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G2E Las Vegas confirms vaccination requirement for attendees

The organisers of next month’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas have confirmed that all attendees will be required to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination in order to attend the 2021 event.

Presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and organized by RX, G2E returns to the Sands Expo and [...]

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Gambling Commission

Gambling Commission issues £5.85m fine to Rank’s Daub Alderney

Rank Group-owned online casino and bingo operator Daub Alderney has been hit with another multi-million pound penalty by Britain’s Gambling Commission for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.

The business formerly owned by Stride Gaming (now part of Rank Group) was previously fined £7.1m in November 2018 for failing to follow [...]

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888 Holdings

888 benefits from strong growth in UK and Italy

London-listed gaming operator 888 Holdings has increased first half revenue by 39 per cent as it benefited from currency gains and strong growth in all major markets.

Revenue in the first six months of 2021 amounted to £528.4m, an increase of 39 per cent, or 29 per cent in constant currency, [...]

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Rank Group

Rank Group begins search for new finance chief

London-listed gaming operator Rank Group is on the lookout for a new finance chief following the resignation of Bill Floydd.

Floydd has tendered his resignation in order to take up the role of chief financial officer (CFO) at London-listed British retailer Watches of Switzerland Group.

He had joined Rank as CFO in [...]

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GI Games Round-up: Inspired, Big Time Gaming, Playtech and more

This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Inspired, Big Time Gaming, Playtech, Relax Gaming, iSoftBet, Pragmatic Play, Endorphina and High 5 Games.

Inspired’s Jungle Falls

Inspired has launched Jungle Falls, a classic jungle-themed cluster slot game developed by its Bell-Fruit Games development studio.

"Jungle Falls is [...]

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Rank Group

Rank Group swings to loss as revenue falls across all segments in FY2020/21

London-listed gaming operator Rank Group has reported a 48 per cent fall in revenue to £329.6m for the year ended June 30, with declines across all business segments.

Rank’s retail venues recorded the largest drop in revenue due to temporary closures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with digital revenue also [...]

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Tabcorp

Sports and lotteries drive Tabcorp full year revenue growth

Sydney-listed gaming operator Tabcorp Holdings has reported a 9 per cent increase in revenue to AUD$5.69bn for the fiscal year ended 30 June.

The company's Lotteries & Keno segment saw revenue increase by 10 per cent year-on-year to $3.21bn, while revenue from Wagering & Media grew by the same percentage to [...]

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Entain

Entain grows first half profit as online growth accelerates

London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain enjoyed a strong performance during the first half of 2021 as net gaming revenue (NGR) rose by 11 per cent to £1.79bn.

Buoyed by its 22nd consecutive quarter of double-digit online growth, total online NGR was up 28 per cent at £1.59bn in the first [...]

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Britain’s online gambling yield falls to £496.1m in June

Britain’s online betting and gaming market declined for the second consecutive month as total gross gambling yield (GGY) fell by 7 per cent sequentially to £496.1m in June.

The latest data from the Gambling Commission reveals that total bets placed fell by 10 per cent month-on-month to 6.2bn, while total active [...]

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Gaming shares struggle for growth in July

July proved to be a struggle for many of the leading publicly-listed gaming operators and suppliers as the combined value of the shares on the Gaming Intelligence Stock List fell by more than 4 per cent by the end of the month.

After a solid first quarter of the year, followed [...]

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Latvia iGaming growth fails to offset land-based decline

Latvia’s regulated gambling market saw turnover decline by 24.5 per cent to €55.9m in the first half of 2021, with a strong performance from licensed iGaming operators unable to offset the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the land-based sector.

Total market turnover fell significantly compared to the same period last [...]

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Britain sees improvement in problem gambling rate as overall participation falls

Gambling participation in Great Britain has fallen to its lowest level in five years according to the latest data from the Gambling Commission.

Overall participation in any gambling activity in the last four weeks fell to 41.6 per cent of respondents in June 2021, compared to 45.1 per cent in June [...]

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