China’s two national lotteries grew total sales by 8.5 per cent year-on-year to RMB32.77bn (€4.68bn) in May.
The strong May performance marked the fourth consecutive month of sales growth, with Welfare Lottery sales climbing 16 per cent to RMB13.14bn and Sports Lottery sales 4 per cent higher than a year ago [...]
Online payment provider AstroPay has launched a new VISA debit card product in Europe, ahead of a wider rollout in other markets in the coming months.
The move expands the reach of AstroPay’s user base, while providing existing customers with access to the most widely accepted payment network in European markets.
The [...]
Lottery supplier Scientific Games has expanded its executive leadership team with the appointment of Steve Beason as president, digital and sports betting.
Beason returns to Scientific Games after previously serving as enterprise chief technology officer and president of the company's lottery systems group between 2005 and 2016.
Most recently, he was group [...]
Stockholm-listed casino games provider Evolution is set to expand its game portfolio with the acquisition of Malta-based slot developer Nolimit City in a deal worth up to €340m.
Evolution will acquire the entire issued share capital of the award-winning studio for an upfront consideration of €200m on a cash and debt [...]
This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Endorphina, BF Games, Big Time Gaming, Play'n GO, Pariplay, Bragg Gaming, Relax Gaming, iSoftBet and Pragmatic Play, among others.
Endorphina's Fisher KingEndorphina has expanded its portfolio with the launch of its latest slot, Fisher King.
"Our design team at [...]
Playtech’s discussions with the TTB Partners investor group regarding a potential offer for the company are set to continue into July following the expiry of today’s deadline.
The investor group has a deadline of 5pm UK time today (17 June) by which to announce its firm intention to make an offer, [...]
Endeavor Group’s sports subsidiary IMG Arena has signed a multi-year agreement with the German Football Association (DFB).
The agreement gives IMG Arena the data rights for all 63 matches in the DFB-Pokal, Germany’s national knockout cup competition, commencing with the 2022/23 season of the tournament, allowing distribution of the content to [...]
The Government of India has launched a crackdown on online gambling advertising across print and digital media.
The crackdown is in response to the proliferation of advertising for online betting and gaming targeting Indian citizens, in breach of legislation which prohibits gambling across most of the country.
The Indian government had previously [...]
Toronto and New York-listed gaming supplier Bragg Gaming Group has named former 888 senior executive Yaniv Sherman as the company’s new chief executive officer.
Effective from 1 July, Sherman will bring more than 20 years of gaming experience to Bragg, having served 15 years as a senior executive at 888, most [...]
This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Wizard Games, Play'n GO, Pariplay, Relax Gaming, Evolution, Pragmatic Play, iSoftBet, Red Tiger and Evoplay, among others.
Wizard Games' Ice Ice HockeyAspire Global-owned Wizard Games has taken to the rink in its latest slot release, Ice Ice Hockey.
“We’ve got [...]
Evolution-owned Red Tiger has released a new online slot based on the 1980s Dutch comedy film Flodder.
Popular throughout the Netherlands, Flodder was released in 1986 as the first film in the Flodder franchise, and based on an anti-social, dysfunctional family who move to an affluent, upper-class neighbourhood as part of [...]
Electronic table games provider Interblock has been acquired by funds managed by American private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management for an undisclosed amount.
The investment will further bolster Interblock’s market leadership in the rapidly growing electronic table games (ETG) market, where it provides content across North America, Latin America, Europe and [...]