Login/Register
Octoplay
Octoplay

Oceania News

Entain

Entain reveals effectiveness of safer gaming programme

London-listed gaming operator Entain held its second annual sustainability and ESG showcase event in London on Thursday, where the company revealed the impact of its ARC Safer Gaming programme.

The ARC programme (Advanced Responsibility and Care) is currently available in 22 of Entain’s international markets, including the UK, and has been [...]

2 mins read
Aristocrat Leisure

Aristocrat nominates Bill Lance Jnr as new board member

Sydney-listed gaming supplier Aristocrat Leisure is looking to strengthen its Board after nominating prominent Native American Tribal leader Bill Lance Jnr as a non-executive director.

Lance was the longest-serving Secretary of Commerce in the history of the Chickasaw Nation, the Oklahoma-based Tribal nation, where he was responsible for 7,000 employees and [...]

2 mins read

Star Entertainment fined $100m by NSW Casino Commission

The NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC) has suspended Star Entertainment’s casino licence and fined the operator AUD$100m.

The licence suspension falls short of a revocation and will allow the casino to continue to operate under the supervision of NICC appointed manager Nicholas Weeks.

Weeks will serve as manager while the Commission works [...]

2 mins read

IBIA records 76 suspicious betting alerts in Q3

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 76 cases of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities during the third quarter of 2022.

Tennis topped the list of alerts in Q3 with 33 reported cases, followed by 16 for eSports, 13 for football and ten for table tennis, with these sports accounting [...]

2 mins read

Aristocrat Gaming appoints first chief innovation officer

Aristocrat Gaming has appointed veteran game designer Joe Kaminkow to the newly created role of chief innovation officer.

The appointment extends Kaminkow's long association with Aristocrat Gaming, dating back to his initial appointment as senior vice president of game development in 2013.

In his new role, Kaminkow will help drive innovation across [...]

2 mins read
Tabcorp

Tabcorp acquires stake in Australian social betting operator Dabble

Sydney-listed Tabcorp Holdings has agreed to invest AUD$33m to acquire a stake in Australian social betting operator Dabble Sports.

Tabcorp will acquire a 20 per cent equity interest in Dabble, and will have the right to appoint a director to the Dabble board.

Founded in 2020, Dabble has a growing customer base [...]

1 min read
Entain

Entain teams up with AHA to promote digital brands in New South Wales

Entain has agreed a marketing partnership with the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) NSW to promote its digital sports betting brands in pubs in New South Wales.

The partnership will give AHA NSW members a new revenue stream while respecting Tabcorp’s exclusivity in retail wagering.

“The reasons for this new partnership are simple,” [...]

3 mins read

PointsBet agrees horse race betting partnership with The Stronach Group

Sydney-listed sports betting operator PointsBet is enhancing its horse race betting offering in the United States through a new multi-year agreement with The Stronach Group’s 1/ST Technology.

The five-year deal will see 1/ST Technology integrate its horse racing betting products and content solutions within the PointsBet sportsbook app.

In addition, the supplier [...]

1 min read

Novomatic’s Thomas Schmalzer to lead global sales division

Austrian gaming operator and supplier Novomatic has named Thomas Schmalzer as its new vice president of global sales.

Schmalzer replaces Jakob Rothwangl, who is taking on a new role focused on a “strategically important project” within the group.

“I would like to thank my team at Global Sales and all colleagues at [...]

1 min read

Ainsworth promotes from within to replace long-time finance chief

Sydney-listed gaming supplier Ainsworth Game Technology has appointed Lynn Mah as the company’s next chief financial officer (CFO).

Mah currently serves as Ainsworth’s group finance manager after joining the company in 2007, and will take over as CFO from long-serving Mark Ludski on 1 January 2023.

Ludski has served as Ainsworth's CFO [...]

1 min read
PointsBet

PointsBet launches online sportsbook in Louisiana

Sydney-listed betting and gaming operator PointsBet has gone live with its latest online sportsbook operation in the United States.

PointsBet Louisiana took its first bet in the state late last week, marking the fourth state launch under PointsBet's partnership with Penn National Gaming, and its 12th online sportsbook operation in the [...]

2 mins read

PlayUp agrees SPAC business combination with IG Acquisition Corp

Australian and US online sports betting operator PlayUp has agreed a business combination with special purpose acquisition company IG Acquisition Corp (IGAC), which will see the combined company listed in New York.

The transaction values PlayUp at $350m and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, subject to [...]

1 min read
Page 31 of 74