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Bragg Gaming expands Swiss presence with Grand Casino Bern

Toronto-listed gaming supplier Bragg Gaming has gone live with its sixth operator partner in Switzerland after launching with Grand Casino Bern.

Bragg has rolled out games from its exclusive third-party partner Gamomat on the operator’s 7melons.ch site, with games from in-house studio Atomic Slot Lab set to go live in the [...]

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Toronto, Ontario

Ontario generates CAD$1.4bn in iGaming revenue in first year

Ontario’s licensed online betting and gaming operators collected CAD$35.6 billion in total wagers in the first year since the opening of the regulated market, generating $1.4 billion in gaming revenue.

Ontario was the first Canadian province to launch a competitive iGaming market on 4 April 2022, with licensing authority iGaming Ontario [...]

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Ohio sportsbooks collect $638.8m in wagers in February

Ohio's licensed sportsbooks generated total sports wagers of $638.8 million in February, the state’s second month of regulated sports betting.

Ohio had recorded more than $1 billion in online wagers in the opening month of January, but online handle dropped to $621.1 million in February, as the NFL season concluded and [...]

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Colorado sports wagers fall 3% in February

Colorado's sports handle fell by 3 per cent to $425.1 million in February, as both the retail and online sectors posted year-on-year declines.

Online betting was down by 3 per cent at $421.6 million, whilst retail betting fell by 36 per cent to $3.5 million.

Basketball accounted for more than half of [...]

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Virginia sports handle grows 8% in February

Virginia’s sports wagers grew by 8 per cent to $433.8 million in February, but was below $500 million for the first time since September of last year.

Online sports betting was up by 7 per cent year-on-year at $430.3 million, whilst retail betting at Virginia’s two casinos amounted to $3.6 million. [...]

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Ainsworth ends GAN exclusivity for US iGaming content distribution

Ainsworth Game Technology has amended its content distribution deal with GAN, which will lose its exclusive licensing rights to distribute Ainsworth’s online slots in the United States next year.

Under the previously agreement which commenced in July 2021, GAN had received exclusive licensing rights to Ainsworth’s online slots in the US [...]

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BetMakers confirms departure of North American CEO Christian Stuart

Sydney-listed betting technology provider BetMakers has confirmed the departure of North American CEO Christian Stuart, while promoting Chelsey Abbott to its executive team as chief people officer.

The supplier said that it continues to optimise its business following an organisational restructure, with Stuart stepping down as North American CEO after just [...]

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Pariplay expands Ainsworth content partnership to Canada

NeoGames subsidiary Pariplay has extended its partnership with Ainsworth Game Technology to include the roll out of the supplier’s online casino content in Canada.

The deal enables Pariplay’s operator partners in Canada to gain access to Ainsworth’s casino content through its Fusion platform, which is currently live in the provinces of [...]

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Light & Wonder agrees ReelPlay distribution deal for BCLC launch

New York-listed gaming supplier Light & Wonder has agreed a new distribution deal with ReelPlay to deliver its games to Canada’s British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) for the first time.

Continuing Light & Wonder’s support of independent studios, ReelPlay’s Hypernova Megaways is the first of a number of scheduled ReelPlay deployments [...]

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Gaming Realms profits as revenue grows 27% in 2022

London-listed gaming supplier Gaming Realms has posted a 27 per cent increase in revenue to £18.7 million for 2022, benefiting from the launch of its content in six new markets during the year.

Licensing revenue grew by 35 per cent to £14.9 million, as revenue from North America soared by 112 [...]

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Record year for Allwyn as revenue nears €4bn mark

Lottery and gaming operator Allwyn Entertainment has reported a 24 per cent increase in consolidated revenue to a record €3.99 billion in 2022.

The record performance reflected strong growth across all of the company’s geographic regions and product lines, as well as some impact from Covid-19 in the comparative period.

Gross gaming [...]

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Kentucky bill signing begins new era of sports betting

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear delivered on his promise to sign sports betting legislation into law Friday, paving the way for the start of regulated sports betting in the new year.

The bill signed by Governor Beshear on Friday (March 31) comes into force in June, making Kentucky the 38th US jurisdiction to [...]

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