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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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,” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]