888 Holdings has reported a 13 per cent fall in revenue to £332.1m for the first half of the year, driven by lower revenue in the United Kingdom.
888’s largest geographic market generated 25 per cent less revenue than a year ago at £120.8 in the first half of 2022, accounting [...]
Entain has reported an 18 per cent increase in total net gaming revenue for the first half of the year, with a recovery in retail offsetting lower revenue online.
Entain’s total net gaming revenue (NGR) in the first six months of 2022 amounted to £2,117.6m, with a 7 per cent fall [...]
Britain’s largest online gambling operators have recorded a significant fall in Gross Gaming Yield in the second quarter of the year, with every gaming vertical showing a decline versus the same period last year.
The data released Thursday by the Gambling Commission covers the biggest operators who together account for approximately [...]
Leading Italian gaming operator Lottomatica has seen revenue from its online and land-based operations soar by 345 per cent to €806.2m in the first half of 2022.
The newly formed Lottomatica was established earlier this year through the merger of Gamenet Group, IGT Lottery (which owned Lottomatica Scommesse and Lottomatica Videolot [...]
The latest survey data from Britain’s Gambling Commission shows that overall participation in any gambling activity remained statistically stable at 43 per cent in the year to June 2022, alongside an improvement in problem gambling rates.
The June 2022 data shows that 42.9 per cent of survey respondents over the age [...]
Flutter Entertainment’s UK and Ireland chief executive Conor Grant will step down from his role before the end of this year, handing the reins to former Booking.com SVP Ian Brown.
Grant is leaving Flutter for a planned career break to spend more time with his family after more than 20 years [...]
Swedish gaming operator Svenska Spel has posted a 1 per cent drop in net gaming revenue (NGR) to SEK3.9bn (approx. €369.6m) for the first half of 2022, despite improved results from the company’s land-based operations.
The company’s first half results were weighed down by a 16.5 per cent drop in NGR [...]
Hong Kong-based investment firm TTB Partners has announced that it will not be making a bid to acquire London-listed iGaming supplier and operator Playtech.
The parties had been discussing a potential acquisition since last November, shortly after Playtech received a £2.7bn (680p per share) acquisition offer from Australian gaming supplier Aristocrat [...]
The leadership contest to choose a new leader of the Conservative Party is unlikely to cause a significant delay in the publication of the Gambling Act review whitepaper.
Nigel Huddleston, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), told parliament Thursday that the government intends to publish [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator 888 Holdings has completed the sale of its customer-facing and B2B bingo businesses for $45.25m.
Following an agreement last December, 888’s online bingo businesses have been sold to Broadway Gaming subsidiary Saphalata Holdings for $43.25m, with a further $2m unconditionally payable in one year.
888 has also [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain has reported an 8 per cent increase in net gaming revenue for the second quarter of the year, with growth in retail offsetting lower revenue online.
Like-for-like retail net gaming revenue (NGR) climbed 79 per cent year-on-year following the lifting of Covid restrictions, with the [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator 888 Holdings has completed its acquisition of William Hill’s non-US business from Caesars Entertainment.
Following completion, 888 has confirmed its new executive leadership team, with William Hill’s former CEO Ulrik Bengtsson and chief financial operator Eric Hageman leaving the group.
The enlarged 888 group will continue to [...]