London-listed Entain has entered into an agreement to acquire Polish betting operator STS Holdings for a total consideration of £750 million.
Entain has launched a tender offer to acquire 100 per cent of STS at a purchase price of PLN24.80 per share through Entain CEE, the company’s venture in Central and [...]
Britain’s leading problem gambling support organisation GamCare is looking for a new chief executive following the departure of Anna Hemmings.
Hemmings has stepped down after five years in the role, with chair of trustees Margot Daly moving into an executive role to work with GamCare’s management team while a new CEO [...]
Malta-based live casino provider LiveG24 is set to expand its presence in the United Kingdom after securing a live bingo license from Britain’s Gambling Commission.
LiveG24's live bingo offering has been developed in partnership with Italian supplier Diecimilauno and offers players an interactive experience through real-time streaming technology.
LiveG24 is already licensed [...]
New York-listed lottery and gaming supplier International Game Technology (IGT) is evaluating potential strategic alternatives for its Global Gaming and PlayDigital divisions.
IGT said Thursday that the board is considering a broad range of potential alternatives for the two segments “in order to unlock the full value of IGT's portfolio.”
This includes [...]
The latest data from Britain’s Gambling Commission has revealed that total online gross gambling yield (GGY) from the market's leading operators rose by 5 per cent to £1.3 billion during the first quarter of 2023.
The year-on-year growth was driven by a 13 per cent increase in Real Event Betting GGY [...]
London-listed bingo and casino operator Rank Group has appointed Andrew Peat as managing director of its Rank Interactive division.
Peat will join Rank later this year from 888-owned William Hill, where he has served since 2018, most recently as sportsbook director for retail and online.
Based in Gibraltar, Peat will be responsible [...]
Flutter Entertainment’s Sky Bet has signed a record five-year partnership with the English Football League (EFL) to continue as the League’s title partner until the end of the 2028/29 campaign.
Building on a decade-long partnership, the new sponsorship fee represents a 50 per cent increase from Sky Bet, providing significant revenue [...]
Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has imposed a €400,000 fine on locally licensed operator Bingoal for advertising to players aged 18 to 24.
The KSA launched an investigation following media reports that a number of licensed operators were not complying with the country’s gambling advertising regulations.
The investigation focussed on all licensed [...]
Kindred Group has been told to withdraw its iGaming brands from Norway after losing an appeal against the Norwegian Gaming Authority.
Last September, the Norwegian regulator issued a daily fine of NOK1.2 million to the operator for every day that Kindred continued to operate in the market.
This was postponed in October [...]
Spanish gaming operator Codere has reported a 19 per cent increase in revenue to €350.0 million for the first quarter of 2023, with growth across all regions except Colombia.
Argentina remained Codere’s biggest market as Q1 revenue rose 19 per cent year-on-year to €87.0 million, driven by a 5 per cent [...]
Broadway Gaming’s Dragonfish platform is powering a new online bingo offering for Delta iGaming in Ontario, Canada.
Delta Bingo Online is currently the only iGaming site in Ontario’s regulated market to offer peer-to-peer iBingo, expanding on its 18 land-based bingo locations across the province.
Delta Bingo also has an agreement with the [...]
Switzerland’s two gambling regulators have significantly expanded their blacklist of illegal gambling operators with nearly 200 new domains added.
The Swiss Gambling Supervisory Authority (GESPA) has added 35 sites to its blacklist for targeting Swiss players without a local licence, including dachbet.com, fruitychance.com, mystake.bet, olympusbet.com and palmslots.com.
Meanwhile, the country’s Federal Gaming [...]