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GI Games Round-up featuring Relax Gaming, Play’n GO and Atomic Slot Lab

This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features Pragmatic Play, Relax Gaming, Pariplay, Play’n GO, PopOK Gaming, Atomic Slot Lab and Playtech.

Pragmatic Play’s Release the Bison

Pragmatic Play is unleashing roaming wild respins and random guaranteed wins in its latest slot game, Release the Bison.

“Pragmatic Play has delivered [...]

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Aristocrat Leisure

Aristocrat completes NeoGames acquisition

Sydney-listed Aristocrat Leisure has completed its acquisition of NeoGames after satisfying all conditions and requirements for closing.

First announced in May 2023, the acquisition was overwhelmingly supported by NeoGames shareholders at a second shareholder meeting this week, with the required majority voting in favour of all proposals relating to the acquisition.

Following [...]

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Boyd Gaming

Boyd Gaming posts lower Q1 revenue as land-based decline offsets online growth

Boyd Gaming has reported a marginal fall in revenue to $960.5 million for the first quarter of 2024.

Revenue was down 0.4 per cent in the first quarter, driven by lower revenue in Las Vegas and the Midwest and South segment, which offset strong growth online.

“After a record 2023, the first [...]

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BCLC

BCLC readies new digital lottery and sportsbook launch

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation will replace its retail sports betting offering with a new digital system next month.

BCLC’s retail sports betting brand, Sports Action, will shut down on May 26, ending the use of paper betting slips in the Canadian province as the lottery rolls out a new digital [...]

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Affinity Interactive appoints Scott Butera as president and CEO

Betting and gaming operator Affinity Interactive (AI) has promoted Scott Butera to president and chief executive officer.

Butera recently served as CEO of AI’s Sports Information Group business, where he led initiatives to develop retail and business products and optimize ecommerce sales for the Daily Racing Form.

In his new role, Butera [...]

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Arkansas sports betting reaches $50 million in March

Arkansas sports wagering climbed to $50.0 million in March, a rise of 34 per cent on the same month last year.

Mobile sports betting increased by 44 per cent to $46.1 million, compensating for a 29 per cent fall in retail betting at the casinos to $3.9 million.

The Saracen Casino Resort [...]

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Sportradar

Sportradar appoints Craig Felenstein as next finance chief

Sportradar has appointed Craig Felenstein as its next chief financial officer (CFO) to replace Gerard Griffin, who steps down at the end of May.

Felenstein will begin his new role on 1 June and joins Sportradar from New York-listed expedition cruises and adventure travel company Lindblad Expeditions, where he has been [...]

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First ESPN Bet retail sportsbook opens at Hollywood Casino at Greektown

Penn Entertainment has unveiled its first ESPN Bet branded retail sportsbook in Michigan at Hollywood Casino at Greektown.

The new ESPN Bet sportsbook and restaurant is located on the upper floor of the 100,000-square-foot downtown Detroit casino, and is the first ESPN Bet branded retail location to open across Penn Entertainment’s [...]

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Missouri reports $175 million in March gaming revenue

Missouri casinos posted their best performance of the year in March, despite a 1 per cent year-on-year fall in gaming revenue to $175.4 million.

Slot machine revenue was down by 1 per cent to $151.1 million, slightly offset by a 1 per cent increase in table gaming revenue to $24.2 million. [...]

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Colorado

Colorado gaming revenue at $96 million in March

Colorado’s gaming revenue from the state’s 33 casinos was $96.0 million in March, unchanged from the previous year but the best monthly performance since July 2023.

Slot machine revenue was up by 2 per cent to $82.3 million, making up for a 12 per cent decline in table gaming revenue to [...]

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Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs first quarter revenue grows to record $590.9 million

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) has reported record net revenue of $590.9 million for the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 6 per cent compared to a year ago.

Revenue from the company’s Live and Historical Racing segment increased by 15 per cent to $248.9 million following growth at its historical [...]

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Mississippi sports wagers fall to $44.5 million in March

Mississippi’s sports wagers declined by 5 per cent to $44.5 million in March, taking first quarter handle to $120.5 million.

Basketball wagers were $28.4 million in March, which was a 14 per cent fall on the same month last year.

Parlay bets increased by 31 per cent to $9.3 million, representing 21 [...]

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