 Loss, But Looks to Bounce Back Stronger
Caused in great part by a near 40 per cent hit to its Las Vegas bricks-and-mortar revenues, Caesars Entertainment has filed a…
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Sazka Reports 2020 Revenue Boost Due to Acquisitions
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Sports betting media group, Better Collective, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% per cent of the shares…
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Kindred and 888 Report Double-Digit Q1 Growth
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On the Boardwalk, Caesars Plan Mega $400 Million Refurb
Hot on the heels of acquiring Britain’s top William Hill brand for its online expertise, Caesars Entertainment is pumping money into its…
Betway Parent Company Agrees $4.75bn US Merger
Betway owner Super Group has agreed a $4.75 billion (£3.4 billion/€3.9 billion) merger deal with Delaware-incorporated special-purpose acquisition company Sports Entertainment Acquisition…
April US Sports Betting Round-Up, by Ryan Knuppel, CEO, Knup Solutions
The sports betting industry has cooled off a bit in 2021 as most of the states in the US saw a drop…
Codere Survives Death by Covid, But Shares Take a Tumble
“Accionistas” on the Bolsa Madrid Spanish stock exchange are not impressed with the half-a-billion-plus euros bailout of the country’s ailing gaming giant,…
German Gambling Regime Set for Summer Launch
Germany’s Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStV) has been ratified by the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, paving the way for the expanded online market to…
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