iGaming

The governance of FTSE250 listed 888 Holdings, is assessing its future strategic options as regulatory charges of $50 million have drastically impacted the firm’s full-year 2017 profits. Publishing its FY2017 results, 888 reported a 4% group revenue increase to $541 million, supported by the double-digit growth of its sports betting division up 45% to $75.5 million (FY2016: $51.9 million). Despite …

Just a few weeks into her new role as Affiliate and Marketing Manager for Twin.com, Line Peteri has predicted that 2018 “is going to be a wild year” for the online casino operator. Formerly of Betsson, Peteri has recovered from a bout of illness to join a company that remains small in numbers, but one that is now firmly on …

Industry live games developer BetGames.TV expands its presence within the Italian gambling sector having agreed terms to distribute its live content through the SNAITECH’s Global Adaptation Network (GAN) platform. BetGames.TV was recently accredited by Italy’s Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) as a developer of games for the Italian licensed market. Securing distribution of its live content through Snaitech’s …

SportCaller, the free-to-play sports game specialist, has struck a deal with William Hill to deliver a new game, Football21, in a move the operator hopes will optimise its customer base. Football21 is a weekly free-to-enter competition which asks players to compete for a £10,000 prize pot every weekend by selecting teams whose combined goal-count adds up to 21. The rules …

Expanding its commitment to industry enterprise and innovation, casino games developer Yggdrasil Gaming (Cherry AB subsidiary), has launched its independent studio development programme ‘Yggdrasil Game Server Masters – YGS Masters’. Yggdrasil launches it’s ‘invite only programme’, which will allow independent games studios to develop gaming content for its industry casino platform BOOST. Furthermore, Yggdrasil development teams will consult the independent games …

Progressive platform provider InBet Games is aiming to further enrich its offering, agreeing a new partnership with online gaming software developer EvenBet Gaming. A key benefit of the deal for InBet Games will be the integration of EvenBet’s cutting-edge poker product, which utilises a turnkey poker solution and delivers multi-functional performance alongside exceptional reliability and scalability. The agreement also furnishes …

Three representatives from Caesars met with Brazilian officials to present an investment project they claimed could benefit the country financially. Such a deal would be relying on the Brazilian gaming market becoming legalised on a wider scale, with Caesars’ Brazilian representative Andre Feldman insisting  “there must be legislation across the market with joint support of the entire industry, for it …

Malta-based online casino operator Videoslots (Videoslots.com), has announced that it has agreed on a title naming partnership with Valletta United Water Polo Club. The agreement will see, the Maltese water polo club officially renamed ‘Valletta Videoslots United’, for the remainder of its sporting season. Furthermore, The Videoslots logo will also appear prominently on the club’s social media channels and on …

Stockholm-listed online gambling group LeoVegas AB has confirmed that it has concluded its £65 million acquisition of UK-focused Intellectual Property & Software Limited (IPS) (first announced January 2018). The acquisition sees LeoVegas expand its UK online gambling portfolio, adding new assets 21.co.uk, Slotboss, Bet UK and UK Casino. In its market update, LeoVegas governance informs that IPS brands would now …

Regulus Partners, the strategic consultancy focused on international gambling and related industries, gives an insight into some of the key developments in the gambling industry as part of its ‘Winning Post’ column. UK: 2017 Participation statistics – profound structural change continues The latest Gambling Commission Participation Data demonstrates a GB sector continuing to evolve along relatively established lines. There are few …