New York-listed Allied Esports Entertainment has agreed to sell its World Poker Tour (WPT) business and assets to Element Partners for a total consideration of $78.3m.
The acquisition comprises an initial upfront payment of $68.3m in cash and an additional $10m revenue share earn-out based on 5 per cent of WPT-branded [...]
Sportradar has secured a major new deal to become the official partner of worldwide data and associated media rights for the Asia Football Confederation (AFC).
The exclusive multi-year agreement spans eight years until 2028 and covers all of the AFC's key premier football competitions, including the AFC Asian Cup and AFC [...]
Shares in Gamesys Group climbed by 4 per cent in London Tuesday after the online gaming operator revealed that its revenue and adjusted EBITDA for 2020 would be at or above the upper end of current market expectations.
Following a continued strong performance during the final quarter of the year, Gamesys [...]
London-listed gaming technology provider Playtech expects to post adjusted EBITDA of at least €300m for 2020, driven by significant strategic and operational progress made during the year.
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company benefited from strong performances during the first half of the year from its Financials division, [...]
Digital sports media specialist DAZN Group has confirmed the appointments of Shay Segev and James Rushton as its next co-chief executive officers.
As announced yesterday, Segev will join DAZN in the coming months from Entain to help drive the global sports streaming platform through its next phase of rapid growth.
He will [...]
The first games round-up of 2021 from Gaming Intelligence features new releases from the likes of Playtech, Skywind Group, Pragmatic Play Evoplay Entertainment, Blueprint Gaming, Realistic Games, Play'n GO and Microgaming.
Playtech’s The Perfect HeistPlaytech’s Origins studio has released a new 3x5 slot, The Perfect Heist.
“With stylish graphics, an atmospheric soundtrack [...]
This week’s games integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features 1X2 Network, iSoftBet, Habanero, Incentive Games, Digitain and Endorphina.
1X2 Network / Buzz Bingo1X2 Network has agreed to provide slots from its 1X2gaming and Iron Dog Studio subsidiaries to leading UK bingo operator Buzz Bingo via Playtech.
The deal includes slots such as [...]
Sportradar has appointed Jeffery Yabuki as chairman of the board of directors with immediate effect.
Following Sportradar’s recent global reorganization, Yabuki joins Carsten Koerl, Hafiz Lalani, John Doran, Chuck Robel, Marc Walder, Hervé Couturier and George Fleet on the board of Sportradar Group.
Yabuki most recently served as executive chairman of New [...]
In a year of unprecedented turmoil and uncertainty, the gambling industry provided a boon to shareholders as the 50 publicly-listed operators and suppliers which make up the Gaming Intelligence Stock Index saw their combined share prices increase by more than 61 per cent.
While it was a tumultuous start to the [...]
China’s lottery market dipped in November as total sales fell by 5 per cent year-on-year to RMB36.04bn (€4.54bn).
Having recorded an 11.5 per cent increase in sales in October, total lottery sales declined in November as Sports Lottery sales fell by 0.2 per cent to RMB21.03bn and Welfare Lottery sales decreased [...]
The Russian government has adopted amendments to the country’s gambling legislation to better regulate retail and online sports betting.
The bill was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on 30 December and establishes a unified gambling regulator to oversee all sports betting activities.
The new regulator will be tasked with developing [...]
FDJ-owned sportsbook and lottery supplier Sporting Solutions has agreed a new partnership with exclusive WTA Tour data provider Stats Perform.
The deal will see Sporting Solutions provide its customers with fully automated pricing and risk management solutions for approximately 80 tournaments annually, powered by Stats Perform’s data deal with the WTA [...]