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IGT extends instant games deal with Michigan Lottery

New York-listed supplier International Game Technology (IGT) has secured a one-year extension to continue providing instant ticket games to the Michigan Lottery.

Through subsidiary IGT Global Solutions Corporation, the supplier will continue providing the Michigan Lottery with instant ticket services through December 2021, having been printing instant games for the lottery [...]

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GI Games Round-up: Playtech, Pragmatic Play, Skywind and more

The first games round-up of 2021 from Gaming Intelligence features new releases from the likes of Playtech, Skywind Group, Pragmatic Play Evoplay Entertainment, Blueprint Gaming, Realistic Games, Play'n GO and Microgaming.

Playtech’s The Perfect Heist

Playtech’s Origins studio has released a new 3x5 slot, The Perfect Heist.

“With stylish graphics, an atmospheric soundtrack [...]

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4ThePlayer.com secures seven-figure investment ahead of US expansion

London-based slot developer 4ThePlayer.com has completed a seven-figure funding round with a group of gaming industry executives as the company eyes expansion opportunities in the United States.

The company said the funding round will ensure that it can remain independent and develop and release further top performing and innovative player-centric games.

The [...]

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GI Games Integrations: 1X2 Network, Habanero, Digitain and more

This week’s games integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features 1X2 Network, iSoftBet, Habanero, Incentive Games, Digitain and Endorphina.

1X2 Network / Buzz Bingo

1X2 Network has agreed to provide slots from its 1X2gaming and Iron Dog Studio subsidiaries to leading UK bingo operator Buzz Bingo via Playtech.

The deal includes slots such as [...]

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Sportradar

Sportradar brings in Jeffery Yabuki as new chairman

Sportradar has appointed Jeffery Yabuki as chairman of the board of directors with immediate effect.

Following Sportradar’s recent global reorganization, Yabuki joins Carsten Koerl, Hafiz Lalani, John Doran, Chuck Robel, Marc Walder, Hervé Couturier and George Fleet on the board of Sportradar Group.

Yabuki most recently served as executive chairman of New [...]

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Catena Media

Catena Media begins search for new chief executive

Stockholm-listed iGaming affiliate Catena Media has announced the immediate departure of chief executive Per Hellberg, with chairman Göran Blomberg assuming the role on an interim basis.

Blomberg has served on Catena Media’s board of directors since 2019 and was appointed chairman in 2020.

Hellberg had served as chief executive since June 2018 [...]

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Fast Track names Jean-Luc Ferrière as chief commercial officer

Malta-based CRM solutions provider Fast Track has appointed Microgaming’s long-serving executive Jean-Luc Ferrière as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).

Ferrière has been working with Fast Track as a brand ambassador since October 2020 and now joins Simon Lidzén, Christopher Hirst and Patrik Potocki as a member of the senior leadership [...]

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Kambi

Kambi shares hit new 52-week high on strong Q4 performance

Shares in sportsbook technology provider Kambi Group rose by more than 8 per cent in Stockholm Thursday as the company reported a better-than-expected performance in the final quarter of 2020.

Kambi reported a particularly strong operator trading margin in Q4, which coupled with continued momentum in operator turnover is expected to [...]

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Gaming shares prove resilient in 2020

In a year of unprecedented turmoil and uncertainty, the gambling industry provided a boon to shareholders as the 50 publicly-listed operators and suppliers which make up the Gaming Intelligence Stock Index saw their combined share prices increase by more than 61 per cent.

While it was a tumultuous start to the [...]

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Entain

Entain makes £250m offer to acquire Enlabs

London-listed gaming operator Entain is looking to expand into the Baltic region with a £250m offer to acquire Stockholm-listed rival Enlabs.

Entain has made a cash offer of SEK40 for each Enlabs share, valuing the company at approximately SEK2.80bn (£250m), in a bid to further deliver on its strategy of expansion across [...]

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Buzz Bingo

Buzz Bingo appoints Dominic Mansour as COO of Digital

UK bingo operator Buzz Bingo has appointed former Bragg Gaming CEO Dominic Mansour as chief operating officer of its Digital business.

Mansour will join the company in mid-January and brings extensive iGaming experience to the role, having most recently served as CEO of Bragg Gaming, prior to which he served as [...]

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Sari Aitokallio appointed managing director of Finnplay

Finnish gaming platform provider Finnplay Technologies has named Sari Aitokallio as its new managing director.

Aitokallio is a founding partner in the company and has served as the supplier’s chief commercial officer since March 2018, and as a member of the advisory board for the past six years.

She takes over as [...]

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