Crucial Compliance: Roadmap to Responsible Gambling 2021
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Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
UK Gambling Review In the UK, there was an important change regarding the review of the 2005 Gambling Act, with the Conservative…
You’re The Online That I Want, William Hill 2020 Results
While it waits at the altar for Caesars Entertainment to do the right thing and put a ring on its finger, William…
Back to Black, Entain Posts £100m+ 2020 Profit
There may be no dividends for shareholders this year but Entain plc, now headed by Jette Nygaard-Andersen, is confident that it has…
Starry-Eyed Flutter Doubles 2020 Revenue
FTSE100 gaming giant Flutter Entertainment, now the world’s largest online betting group, more than doubled its revenue to £4.4bn (US$6.13bn/€5.09bn) in 2020,…
Swedish GGR Stable at SEK24.7bn
Sweden licensed operators recorded gross gaming revenues (GGR) of SEK24.7bn (£2.1bn/€2.4bn/$2.9bn) in the Swedish market in 2020, a fall of just 0.4%…
February US Sports Betting Round-Up, by Ryan Knuppel, CEO, Knup Solutions
After a terrific 2020 year for sports betting in the United States, 2021 has already gotten off to a fast start. January…
iGaming Engagement: Growth Through Trust? With Dmitry Belianin, CMO of Parimatch International
Being able to continue sustainable growth through these uncertain times, whilst also adapting to engage a new type of player, has been…
Scientific Games Revenue Drops by Nearly 20%
Scientific Games has reported a 19.9% fall in annual revenue to $2.72bn (£1.94bn/Є2.25bn) at the close of 2020. The supplier has been…
DraftKings Revenue Soars in Q4
DraftKings has reported a 49% rise in full-year revenue to $643.5m (£461.4m/€534.5m), after its Q4 income almost doubled. The figures were calculated…
Caesars Posts Massive 2020 Loss
Caesars Entertainment, the US gaming and entertainment giant formed by the eponymous company’s merger with Eldorado Resorts in July last year, has…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
This week’s Safer Gambling news has a strong international flavour, with developments happening all across Europe. UK On Monday, the UK Gambling…
Better Collective Posts 35% Climb in Full-Year Revenue
Better Collective has reported revenue of €91m (£78.6m/$111.3m) for 2020, marking an increase of 35% on the €64.5m it generated in 2019….
Catena Reports Marginal Revenue Increases
Affiliate giant Catena Media has reported a 3% rise in revenue from €102.8m to €106.0m (£88.62m/$125.52m) for 2020. The small amount of…
Carousel Group and Caesars Entertainment Sign Multi-State Market Access Agreement
Carousel Group, the owner and operator of SportsBetting.com, has entered a multi-state, 10-year partnership with Caesars Entertainment, Inc. that will see its online…
Ethical Advertising: The Future of iGaming Acquisition? With James Burgess, Founder, Ethical Ad Group
As the iGaming universe continues to expand, acquisition strategies will need to evolve along with it. Finding the most efficient and compliant…
UK Online Betting Yield Continues to Grow
Amid the stop-start vagaries of the Covid-19 pandemic–closures of traditional bookies, et al—and, most significantly, the return of an active sporting schedule,…
New Ghana iGaming Laws, Attitudes Finally Changing? Conversation with Ghana Gaming Commission
Ghana has long since been a pioneer in the African gaming scene, with its first gambling regulations dating back to 1960. Although,…
Irish Labour Party Moves to Ban Gambling Advertising
Ireland’s Labour Party has enacted the Gambling (Prohibition of Advertising) Bill 2021 which, if passed, will ban all gambling advertising, except sponsorship….
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
Entain Entain have launched two new initiatives this week, the first extending their responsible gambling initiatives into the world of video gaming…
Will the Drive to Local Regulation Impact Payment Friction? By Matthew Harrod, CEO, Payments Company
Payment Acceptance in the Gaming sector has always been a challenge, at times almost looking like a standoff between the regulated financial…
Tabcorp Makes Up Ground in H1
Australian operator Tabcorp has reported AUS$2.87bn (£1.06bn/€1.85bn/US$2.23bn) total revenue for the six months to 31 December 2020, which is a 1.5% year-on-year…
iGaming Success in Italy: Proposition or Call-to-action? Alessandro Allara, Chief Digital Officer at Gamenet Group
Over the last few months, we amongst the iGaming Future community, have observed how the pandemic has irreversibly impacted markets across the…
Growth Through Online Slots, with Levan Kavtaradze, Head of Casino, Pokermatch.com
Although they are rarely the average casino customer’s favourite product, online slots still play a vital role in an operator’s product offering….
From Bricks to Slaughter, MGM Posts 2020 Billion-Dollar Loss
In further proof that the world’s gambling axis is moving, incontrovertibly, from bricks-and-mortar to iGaming, US betting and entertainment giant MGM Resorts…
FDJ Profits Rise 6% in 2020 Despite Tough First Half
French operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has swerved profit losses with a strong set of results in the second half of…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It has been another week when the issue of affordability checks has dominated the world of iGaming. UKGC The UK Gambling Commission’s…
Survival of the Fittest, Evolution Posts an Impressive 2020
Evolution, the crack international B2B business which dominates the Live Casino offering, has recorded a tremendous 2020 financial year of increased revenue…
LeoVegas Revenue up 13% in Strongest Q4 to Date
LeoVegas has reported a 13% increase in revenue to €98.4m (£86.3m/$119.4m) for Q4 of 2020, making it the operator’s strongest fourth quarter…
Kindred Smashes Through £1bn GGR Barrier
Kindred Group has reported full-year growth of 23.9% for 2020, taking gross gaming revenue (GGR) to £1.13bn (€1.29bn/$1.56bn) for the year. The…
Prediction: One Step Ahead of the Game, by Kim Mouridsen, Professor and Founder of Mindway AI
It is becoming standard practice to detect problem gambling with automated tools to fulfil regulatory demands. One way to accomplish this is…
Sports Betting: The Puerto Rican Opportunity
Voyaging into new territories is a critical part of forward-thinking strategies for growth. As we enter a new era of industry, attitudes…
Big Brother Isn’t Watching, China Announces Illegal Gambling Crackdown
Confess and nearly all will be forgiven — that’s the promise made by China’s Orwellian-named Ministry of Public Security as the country…
Dutch Online Market Primed for Quick Growth
The emerging Dutch online gambling market is set to become one of Europe’s biggest, according to a white paper compiled by Online Casino Ground, with…
Penn National Optimistic Despite Revenue Falling 32% in 2020
Penn National Gaming stocks rose last week despite the operator posting lower than anticipated earnings in the fourth quarter of the year….
Gambling With UK’s iGaming Future, More Control May Only Abet Dark Web
As the campaign to shape the future of the gambling industry intensifies, the big guns of British betting are warning that tougher…
Navigating the Regulated World Responsibly, with Yanica Sant, Head of Policy and International Affairs at Malta Gaming Authority
As the market landscape continues to transform before our very eyes, regulators and other industry stakeholders face a mounting challenge to sustain…
Extra Sensory Protection from UKGC
In what is being heralded as a major boost to safer iGaming, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), the body that regulates British…
An App in Time Makes Money, Google Expands Android iGaming Content
The onward march of iGaming continues apace with the announcement that online behemoth Google is to release real-money Android betting apps in…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It has been a rather patchy week in the world of Safer Gambling, but there have some fantastic stories that have caught…
Catena Media appoints Michael Daly as new CEO
The Board of Directors of Catena Media plc announces that Michael Daly has been appointed CEO of Catena Media effective March 1,…
Top Ranking
Fortified by a £128m (US$176m/€145m) Covid war chest, the UK’s Rank Group is confident that it can ride out the coronavirus storm…
GambleAware Conference Highlights Need for Collaboration
Today GambleAware hosted its 8th Annual Conference on the topic of treatment of gambling harms. The event focused on three key areas…
iGaming: How to Connect in 2021, with Pierre Lindh, Managing Director, iGaming NEXT
Adapting to the current market climate and learning new ways to connect with our industry peers has been a continual challenge for…
Malta Gaming Authority Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
The Board of Governors of the Malta Gaming Authority has appointed Dr Carl Brincat as Chief Executive Officer of the MGA with…
iGaming 2021: Are You Truly Digital? With Jeremy Taylor, MD, Liverbird Digital
Navigating the new digital landscape is an exciting and continuous challenge for the iGaming industry. New products, new regulation and most importantly,…
Talking the Licensing Process in the US, with Michael Murphy, CEO, BettingUSA.com
Having operated BettingUSA.com as a sports betting affiliate for the past few years, I can attest that the legal US sports betting…
Safer Gambling Weekly Round-Up, by Dam Mad Media
It’s been a rather mixed week in the world of Safer Gambling, with a number of stories running concurrently. Betting and Gaming…
Entain Revenue up 7% in Q4
Entain’s Q4 results reveal that the gambling behemoth has managed to stay on target financially despite the disruption caused by covid-19. The…
The Future of Workplace Culture, with Alexandra Krone, Chief People Officer, GAMOMAT
Workplace culture and mental health may have been something that a lot of us took for granted in the past. However, the…
