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Swedish Court of Appeal lowers penalty fees for self-exclusion failings

Sweden’s Court of Appeal has lowered the penalty fees issued to Aspire Global subsidiary AG Communications and Genesis Global over failures to implement the country’s self-exclusion programme on their sites.

AG Communications and Genesis Global failed to have a functioning connection with Spelpaus.se for 33 and 9 days respectively following the [...]

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Bally's Corp

Bally’s enters 11th US state with Tropicana Evansville acquisition

New York-listed casino and sportsbook operator Bally's Corporation has completed its acquisition of Caesars Entertainment’s Tropicana Evansville casino in Indiana.

Following an initial agreement last October, the $140m acquisition expands Bally’s retail and online presence into an eleventh US state.

Bally's has also acquired the unencumbered rights to the Evansville operations' sports [...]

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Aspire Global

Aspire Global agrees deal to take Ireland’s Funfair Casino online

Stockholm-listed supplier Aspire Global has signed a platform and managed services deal with Ireland’s biggest casino group Funfair Casino.

Aspire will provide its AspireCore Platform (PAM) to Funfair, which operates over 25 casinos across Ireland, to take the land-based business online for the first time.

Funfair Casino will also benefit from Aspire [...]

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AGS goes online in Canada with Loto-Québec

New York-listed gaming supplier AGS has launched its online casino content in Canada for the first time through a partnership with Scientific Games.

Rakin’ Bacon! is the first title from AGS to go live with Loto-Québec via Scientific Games’ OpenGaming platform, with further games to be rolled out in the near [...]

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Stakelogic expands in-house game development capabilities

Slot developer Stakelogic has acquired Serbian software developer Smart&Applied DOO as it looks to enhance its in-house game development capacity.

Founded by Igor Marinkovic, Smart&Applied has been working with Stakelogic for the past three years and will now be rebranded as Stakelogic Serbia.

Marinkovic has been named as general manager of the [...]

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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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Microgaming

Microgaming enters live casino with On Air Entertainment

Microgaming is expanding into the Live Casino vertical through its backing of Malta-based live dealer specialist On Air Entertainment.

Powered by Microgaming, On Air Entertainment operates a state-of-the-art studio in Riga, Latvia, with developers based in both Latvia and Estonia. It is expected to launch a range of classic and bespoke [...]

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EveryMatrix opens new game development studio in Florida

iGaming software provider EveryMatrix has opened its first game development studio in the United States with the launch of Armadillo Studios in Miami.

Based at EveryMatrix’s US headquarters in Florida, Armadillo Studios will develop online casino games for the US market based on market-specific game logic and player preferences.

The studio will [...]

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GI Games Round-up: Pragmatic Play, Evoplay, Skywind and more

This week’s newly combined games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Pragmatic Play, Evoplay, Skywind Group, Pariplay and Playson.

Pragmatic Play’s Panda’s Fortune 2

Pragmatic Play has brought its fun-loving Panda back in its latest slot release, Panda’s Fortune 2.

“We pride ourselves on creating engaging opportunities for [...]

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High 5 Games live with WynnBET and TwinSpires in Michigan

New York-based slot developer High 5 Games has expanded its presence in Michigan’s regulated iGaming market through the launch of its content with two leading operators.

Through an integration with GAN’s GameSTACK platform, High 5’s online slots have gone live this week with WynnBET and Churchill Downs’ TwinSpires brand.

High 5 currently [...]

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Swintt appoints new chief technology officer

Casino games supplier Swintt has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of David Flood as chief technology officer.

Flood has over 16 years experience in the iGaming industry, having previously served at LeoVegas, Gaming Innovation Group, Tain, Boss Gaming and Novibet.

"My remit is to really get things into [...]

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VBET secures license approval in Ukraine

BetConstruct’s VBET brand has secured license approval to launch online poker and casino games in Ukraine.

The company secured license approval on May 31 from Ukraine’s Gambling and Lotteries Commission (KRAIL), including the first online poker license awarded under the country’s new gambling legislation, which came into force in 2020.

“It is [...]

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