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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Michigan’s licensed iGaming operators will be able to offer Slingo Originals content to players after the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) approved Slingo developer Gaming Realms for licensure.
London-listed Gaming Realms has been awarded a provisional iGaming supplier license by the MGCB, allowing the developer to supply Slingo Originals content to [...]
Bragg Gaming Group’s Oryx Gaming has agreed a deal to power a new iGaming platform for leading Dutch casino operator JVH gaming & entertainment group.
The agreement will see the company provide JVH group with its Oryx Hub iGaming platform and a variety of Oryx RGS and third-party aggregated content, as [...]
Toronto-listed lottery provider Pollard Banknote has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vienna-based lottery supplier Next Generation Lotteries (NGL) for €36m.
Pollard Banknote will pay an initial €32m to acquire NGL, with a further €4m becoming payable if the company achieves certain gross margin targets in 2021.
The purchase price will [...]
Spain’s regulated online betting and gaming market grew by 3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 as total gross gaming revenue reached €197.2m.
The country’s 80 licensed iGaming operators saw gross gaming revenue (GGR) decline by 6 per cent compared to the previous quarter, with the bulk of the [...]
Online instant win games specialist IWG has rolled outs its progressive jackpot enabled e-Instant games with the New Hampshire Lottery.
The launch gives players across the state access to Jungle Tumble Jackpots, the first game to feature IWG’s progressive jackpot technology.
The game features three in-game jackpots - a mini jackpot that [...]
The Russian government has adopted amendments to the country’s gambling legislation to better regulate retail and online sports betting.
The bill was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on 30 December and establishes a unified gambling regulator to oversee all sports betting activities.
The new regulator will be tasked with developing [...]
Licensed online betting and gaming operators in Portugal enjoyed a strong performance during the third quarter of 2020 as gross gaming revenue climbed 56 per cent to a record €84.2m.
After a decline in the second quarter as a result of COVID-19, the country’s 14 licensed operators benefited from a return [...]
London-listed gaming operator Entain (formerly GVC Holdings) has rejected a £8.1bn acquisition offer from its US partner MGM Resorts International.
In response to press speculation over the weekend, Entain confirmed Monday that it has received proposals from MGM Resorts concerning a possible offer for the business.
The most recent proposal saw MGM [...]