Following last week's publication of the UK Gambling Act white paper, Gaming Intelligence assesses its impact on the industry.
BackgroundIn September 2007 the current UK Gambling Act came into force. It marked a milestone in the modernisation of the UK’s gambling legislation that had begun with the formation of the Gambling [...]
Total gambling tax in the United Kingdom grew by 9 per cent to a record £3.25 billion in the calendar year 2022.
Lottery duty was the largest contributor with £974.2 million (30 per cent), although this was a 5 per cent fall on the previous year.
Remote Gaming Duty (RGD) was also [...]
MGM Resorts International has reported a 36 per cent increase in consolidated net revenue to $3.9 billion for the first quarter of 2023, boosted by another strong performance at its Las Vegas properties.
The improved result compared to a year ago was due to increased business volume and travel activity, primarily [...]
Malta-based casino games supplier Swintt has signed one of its biggest deals to date through a new agreement with Betsson Group.
The agreement will see Swintt’s titles rolled out with Betsson’s casino brands in a number of key European markets, including Sweden, Malta, Germany and Latvia.
Further launches will follow in Lithuania [...]
Bally’s has agreed a three-way sports betting partnership with sportsbook supplier Kambi and PAM supplier White Hat Gaming.
The partnership will result in the launch of a new online sports betting offering under the Bally Bet brand, which will migrate from its proprietary Bet.Works platform to the Kambi/White Hat platform.
Kambi will [...]
MGM Resorts’ LeoVegas subsidiary is looking to expand its content production capabilities through the acquisition of a majority stake in Push Gaming.
Push Gaming is a proprietary content provider that offers more than 30 online casino games to over 200 operators globally.
The proposed acquisition will give LeoVegas ownership of proprietary technologies, [...]
The latest games and platform integration round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Yggdrasil, Betsoft Gaming, Greentube, Relax Gaming, Playson, Play’n GO, Light & Wonder, Wizard Games, Evoplay, Endorphina, Amusnet, Inspired, Pragmatic Play and Evolution.
Yggdrasil’s Devour the WeakYggdrasil has unleashed chaos and horror in its hellish new release, Devour [...]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has penalised Entain for accepting online in-play bets through its Ladbrokes and Neds sites last October.
Entain was penalised after an investigation found that two of its sites had accepted 78 online in-play bets on the final day of the Bangkok LIV Golf tournament [...]
bet365 and Betfair have become the latest operators to be sanctioned by Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen.
bet365 has been issued a combined SEK79 million penalty by the regulator for not taking sufficient measures to protect players against excessive gambling. This comprised SEK14 million issued to its Hillside (Gaming) subsidiary and SEK65 [...]
Toronto-listed esports and online betting operator Rivalry Corp is looking to raise up to CAD$10.0 million through a non-brokered private placement led by bookmaker Pinnacle.
Rivalry will issue up to 6,666,666 subordinate voting shares in the capital of the company at a price of $1.50 per subordinate share to raise up [...]
JNS Gaming has relaunched its Lynxbet online casino and sportsbook brand with platform provider Delasport.
Following an agreement in February, Delasport is providing the operator with its sportsbook, casino, player account management (PAM) platform, and managed services solutions.
Commenting on the re-launch, JNS Gaming CEO Jeremy Taylor said: “Following months of hard [...]
The UK Tote Group has made changes to its senior management team with Joe Knapman named chief commercial officer of international and Dave Hammond appointed chief commercial officer for the UK.
In his new role Knapman will be responsible for driving the performance of the company’s international B2B business, which has [...]