The Lion Roars Back: MGM Resorts FY21 Revenue Rockets
MGM Resorts International came roaring back to life in 2021 with an operating profit of US$2.28 billion (£1.68bn/€2bn), compared to a loss…
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Pariplay Appoints Matthew Kelemen as Business Development Director for USA
Aspire Global’s Pariplay Ltd, the aggregator and content provider, has further established its plans for the US and Canada with the appointment…
bet365 Sign Content Deal with Playson in Italian Market
Casino games and software developer Playson has announced a major content distribution agreement with bet365, which will significantly strengthen the operator’s Italian…
Relax Gaming Inks Powered By Deal with Spribe
Relax GamingRelax has agreed a Powered By Relax partnership with innovative casino games developer Spribe to integrate its suite of titles. Spribe…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
GambleAware GambleAware have released the financial contributions they have received during the first three quarters of the 2021/22 fiscal year, with bet365…
BeyondPlay Signs First Major Supplier Deal with Pragmatic Play
BeyondPlay, a B2B start-up developing multiplayer engagement software for online slots, is set for its first major integration after securing a deal…
Swiss Casinos Ink Deal with Playson
Switzerland-based online casino, Swiss Casinos has reached a content integration deal with the casino software developer Playson. The latest deal will see…
Play North’s Online Brand Batavia Casino in the Netherlands Goes Live with Greentube
Greentube, the NOVOMATIC Interactive division, has taken its dynamic games catalogue live with Play North’s new casino brand Batavia Casino in the…
freebets.ltd.uk Reports Record-Shattering Month in January 2022
UK free bets portal, freebets.ltd.uk, has reported a record month in January 2022, having boosted its user numbers by a substantial 45%,…
Entain Announces Acquisition of Avid Gaming
Entain plc, the global sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment operator (“Entain” or the “Group”), announces today that it has acquired Deis…
Quickspin Receives ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification
In a world where information security is a key requirement for regulators and operators, Quickspin, a Playtech Group Company, has always put…
iGaming 2022: Navigating the Post-Pandemic World of Cyber Security
As an industry, we have made great strides forward in the ongoing battle against cyber-attacks. New technology available on the market has…
Hits and Misses in Q4 for Penn National
In a mixed bag of financial results, Penn National Gaming Inc., one of North America’s biggest gambling Omni-channels, has posted revenue of…
Betsson Launches Online Gambling in Province and City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
In line with its growth strategy for Latin America, Betsson continues to strengthen its presence on the continent by partnering with local…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
NHS The Sunday Times reported at the weekend that the NHS will likely declare it will no longer accept donations from charities…
The Voice of God: Genesis Global Fined £3.8m
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), the body that oversees the country’s professional betting industry, has issued a stern compliance warning that it…
BETER Live Announces Ambitious Plans for Next-Gen Studio Expansion
BETER Live, the live casino brand of next-gen betting and gaming solutions provider BETER, has announced studio expansion plans as it continues…
Looking for a Slice of Canadian Pie
With the welcome news that Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, is finally moving into regulated online betting, after years of grey market…
Playbet and Pragmatic Play Agree Content Deal
The deal sees Pragmatic Play’s full suite of Slots, Live Casino and Virtual Sports titles delivered to Playbet’s customers via its software…
iGF Shorts 2.0
Yes, We Pay Our Taxes. In an age when some of the country’s richest people pay little or no tax, Stoke-on-Trent’s finest,…
New Strategic Consultancy “The iGaming Collective” Launches
With the global iGaming industry set to grow by more than £99bn ($134bn/€119bn) over the next 2 years, now more than ever,…
GAMSTOP to Operate ‘Single Customer View’ rial
Betting and Gaming Council have today announced that the ‘Single Customer View’ trial, a new scheme to share data on those most…
Gambling.com Group Acquires BonusFinder.com
Gambling.com Group Limited (Gambling.com Group), a provider of player acquisition services for the regulated global online gambling industry, today announced it has…
Croatian Operator SuperSport Pens Tech Partnership with Huddle
This landmark partnership will see Huddle’s expert team utilise their suite of AI and ML tools to complement SuperSport’s in-house proprietary technology…
iSoftBet Adds SmartSoft Content to Aggregation Offering
iSoftBet has welcomed Georgian supplier SmartSoft to its aggregation offering. The deal will see SmartSoft’s array of content, including slot hits Magic Garden, Burning…
NeoPollard Interactive Sign Deal with Aspire Global’s Pariplay
NeoPollard Interactive LLC has signed a deal with Aspire Global’s Pariplay to bring a wealth of gaming content to Play Alberta. Play…
Playstar Name XPoint as Official Geolocation Partner
Xpoint, the geolocation and compliance technology company specializing in U.S. sports betting and iGaming markets, has announced its latest partnership with PlayStar,…
House of Spades – Building on the Foundations of Brand Loyalty
As the iGaming market continues to flourish, it has become increasingly challenging for brands to stand out from the rising tide of…
How to Protect Our Environment and iGaming Industry Simultaneously
Many of the good causes we see our industry contributing to often have some link to combatting problem gambling. The wider environmental…
Entain launches Global Innovation Hub, Ennovate
Entain is to launch a global innovation hub, Ennovate, with the first lab to open in London. Ennovate will invest up to…
Breakin’ Up is So Hard to Do – D-Day for £2.7bn Playtech Merger
From bidding war to butcher’s block, the fate of gaming technology firm Playtech is looking increasingly problematic as shareholders prepare to meet…
ParlayBay Welcomes Patrick Nordwall as New CEO
ParlayBay, the newly-launched provider of sports betting games, has appointed Patrick Nordwall as its first Chief Executive Officer. Leading the start-up’s drive…
Push Gaming Signs Deal with Scientific Games
B2B gaming supplier Push Gaming has completed an agreement to partner with Scientific Games to access key strategic operators. The latest major…
Golden Nugget Online Gaming Signs Major Multi-State Deal with Pariplay
U.S. operator Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. has signed a multi-state distribution deal with Aspire Global’s Pariplay Ltd. The direct integration will…
iGaming 2022: Is Retention the Key to Sustainable Acquisition? By Ozric Vondervelden, Co-Founder, Greco
Before speculating, let’s first look at the current state of bonusing in the UK. The battle for the biggest headline bonus is…
Videoslots Goes Live with 7,000th Game
Videoslots.com has gone live with its 7,000th game, cementing its position as the world’s leading online casino. The landmark title is Pragmatic Play’s Gates…
Kindred Continues its Successful Cooperation with NU:Nolla Utanförskapet
Kindred reinforces its partnership with NU:Nolla Utanförskapet (End Exclusion) by once again organising a coding course for young adults aged 18-25 in…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up by Dam Mad Media
Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) In the UK, the debate over the forthcoming white paper on the reform of the 2005 Gambling…
iGF Shorts
Streaming: Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, of Pershing Square investments, has grabbed a US$1.1 billion stake in streaming pioneers Netflix. Netflix’s stock…
PointsBet Launches with Scientific Games Content
PointsBet has signed a multi-state partnership with Scientific Games Corporation (Scientific Games) that will deliver the entire OpenGaming catalogue to its rapidly-growing player base….
Rush Street Interactive Launches Greentube Games in New Jersey
Rush Street Interactive (RSI), a U.S. based gaming company, has partnered with Greentube, the NOVOMATIC Interactive division, to take its content live…
It’s Ras Vegas for Wynn Resorts
Amid all the hype and uncertainty swirling around the fate of WynnBet, the interactive arm of retail gaming giant Wynn Resorts, one…
Planet Sport Makes India Debut with B2B Push
Planet Sport, the B2C and B2B sports media specialist, has made its debut in the fast-growing Indian market where it will be…
OneTouch Enhances Classic with Latest Release Keno Rush
Mobile-first games developer OneTouch has released Keno Rush, a digitally-enhanced version of an industry classic. Inspired by the fantastic Keno game, Keno Rush elevates the well-known…
Finnplay Finalises Strategic AI Partnership with Jada Gaming
Jada Gaming, the data and analytics AI specialist, has signed a strategic partnership with Finnplay, an iGaming platform provider from the Nordics….
Entain is Runner-Up in Management Today’s ‘Britain’s Most Admired Companies’
Entain has made its debut in Management Today’s ranking of ‘Britain’s Most Admired Companies’ as the runner up for 2021. This accolade…
Bayton Joins Dutch Trade Association NOGA
NOGA continues to grow towards its goal to represent the large majority of online gambling providers that are and will become active…
Jordan’s JKO Outta Gas, Drops Playtech Pursuit
And so, as previously intimated on these pages, it appears that former Formula One top-gun Eddie Jordan, currently helming venture capitalists JKO,…
A Warm Welcome to Readers Old and New
Good day to all gambling industry leaders, thinkers and operators. Welcome aboard the iGF express and the brand new refit of our…
Kings Entertainment Group Launches on the Canadian Securities Exchange and Provides Corporate Update
Kings Entertainment Group Inc., parent company of global online gaming innovators LottoKings and WinTrillions, will debut on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) today…