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BetMGM partners Emerald Queen Casino to enter Washington State

US sports betting and iGaming operator BetMGM has secured an exclusive market access partnership with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in Washington State.

The deal will allow BetMGM to operate retail sports betting at the Emerald Queen Casino’s (EQC) two properties in Fife and Tacoma.

Pending regulatory approvals, the BetMGM @ EQC [...]

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OlyBet signs ACF Fiorentina regional betting partnership

Olympic Entertainment Group’s OlyBet brand has been announced as an official regional betting partner of Italian Serie A football club ACF Fiorentina.

The agreement will see the OlyBet and OlyBet.TV brands visible on sideline LEDs throughout Europe for home games played at the Artemio Franchi Stadium, using new geolocation technology adopted [...]

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Amelco expands US retail sportsbook footprint to Wyoming

Sports betting platform provider Amelco has launched a new retail sportsbook in Wyoming for Wind River Hotel and Casino.

The sportsbook launch for the Northern Arapaho Tribe-owned casino in Northern Wyoming marks Amelco's seventh US launch following similar deals with tribal casinos in Michigan and a number of casinos in Colorado.

“We’re [...]

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Bally's Corp

Lee Fenton takes charge as Bally’s completes Gamesys acquisition

New York-listed casino and sportsbook operator Bally's Corporation has appointed Lee Fenton as its new CEO following the completion of its acquisition of Gamesys Group.

The closing of the acquisition follows receipt of all necessary regulatory requirements and shareholder approvals, with Gamesys delisted from the London Stock Exchange earlier Monday.

Following completion, [...]

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Scientific Games goes live with Nederlandse Loterij’s TOTO brand

New York-listed Scientific Games has gone live in the Netherlands’ newly regulated iGaming market with Dutch national lottery operator Nederlandse Loterij.

Nederlandse Loterij is utilising the supplier’s OpenGaming casino platform, as well as the OpenBet sports betting product suite, to support the launch of its new TOTO online brand in the [...]

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Online Gaming

Spain and LatAm drive online growth for Codere in second quarter

Codere Online has reported a 43 per cent increase in net gaming revenue to €21.0m for the second quarter of 2021, buoyed by strong growth in Mexico and Spain.

The strong year-on-year revenue growth was driven by a 142 per cent rise in total average active players to 66,700 during Q2, [...]

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Netherlands

Regulator steps in to ease concerns as tech fault delays Dutch opening

A technical fault with the new self-exclusion register (Cruks) delayed the Dutch market’s newly-licensed iGaming operators from opening for business as planned last Friday (October 1st).

The delayed opening added to the confusion in the market as unlicensed operators such as Betsson, Entain and Kindred closed down their Dutch operations on [...]

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Catena Media on top as gaming shares rise in September

After the impressive share price gains seen in August, the leading publicly-listed gaming operators and suppliers saw the combined value of their shares on the Gaming Intelligence Stock List increase by a further 2 per cent in September.

In another good month for gaming investors, there were 22 companies that saw [...]

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Aspire Global

Aspire Global sells B2C assets to Esports Technologies

Stockholm-listed Aspire Global will become a pure B2B gaming supplier after agreeing to sell its B2C business to US-based Esports Technologies for €65m.

The divestment follows Aspire’s review of its B2C segment which began in March, with New York-listed Esports Technologies agreeing to pay €50m in cash, €10m in a promissory [...]

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Strong summer for Nevada gaming market continues into August

Nevada’s land-based casinos continued to see strong growth into August as total gaming win grew by 57 per cent compared to a year ago to $1.17bn.

Marking the fourth consecutive month that the state’s regulated gambling market generated more than $1bn, August’s gaming win included $825.1m from slot machines, with multi-denomination [...]

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Flutter names Amy Howe as FanDuel US chief executive

Amy Howe will continue to lead FanDuel as its permanent chief executive, having assumed the role of interim CEO in July.

Howe joined Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel in February as president and took over as interim CEO in July following the departure of former chief executive Matt King.

Prior to FanDuel, Howe served [...]

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Kambi

Kambi to power BetEnt Dutch online sportsbook launch

Stockholm-listed sports betting technology provider Kambi Group has announced a multi-year deal to power the launch of BetEnt’s BetCity.nl online sportsbook in the newly regulated Netherlands gaming market.

The agreement sees BetCity.nl leverage Kambi’s technology and expansive sports betting offering, as well as its expertise in compliance and sports integrity.

BetEnt is [...]

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