New Jersey Gaming Revenue Up 119.8%
New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement has reported total gaming revenue of $359.3m (£256.9m/€298.7) for March 2021 – a rise of 119.8…
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Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It has been quite an interesting week in the world of Safer Gambling so let’s jump right in. Non-Profit Organisations The big…
Denmark Reports Market Decline for First Time
The Danish gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden has reported an 8.7 per cent decline in gross gambling revenue (GGR) year-on-year for 2020 due to…
Zlatan Ban, A View from the Terrace
The threat to ban legendary Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic from international football reveals the deep hypocrisy at the heart of the football…
Entain NGR Up 33 Per Cent in Q1
Entain has reported strong online performance in the first quarter of the year, with net gaming revenue (NGR) from remote gaming rising…
Are Affiliates the Lighthouse of our Industry? With Simon Pilkington, CEO, KaFe Rocks
As the shift to online gambling picks up pace, the opportunity to increase iGaming traffic has increased significantly, but similarly, so has…
iGaming Technology: Taking the Next Step with Ai and Blockchain
It’s no secret that superior data management is the key to long-term success in the iGaming industry. As new, forward-thinking, technologies come…
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….
Don’t Illegalise It: Sweden Extends Online Controls
Sweden’s botched Covid response and its government’s draconian online gaming controls during the pandemic have fuelled illegal gambling in the country, it…
Evolution to Acquire Big Time Gaming
Evolution Gaming Group AB has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Big Time Gaming Pty Ltd…
Covid Ate My Lotto, UK in Bidding War
The mid-Covid scramble to gobble up Britain’s hugely successful National Lottery is on — and it threatens to unleash the mother of…
Widespread Racism in Esports
The spectre of growing anti-Asian racism is threatening to overshadow the shining success of esports in the USA. Esports is dominated by…
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…
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…
Possibly Cuomo’s Last Throw of the Dice
In possibly his last political act, under fire New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo–currently fighting for his political life amid a raft…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
The Future of International Payments, by Matthew Harrod, CEO, Payments Company
The ability to use a credit or debit card for most has become a habit now enshrined in the muscle memory of…
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…
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…
French Online Revenue Hits Record €1.74bn in 2020
L’Autorité nationale des Jeux (ANJ), the French gambling regulator, has reported online gambling revenue of €1.74bn (£1.49bn/$2.06bn) for 2020. The record high…
UKGC Issue Statement In Response to BetIndex
In a response to the recent news surrounding BetIndex, the UKGC has issued the below response. Due to the number of consumers…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
With the Cheltenham Festival in full swing and Problem Gambling Awareness Month going strongly in the US, it has been an incredibly…
Esports 2021: Breaking the Authenticity Barrier, with Ben Cove, CMO of Pinnacle Sports
Although eSports activity saw a major spike last year, we shouldn’t forget that this sector has been on a meteoric rise for…
UKGC Scores Spectacular Own Goal, Football Index Punters Lose Millions
In what could become the biggest scandal in British betting history, punters stand to lose up to £100m with the crash of…
Flutter and Playtech Extend Long-Term Partnership
Playtech today announces a new five-year contract extension with Flutter Entertainment for its Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Casino brands. Under the…
Responsible Gambling and iGaming: Do We Need a Third Party? With Rasmus Kjaergaard, CEO, Mindway AI
There’s no doubt that player protection is critical to the future success of our industry. Temporary measures brought in recently by the…
At Last, Vegas: World’s Top Gaming Hub Walking Back to Happiness
In the clearest indication yet that the United States is finally countering the threat of Covid, Las Vegas, the country’s top gambling…
Affiliates in iGaming: Redefining our Purpose, with Erik Bergman, Founder, Great.com
The huge success of the iGaming industry, in general, has generated massive income for many stakeholders in the market, but should profits…
Good Friends, Bad Neighbours – APPG Calls for Daytime Ad Ban
The British gaming industry’s nemesis, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling-Related Harm (APPG), has urged commercial television stations to ban daytime betting…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It has been an incredibly busy week in the world of Safer Gambling so let’s dive right in and assess the main…
Retail Closures Impact Playtech B2B and B2C Revenues
Playtech has reported corporate losses of €73m (£62.5m/$87m) in 2020, compared with a profit of €55.9m in 2019. The loss comes after…
Trickle-Down Gambling, Less is More, says SMF
A newly published report on the economics of gambling by a leading British think-tank, the Social Market Foundation (SMF), has provoked an…
iLottery 2021: The Soft End of Legislation? With David McMorrow, Managing Director of Scottish Children’s Lottery
Although synonymous with the retail market, lottery has been alive and thriving online for over 20 years. However, being an industry that…
The Gavel Comes Down, Spanish Media Hit by Ban on Gaming Ads
Spanish media barons have suffered a major blow after failing to delay a government ban on gambling advertising. The Association of Information…
Crucial Compliance: Roadmap to Responsible Gambling 2021
As the focus on player protection in the iGaming industry continues to intensify, how best can we as an industry respond to…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
UK Gambling Review In the UK, there was an important change regarding the review of the 2005 Gambling Act, with the Conservative…
You’re The Online That I Want, William Hill 2020 Results
While it waits at the altar for Caesars Entertainment to do the right thing and put a ring on its finger, William…
Back to Black, Entain Posts £100m+ 2020 Profit
There may be no dividends for shareholders this year but Entain plc, now headed by Jette Nygaard-Andersen, is confident that it has…
Starry-Eyed Flutter Doubles 2020 Revenue
FTSE100 gaming giant Flutter Entertainment, now the world’s largest online betting group, more than doubled its revenue to £4.4bn (US$6.13bn/€5.09bn) in 2020,…
Swedish GGR Stable at SEK24.7bn
Sweden licensed operators recorded gross gaming revenues (GGR) of SEK24.7bn (£2.1bn/€2.4bn/$2.9bn) in the Swedish market in 2020, a fall of just 0.4%…
February US Sports Betting Round-Up, by Ryan Knuppel, CEO, Knup Solutions
After a terrific 2020 year for sports betting in the United States, 2021 has already gotten off to a fast start. January…
iGaming Engagement: Growth Through Trust? With Dmitry Belianin, CMO of Parimatch International
Being able to continue sustainable growth through these uncertain times, whilst also adapting to engage a new type of player, has been…