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Casinos Austria selected as Nagasaki preferred casino partner in Japan

Casinos Austria International (CAI) has been selected by the Nagasaki Prefecture as the preferred candidate for the development of an integrated casino resort in the Japanese province.

CAI was selected ahead of rival casino operators Partouche Group and Mohegan Sun as the preferred partner of Nagasaki Prefecture, one of four prefectures [...]

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Gamesys Group

Gamesys benefits from growth in UK and Japan during first half of 2021

London-listed Gamesys has grown revenue by 17 per cent in the first half of 2021, although higher costs and deferred tax expenses reduced net income versus the same period a year ago.

Gamesys grew revenue to £398.8m in the first six months of 2021 from its portfolio of iGaming brands, which [...]

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Scientific Games profits as second quarter revenue climbs to $880m

New York-listed Scientific Games has reported a 63 per cent increase in revenue to $880m for the second quarter of 2021, buoyed by record performances from its Lottery and Digital segments.

Revenue from the company’s core Gaming business soared by 303 per cent to $367m compared to last year’s Covid-impacted Q2 [...]

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Gaming shares struggle for growth in July

July proved to be a struggle for many of the leading publicly-listed gaming operators and suppliers as the combined value of the shares on the Gaming Intelligence Stock List fell by more than 4 per cent by the end of the month.

After a solid first quarter of the year, followed [...]

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GI Games Round-up: Red Tiger, Relax Gaming, High 5 Games and more

This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Red Tiger, Relax Gaming, Pragmatic Play, High 5 Games, iSoftBet and Greentube.

Red Tiger / Lottomatica

Evolution-owned Red Tiger has launched its slots with leading Italian casino and sports betting operator Lottomatica.

“It’s great to be live with a [...]

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Wynn Resorts sees Q2 revenue climb to $990.1m

New York-listed casino operator Wynn Resorts has reported improved results for the second quarter of 2021, as total operating revenue increased to $990.1m.

Second quarter revenue soared compared to the Covid-impacted $85.7m in revenue in Q2 2020, with Wynn Palace in Macau contributing $270.4m and Wynn Macau a further $184.0m.

The company’s [...]

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Playtika benefits from lower costs in second quarter

New York-listed social gaming operator Playtika has reported a 1 per cent increase in revenue to $659.2m for the second quarter of 2021.

The company enjoyed strong growth from its casual gaming portfolio, which saw revenue climb 16 per cent year-on-year, while Bingo Blitz revenue was up 20 per cent and [...]

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China lottery market sees first half sales grow to €23.2bn

China’s two state-owned national lotteries have generated total lottery sales of RMB178.44bn (€23.2bn) in the first half of 2021.

Lottery sales grew by 44 per cent compared to the same period last year, despite growth slowing in June as sales rose by just 3 per cent to RMB34.61bn.

There was continued growth [...]

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Playtech

Playtech buoyed by strong online growth in first half of 2021

London-listed gaming technology provider Playtech said Tuesday that it remains confident in the company's prospects for the remainder of 2021 after benefiting from a “very strong” online performance during the first half of the year.

In a trading update for the six-month period ended 30 June, Playtech revealed that its core [...]

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Las Vegas Sands

Las Vegas Sands reduces Q2 loss as revenue improves to $1.17bn

New York-listed casino operator Las Vegas Sands has generated net revenue of $1.17bn from its Macao and Singapore operations during the second quarter of 2021.

With its Las Vegas property and operations presented as discontinued operations for sale, the company’s Macau operations accounted for more than two-thirds of the Q2 total [...]

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Betsson

Record second quarter for Betsson as active customers surpass 1m

Stockholm-listed betting and gaming operator Betsson has reported record profit of SEK337.9m for the second quarter of 2021 as total revenue increased by 14 per cent to SEK1.75bn.

The revenue growth came despite a 5 per cent drop in revenue from Betsson’s core casino offering to SEK1.22bn in Q2, impacted by [...]

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Evolution

First half boon for Evolution as revenue nears €500m mark

Stockholm-listed casino games provider Evolution has recorded a strong start to 2021 with first half revenue and profit more than doubling compared to a year ago.

The supplier benefited from continued strong growth during Q2 2021 as revenue increased by 100 per cent to €256.7m, of which €53.0m was derived from [...]

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