Relax Gaming and Yggdrasil are among the latest suppliers to receive B2B licences in Sweden from the country’s gambling regulator.
The new five-year licences will commence in July, and follows the implementation of legislation that requires gaming software licences to be a mandatory requirement in Sweden.
The first licences were issued last [...]
London-listed operator Flutter Entertainment will put a formal resolution to shareholders at next month’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), seeking approval to pursue an additional stock market listing in the United States.
Flutter announced last month that it would consult with shareholders on an additional US listing of the group's ordinary shares.
Having [...]
Sydney-listed gaming supplier Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT) has expanded its board with the appointment of Haig Asenbauer as a non-executive director.
Asenbauer is currently a partner of Austrian law firm Asenbauer Rechtsanwaelte in Vienna, and also serves as deputy chairman on the supervisory board of Novomatic, AGT’s majority shareholder.
He will hold [...]
London-listed gaming technology provider Playtech has reported a 33 per cent increase in revenue to a record €1.60 billion for 2022, driven by online growth and retail recovery following pandemic-related closures in parts of 2021.
Revenue from B2B grew by 14 per cent to €632.4 million during the year, with B2B [...]
Global network solutions provider Continent 8 Technologies is expanding its team in Asia with two new appointments.
Lalaine Vidal joins as business development manager and Christopher Caturay as technical solutions architect, with both to be based out of the Philippines and responsible for supporting the company’s growing customer base across the [...]
Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has issued its first B2B gaming supplier licences ahead of its July 1st deadline.
New legislation approved by the Swedish government last November requires gaming software suppliers to be licensed in the country from July 1st, with applications having been accepted since March 1st.
The regulator confirmed that [...]
Online betting and gaming revenue in Spain grew by 18 per cent to €963.0m in 2022, as both the sports betting and online casino games segments enjoyed record Q4 performances.
In common with other markets, Spain’s online sports betting sector had a strong end to the year because of the FIFA [...]
Denmark’s state-owned gaming operator Danske Spil has reported a 3 per cent increase in gross gaming revenue to DKK4.98bn (€668.2m) in 2022.
The company’s core Danske Lotteri Spil division saw GGR climb by 1 per cent to DKK2.81bn, offsetting a 9 per cent drop in GGR to DKK1.66bn from Danske Licens [...]
Canada’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has begun the search for a new Registrar and CEO to replace Tom Mungham.
Mungham will step down later this year after more than 33 years of public service, including 17 years at the AGCO, most recently overseeing the development and regulatory oversight [...]
Gambling revenue in Sweden increased by 5 per cent to SEK27.4bn (€2.4bn) in 2022, helped by 6 per cent growth in the commercial iGaming sector.
Commercial iGaming revenue was SEK17.2bn and accounted for 63 per cent of all Swedish gambling revenue in 2022.
The sector’s revenue was up by 5 per [...]
Buzz Bingo is expected to close nine of its retail bingo clubs in the United Kingdom due to the ongoing and challenging operating environment.
The proposed closure of nine of its 91 bingo clubs will also lead to 151 of Buzz’s 2,456 employees being laid off.
The company explained that it has [...]
Belgium’s new gambling advertising restrictions will come into force in less than four months.
Following publication in Belgium’s Official Gazette this week, the new law will come into force on July 1, 2023, although some of the restrictions around sport sponsorship will be phased in to allow for existing agreements to [...]