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Rank set for £80m HMRC refund as trading begins to improve

London-listed gaming operator Rank Group has reported trading in line with management expectations in the first six weeks since the reopening of its venues in the UK.

The operator’s venues have been trading above cash breakeven and are expected to continue to improve as social distancing and international travel restrictions are [...]

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Scientific Games to divest Lottery and Sports Betting businesses

New York-listed Scientific Games has revealed plans to divest its Lottery and Sports Betting businesses as it focuses on becoming a leading content provider for the online and land-based gaming sectors.

As part of its strategic review, the company is evaluating strategic alternatives to execute the divestitures for each business, including [...]

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Spain

Online casino drives Spanish iGaming market growth in first quarter

Spain’s regulated online betting and gaming operators enjoyed a solid start to the year as total gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 10 per cent to €240.0m in the first quarter of 2021.

Revenue was up by 4 per cent compared to the previous quarter, with sports betting and online casino generating [...]

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Pragmatic Play bingo goes live on BetVictor

Gaming solutions provider Pragmatic Play has rolled out its complete collection of bingo games with Gibraltar-based operator BetVictor.

BetVictor customers gain access to Pragmatic Play’s full suite of bingo games, including the popular Bingo Blast variant and upcoming release Reels Room.

“It’s fantastic to see our Bingo solution live with BetVictor so [...]

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European Commission

EGBA supports calls to re-establish EU Expert Group on Gambling

Gambling regulators from fourteen EU Member States have called on the European Commission (EC) to re-establish the EU Expert Group on Gambling.

The regulators have written to the EC to formally request the return of the EU Expert Group, which was disbanded by the Commission in 2018.

The Expert Group provided a [...]

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Swiss gambling regulators add 83 sites to blacklists

Switzerland’s gambling regulators have updated their blacklists of illegal gambling operators with the addition of 82 new domains.

The latest update has seen the Swiss Gambling Supervisory Authority blacklist 22 sites for targeting Swiss players without a local licence, including major names such as sportsbet.io and spreadex.com.

Meanwhile the Federal Gambling Commission [...]

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Britain’s Gambling Commission set to increase licence fees

Britain’s gambling operators face a significant increase in licensing costs under new legislation that will come into force before 1 October.

The increase in licence fees and elimination of certain discounts follows a public consultation into the Gambling Commission’s funding structure and costs and will enable the Commission to better regulate [...]

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Rank Group

Rank Group introduces Hawkeye safer gambling tool

London-listed gaming operator Rank Group has launched a new real-time safer gambling monitoring tool to detect changes in player behaviour.

Hawkeye is part of the company’s continued roll out of safer gambling measures and follows significant investment in Rank’s customer support hub to swiftly identify online customer behaviour that may require [...]

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British online gambling market grows to £560m in April 2021

The latest data from Britain’s Gambling Commission shows that gross gambling yield (GGY) from the online gambling sector rose by 3 per cent sequentially to more than £560m in April 2021.

The data from the biggest operators representing 80 per cent of the market shows a 4 per cent rise in [...]

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Wazdan launches slot portfolio in the UK with Buzz Bingo

Malta-based games studio Wazdan has launched its portfolio of slots with leading UK bingo operator Buzz Bingo.

Wazdan’s latest commercial agreement gives Buzz Bingo customers access to its Hold the Jackpot titles, including Unicorn Reels, Clover Lady, Burning Stars 3, Sun of Fortune and the recently released Prosperity Pearls.

“Buzz Bingo is [...]

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British iGaming yield at £3.1bn in six months to September 2020

Britain’s Gambling Commission has released data for the six-month period ended September 2020, with the regulated online and land-based gambling market generating total gross gambling yield (GGY) of £5.9bn.

With Covid-19 and various lockdown rules and restrictions impacting operators during the period, the Remote gambling market was the largest combined sector [...]

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Playtech

Playtech online growth offsets retail struggles in strong start to 2021

London-listed gaming technology provider Playtech remains confident in its prospects for the remainder of the year after recording “very strong” online growth during the first four months of 2021.

Alongside announcing the sale of its Finalto financial trading business Wednesday, Playtech reported strong online growth driven by the company’s B2B and [...]

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