DraftKings Acquires Sports Betting Broadcast Company, VSiN
DraftKings today announced that it has acquired Vegas Sports Information Network, Inc. (VSiN), a multi-platform broadcast and content company delivering trusted sports…
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SIS Seals Watch and Bet Racing Deal with Unibet
SIS (Sports Information Services), the leading multi-channel supplier of 24/7 live betting services, has reached an agreement with Kindred Group to deliver its…
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,…
theScore Secures Mobile Sports Betting Access in Illinois with Caesars Entertainment
Score Media and Gaming Inc. today announced that it has secured market access to offer mobile sports betting in Illinois via an…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
YGAM Launch Programme Aimed at Young Ethnic Minorities
A pioneering new education programme has been launched in Greater London and the Home Counties to raise awareness and address the issue…
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…
Crown Resorts Receives AUD $8 Billion Acquisition Proposal from Blackstone
Crown Resorts Limited announced that yesterday it received an unsolicited, non-binding and indicative proposal from a company on behalf of funds managed…
888 Profits Fall by 41% Despite Revenue Hike
Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings has reported a 41.1 per cent drop in net profit for 2020, from $45.3m (£32.7m/€38.05m) in 2019 to $26.7m…
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…
Entain and Arena Racing Company Sign Deal for Racing Partnership
Entain and Arena Racing Company (Arena Racing) today announce the signing of a ground-breaking long-term media rights deal that covers horse racing…
XL Media To Acquire Sports Betting Dime
XLMedia, a leading global digital performance publisher, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business and assets…
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…
Betsson Set for DFS Rollout in Brazil
Betsson will be giving players in Brazil being given the chance to experience Daily Fantasy onshore on www.betsson.com.br. Players will be offered…
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…
Ex FA Director Appointed as SIS Chair
SIS has announced the appointment of Simon Johnson as their new Chair. Johnson brings with him a wealth of senior leadership experience…
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…
PointsBet Announces Acquisition of Banach Technology
PointsBet Holdings Limited has announced that it has entered into a binding share purchase agreement to acquire Banach Technology Limited. The transaction…
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…
Mr-Gamble Touches Down in New Jersey
Mr-Gamble, the online casino listing site that allows players to browse hundreds of gambling brands – has made its US market debut…
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…
Gambling Commission CEO Announces Departure
Neil McArthur, Chief Executive of the Gambling Commission, has announced that he will be leaving the organisation after nearly 15 years. He…
BGC Highlights Commitment to Countering Underage Gambling
BGC has released a short video that showcases members’ “zero tolerance” approach to betting by under-18s, as well as a range of…
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…
Flutter Makes Statement on IPO of FanDuel
In response to recent press speculation on the IPO of FanDueal, a representative from Flutter made the below statement: “Flutter notes the…
LeoVegas Acquires Expekt from Betclic
LeoVegas AB is acquiring Expekt Nordics Ltd and related assets from Betclic Group. Expekt is one of the most well-known sports betting brands…
New Study Claims Majority of UK GGY Comes From Small Number of Players
New interim findings from research conducted by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), in collaboration with Professor David Forrest and Professor…
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…
Star Sports Launch Talking Racecards for Visually Impaired Racing Fans
Bookmaker Star Sports has launched Talking Racecards, a dedicated phoneline to assist visually impaired customers in placing bets on horse racing. The bespoke service…
BetIndex has UKGC License Suspended
The Gambling Commission has decided to suspend the operating licence of BetIndex Limited. The suspension follows an ongoing section 116 review into…
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…
LeoVegas Becomes First Gaming Operator in Google Play Store
LeoVegas has just released the LeoVegas app in the Swedish, Danish and Spanish Google Play Store, being the first operator to pass…
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…
Betway and Betsson Granted German Sports Betting Licences
Online sports betting licences have been awarded to Betsson’s Betsafe, under the trading name Wegame, and Betway. Wegame’s licence applies to both…
Playtech Casino Now Live With Kindred Group
Playtech, the world’s leading gambling technology company, today announces a new partnership with Kindred Group to launch its award-winning Casino (RNG) offering…
Regulatory Approval for Enlabs Takeover Secured
Entain plc, through its subsidiary Bwin Holdings Limited announced a public cash offer to the shareholders of Enlabs AB to tender all…
MGM Resorts and BetMGM Launch Safer Gambling Initiative
MGM Resorts International and BetMGM today announced a unified commitment to responsible gaming and to providing the tools needed to help players…
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…
Stake.com Named by UFC as its Official Betting Partner in Latin America and Asia
UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, today announced a new partnership with Stake.com, the world’s largest cryptocurrency casino and sportsbook….
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…