Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
This week’s Safer Gambling news has a strong international flavour, with developments happening all across Europe. UK On Monday, the UK Gambling…
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Flutter Makes Board Changes
Flutter Entertainment plc have announced a number of non-executive changes, the outcome of which will enhance the gender balance of the Board….
BGC Pledges to ‘Keep Up The Momentum’ on Safer Gambling
A survey by the Gambling Commission showed that the rate of problem gambling in 2020 was 0.3 per cent – down from…
Mindway AI Wins EGR Nordics Rising Star Award 2021
At the virtual EGR Nordics Award Show 2021, Mindway AI is awarded the EGR Nordics Rising Star Award 2021. All-in-all, 15 awards…
Better Collective Posts 35% Climb in Full-Year Revenue
Better Collective has reported revenue of €91m (£78.6m/$111.3m) for 2020, marking an increase of 35% on the €64.5m it generated in 2019….
Catena Reports Marginal Revenue Increases
Affiliate giant Catena Media has reported a 3% rise in revenue from €102.8m to €106.0m (£88.62m/$125.52m) for 2020. The small amount of…
Entain Announces Reshuffle
Entain plc, the global sports-betting and gaming group, formerly known as GVC Holdings PLC, have announced that: Stella David is appointed an independent…
Ethical Advertising: The Future of iGaming Acquisition? With James Burgess, Founder, Ethical Ad Group
As the iGaming universe continues to expand, acquisition strategies will need to evolve along with it. Finding the most efficient and compliant…
UK Online Betting Yield Continues to Grow
Amid the stop-start vagaries of the Covid-19 pandemic–closures of traditional bookies, et al—and, most significantly, the return of an active sporting schedule,…
BGC Push For Grand National Delay
Delaying this year’s Grand National until after betting shops in England re-open their doors on April 12 will provide a much-needed boost…
Gamesys and BTG Launch Megaways UK Casino
Gamesys Group plc, a leading international online gaming operator, has partnered with Big Time Gaming (BTG), the thought leader in online slots…
Broadway Gaming Bolsters Offering with Eyecon Deal
Broadway Gaming, operator of one of the largest UK Bingo networks, has agreed a deal to roll out Eyecon’s games, including the…
Flutter Entertainment Announces Safer Gambling Steps in Ireland
Flutter Entertainment have announced the introduction of a range of proactive measures to its operations in Ireland to update its safer gambling…
Irish Labour Party Moves to Ban Gambling Advertising
Ireland’s Labour Party has enacted the Gambling (Prohibition of Advertising) Bill 2021 which, if passed, will ban all gambling advertising, except sponsorship….
BGC Wants Britain’s Betting Industry Opened
The call from the industry standards body, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), comes as the Prime Minister is expected to announce…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
Entain Entain have launched two new initiatives this week, the first extending their responsible gambling initiatives into the world of video gaming…
888 Selects Playtech in New Live Casino and RNG Partnership
Playtech have announced a new partnership with 888, one of the world’s leading online betting and gaming companies, which will see 888casino…
Parimatch Extends Esports Partnership in CIS
Parimatch, the international betting tech company, has extended its cooperation with Team Spirit, one of the three most popular esports clubs in…
Will the Drive to Local Regulation Impact Payment Friction? By Matthew Harrod, CEO, Payments Company
Payment Acceptance in the Gaming sector has always been a challenge, at times almost looking like a standoff between the regulated financial…
Entain Extends Behavioural Indicators for Problem Gambling
Entain has completed the initial stage of its pioneering preventative approach to customer protection, known as ARC (Advanced Protection and Care). As…
iGaming Success in Italy: Proposition or Call-to-action? Alessandro Allara, Chief Digital Officer at Gamenet Group
Over the last few months, we amongst the iGaming Future community, have observed how the pandemic has irreversibly impacted markets across the…
NetEnt and Red Tiger CFO Joins Bragg
B2B gaming technology provider Bragg Gaming Group (TSX:BRAG, OTC: BRGGF) (“Bragg” or the “Company“) announced today that gaming industry veteran Lara Falzon has been elected…
Growth Through Online Slots, with Levan Kavtaradze, Head of Casino, Pokermatch.com
Although they are rarely the average casino customer’s favourite product, online slots still play a vital role in an operator’s product offering….
Malta Reports Cancellation of Seven Licences
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) cancelled seven licences in the first half of 2020 and suspended a further two. Among the operators…
BGC Introduces New Social Media Restrictions
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has drawn up tough new rules aimed at preventing football clubs from using their official…
UKGC Issues Revision to Guidance for Casino Operators
The Gambling Commission has published Revision 2 of the 5th Edition of the guidance for non-remote and remote casino operators on the prevention…
BetVictor Selects BF Games
Leading operator, BetVictor has launched BF Games’ best-performing content to its customers across several jurisdictions. Eight of BF Games’ hit releases are…
EuropeBet Adds New Tech
Leading operator EuropeBet has gone live with LVision’s flagship BetBooster bet stimulation technology aimed to drive the sportsbook’s turnover during the biggest year of sport…
FDJ Profits Rise 6% in 2020 Despite Tough First Half
French operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has swerved profit losses with a strong set of results in the second half of…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It has been another week when the issue of affordability checks has dominated the world of iGaming. UKGC The UK Gambling Commission’s…
CasinoGrounds and AvatarUX Strikes Streaming Deal
Innovative games design studio AvatarUX has signed a deal with CasinoGrounds, which will see the supplier showcase its entire games portfolio to…
iGaming Learning and Development in the ‘New Normal’
Before the pandemic hit, the iGaming industry was already a highly saturated and competitive market to operate in. Now, with the added…
Survival of the Fittest, Evolution Posts an Impressive 2020
Evolution, the crack international B2B business which dominates the Live Casino offering, has recorded a tremendous 2020 financial year of increased revenue…
LeoVegas Revenue up 13% in Strongest Q4 to Date
LeoVegas has reported a 13% increase in revenue to €98.4m (£86.3m/$119.4m) for Q4 of 2020, making it the operator’s strongest fourth quarter…
Entain Achieves the Carbon Trust Standard for UK Operations
Entain plc, the global sports-betting and gaming group, have announced that it has achieved the Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon, reducing CO2 year…
Paying The iGame, Betsson Posts Top Profit
In defiance of the impact of Covid-19, but powered by a canny acquisitions strategy, multi-national gambling group Betsson AB has posted a…
Better Collective Hires Anders Crillesen as Head of Group PR & Communications
Tpday, Anders Crillesen joins the Danish sports betting media group, where he will be responsible for corporate and product PR globally. Anders…
Prediction: One Step Ahead of the Game, by Kim Mouridsen, Professor and Founder of Mindway AI
It is becoming standard practice to detect problem gambling with automated tools to fulfil regulatory demands. One way to accomplish this is…
Sports Betting: The Puerto Rican Opportunity
Voyaging into new territories is a critical part of forward-thinking strategies for growth. As we enter a new era of industry, attitudes…
Kindred Open About Revenue from ‘High-Risk’ Players
Kindred Group, the parent company if Unibet and 32Red among others, has revealed that 4.3% of its income was generated by high-risk…
Dutch Online Market Primed for Quick Growth
The emerging Dutch online gambling market is set to become one of Europe’s biggest, according to a white paper compiled by Online Casino Ground, with…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
The main talking points of the week erupted on Thursday, following the release of a new report by PWC. Views On The…
Gambling With UK’s iGaming Future, More Control May Only Abet Dark Web
As the campaign to shape the future of the gambling industry intensifies, the big guns of British betting are warning that tougher…
Online Gambling in 2021: Trends, Gamechangers and Potential Pitfalls, by Brean Wilkinson, Rightlander
Say it quietly, but online gambling is in a pretty good place at the start of 2021. For good or for bad,…
The Future of Live Casino
At the start of a new decade, an eagle eye’s view of the gambling industry reveals a business landscape utterly transformed by…
Navigating the Regulated World Responsibly, with Yanica Sant, Head of Policy and International Affairs at Malta Gaming Authority
As the market landscape continues to transform before our very eyes, regulators and other industry stakeholders face a mounting challenge to sustain…
Extra Sensory Protection from UKGC
In what is being heralded as a major boost to safer iGaming, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), the body that regulates British…
PLAYSTUDIOS Goes Public
PLAYSTUDIOS, an award-winning developer of free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms that offer real-world rewards to loyal players, and Acies…
Gaming Council CEO Responds to Gambling Commission Announcement
Responding to the Gambling Commission’s announcement on games design, Michael Dugher, chief executive of the Betting and Gaming Council, said: “As the…
Salsa Technology Releases Debut Slot Pile it Up
Salsa Technology has launched its hotly anticipated inaugural fruit-themed slot title with a twist, Pile it Up. This elegant and colourful HTML5…