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Raketech expands geographical footprint as Q3 revenue grows 24%

Stockholm-listed iGaming affiliate Raketech has reported a 24 per cent increase in revenue to €7.4m for the third quarter of 2020, as new depositing customers (NDCs) nearly doubled compared to a year ago.

With organic growth of just 3 per cent, Raketech's revenue growth in Q3 was driven by the newly [...]

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Ezugi live casino

Ezugi launches first live dealer games in Colombia

Evolution-owned Ezugi has launched its live dealer games in Colombia’s regulated iGaming market for the first time with operator Betplay.

Just one week after parent Evolution debuted its games in the market via Zamba.co, Ezugi has launched its portfolio of games with Betplay, including live blackjack, live roulette and live baccarat, [...]

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Gambling Commission

Boylesports hit with £2.8m fine for money laundering failures

Britain’s Gambling Commission has issued an official warning and a £2.8m fine to operator Boylesports over a series of money laundering failures.

Boylesports was found to have breached rules aimed at preventing money laundering on its Boylesports.com and Boylecasino.com sites following an investigation by the commission.

The investigation, part of the regulator’s [...]

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Pragmatic Play unveils new Mega Wheel live casino game

Gaming supplier Pragmatic Play has released its first game show-based live casino title with the launch of Mega Wheel.

Hosted by Pragmatic Play’s team of presenters, the game features a super-sized wheel with 54 multi-coloured segments, where each numbered segment signifies a corresponding payout for winning players.

The aim of the game, [...]

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Better Collective returns to revenue growth in third quarter

Stockholm-listed iGaming affiliate Better Collective grew third quarter revenue by 7 per cent to €18.3m.

The period saw high levels of sports betting activity as major sports returned from their suspension earlier in the year due to COVID-19, although lower sports win margin reduced revenue by approximately €2m.

New depositing customers (NDCs) [...]

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Flutter Entertainment

Australia and US drive Flutter Entertainment revenue growth in Q3

London-listed gaming operator Flutter Entertainment grew third quarter revenue by 30 per cent to £1.33bn as it benefited from a 41 per cent increase in average daily customers during the period.

The company recorded a strong performance across all divisions except for Paddy Power Retail, which saw revenue fall by 2 [...]

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Detroit, Michigan

Detroit casinos see sports betting handle hit record $46.1m in October

Michigan’s three commercial casinos have reported a 12 per cent fall in revenue to $101.4m for the month of October, despite increasing contributions from retail sports betting.

With the three Detroit casinos continuing to operate at 15 per cent capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions, table games and slots revenue fell by [...]

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Evolution

Evolution launches live casino in Pennsylvania with Caesars

Stockholm-listed live dealer specialist Evolution Gaming has launched its live casino games in Pennsylvania with leading US casino operator Caesars Entertainment.

Evolution’s portfolio of live casino and game show-style games have gone online via the Caesars Casino & Sportsbook app through a partnership with Harrah's Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack, and will [...]

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Sweden seeks to extend temporary gambling restrictions until June

The Swedish government has proposed to extend the temporary gambling restrictions introduced in the country in response to COVID-19 until next June.

The temporary restrictions came into force in July in response to the perceived risk of increased problem gambling as a result of unemployment, financial uncertainty or mental health issues [...]

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West Virginia sports betting and iGaming markets grow in October

West Virginia’s licensed casino operators collected $97.8m in combined wagers from sports betting and iGaming during October.

The state’s five sportsbooks saw total sports betting wagers increase by 47 per cent year-on-year to $44.6m for the four-week period ended 31 October, comprising $26.6m from online sports betting and $18.0m from retail [...]

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Relax Gaming

Relax Gaming gains rights to Big Time Gaming’s Megaclusters mechanic

Casino games provider Relax Gaming has secured the exclusive intellectual property rights to Big Time Gaming’s (BTG) Megaclusters slot mechanic for the next 12 months.

Relax is the first supplier to secure the rights to Megaclusters, which offers an additional twist to the cluster pay concept and has proved widely popular [...]

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AG Communications warned for breach of gambling regulations in Sweden

Aspire Global subsidiary AG Communications has been warned that it faces financial penalties if it breaches gaming regulations in future.

The Patent and Market Court division of the Stockholm District Court found that AG Communications breached five separate gaming and advertising regulations in Sweden during 2019, with each breach attracting a [...]

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