05/04/21 Denmark’s Better Collective buys Action Network for US expansion The Danish affiliate group Better Collective will pay $240m for Action Network.
05/04/21 LeoVegas announces launch of in-house studio Blue Guru Games The Swedish online casino and sports betting operator has diversified into games development with the launch of Blue Guru Games.
05/04/21 Fate of Italy’s Casino di Campione remains pending A bankruptcy hearing into Italy’s historic Casino di Campione, once Europe’s largest casino, has been put back until May 17.
05/03/21 New Ukrainian gambling regulator denies casino licence for Dnipro Hotel The hotel in Kyiv belonging to esports entrepreneur Alexander Kokhanovskyy had requested a casino licence in December.
05/03/21 Flutter names two new directors in board restructuring Flutter has named Nancy Dubuc and Holly Koeppel as non-executive directors.
05/03/21 Lithuanian gambling regulator warns unlicensed igaming operators The Lituanianan gambling regulator has threatened to block unlicensed igaming sites.
05/03/21 Sazka Group reports 12 per cent rise in GGR for Q4 2020 The Czech gaming group benefited from new income from its Casinos Austria and Stoiximan acquisitions.
04/30/21 Rank Group appoints Katie McAlister as a non-executive director Rank Group, which operates Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo in the UK, has named TUI executive Katie McAlister as a non-executive director.
04/30/21 German online slots tax may drive half of players to unlicensed market As the last state in Germany ratifies the country’s new igaming legislation, a survey suggests the planned 5.3 per cent tax on online slot stakes may drive 49 per cent of customers to the unlicensed market.
04/30/21 Danish gambling revenue falls 15.3% in first quarter A continued increase in online casino revenue still not enough to offset the impact of land-based closures on Danish gambling revenue.
04/30/21 British Gambling Commission suspends Nektan’s B2C licence The British Gambling Commission has suspended Nektan’s remote operating licence while it conducts a review.
04/29/21 IBIA reports slight increase in betting integrity alerts The number of betting integrity alerts reported by the IBIA for the first quarter rose slightly year-on-year to 64.
04/29/21 Ireland to review redistribution of National Lottery funding Ireland’s government will review the redistribution of National Lottery funding through the Good Causes scheme after Charities Institute Ireland raised concerns.
04/29/21 Allwyn partners with Vodafone for UK National Lottery bid Allwyn has announced that the telecoms giant Vodafone will be supporting its UK National Lottery bid.
