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...

Published October 18, 2021

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...

Published October 11, 2021

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...

Published October 11, 2021

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...

Published October 11, 2021

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.

Published October 4, 2021

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...

Published October 4, 2021

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.

Published October 4, 2021

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...

Published October 4, 2021

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...

Published September 27, 2021

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...

Published September 27, 2021

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.

Published September 27, 2021

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...

Published September 27, 2021

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...

Published September 27, 2021

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...

Published September 20, 2021

Netherlands iGaming Group: Ad Controls Inadequate

The Netherlands Online Gambling Association (NOGA) is calling for a stricter code of regulating gaming advertisement. Currently gaming ads are limited to three per commercial break, but only on...

Published September 20, 2021

Indian State Poised to Ban Online Gaming

The Indian state of Karnataka is preparing to amend existing law to make online gambling illegal. The action was requested by the High Court of Karnataka. Violators would be...

Published September 20, 2021

Sporting Solutions, FDJ to Launch Mobile Sports Betting in Ontario

Sporting Solutions and FDJ Gaming Solutions will launch sports betting with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s new PROLIE+ online sportsbook.

Published September 6, 2021

Scientific Games and Betsson Group Stake Claim in Colombia

Scientific Games Corp. has brought its OpenGaming system to Colombia in partnership with Betsson Group. This represents Scientific Games first appearance in a Latin America online casino.

Published September 6, 2021

PAGCOR: Half of POGOs Have Fled

About half of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators have relocated to other markets, an exodus caused by a new tax, higher costs and Covid-19. But a new online sport is...

Published September 6, 2021

Genting Goes with New Network to Expand Footprint

GentingCasino.com has switched to SkillOnNet for its online platform. Operated by Prime Gaming, the switch will help Genting to reach Europe, including Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and the U.K.

Published August 30, 2021