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Novomatic grows 2021 revenue to €1.84bn despite Germany and Austria decline

Austrian gaming giant Novomatic has reported a 6 per cent increase in group revenue to €1.84bn in 2021, despite year-on-year declines in its core markets of Germany and Austria.

The company attributed its revenue growth to relaxed Covid-19 restrictions in the latter part of the year, and the performance of its [...]

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Gambling advertising in the UK set to face new restrictions

Britain’s advertising regulator has introduced new rules to further restrict gambling advertising and prevent them from appealing to people under the age of 18.

The new rules introduced by the Advertising Standards Authority Tuesday (April 5) will particularly impact sports betting and eSports betting operators and will come into force on [...]

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Relax Gaming launches The Great Pigsby Megapays

Online casino games supplier Relax Gaming has released The Great Pigsby Megapays as an updated version of one of its most popular slots featuring the new Megapays jackpot feature.

Inviting players to the most lavish party of the year, the high-volatility slot offers players 117,649 ways to win, as well as [...]

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GiG signs partnership agreement with Betway in Portugal

Oslo-listed Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has agreed a deal to supply its newly-acquired Sportnco sportsbook and player account management platform to Betway in Portugal.

This marks the second deployment of the Sportnco platform with Betway after France and will see the operator migrate from its current sportsbook and platform provider.

“Sportnco is [...]

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Aspire Global’s Wizard Games and NetBet sign agreement to go live in Italy

Aspire Global’s in-house game development studio Wizard Games has agreed a deal to roll out its portfolio with Italian operator NetBet.

NetBet’s Italian customers will gain access to Wizard Games’ library of over 120 titles, including player favourites Dragons of the North, Wolf Riches and Rumble Rhino.

“Since entering the Italian market in 2018, our [...]

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Toronto, Ontario

Ontario opens North America’s newest regulated iGaming market

Ontario opened its regulated online betting and gaming market today (4 April) with 13 operators going live in the Canadian province on day one.

The launch follows the establishment of a new online gaming framework for private operators, with iGaming Ontario working with the Government of Ontario and the Alcohol and [...]

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Belgium’s gambling and communications regulators agree greater coopoeration

The gambling regulator of Belgium has teamed up with the country’s communications regulator to improve efforts to block access to unlicensed online gaming websites.

The Belgian Gaming Commission and Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) have signed an accord to collaborate on the issue of illegal online betting and [...]

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Tekkorp brings in Crispin Nieboer to head up new advisory arm

Las Vegas-based digital gaming investment firm Tekkorp Capital has established a new advisory arm, which will be headed up by former William Hill Online CEO Crispin Nieboer.

With a track record of investing in fast-growing and innovative companies, Tekkorp is now offering advisory services to its clients, including M&A, strategic and [...]

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Gaming Innovation Group

Gaming Innovation Group completes Sportnco acquisition

Oslo-listed gaming supplier Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has completed the acquisition of iGaming platform provider Sportnco for €51.4m.

Following the signing of a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire Sportnco last December, GiG has now received the necessary approvals from relevant authorities to complete the deal.

GiG has paid €51.4m to acquire [...]

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XLMedia

XLMedia begins search for new chief executive

London-listed online gaming affiliate XLMedia is searching for a new chief executive to replace Stuart Simms.

Simms will step down as XLMedia CEO in the coming months to pursue other interests after almost three years at the helm of the digital performance publisher, with the board of directors launching a formal [...]

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Codere doubles Q4 revenue after land-based recovery

Madrid-listed gaming operator Codere has seen revenue more than double to €291m during the final quarter of 2021, benefiting from improved results from its land-based operations in Europe and Latin America.

Codere's trading recovered significantly during Q4 following Covid-related closures and restrictions in the prior year period, with its results in [...]

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Parimatch Tech restructures senior leadership team

Eastern European-facing gaming operator Parimatch Tech has restructured its leadership team with Maksym Liashko named as sole CEO and two new deputy CEOs appointed.

Alongside Roman Syrotian, Liashko has served as co-CEOs of the business for the past two years, but will now continue as sole CEO following a restructure which [...]

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