SkyCity appoints Walbridge as new CEO
Walbridge is set to begin his new role at SkyCity in July this year. His appointment as CEO is subject to regulatory approvals in New Zealand. He joins having worked in the gambling industry for two...
View ArticleRecord igaming drives New Jersey gambling revenue to $526.6m in March
Revenue is clear of $487.4m in March 2023. The total was also up 14.1% from $461.5m in New Jersey in February this year. Land-based gambling again generated the highest proportion of revenue from all...
View ArticleSoftswiss takes stake in major European social casino
Igaming technology provider Softswiss has taken a “significant” stake in the social casino. Ously Games is best known for its ownership of social casino SpinArena.net. As a result of taking its...
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Michigan online gaming operators combine for $275.1m in March revenue
March revenue in Michigan was 17.7% up on February’s figure of $218.5m, as well as a 12.0% increase on January’s total of $229.6m. Year-on-year, the state’s March revenue was also 18.8% higher than...
View ArticleUS set for first national self-exclusion scheme
The National Voluntary Self-Exclusion Programme (NVSEP) will go live in the US this summer, subject to regulatory and other necessary approvals. It will initially go live in New England before being...
View ArticleEntain analysis: Brazil and NZ on the up, trouble ahead in NL
Entain reported a 3% rise in revenue for the first quarter of the year. This was mostly attributed to a positive performance in Entain’s Central and Eastern Europe business, where revenue grew 124%....
View ArticleKentucky sports handle hits $1.36bn in opening six months
Kentucky began legal online betting on 28 September 2023, with the retail market opening just weeks earlier on 7 September. New figures published by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission cover the...
View ArticleGames Global set for IPO on New York Stock Exchange
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday (16 April), Games Global said it would trade on the NYSE under the ticker symbol GGL. JPMorgan, Jeffries and Macquarie Capital...
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NOGA warns of black market risk from Netherlands slot ban
As first reported by the Netherlands-based Casino Nieuws, on Tuesday (16 April) the Netherlands’ house of representatives voted to ban all targeted advertising. It also voted to prohibit “high-risk”...
View ArticleNBA bans Jontay Porter for violating gambling rules
This is the first time the NBA has suspended a player for violating gambling rules since the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act was overturned in May 2018. Porter becomes the 12th player...
View ArticleSpain and Mecca Bingo revenue surges as Rank hails Q3 progress
In a trading update, Rank said group revenue for the three months through to 31 March was £182.3m (€212.8m/$227.4m). Q3 figures are presented on a like-for-like basis. Land-based Grosvenor venues...
View ArticleSands mulls Thailand as Asia fuels Q1 revenue growth
Sands once again hailed ongoing growth in Macau as one of the key divers behind this rise in Q1. The operator has continued to benefit from success in Macau following the removal of pandemic-related...
View ArticlePennsylvania smashes monthly revenue record in March
Revenue was 7.6% more than $515.3m in Pennsylvania in March 2023 and beat February’s total of $449.1m by 11.1%, It also surpassed the existing monthly record of $534.2m set in December last year....
View ArticleSecond year of regulated Ontarian igaming sees $63bn in wagers
iGaming Ontario – the market’s regulator – published data from Ontario’s wagering market for the period between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. Ontario’s online gambling market went live on 4 April...
View ArticleFDJ revenue increases 7.2% to €710m in Q1
FDJ’s gaming revenue for Q1 was €645m, up 3.1% on the same quarter last year. FDJ lauded its strong momentum in online games, with revenues of €100m, making up close to 15% of the group’s total gaming...
View ArticleNorth Carolina sports betting spend hits $659.3m in opening month
North Carolina opened its regulated sports betting market on 11 March. Figures released by the North Carolina State Lottery Commission cover the period from launch day until the end of March. Of the...
View ArticleMohegan confirms exit of COO Madigan
Madigan will officially step down as COO on 1 August and will take a leave of absence prior to leaving Mohegan. He served in the role for more than two and a half years, having joined the business in...
View ArticleCredit cards and crypto banned under Brazil payment rules
The Regulatory Policy of the Prizes and Betting Secretariat (SPA) and the ministry of finance published the new rules in the country’s Official Diary of the Union today (18 April). This took the form...
View ArticleDC reports 30.8% increase in March sports betting handle over February
Some $15.7m (£12.6m/€14.7m) in sports wagers were placed in DC in March, which was 30.8% higher than February’s figure of $12.0m. However, handle was 13.3% down year-on-year, with DC having taken...
View Article888 slightly ahead of guidance in Q1 as revenue hits £431m
In a trading update, 888 said revenue in Q1 was 2% higher than in the final quarter of 2023. This, it said, was driven by growth in certain areas across a number of markets where its brands are...
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