Posts From: September 2021

IT’S ALL ABOUT LEVERAGING THE DATA

Dima Reiderman, Chief Operations Officer, BtoBet. 2020 was a unique and strange year for sports and the sports betting industry. Events were being called off or postponed due to the...

Features
888 agrees £2.2bn deal to buy William Hill’s European business

888 has entered into an agreement with Caesars Entertainment, Inc to acquire the international (non-US) business of William Hill International and, together with the Group, at an enterprise value of...

M&A
Before Reactoonz, there was Dr Toonz

Before Reactoonz and Gargatoonz, there was Dr Toonz. Once a highly respected scientist, Dr Toonz risked his reputation to pursue his belief that life forms could be created in new...

Games
Pragmatic Play signs Intelligent Gaming slots and live casino deal

Pragmatic Play is now distributing its premium products to the first one of Intelligent Gaming’s tier one operators going live with immediate effect. Supabets are one of South Africa’s largest...

Games Integrations
Tipico to open new technology hub in Denver

Tipico has chosen Colorado as the home of its new technology hub. The sportsbook, one of the largest sports betting companies in the world, expects as many as 441 jobs...

Business News
IGT adds new Digital & Betting segment

IGT has established a dedicated Digital & Betting business segment, comprising its iGaming and sports betting activities that were previously part of the Global Gaming segment. As a result, beginning...

Business News
“Strong” first-half performance by OPAP

OPAP posted a 12% year-on-year (YoY) revenue increase for Q1 2021 to €570.1m. Gross profit from gaming operations was up by 30.2% to €248.8m. EBITDA came in at €143.5m up...

Finance News
Transport for London plans to ban gambling ads

Transport for London has confirmed it has begun looking into how it can implement a ban on gambling adverts across its advertising network after an intervention from Sadiq Khan. A...

Regulation
Record number of Americans expected to bet on NFL

A record 45.2 million Americans (18%) plan to wager on the 2021 National Football League (NFL) season, according to research released today by the American Gaming Association (AGA). Compared to last year,...

Sports Betting
Spearhead Studios unveil Muertitos Video Bingo slot

Muertitos Video Bingo is the latest title of Spearhead Studios, a gaming development company focused on creating Local Games for Local Markets. The new high-intensity video bingo brings a colourful...

Games