Denmark’s regulated gambling market returned to growth in November 2021 as licensed operators recorded year-on-year improvements across all products.
Total gross gaming revenue (GGR) from sports betting, online casino, gaming machines and land-based casinos increased by 23 per cent compared to the prior year period to DKK604m (€81.2m).
Danish Gambling Market: November [...]
Malta-based Soft2Bet has been granted a licence to launch its online sports betting and gaming platform in Denmark for the first time.
The licence from Danish gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden allows Soft2Bet's operator partners to begin offering sports betting to players in Denmark, as well as online casino games such as roulette, [...]
London-listed iGaming technology provider Playtech has agreed a new strategic partnership to provide its iGaming and sports betting platform to Canada’s NorthStar Gaming.
The agreement will see Playtech power NorthStar’s upcoming iGaming launch in Ontario through its IMS platform.
Following the completion of regulatory approvals and Ontario’s licensing process, NorthStar will launch [...]
Flutter Entertainment completed its £402m acquisition of UK bingo market leader Tombola yesterday (January 10), as the market undergoes a massive transformation that affects all the major players.
While Tombola enters a new era under Flutter’s ownership, the software providers of many other leading UK bingo brands are also expected to [...]
Córdoba looks set to become the next Argentinean province to regulate online gambling after regulations were approved by legislators last week.
Bill 34270/L/21 will regulate various iGaming activities, including online casino table games and slots, sports betting and lottery games, and will establish a register of iGaming licensees with ten licences [...]
iGaming content provider Pragmatic Play has appointed Irina Cornides as chief operations officer.
Cornides has over a decade of experience in the iGaming industry, most recently serving as chief commercial officer for Asia at Gamesys (now Bally’s), where she led the fastest growing division within the business.
She served at Gamesys (previously [...]
London-listed gaming supplier Playtech is continuing its discussions with JKO Play regarding a potential acquisition offer, with the ongoing talks leading to the postponement of this month’s planned shareholder meeting to approve a rival bid by Aristocrat.
Playtech has been discussing a potential sale of the company to JKO Play since [...]
iGaming operator and platform supplier SkillOnNet has debuted its PlayUZU brand in Mexico's regulated iGaming market.
The new PlayUZU.mx online casino is a fully localised version of SkillOnNet's Spanish-language brand PlayUZU, and features a range of games from Evolution, Microgaming, Pragmatic Play, Thunderkick and NextGen Gaming, among others.
The launch follows license [...]
The Finnish Government has approved amendments to the country’s Lotteries Act to reduce the negative effects of gambling and strengthen the state monopoly more effectively, including the possibility to block payment transactions.
The stated aim of the reform is to prevent harm caused by gambling and to combat marketing by unlicensed [...]
The parliament of Lithuania has adopted new tax rates that will apply to lottery and gaming operators from next year.
The new tax rates for retail and online betting and gaming operators will come into force on July 1, 2022, with the new lottery tax coming into force in January 2023.
The [...]
London-listed gaming operator Rank Group has appointed Richard Harris as its next group chief financial officer and board director.
Harris will begin his new role in May 2022, with director of group finance Simon Hay taking on the role on an interim basis from 1 January.
Harris joins Rank from Foxtons Group, [...]
Flutter Entertainment is the best represented company in this year’s Gaming Intelligence Hot 50 but Bally’s is the most successful brand.
Flutter’s extraordinary run of acquisitions has gifted it six stars in the Gaming Intelligence Hot 50 2022.
Sportsbet was the one of the first operators to be acquired on the acquisition [...]