The Netherlands’ online gambling market grew by 29 per cent in 2023 as total gross gaming revenue (GGR) reached €1.39 billion.
According to latest figures from Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), casino games accounted for 77 per cent of GGR during the year.
Sports betting represented 20 per cent of GGR, with [...]
Entain has announced the planned departure of chairman Barry Gibson, who will step down from his role by no later than September 2024.
Gibson has informed the company that he plans to retire as chair of the board of directors after four years in the role, with the exact timing of [...]
bet365 has agreed a regulatory settlement of over half a million pounds with Britain’s Gambling Commission.
Hillside (UK Gaming) ENC, holder of bet365’s online bingo and casino licences, will pay £343,035 as part of the settlement, while Hillside (UK Sports) ENC will pay £239,085 for failings under the company’s online sports [...]
Seven of the largest online sports betting and gaming operators in the United States have joined forces to form the Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA).
ROGA is an independent trade association that will actively promote a new industry-wide best practices charter.
This will be overseen by one of the world's foremost experts [...]
Playtech has reported a 7 per cent increase in full year revenue to €1,706.7m for 2023, with growth in both B2B and B2C revenue.
Playtech’s B2C division, which includes the Snai, HappyBet and Sun Bingo brands, recorded a 5 per cent increase in revenue to €1,037.0 million, with the Snai business [...]
US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has proposed the appointments of Sharon Avery and Jeannie Hovland as associate commissioners to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC).
Avery is an enrolled member of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan and currently serves as associate general counsel for the NIGC’s Office of [...]
Norway’s state-owned lottery operator Norsk Tipping has strengthened its senior management team with the appointments of Tina Rødahl and Vegar Strand as directors.
Rødahl has been named director of communications and public relations and will join Norsk Tipping on 1 May from consultancy firm Peer Group, which she founded in January [...]
Flutter Entertainment has reported a 25 per cent increase in revenue to $11.79 billion for 2023, with the United States contributing more than a third of the total.
The strong revenue growth was driven by an expanded recreational customer base across all segments, with average monthly players (AMPs) climbing 20 per [...]
Testing and certification service provider Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has become the first laboratory to achieve accreditation by the Secretaria De Prêmios e Apostas (SPA) in Brazil.
The accreditation enables GLI to test and certify equipment, programs, instruments and devices that comprise betting systems, live game studios, and online games for [...]
The Swedish government has appointed Claes Norgren as the new chairman of gambling regulator Spelinspektionen.
The Ministry of Finance confirmed that Norgren will take over as chairman on 1 April, replacing Per Håkansson, who has held the role since May 2013.
Norgren previously served as auditor general of the National Audit Office, [...]
Svenska Spel Sport & Casino has been issued a warning and a SEK100 million penalty fee for failing to fulfil its duty of care obligations in 2021.
This follows a compliance audit by Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen into various aspects of the company's operations, including its compliance with the duty of [...]
The Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada, has issued its first iGaming license to gaming supplier SOFTSWISS.
The Tobique First Nation has a population of approximately 2,700 and entered the online gaming arena in October after enacting the Tobique Gaming Act 2023.
This law established the Tobique Gaming Commission, which has [...]