Lottery and gaming operator Sazka Group has seen second quarter net gaming revenue climb by 177 per cent to €449.1m following the resumption of retail operations in Austria and Greece.
The company benefited from the uninterrupted operation of its retail lottery businesses in Austria and the Czech Republic, although Austrian casino [...]
Evolution-owned games developer Red Tiger has released NFT Megaways, its first slot game to integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Four unique CryptoPunk digital artworks purchased by Evolution earlier this year are showcased in NFT Megaways, a six-reel seven-row slot that creates a crypto pixelated world.
At the heart of the game are CryptoPunks [...]
London-listed 888 Holdings has agreed a deal with Caesars Entertainment to acquire the non-US business of William Hill at an enterprise value of £2.2bn.
The acquisition will be effected by means of a reverse takeover and is expected to deliver pre-tax cost synergies of approximately £10m in 2022, rising to around [...]
Athens-listed lottery and gaming operator OPAP has reported a 12 per cent increase in first half gross gaming revenue (GGR) to €570.1m, with its growing online casino business contributing €96.0m to the total.
The company enjoyed a strong performance during the second quarter as GGR soared 120 per cent year-on-year to [...]
London-listed betting technology supplier Sportech has reported a 59.5 per cent increase in revenue from continuing operations to £13.4m during the first half of 2021.
Revenue from Sportech’s Venues business in Connecticut increased by 70 per cent year-on-year to £11.5m, of which £10.7m was derived from wagering, despite Covid-related travel and [...]
New York-listed Genius Sports has seen revenue more than double to $55.8m in the second quarter of 2021, although significantly higher costs pushed the sports data provider to a loss of $464.2m for the period.
Revenue grew by 108 per cent year-on-year, driven by strong growth in the core Betting Technology, [...]
Lawmakers in Ireland have introduced legislation to ban the use of credit cards for gambling.
The bill introduced by opposition party Sinn Féin would officially ban the use of credit cards for gambling in retail betting shops and online, and is in line with the industry’s own proposed ban which will [...]
Sydney-listed gaming supplier Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT) has named former Novomatic CEO Harald Neumann as its next chief executive.
Based in Las Vegas, Neumann will take over as the supplier’s new CEO on 1 October, replacing Lawrence Levy who steps down this Friday.
Neumann served more than five years as Novomatic CEO [...]
Sportradar has laid out plans for a $532m initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SRAD.
The sports data and solutions provider has appointed J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and UBS Investment Bank to act as lead book-running managers for the proposed offering, which consists [...]
Super Group’s Betway brand has agreed a two-year deal to serve as the official sports betting partner of La Liga champions Atlético de Madrid.
The global partnership excludes Spain and Asia and will see Betway benefit from advertising on pitch-side LED boards at the club’s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in domestic games.
The [...]
Pollard Banknote subsidiary Next Generation Lotteries (NGL) has signed a two-year contract to provide games to Lithuania’s national lottery operator EULOTO.
The contract includes a one-year extension option and sees NGL deliver its portfolio of eInstant games to the lottery’s Perlas.lt site, alongside its cloud-based Remote Gaming Server (RGS).
“We are pleased [...]
Latin America-facing operator Betcris has made its first move into the regulated European sports betting market with the launch of its brand in Poland.
The launch follows the award of a Polish license and marks the first phase of the operator’s European expansion plans.
“It is a great day for Betcris. Starting [...]