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US iGaming: Growth in the New Era – with Jonathan Doubilet, US Managing Director at Playtech
But with so many states already opened up and major brands already taking a foothold, where is the potential for future growth?…
Get Me To The Entain Online – Positive Q3 for UK Gaming Giant
The FTSE100 gambling Omni-channel has just posted its 23rd consecutive quarter of online growth, is well on target to hit its projected…
Connecting Connecticut – State Launches iGaming
The softly-softly launch has strict riders. Initially, only 750 punters will be able to bet on the new Internet platforms. And, for…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
GamCare With universities resuming across the UK, GamCare have launched their Big Deal campaign, aimed at educating students about the risks of…
MGM Entertain Full BetMGM Buy-out
“We’d have to come to some resolve,” said MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle, referring to DraftKings’ bid for Entain. “We have 50…
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…
Facebook Has Got Game – by Dan Kustelski, CEO of Chalkline
Facebook’s decision to enter the free-to-play sports betting space with the launch of Facebook Fantasy Games should have come as no surprise….
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…
C’Est La Finalto: Playtech Sells Fin-Tech Arm for US$250m
Initially, Playtech’s board were hoping to move their fin-tech vertical to the Barinboim Group, an Israeli private equity fund. They agreed a…
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…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
Gamstop In the UK, GAMSTOP reported this week that they have seen a 25% increase in the rates of self-exclusion this year…
Mindway AI’s Birgitte Sand Wins GRA Compliance Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
Two things are for sure: Birgitte Sand has left a significant mark on Danish and international regulatory affairs, serving as former Director-General…
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,…
iGB Live! – Your Official Session Previews from Entain and Golden Key Casino
According to Judith Kiragu, Director at Golden Key Casino, land based casinos in Africa are more ready than ever to go online…
Esports: A Vast Market Yet to be Tapped to its Full Potential: With Amir Mirzaee, COO at Bayes Esports
Amir has been active in tech business for over 15-years as a business founder, strategist and development professional. He’s also spent six-years…
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…
Betsson “Back on Track” as CEO Lindwall Prepares for Exit
In the second quarter of 2021, Betsson reported its best quarter to date in terms of sales and earnings. The Board of…
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…
iGaming USA: The Fight for Consistency, with Chris Oltyan, CEO of Compliable
Many industry commentators have likened each American state to being its own country, with its own framework and set of rules. How…
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…
iGaming Regulation: Managing European Growth, with Julian Borg-Barthet of Pretty Technical
We spoke with Julian Borg-Barthet, Director of Business Development at Pretty Technical to hear his thoughts on the current situation in Europe…
Italian FA Strongly Advises To Suspend Gambling Sponsorship Ban
The Italian football federation popularly known as the Federazione Italiano Giuoco Calcio or the FIGC has finally taken a stance to revoke…
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…
Episode One with Ed Birkin, H2 Gambling Capital
This Leadership Series will be the perfect opportunity for you to catch up on the latest hot topics influencing our sector, gaining…
iGaming Affiliates: Catering a for a New Type of Player with Joonas Karhu, CEO of Bojoko
Operating within the increasingly stringent UK framework means that only the most reputable and robust brands will be able to see true…
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…
Mindway AI: Gaining a New Regulatory Perspective on Responsible Gambling
Birgitte Sand is one of the most experienced and respected gaming regulatory professionals in the industry. Her recent appointment as a Board…
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…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
Welcome along to another edition of the Safer Gambling newsletter. UKGC The week has been dominated by the publication of the UK…
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…
SlotsMillion: Moving Forward in Europe with CEO Charles Gross
After a turbulent 18 months, the iGaming market is well on its way to recovery but there’s no denying the gaming landscape…
With Lotto’s Future Still In-Play, Under Fire UKGC Tells MPs to Back Off
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), regulator of the country’s betting industry, is under ferocious parliamentary attack as it attempts to protect the…
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…
Gaming Affiliates: Building The American Dream
The impressive online growth we’ve seen in the US becomes even more so when we consider the fact the opening of the biggest states including California and Texas are yet to come….
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
Welcome along to another Safer Gambling Newsletter in a week where things have been bubbling away. GambleAware The English Premier League season…
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…
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,…
AI and iGaming: Are We Still at The Beginning of the Journey? With Kelly Brooks, CEO of Quarter 4
As we, as an industry, continue to transition into a new digital age, fresh technological capabilities are being made available that must…
Q&A with All-In Diversity Co-Founders Christina Thakor-Rankin and Kelly Kehn
Our current social climate means that the campaign for increased diversity is gaining a lot of traction across the board. Encouraging all…
The Future of African Gaming
Join us as we speak with some of the sharpest minds in African gaming and dive deep into some of the most pressing challenges facing the future of…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
VIP Schemes At the start of the week, the Daily Mail reported that VIP schemes are likely to be banned as part…
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…