North Star Network (NSN) has announced its acquisition of the fair-play online gambling portal Bojoko (Bojoko.com). The deal was finalised on 14 February, with Paris-based NSN announcing its latest acquisition as part of its strategic development in the iGaming sector, diversifying its media strategy beyond sports and football content. NSN did not disclose the full terms of the deal but …
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France’s online casino regulatory development will continue in the new year, but a Budget is desperately needed by gambling stakeholders. With Paris’s gaming clubs forced to close on 31 December due to Michel Barnier’s government being brought down over MPs’ rejection of the country’s 2025 Budget, the establishments’ employees are currently “partially unemployed” and the government has agreed to pay …
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Listed on the Paris Euronext market, FDJ bond will be issued in three tranches with maturity set six, nine and 12 years La Française des Jeux (FDJ) is set to launch its first bond issue to refinance the €2bn bridging loan the group took out to proceed with its €2.6bn acquisition of Kindred Group. FDJ will meet investors over the next …
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Groupe Française des Jeux (Groupe FDJ) will move to conclude its acquisition of Kindred Group Plc on 2 October. The Paris Euronext gambling group declared to markets its intentions to bring forward the acceptance period for investors to approve its €2.6bn offer to acquire Kindred Group. On Monday, FDJ’s deal secured its approval from France’s Competition Authority, clearing all mandatory …
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Française des Jeux (FDJ) Chairwoman and CEO Stéphane Pallez has praised the group’s first quarter performance as online sports betting and gaming revenues rose 9.5% YoY to €141m as overall group revenues rose 7% to €710m and that it was “confidently pressing ahead” with its proposed €2.4bn acquisition of Unibet parent Kindred Group. Updating markets, FDJ noted that completion of …
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The news that the board of Unibet’s parent company Kindred Group has approved a €2.6bn cash offer from La Française des Jeux (FDJ) comes at a crucial time for the online gambling industry in France, and further rocks the competitive landscape of European gambling across all verticals… For FDJ the announcement follows its acquisitions of Premier Lotteries Ireland and ZEturf …
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Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV) has announced French betting and gaming group Winamax as the latest member of the German Sports Betting Association. Founded in 2006, Paris-based Winamax operates France’s biggest online poker room and is recognised as one of the French market’s biggest sportsbook brands. Expanding its presence within new European markets, in 2021 Winamax was granted a Fourth Interstate Market …
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Betclic has launched ‘The Wave’, its new nationwide TV advertising campaign for France. The advert is set to the classical anthem of ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ by 1870s composer Edvard Grieg for the orchestra of Peer Gynt by Fredrick Ibsen. The Wave was developed by Marcel, the new Paris-based creative agency of Betclic, with the aim of …
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Clarion Gaming has confirmed that the cities of London, Barcelona, Madrid and Paris will bid to become the host of its flagship ICE conference from 2025-to-2029. The announcement sees Clarion Gaming undertake the biggest strategic review of ICE since the tradeshow’s enlargement in 2009, which saw it absorb the International Gaming Expo (IGE) and Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI). The …
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Groupe FDJ has announced that its management committee (leadership and corporate governance) has joined the corporate charter of #JamaissansElles (#NeverWithoutThem) – a French business directive aimed at promoting gender diversity across all workplaces. The operator of France’s national lottery and betting agencies, FDJ becomes the first company listed on the Paris Euronext SBF-80 to commit to its entire corporate leadership …
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