iGaming

Updating the market, Toronto TSX-listed Intertain Group (Intertain) has announced that it will hold a ‘special meeting of shareholders’ on the 23 September, outlining the firm’s plans to seek a full listing on the London Stock Exchange. The LSE listing planned for this October will see the firm renamed under its core brand ‘Jackpot Plc’, with Intertain governance moving its …

SpinGenie.com has announced a re-brand in which ‘Spin the dog’ will be replaced by Louie Spence as the new Spin Genie. The Spin Genie slots are part of Gaming Realms, which creates and publishes innovative real money and social games for mobile. Spence will bring all the fun and sass of showbiz, with a playful, tongue-in-cheek tone and plenty of …

FTSE-listed online payment provider Paysafe Group (Paysafe) has confirmed the acquisition of leading industry affiliate and acquisition marketing software provider Income Access for a cash consideration of CAD $40 million (circa $30 million). Updating the market this morning, Paysafe governance declared that it had agreed to buy the Montreal-based marketing solutions provider, which currently services more than 25,000 industry affiliates. …

Stockholm-listed Cherry AB online games developer Yggdrasil Gaming (Yggdrasil) has reported a continued strong momentum for its H1 2016 performance, as the company secured eight new licence agreements during the first half of the year. Updating the market, Yggdrasil would declare a 661% increase in corporate revenues to SEK 34.1 million (£3 million). Driven by increased player activity on its gaming …

Publishing its half year 2016 results (period ending 30 June), 888 Holdings governance has declared a record revenue performance driven by ‘outstanding casino and sports growth’. The FTSE-250 operator would post group revenues of $262 million up 19% on corresponding H1 2015’s $220 million. The firms record-breaking revenue performance would translate to a period EBITDA of $38 million (H1 2015: …

Industry affiliate news publication iGB Affiliate has announced that next year’s edition of the London Affiliate Conference (LAC) is moving to the ExCel to accommodate surging demand. More than 5,000 delegates are expected at the ExCel in London for the world’s largest igaming affiliate conference between the 9-12 February 2017, a 10% rise on the 4,555 which attended 2016’s event …

LVbet has announced a sponsorship deal with German ice-hockey team Kölner Haie. The deal has been put in place for the start of the new Deutsche Eishockey Liga season in September 2016. As a celebration of this sponsorship, LVbet is organising the Bissfest Gewinnspiel tournament, which will take place across the 2016/2017 season. The tournament, which is only open to …

Online operator TonyBet has turned to technology supplier NYX Gaming Group to launch its NYX Open Gaming System (OGS) to service the regulated markets in Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark and UK. This is the first operator launch for NYX Gaming Group in the regulated market of Lithuania which gives NYX the ability to deliver its portfolio of slots and table game titles …

Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, has announced Pariplay as a new development partner. A whole host of games will be made available to over 400 brands on the Quickfire platform. Earlier in the year, Microgaming established a relationship with the company by integrating Pariplay Ltd’s games collection to Pariplay’s content aggregation platform, FUSION network. This announcement extends the cooperation, as Pariplay …

Irish finance magnet Dermot Desmond has invested £1.3 million (€1.5 million) in London AIM listed igaming systems provider GAN. Updating the market, GAN governance revealed that Desmond’s IIU Nominees (IIU) had purchased +3 million shares in the firms new share placement. Desmond’s purchase sees IIU take an approximate 5% equity in GAN. GAN governance stated that the funds would be …