There were mixed results for industry stakeholders as the combined value of shares in the leading publicly-listed gaming operators and suppliers fell by 1 per cent during the first half of 2021.
After a solid first quarter performance, most of the 50 publicly-listed operators and suppliers which make up the Gaming [...]
Entain has increased its full-year financial guidance following a strong performance in the first half of 2021, driven by higher sports betting activity and better than expected performances from recent acquisitions.
The company said in a post-close trading update Thursday that it now expects full-year EBITDA to be in the range [...]
Sydney-listed gaming giant Tabcorp Holdings has proposed a demerger of its Lotteries & Keno business after completing a comprehensive strategic review of its ownership options.
The demerger will create two standalone, market leading Sydney-listed companies with distinct operating profiles, strategies and growth opportunities.
Tabcorp said that the demerger will also provide shareholders [...]
Shares in Australian online sports betting operator BlueBet Holdings soared by more than 55 per cent Friday on their first day of trading.
BlueBet began trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this morning after completing a successful $80m IPO, with strong support from institutional and retail investors.
The listing positions BlueBet [...]
New York-listed Scientific Games has revealed plans to divest its Lottery and Sports Betting businesses as it focuses on becoming a leading content provider for the online and land-based gaming sectors.
As part of its strategic review, the company is evaluating strategic alternatives to execute the divestitures for each business, including [...]
Stats perform has secured the distribution rights for stats, data, video and live-streams from Cricket West Indies (CWI).
Stats perform will exclusively collect and distribute official CWI data and insights for broadcasters, media, sponsors and sportsbooks, including coverage of the upcoming tours by Australia and Pakistan.
The agreement covers live streams, live [...]
Australia will launch a national self-exclusion register for gambling by mid-2022 after appointing Engine Australia, the developer of the UK’s GAMSTOP system, to deliver the project.
The register will cover all licensed online and telephone betting operators and will enable customers to stop gambling for a stated period of time, from [...]
Sydney-listed betting technology provider BetMakers is looking to further enhance its product offering with the acquisitions of racing data company Form Cruncher and Australian sweepstakes betting platform Swopstakes.
BetMakers has entered into an agreement to acquire the technology platform assets, databases and intellectual property of Form Crunch for an initial cash [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain is preparing to pilot a new virtual reality multi-sports entertainment experience for its players later this year.
The first-of-its-kind experience is the result of an alliance between Entain and technology and media company Verizon Media, which will see a virtual reality “sports club” rolled out [...]
Sydney-listed online betting and gaming operator PointsBet has appointed Teresa Fiore as responsible gambling and corporate social responsibility manager.
Fiore joins the operator from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, where she oversaw GameSense, a $3m responsible gaming program that served over 300,000 patrons across three land-based casinos.
"I am delighted to have [...]
Sydney-listed sportsbook operator PointsBet Holdings has secured a deal to enter Maryland’s newly regulated sports betting market in partnership with The Riverboat on-the-Potomac.
The initial ten-year agreement with the Charles County-based horseracing satellite simulcast facility will see PointsBet provide online and retail sports betting in the state, subject to the receipt [...]
Sydney-listed PointsBet is looking to launch its sports betting products and services in Canada after appointing Nic Sulsky as chief commercial officer for its Canadian operations.
Sulsky formerly served as president of Monkey Knife Fight, the third-largest US daily fantasy sports operator which was recently acquired by Bally’s Corporation.
Prior to that, [...]