Posts From: January 2021

EGT Interactive launch Lucky Wood

EGT Interactive welcomes you into an enchanted forest full of rewards and magic features. This fairy-themed video slot sets a tale of wonder, imagination and a wide range of winnings. Hunt the treasure in...

Games
Inspired signs Virtual Sports deal with Entain

Inspired has signed a new long-term agreement with Entain to provide its Virtual Sports products across Entain’s online brands and retail venues. This represents a significant extension in scope and...

Business News
Malta Gaming Authority Appoints new CEO

The Malta Gaming Authority has appointed Dr Carl Brincat as Chief Executive Officer of the MGA with immediate effect. Carl is a lawyer by profession and previously held the role...

Malta
Blurring Boundaries between digital and expo marketing

Roxana Nazalu, Head of Marketing at Pragmatic Play, discusses with 5 Star how the pandemic changed industry-wide approaches to marketing and the role that digital platforms played as interests went...

Features
Hawthorne Opens Off-Track Sportsbook With PointsBet

Hawthorne Race Course and PointsBet have been approved by the Illinois Gaming Board to open the State’s first off-track and non-casino sportsbook. The newly remodeled Club Hawthorne in suburban Crestwood is...

Sports Betting
MGA Commends and Supports Police Efforts

The Court of Magistrates presided by Magistrate Dr C. Galea handed a two-year jail term suspended for four years and a €50,000 fine to a man who pled guilty to,...

Malta
Bally’s buys Monkey Knife Fight in $90 Million deal

Bally’s has bought Monkey Knife Fight gaming platform and third-largest daily fantasy sports operator in North America. The all-stock transaction makes Bally’s just the third sports betting company in the U.S. to have...

Fantasy Sports
EveryMatrix expands into Russia with 888.ru

EveryMatrix is thrilled to announce the launch of sports bookmaker 888.ru. The bookmaker has upgraded its betting business in the Russian regulated market with EveryMatrix’s turnkey sportsbook solution. 888.ru utilises EveryMatrix’s turnkey...

Business News
IGT announces lottery extension in Jamaica

IGT Global Solutions Corporation has signed a seven-year contract extension with Supreme Ventures Limited to continue providing world-class lottery technology, content, and ongoing services and support in Jamaica. “Over the...

Business News
BGC launches animation highlighting why regulated industry is ‘a safer bet’

Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has unveiled an animated video highlighting the regulated industry’s safer gambling record as well as its contribution to the economy and sport. The...

Responsible Gambling