Scientific Games and Flutter Entertainment were the big winners last week as the Gaming Intelligence Awards 2021 were unveiled during a week of celebrations.
Scientific Games won an unprecedented six awards this year, dominating the North America region with an incredible four awards. With the supplier transitioning to become a pure [...]
London-listed gaming technology supplier Playtech will seek shareholder approval in January to proceed with its proposed sale to Australia’s Aristocrat Leisure.
The company has scheduled a court meeting and general meeting of the company for 12 January, when shareholders will be given the opportunity to vote on the proposal, subject to [...]
Australian online betting operator Sportsbet has been fined AUD$135,000 for breaching gambling advertising regulations for the second time this year.
The Flutter Entertainment-owned sports betting operator was handed the fine by Downing Centre Local Court on Friday following an investigation by regulator Liquor & Gaming NSW.
According to that investigation, Sportsbet sent [...]
New York-listed International Game Technology (IGT) has reinstated its quarterly cash dividend after a strong third quarter performance which saw revenue climb 21 per cent to $984m and operating income more than double to $212m.
Buoyed by double-digit growth across all of its business segments, revenue from IGT’s core Global Lottery [...]
New York-listed gaming supplier International Game Technology (IGT) has appointed former bet365 executive Gil Rotem as president of iGaming.
Rotem will be responsible for ensuring the ongoing development and global expansion of the IGT PlayCasino business, which includes iGaming, poker and bingo, reporting into IGT CEO Digital & Betting Enrico Drago.
“The [...]
Shareholders in Gambling.com and Playtech were the big winners as their shares rocketed to the top of the Gaming Intelligence Stock List in October 2021.
While the leading publicly-listed gaming operators and suppliers saw the combined value of their shares decline by 2 per cent in October, Gambling.com’s shares rose by [...]
Sydney-listed gaming supplier Aristocrat has agreed an exclusive multi-year slot licensing deal with the National Football League (NFL).
The global licence will allow Aristocrat to exclusively develop NFL-themed slots for land-based play, as well as virtual sports games on a non-exclusive basis.
“The world of casino gaming is transforming, and the NFL [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Flutter Entertainment has reported a 9 per cent increase in revenue to £1.44bn in the third quarter of 2021, boosted by a 13 per cent rise in average monthly players.
On a constant currency basis, revenue climbed by 12 per cent year-on-year, driven by continued strong [...]
Australian online sports betting operator BlueBet Holdings has reported a 67 per cent increase in turnover to AUD$125.9m for its financial first quarter ended 30 September.
The strong year-on-year turnover growth helped the operator record an 89 per cent increase in gross win for the quarter to $18.1m, with net win [...]
Australian and US online sports betting operator PlayUp has secured market access to enter Iowa's regulated iGaming market through a partnership with licensed casino operator Wild Rose Entertainment.
PlayUp has already begun the regulatory process to gain licensure in Iowa for sports betting and will do the same once the regulatory framework is [...]
Sydney-listed betting and gaming operator PointsBet has reported an 82 per cent increase in net win to AUD$69.5m for its financial first quarter ended 30 September, benefiting from growing contributions from its new iGaming offering.
PointsBet’s Australian and US sports betting businesses saw turnover increase by 42 per cent year-on-year to [...]
New York-listed Scientific Games has agreed a $6.05bn deal to sell its lottery division to private equity firm Brookfield Business Partners.
Brookfield will pay a cash consideration of $5.825bn for the business, with an additional $225m payable as an earn-out, subject to achieving certain EBITDA targets in 2022 and 2023.
The acquisition, [...]