London-listed gaming technology supplier Playtech has partnered with Betfred to launch a horse racing-themed Bingo variant, Giddy Up Bingo.
Giddy Up Bingo gives players the option to pick one of four horses – each representing a different ticket price – with proportionally increasing prizes depending on the stake. Within the game, [...]
British political public policy think-tank The Social Market Foundation has called for a new multimillion-pound statutory levy to fund the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm in the United Kingdom.
The call accompanies the publication of a report by the SMF which proposes the creation of a new independent health board [...]
Alabama’s Senate Tourism Committee has reported favourably on a proposal to license and regulate casino gaming and sports betting, and to establish a state lottery to fund education.
Proponents of the bill estimate that net proceeds from the proposed lottery would amount to between $198m and $285m annually, primarily for the [...]
Canadian provincial lottery operator Loto-Québec has reported a 70 per cent increase in revenue to CAD$225.5m for the third quarter of its 2021/22 financial year.
Revenue for the three-month period ended 27 December was significantly ahead of the same period last year, when land-based casinos and gaming halls were closed due [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator 888 Holdings has reported a 15 per cent increase in revenue to a record US$980.1m in 2021, benefiting from strong growth from its gaming products.
The year-on-year revenue growth was driven by double-digit B2C growth in most of the operator’s core and growth markets, with regulated [...]
Sweden’s licensed gambling operators recorded a 5 per cent increase in net sales to SEK26.03bn (€2.4bn) in 2021, buoyed by a strong performance during the final quarter of the year.
Net sales in Q4 were up 2 per cent year-on-year at SEK7.01bn, buoyed by growing contributions from the land-based Casino Cosmopol [...]
Denmark’s state-owned gaming operator Danske Spil has reported a 2 per cent increase in gross gaming revenue to DKK4.83bn (€649.2m) in 2021, driven by strong growth online.
Danske Spil said that it made solid progress during the year, despite the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on its land-based operations and the introduction [...]
Brazil's Senate is set to debate a second reading of the gambling bill that would legalise and regulate casinos, bingo halls, iGaming and Jogo de bicho.
The lower house approved the bill (PL 442/1991) on 24 February at its first reading and it will now be considered by Senators, many of [...]
London-listed betting and gaming giant Entain has reported a 7 per cent rise in net gaming revenue (NGR) to £3.89bn in 2021, benefiting from a ninth consecutive year of double-digit online growth.
Despite 2021 being another year disrupted by Covid-19 and temporary shop closures, Entain delivered strong underlying growth, with online [...]
New York-listed International Game Technology (IGT) has reported a 31 per cent increase in revenue to $4.09bn in 2021, generating record operating income of $902m for the year.
IGT said that it met or exceeded all of its financial goals in 2021, posting double-digit growth across all three of its business [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator 888 Holdings has been fined £9.4m by Britain’s Gambling Commission for social responsibility and money laundering failures.
The fine relates to failings in the operator’s historical safer gambling and anti-money laundering policies and procedures in the United Kingdom, which were discovered during the Commission’s compliance assessment [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Flutter Entertainment has reported group revenue of £6.04bn for 2021, with strong growth in sports offsetting flat gaming revenue.
Flutter’s full year revenue increased by 37 per cent year-on-year on a reported basis, with the company benefiting from a full year’s contribution from The Stars Group [...]