New York-listed International Game Technology (IGT) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire online casino games provider and third-party game aggregator iSoftBet for €160m in cash.
The acquisition will more than double IGT PlayDigital’s content library to around 225 proprietary games, while the deal will also provide IGT with a [...]
Iowa’s regulated sports betting market continued to grow in March as total wagers increased by 45 per cent versus a year ago to $233.5m.
After a strong start to the year, the state’s 19 operational sportsbooks saw online wagers climb 49 per cent year-on-year to $208.3m, while retail wagers climbed 14 [...]
Stockholm-listed betting and gaming operator Kindred Group has reported a 30 per cent fall in revenue to £247m for the first quarter of 2022.
Kindred said that results were negatively impacted by the company's temporary withdrawal from the Netherlands iGaming market last October, as well as very strong trading in [...]
New York’s licensed online sportsbook operators collected total sports wagers of $4.84bn during the first quarter of 2022 following another strong performance in March.
In their third month of operation, the state’s eight online sports betting operators saw wagers increase by 7 per cent compared to the previous month to $1.64bn, [...]
Ontario-based Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) has agreed online gaming and betting partnerships with international operators in the newly regulated market.
Flutter Entertainment’s FanDuel brand and Australia’s PointsBet have been designated as official sports betting partners of MLSE-owned sports teams the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), Toronto Marlies (AHL), Toronto Raptors [...]
Illinois’ licensed online and retail sportsbook operators maintained their strong start to the year as total wagers increased by 33 per cent year-on-year to $679.4m in February 2022.
Total sports wagers at the state’s nine licensed casinos were 22 per cent lower than the market’s previous record high set last month, [...]
The National Hockey League (NHL) has agreed multiyear partnerships with FanDuel and BetMGM for the North American market.
FanDuel and BetMGM will serve as the first North American sports betting partners of the NHL as they expand their rights into Canada, giving them access to official NHL branding for marketing in [...]
Athens-listed lottery and gaming solutions provider Intralot has reported a 20 per cent increase in group revenue to €414.0m for the full 2021 year.
The year-on-year revenue growth was driven by a 33 per cent increase in Intralot’s Licensed Operations (B2C) to €133.1m, attributable to growth in Malta and Argentina, while [...]
This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features some of the leading suppliers in the iGaming industry, including Pragmatic Play, Yggdrasil, Inspired, ORYX Gaming, Evoplay, Pariplay and BF Games, among others.
Pragmatic Play’s Drill That GoldPragmatic Play has launched a new mining-themed game with the release of Drill [...]
New York-listed payment solutions provider Paysafe has named Bruce Lowthers as its next chief executive officer and executive director.
Lowthers will join Paysafe this month to replace incumbent chief executive Philip McHugh, who is stepping down after almost three years in the role.
Lowthers joins the company after a 15-year tenure at [...]
US-focused online casino operator PlayStar has brought in Jon Bowden from Entain to serve as its new chief marketing officer.
Bowden most recently served as brand director for Entain's Gala business with P&L responsibility for Gala Bingo, Gala Spins and Gala Casino.
His new role will see Bowden assume responsibility [...]
Online betting and gaming operator theScore Bet has entered into a 10-year partnership with Major League Baseball team the Toronto Blue Jays to serve as their Official Gaming Partner.
The agreement marks the Blue Jays’ first gaming partnership and theScore Bet’s first professional team sponsorship, with the collaboration between the two [...]