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ANJ orders Winamax to pull ad linking gambling with social elevation

The National Gambling Regulator of France (ANJ) has exercised powers for the first time to ban a TV and online commercial by online gambling operator Winamax.

The regulator has ordered Winamax to withdraw the commercial from all media within one month or face further action.

The commercial, “Tout pour la Daronne”, has [...]

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EveryMatrix acquires stake in game development studio Jelly Entertainment

Malta-based iGaming supplier EveryMatrix has made its second acquisition in the game development space with a new investment in London-based studio Jelly Entertainment.

Jelly marks EveryMatrix’s second studio investment after acquiring a stake in Stockholm-listed LL Lucky Games in May last year.

The acquisition will see Jelly titles integrated with EveryMatrix’s SlotMatrix aggregation [...]

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Danish gambling market hit by sports betting decline in final quarter of 2021

Denmark’s regulated betting and gaming market recorded a 4 per cent fall in revenue to DKK1.67bn (€224.4m) in the final quarter of 2021, as a decline in sports betting offset growth in iGaming and the continued recovery of the land-based gaming sector.

The latest data from the Danish Gambling Authority shows [...]

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Playtech relaunches betPARX in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

London-listed gaming technology supplier Playtech has relaunched betPARX's iGaming and sports betting apps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Greenwood Gaming's betPARX brand now utilises Playtech's IMS and Player Account Management platforms and features over 50 titles from Playtech, as well as numerous titles from third-party partners such as IGT, Konami, and [...]

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Belgian Gaming Commission updates iGaming blacklist

The Belgian Gaming Commission has expanded its blacklist of unlicensed online betting and gaming operators with 30 new domains added this week.

The first update to the iGaming blacklist in 2022 sees a whole host of Curaçao-licensed operators targeted, including brands such as vulkanvegas.com, 21grandcasino.com, 24kcasino.com, action24.com and calvincasino.com.

Other additions to [...]

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Betsson unveils new proposed board of directors

The nomination committee of Betsson has proposed a new board of directors for shareholder approval at the next annual general meeting of the company in May.

The new board has been selected with a view to increasing participation by major shareholders and sees Peter Hamberg and Pontus Lindwall nominated for re-election, [...]

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Soft2Bet appoints Aspire Global’s Gilad Naim as chief commercial officer

Malta-based iGaming supplier and operator Soft2Bet has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Gilad Naim as chief commercial officer (CCO).

Naim joins Soft2Bet from Stockholm-listed iGaming supplier Aspire Global, where he most recently served as director of operations.

“We are pleased to welcome Gilad Naim as our CCO,” said [...]

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Greentube

Greentube goes live in City of Buenos Aires with Betsson

Greentube has expanded its partnership with Betsson to include the rollout of its games portfolio in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The rollout marks Greentube’s debut in the recently regulated iGaming market and gives Betsson players access to popular titles such as Lucky Lady’s Charm, Sizzling Hot, Book of Ra deluxe, and Star Supreme, [...]

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National Lottery

Camelot loses out to Allwyn in UK National Lottery bid

Allwyn Entertainment is set to be the next operator of the UK National Lottery after being named the preferred applicant by the Gambling Commission Tuesday (March 15).

Allwyn has been selected as the preferred applicant over rival bidders Sisal and The New Lottery Company, with incumbent operator Camelot Lotteries selected as [...]

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British political think-tank calls for statutory problem gambling levy

British political public policy think-tank The Social Market Foundation has called for a new multimillion-pound statutory levy to fund the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm in the United Kingdom.

The call accompanies the publication of a report by the SMF which proposes the creation of a new independent health board [...]

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Inspired Entertainment posts strong revenue growth in final quarter of 2021

Shares in gaming supplier Inspired Entertainment gained over 11 per cent in New York Friday after the company reported fourth quarter 2021 revenue of $67.0m.

The fourth quarter revenue performance compares to Q4 2020 reported revenue of $71.1m, which included $32.5m in share of a customer’s value added tax rebate. Excluding [...]

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GAMOMAT appoints Dimitry Völkle as new chief partnership officer 

Casino games developer Gamomat has named Dimitry Völkle as its new chief partnership officer and managing director of Gamomat Distribution in Germany. 

Völkle will be responsible for maintaining existing partnerships while developing and implementing Gamomat’s growth and expansion strategy.

His previous industry experience includes three and a half year as managing [...]

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