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888 Holdings

888 reports record revenue in 2020

London-listed betting and gaming operator 888 Holdings has reported a 52 per cent increase in revenue to a record US$849.7m in 2020, buoyed by strong growth across all products.

Total B2C revenue was up 53.5 per cent year-on-year to $814.3m, with casino revenue increasing 63 per cent to $586.8m and sports [...]

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Tennis

Stats Perform and Sportradar team up for WTA in-play tennis services

Sports data provider Stats Perform has agreed a deal to deliver official WTA tennis data to power Sportradar’s in-play tennis odds and trading services outside the United States.

The deal will allow Sportradar’s sports betting customers with a Stats Perform WTA data licence to access in-play WTA tennis odds, powered by [...]

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Greentube

Greentube enhances B2B social casino solution

Novomatic’s interactive division Greentube has launched an enhanced version of its B2B social casino solution.

Greentube Pro 2.0 has been developed by the supplier’s subsidiary Bluebat Games and offers improved monetisation features for land-based casinos to engage players through social casino games, including a library of more than 183 titles from [...]

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GI Games Round-up: Stakelogic, Spearhead, Push Gaming and more

The latest games round-up from Gaming Intelligence includes new titles from the likes of Pariplay, Pragmatic Play, Stakelogic, Blueprint Gaming, Push Gaming, Spearhead Studios, iSoftBet, BGaming and Lightning Box.

Pariplay’s Wild Fortunes

Aspire Global-owned Pariplay has launched new Irish-themed slot Wild Fortunes ahead of St Patrick’s Day next week.

The 5-reel, 3-row slot [...]

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GI Games Integrations: Pragmatic Play, Oryx Gaming, Swintt and more

This week’s platform integration round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Pragmatic Play, ESA Gaming, Oryx Gaming, Playson, Swintt, Nolimit City, Push Gaming, Synot Games, BetGames.TV, Slotmill, ThunderSpin, Maverick Slots and EA Gaming.

Pragmatic Play / Broadway Gaming

Pragmatic Play has strengthened its ties with Broadway Gaming, rolling out its slots [...]

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Playtech

Playtech results hit by Retail and Asia revenue decline in 2020

London-listed Playtech has reported a 25 per cent drop in revenue from continuing operations to €1.08bn in 2020, with a decline in its retail businesses offsetting strong growth online.

Playtech enjoyed a strong start to the year, driven by solid performances from Snaitech, live casino and favourable sporting results.

However, the adverse [...]

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Gamesys Group

Gamesys profits from strong 2020 revenue growth in Asia and the UK

London-listed online casino and bingo operator Gamesys Group has proposed an inaugural final dividend after 2020 revenue increased by 75 per cent to £727.7m.

On a pro-forma basis, which assumes the acquired Gamesys brands were part of the group for the entire comparative period, revenue grew by 29 per cent in [...]

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Girls Who Code secures funding from Zynga

Social gaming operator Zynga has pledged funding to non-profit organisation Girls Who Code, helping to raise awareness and support for women in tech.

Zynga’s Social Impact Fund has pledged $100,000 to the organisation to support girls at all points throughout their educational journey from 3rd grade into the workforce.

“Zynga is honored [...]

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Bally’s makes $100m offer to acquire WPT owner Allied Esports

New York-listed casino and sports betting operator Bally’s Corporation has made an unsolicited offer to acquire World Poker Tour-owner Allied Esports Entertainment for $100m.

Allied Esports has agreed to sell its WPT business and assets to Element Partners for $78.3m, with Bally’s looking to usurp that deal.

The bid from Bally’s would [...]

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Entain

Entain launches global initiative to support women in tech

London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain is marking International Women’s Day with a number of new initiatives aimed at supporting girls and young women around the world in building careers in technology.

Entain has partnered with Girls Who Code and the Tech Girls Movement Foundation, two organisations that work to promote [...]

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International Women's Day 2021, UN Women / Yihui Yuan

It’s 2021. Why are we still having this conversation?

Christina Thakor-Rankin of All-In Diversity on the challenge of promoting diversity and inclusion in a global industry

The simple and flippant answer to the question above is: because we only give it the due consideration it deserves once a year and oftentimes as nothing more than a badging exercise. Then life [...]

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Gaming Innovation Group on top as gaming shares rebound in February

After a slow start to the year in January, there was better news for industry stakeholders in February as shares in the leading operators and suppliers rose by a combined 5.6 per cent by month end.

After posting a decline of 7.8 per cent last month, the 50 publicly-listed operators and [...]

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