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Crown Resorts Limited announced that it has received an unsolicited, preliminary, non-binding and indicative proposal from a company on behalf of funds…
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Entain Launch Shared Ownership Scheme
Entain, the global sports betting and gaming entertainment group, has launched a Group-wide employee share ownership plan to give UK and international…
Betsson Acquires JDP Tech to Help Fuel Latam Growth
Betsson Perch Investments AB, a subsidiary of Betsson AB, has acquired 50 percent of the shares in the software development company JDP…
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…
Education, Education, Education; Charities Urge Safer Gambling Drive
YGAM, the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust, has stepped up to the plate and demanded that the government embed education and…
DraftKings, FanDuel and Caesars Become NFL Sportsbetting Partners
The National Football League (NFL) today announced its first-ever U.S. sportsbook partnerships as Caesars Entertainment, DraftKings and FanDuel have reached agreements to…
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…
Zlat’s All Folks, Football Legend in Betting Probe
After a long and hitherto distinguished career, Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be forced, finally, to hang up his boots. Already pushing…
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…
TAB NZ Appoints Chief Transition Officer
The TAB New Zealand Board has appointed Dean McKenzie as Chief Transition Officer, a full-time management role leading the organisation’s day-to-day responsibilities…
DraftKings Hires Chief Media Officer
DraftKings Inc. expands its executive team by hiring Brian Angiolet to oversee and optimize content creation and media strategy as the Company’s…
BOS Supports Rejection of Swedish Levy Fees
Today BOS submits its consultation response on the Gambling Market Inquiry’s interim report “The horse industry’s financing in the re-regulated gambling market”….
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…
Gaming1 Joins Sports Betting Integrity Body IBIA
Gaming1 has joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). Gaming1 is part of the Argent Group and has retail and online sports…
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…
Grand National Inspires Record Betting Levels
This year’s Grand National Festival has inspired record betting levels according to figures from Scientific Games and Smarkets. The annual horse-racing event,…
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….
Flutter’s Clubs in Crisis Fund Opens for Applications
The ‘Clubs in Crisis’ fund, a partnership between Cash4Clubs and Made by Sport, which is funded by Flutter Entertainment, will today open…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Better Collective Acquires Swedish Rekatochklart.com for €3.8 Million
The global sports betting media group, Better Collective, today announced that it invests further in the Swedish sports betting market by acquiring…
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…
BetSwap Partners with Scientific Games by Joining OpenArenaTM Platform
Scientific Games Corporation has reached a deal to partner with BetSwap Limited, the first fully integrated online secondary marketplace for sportsbooks. The…
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…
British Horse Racing Welcomes Government Support
The leaders of British racing have welcomed the announcement that £21 million of loan funding will be made available to the sport through the…