Sweden has introduced new rules to protect online gamblers during the coronavirus crisis, with the new rules expected to continue until the end of the year.
Sweden’s social security minister Ardalan Shekarabi announced the new rules at a press conference in Stockholm Thursday morning, noting that the downturn in sports betting [...]
Pennsylvania’s regulated land-based and online gambling market recorded a 51 per cent fall in total gaming revenue to $153.5m in March following the temporary closure of venues in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The closure of the state’s 12 casinos mid-month meant that revenue from land-based slot machines declined by 61 [...]
New Jersey’s regulated betting and gaming market fell by 44 per cent to $163.5m in March following the closure of all Atlantic City casinos in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
With all venues in the state temporarily closed on 16 March, revenue from land-based casino declined by 62 per cent to [...]
Skill games developer GameCo has signed a licensing deal with Etermax to develop a new game based on the popular mobile trivia title Trivia Crack.
The deal will see GameCo roll out Trivia Crack Video Gambling Machines (VGMs) across US land-based casinos by the end of the year.
Trivia Crack has accumulated [...]
Greek gaming operator OPAP said Thursday that it is introducing new measures to protect the business from the impact of COVID-19 after seeing a €130m reduction in monthly gross gaming revenue.
This followed the closure of retail venues on 13 March in a bid by the Greek government to contain the [...]
Athens-listed lottery and gaming operator OPAP has reported a 5 per cent increase in gross gaming revenue to €1.62bn in 2019, benefiting from a strong contribution from video lottery terminals (VLTs).
Gross gaming revenue (GGR) from VLTs rose 43 per cent year-on-year to €297.7m, helping to offset declines in the lottery, [...]
Greek gaming operator OPAP has confirmed that chief executive Damian Cope will be leaving the company at the end of May.
Cope has led the business since July 2016 and is stepping down at the end of his current four-year contract to return to the UK.
He will continue to support the [...]
New York-listed gaming supplier Inspired Entertainment said that it is seeing increased demand for its online products as the company’s retail business struggles in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an update on its global operations, Inspired Entertainment said that the majority of its land-based customers are now temporarily closed, [...]
New York-listed supplier International Game Technology (IGT) has appointed Massimiliano Chiara as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Chiara will take up his new role on 6 April and joins IGT from London-based capital goods company CNH Industrial, where he most recently served as CFO and chief sustainability officer.
Prior to CNH [...]
Scientific Games chief product officer Tim Bucher has been working with regulators throughout the world to trial technology that makes gaming products safe for everyone.
The rollout of the Anonymous Player Awareness System (APAS) in the UK’s betting shops has the potential to be game-changing for an industry that has been hit hard by the [...]
Pennsylvania’s regulated land-based and online gambling market saw total gaming revenue increase by 14 per cent to $304.3m in February, buoyed by a strong performance from the newly regulated online casino sector.
Land-based gaming continued to represent the bulk of the total market, with the state’s 12 casinos enjoying a 5 per cent [...]
Greek lottery and gaming operator OPAP has suspended the operation of all points of sales and gaming halls in Greece for two weeks as the country looks to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The closures come after the Greek government imposed a temporary ban on the operation of a wide range of retail stores, indoor [...]