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Jumbo Interactive sees full year revenue grow to $71m

Sydney-listed online lottery provider Jumbo Interactive has reported a 9 per cent increase in revenue to AUD$71m for its fiscal year ended 30 June, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought increased players online.

The company delivered a 9 per cent increase in ticket sales (total transaction value) to $349m during the year, [...]

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Kambi

LeoVegas expands Kambi sports betting partnership

Stockholm-listed sports betting technology provider Kambi Group has agreed a multi-year extension to its partnership with operator LeoVegas.

The new agreement extends the relationship that began in 2016 and will see LeoVegas migrate other brands such as BetUK and 21.co.uk to the Kambi sports betting platform.

“We are proud to have agreed [...]

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Online casino drives gaming market growth in Portugal

Portugal’s regulated online betting and gaming market recorded strong growth during the first half of 2020, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports betting.

Total wagers increased by 62.5 per cent to €2.53bn in H1, with sports betting wagers down 1.5 per cent to €239.9m, offset by a 74 [...]

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Better Collective grows profit despite fall in Q2 revenue

Stockholm-listed sports betting affiliate Better Collective has reported a 4 per cent drop in revenue to €15.3m for the second quarter of 2020, as results were impacted by the suspension of major sports from mid-March.

The company described the quarter as a challenging period, with April the low point and May [...]

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Global Gaming

Global Gaming launches sports betting on Ninja Casino

Stockholm-listed online gaming operator Global Gaming has expanded its Ninja Casino brand into sports betting in partnership with Altenar.

The launch of the Altenar-powered sportsbook is intended to accelerate the growth of the company as it expands the Ninja Casino brand into new markets, and follows its recent return to profitability.

“With [...]

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Advertising Standards Authority

ASA monitoring finds four gambling operators in breach of regulations in Q2

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has released the findings of its latest online monitoring sweep, which aims to identify age-restricted advertising in children’s media.

The ASA found 159 age restricted ads displayed during the second quarter of the year on websites and YouTube channels that attract large child audiences, 70 [...]

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Sportsbet.io agrees one-year shirt sponsorship with Southampton FC

Coingaming Group’s Sportsbet.io brand has signed a one-year shirt sponsorship deal with English Premier League football club Southampton.

The operator will serve as main club partner and front-of-shirt sponsor for the upcoming 2020/21 season, replacing China-based sports company LD Sports.

The club said that it had endeavoured to secure confirmation that LD [...]

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Relax Gaming

Relax Gaming prepares for Germany launch with Loewen Play deal

Relax Gaming is preparing to launch its casino content in Germany after teaming up with the country’s largest land-based casino operator Loewen Play.

With Germany’s iGaming market expected to open in 2021, the agreement will see Relax launch its portfolio of games on the operator’s new Loewen Play Fun online casino [...]

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Denmark

Danish gambling market shrinks 33% in Q2 despite online casino growth

Denmark’s regulated betting and gaming market declined by 33 per cent to DKK1.16bn (€155.9m) in the second quarter of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted land-based gaming and sports betting revenue.

Online casino was the only sector to record growth in Q2 as gross gaming revenue (GGR) increased by 6 [...]

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Tessa Curtis

GVC strengthens corporate communications team with latest appointment

London-listed gaming operator GVC Holdings has appointed former BBC journalist Tessa Curtis to the newly created role of head of media relations.

Curtis will join GVC on September 1 to lead the operator’s corporate communications in the UK and internationally, and will report to group corporate affairs director Grainne Hurst and [...]

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SkillonNet

Playtech’s Eyecon goes live on SkillOnNet platform

Playtech’s Eyecon studio has launched its suite of games with casino platform provider SkillOnNet.

The integration gives players on sites such as PlayOJO, Slots Magic and MegaCasino access to Eyecon slots including Shaman’s Dream and Temple of Iris.

“Eyecon is one of the most established slot developers in the industry and is [...]

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Casino Slots

Spearhead Studios lands licensing deal for Nolimit City slot mechanics

Malta-based slot developer Nolimit City has signed its first deal to licence its trademarked xWays and xNudge mechanics to EveryMatrix-owned Spearhead Studios.

Spearhead will debut the mechanics in a new “Book” game set to be released in October.

“We’re over the moon with this announcement,” said Nolimit City commercial director Malcolm Mizzi. [...]

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