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South Africa’s opposition party introduces bill to regulate online gambling

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) party, the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress (ANC), has introduced legislation to regulate online gambling in the country.

Authored by Dean Macpherson MP, DA Shadow Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, the Remote Gambling Bill 2024 was introduced last week in Parliament after [...]

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NeoGames and Aristocrat set to complete business combination next week

Sydney-listed Aristocrat Leisure is on course to complete its business combination with NeoGames next week.

The two companies confirmed Thursday that all necessary gaming regulatory approvals required for completion have been received or waived. In addition, all antitrust and foreign investment regulatory clearances have been received.

This marks a further step towards [...]

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GI Games Round-up featuring Nolimit City, Indigo Magic, Playtech and more

This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features Nolimit City, Playtech, Play’n GO, Pariplay, PopOK Gaming, Indigo Magic, Eyecon, Pragmatic Play and Galaxsys.

Nolimit City’s Tombstone No Mercy

Evolution-owned Nolimit City has released Tombstone No Mercy, an upgraded version of its popular 2019 slot Tombstone.

“The Original Tombstone was my [...]

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Scientific Games unveils advanced instant scratch game facility in Atlanta

Scientific Games is enhancing its instant scratch game production capabilities with the opening of a new facility at the company’s metro Atlanta global headquarters.

The launch follows a $65 million investment in its instant game production technology, with the facility now producing scratch games for the company’s global lottery customers.

“The most [...]

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Games Global eyes public listing with New York IPO

Casino content supplier Games Global is proposing a public listing of its ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The supplier has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its ordinary [...]

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NeoGames appoints Christopher Shaban as iLottery managing director

NeoGames has expanded its iLottery leadership team with the appointment of Christopher Shaban as iLottery managing director.

The appointment marks the latest phase of NeoGames’ organizational restructure to support the upcoming closing of its acquisition by Aristocrat, and follows Monday's appointment of Jonathan Chilton as managing director of Aspire Global.

Shaban brings [...]

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Aspire Global appoints Jonathan Chilton as managing director

NeoGames subsidiary Aspire Global has brought in Jonathan Chilton as managing director to accelerate growth in its white label solutions business.

Prior to a brief stint at Playbook Engineering, Chilton spent more than six years as chief operating officer and executive director at GM Gaming, a Betway company under the Super [...]

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BMM Testlabs expands African presence with Botswana and Nigeria approvals

Independent gaming certification lab BMM Testlabs has been approved to provide compliance testing, inspections and certification services in Botswana and Nigeria.

The company secured licences for the land-based and digital gaming markets in the two African nations from the Botswana Gambling Authority and the National Lottery Regulatory Commission in Nigeria.

BMM now [...]

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GI Games Round-up featuring Nolimit City, PopOK, Atomic Slot Lab and more

This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features Play’n GO, Nolimit City, PopOK Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Galaxsys, Pariplay, Atomic Slot Lab and Wizard Games.

Play’n GO’s Tomb of Gold

Play’n GO has released its latest Ancient Egypt-themed slot with the launch of Tomb of Gold.

“At Play’n GO, we love [...]

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Genius Sports partners KingMakers in Nigeria

Sports data technology provider Genius Sports has agreed a deal to provide a range of in-play trading services to KingMakers’ BetKing sportsbook brand in Nigeria.

The deal sees Genius provide BetKing with its live betting product across sports such as football, tennis and basketball, alongside its trading services, which include modelled [...]

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Golden Matrix completes MeridianBet acquisition

New York-listed Golden Matrix Group has completed its acquisition of Malta-based betting and gaming operator MeridianBet.

Golden Matrix initially agreed a deal in January 2023 to acquire the business for $300 million, comprising $70m in cash and 65.3m common shares in Golden Matrix, based on an agreed price of $3.50 per [...]

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Hacksaw Gaming enters South Africa with Supabets

Casino games provider Hacksaw Gaming has launched its first slots in South Africa with leading operator Supabets.

Following an agreement last year, Hacksaw games such as Chaos Crew, Wanted Dead or a Wild and The Bowery Boys are now available to Supabet players.

The supplier plans to increase its portfolio to over [...]

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