Study: More Australians Gambling Online
Research into Australian gambling activity has found that gambling overall is down, but gambling online has doubled. The most popularity gambling activity was lottery, drawing 10 percent of survey...
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Sony to Sell GSN Games Studio to Scopely
Sony Pictures Entertainment will sell its video game studio GSN Games to mobile gaming firm Scopely in a deal valued at $1 billion in a 50-50 combination of cash...
Bally’s/Gamesys Merger Completed; Fenton Named CEO
Bally Corp.’s acquisition of Gamesys Group was completed recently and as a result the hierarchy of Bally’s has shifted. Former Gamesys CEO Lee Fenton (l.) named Bally’s CEO.
BetConstruct Receives GLI-33 Certification
BetConstruct has obtained the “Events Wagering Systems’ certification, GLI-33, from Gaming Laboratories International for its sports betting and online gaming technology.
Netherlands iGaming Group: Ads ‘Crucial’ to Success
Peter-Paul de Goeij (l.), of the Netherlands Online Gambling Association advises gaming operators entering the new Dutch online market that ads are “crucial.” Especially to fight illegal operators.
POGO Taxes Way Down in 2021
Taxes generated by Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators were down significantly during the first seven months of 2021, due to Covid-19 as well as a newly implemented tax and a...
Bally’s Expects Online to Equal Retail Gaming
Bally’s CEO Lee Fenton (l.) expects half of his company’s business to eventually come from iGaming. “We’re about competing for time,” Fenton said, adding that Facebook is as much...
Esports Technologies Acquires Aspire Global
In a move to increase access to gaming revenues, Esports Technologies acquired Aspire Global for almost $80 million. The deal allows esports betting to be offered to 1.25 million...
Codere iGaming Revenue Rose One-Third in First Half
Codere Online saw its revenue for the first half of 2021 jump 33 percent. While Spain led the way, Mexico and Columbia were major contributors to the results. Credit...
Dutch iGaming Goes Live, A Few Days Late
A glitch in a self-exclusion program caused a delay in online gaming going live in the Netherlands. The Centraal Register Uitsluiting Kansspelen had to wait three days, until October...
Dutch Fine Tipico for Unlawful Online Gaming
Tipico, the Malta-based operator, faces stiff fines from the Dutch Gambling Authority. The fines were instituted after Tipico was accused of unlawfully offering online gaming.
Germany Transitions to Regulated iGaming
Germany’s online gaming industry is in a transitional period, moving toward a federally regulated market created by the Interstate Treaty on Gambling (IST 2021). Soon all operators will be...
Netherlands Grants 10 iGaming Licenses
Among 28 applicants, Dutch gaming regulator de Kansspelautoriteit has granted 10 licenses for online gaming in the Netherlands. KSA Chairman René Jansen (l.) expects more licenses to become available.
Entain to Go Digital in Retail Shops
Entain has begun converting its retail betting shops to bring them into the digital age. To start with the change will affect two of its popular brands across the...
Belgium Separates iGaming Products
Belgium’s high court has ruled that online gaming operators may not host different types of games on the same website. This reflects existing law in land-based casinos, where sportsbooks...
Indian State Lifts iGaming Ban
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu will again allow online gaming. The Madras High Court has struck down the ban on all real-money online games. Adda52, PokerBaazi, and MPL...
Greentube Enters U.S. Market with GNOG
Novomatic subsidiary Greentube will enter the U.S. online gaming market through a partnership with Golden Nugget Online Gaming in New Jersey.
Will NJ Online Casino Biz End in 2023?
When New Jersey lawmakers approved online casinos in 2013, the bill included an end date of 2023. At that point, the legislation needs to be reauthorized or online gaming...
Flutter Settles Long-Standing PokerStars Case in Kentucky
Years ago, the Commonwealth of Kentucky charged PokerStars with illegal gambling based on 300-year-old case law. Kentucky wanted more than $800 million but settled for less than half that...
CNMI Governor Wants to Review eGaming Fee Hike
Slot parlors on the island of Saipan are closing or threatening to close after a fee increase was adopted that is doubling the license fees per machine. CNMI Governor...
