08/13/21 Delasport names Oren Cohen Shwartz as chief executive Oren Cohen Shwartz joins the sports betting and igaming software provider Delasport from Skywind Group.
08/13/21 Entain to acquire esports operator Unikrn The UK-based gaming operator Entain has agreed to acquire Seattle-based Unikrn’s platform, products and team.
08/12/21 Veikkaus begins redundancy talks with 830 employees Finland’s state-controlled gambling monopoly intends to make 200 redundancies.
08/11/21 US casinos look set to have best year ever The American Gaming Association says casinos had their best second quarter on record, taking in $13.6bn.
08/11/21 Bwin extends deals with Bundesliga clubs The online gambling operator has extended deals with five German teams.
08/10/21 Shaquille O’Neal becomes WynnBET brand ambassador The basketball star will become a strategic consultant for the sports betting mobile app
08/06/21 Coalition Against Gambling Ads to make bus tour of Britain The Coalition Against Gambling Ads’s campaign will see it visit key locations with a branded double-decker bus.
08/06/21 GambleAware to award PhD grants for safer gambling research The responsible gambling charity GambleAware will fund six PhD studentships at British universities and intuitions.
08/05/21 Crucial Compliance acquires BetProtect The Gibraltar-based compliance services provider has completed its acquisition of gambling protection app BetProtect.
08/05/21 Betting Shop Champion Awards to recognise retail bookmakers The one-off Betting Shop Champion Awards aims to recognise the work of retail betting staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.
08/05/21 Esports Entertainment launches online casino in Finland Esports Entertainment Group plans to launch Fiksukasino.com as a no-registration online casino in Finland.
08/04/21 Bacta creates new working group on machine gaming standards The British trade association for arcades and gaming machine suppliers has created a working group on technical standards that aims to inform regulators.
08/03/21 Sazka’s Allwyn aims to be first zero-carbon lottery company Sazka’s new UK brand Allwyn aims to be the first net-zero lottery company by 2030.
08/03/21 Paf acquires Speedy from Hero Gaming Paf has bought the Sweden-facing brands Speedy and Speedy Originals, making it one of the six largest operators in the Swedish gaming market.
08/03/21 Joonas Karhu named CEO at Bojoko In a management reshuffle, Joonas Karhu has replaced Toni Halonen as Bojoko’s CEO.
