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GI Games Integrations: Yggdrasil, 1X2 Network, Zitro and more

This week’s games integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Pragmatic Play, Yggdrasil, 1X2 Network, Design Works Gaming, Zitro Interactive, Spearhead Studios, iSoftBet, BetGames.TV, Evoplay Entertainment and Fazi Interactive.

Pragmatic Play / Buzz Bingo

Pragmatic Play has expanded its reach in the United Kingdom after taking its slots portfolio live [...]

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White Hat Gaming agrees £1.3m settlement over UK compliance failings

UK-licensed operator White Hat Gaming has agreed to pay a £1.3m regulatory settlement following an investigation by the Gambling Commission.

As part of the regulator’s ongoing compliance work, the Commission identified failings in the way White Hat Gaming identified and managed customers who were at higher risk of money laundering and [...]

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Rank Group

Rank Group swings to loss as pandemic decimates Venues business

London-listed casino and bingo operator Rank Group has reported a 55 per cent fall in net gaming revenue to £177.6m for the financial first half period ended 31 December, as the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted its Venues business.

The fall in revenue was due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, [...]

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Pandemic pushes Las Vegas Sands to $2.7bn loss in 2020

New York-listed Las Vegas Sands recorded a 74 per cent drop in net revenue to $3.61bn in 2020, despite seeing signs of improvement during the final quarter of the year.

Net revenue in the final quarter fell by 67 per cent to $1.15bn, as revenue from Macao operations declined by 70 [...]

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NetEnt releases Fruit Shop Megaways slot

Evolution-owned slot developer NetEnt has announced the network-wide release of its latest Megaways title, Fruit Shop Megaways.

The new 6-reel slot is an upgraded version of one of the supplier’s most popular slots, packed with Free Spins and Multipliers and taking the gameplay of the 2011 hit to a whole new [...]

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Scientific Games

Scientific Games names new senior vice presidents

New York-listed Scientific Games has appointed Jim Bombassei as senior vice president of investor relations, while Simon Johnson has been promoted to senior vice president and managing director of the EMEA region.

Bombassei joins the company from Viacom, where he oversaw the global investor relations program, capital markets activity and treasury [...]

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Pariplay approved to roll out iGaming content in West Virginia

Aspire Global-owned Pariplay will enter its second US state after receiving approval to launch in West Virginia.

The interim iGaming supplier license will enable Pariplay to agree deals with casino operators in West Virginia and provide its gaming content to more players in the expanding US market, after debuting in New [...]

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Las Vegas Sands names Robert Goldstein as chairman and CEO

New York-listed casino operator Las Vegas Sands has named long-serving executive Robert Goldstein as the company’s new chairman and CEO.

Goldstein assumed the role of acting chairman and CEO earlier this month following the death of founder Sheldon Adelson from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Adelson had been chairman [...]

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North Dakota bills aim to authorise online gaming and betting

North Dakota lawmakers have introduced a number of gambling related bills to regulate online sports betting, gaming and poker, as well as electronic pull tab machines.

The online poker proposal would authorise intrastate live poker over the internet through a constitutional amendment that would be put to North Dakota voters at [...]

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Stakelogic expands in Romania with Baumbet deal

Stakelogic has strengthened its presence in Romania’s regulated iGaming market through an integration with leading operator Baumbet.

The deal gives Baumbet players access to Stakelogic’s content for the first time, including popular slots such as Book of Adventure and Book of Cleopatra, alongside recent releases Serengeti Wilds and Gods of Secrecy.

“Baumbet [...]

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Videoslots

Videoslots warned against reverse withdrawals in Sweden

Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has issued an injunction to iGaming operator Videoslots for violating the country’s online casino deposit limit.

The regulator said Tuesday that Videoslots players were able to circumvent the Covid-related SEK5,000 per week deposit limit by cancelling withdrawal requests from their gaming accounts, in some cases up to [...]

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Bally’s expands into fantasy sports with Monkey Knife Fight acquisition

New York-listed casino operator Bally's Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire US fantasy sports operator Monkey Knife Fight (MKF) in an all-stock deal worth up to $40m.

MKF will receive immediately exercisable penny warrants to purchase up to $50m in Bally's common shares at closing, and contingent penny [...]

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