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Europe’s Gambling Revenues Stabilised Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022 – New Data

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 admin17Leave a Comment

Source: EGBA Europe’s gambling market revenue increased 23% this year, driven by the post-pandemic reopening of casinos and betting shops, with total revenue stabilising 8% above pre-pandemic levels. Brussels, Today – Europe’s gambling market revenue stabilised this year, 8% above pre-pandemic levels, following the reopening of land-based gambling venues, according to the annual end-of-year market […]

Gaming Innovation Group completes acquisition of AskGamblers

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 admin25Leave a Comment

News source: https://www.gig.com/news/gaming-innovation-group-completes-acquisition-of-askgamblers/ Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (“GiG”) signed an agreement to acquire the casino affiliate websites Askgamblers.com, Johnslots.com, Newcasinos.com and several smaller domains from Catena Media Plc., ref. announcement from GiG on 15 December 2022. GiG has today completed the acquisition and will consolidate these assets as from today. GiG Media is eagerly anticipating […]

23 arrested in Spanish football match-fixing probe

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 admin24Leave a Comment

News source: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/23-arrested-in-spanish-football-match-fixing-probe A total of 23 members of an alleged betting syndicate have been arrested on suspicion of fixing football games in the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the Gibraltar National League and the Andorra League. Among those arrested are several footballers who are suspected of having used their position to steer the outcome of […]

Gambling and Finland: Gambling monopoly losing support

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 admin32Leave a Comment

Finish YLE wrote: As gambling moves online, politicians question whether a gambling monopoly makes sense anymore. Most parliamentary parties in Finland told Yle they would agree to dismantling the country’s gambling monopoly, Veikkaus. The parties, however, said they would like to see an investigation into ending the country’s gambling monopoly completed ahead of issuing a […]

News from Finland and igaming sector

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 admin33Leave a Comment

Finland is the last frontier of state owned casino monopolies in EU, but his may come to an end at 2025/26… maybe. This was written by Finnplay: The Finnish iGaming market is the only EU member state which, to date, still operates an exclusive online gambling monopoly model with sole-licensed operator Veikkaus. This well-established online […]

The gambling industry’s top 3 main technological innovations in 2023

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 admin42Leave a Comment

HD-quality live dealer games, entirely new forms of gaming, crypto payments — these are a few examples of how the iGaming industry is always on the cutting edge of innovation. But what top 3 technological innovations will dominate 2023? Game developers and software providers strive to surprise customers with the most cutting-edge offerings in design […]

Gaming Innovation Group signs LatAm deal with JOY Enterprise B.V.

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 admin46Leave a Comment

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), has today signed an agreement with a new Casino partner, JOY Enterprise B.V., for the provision of its market leading platform solution to the Playr.bet brand in Latin America. Centred around an existing customer base and utilising GiG’s innovative technology, the ability to personalise the user experience will provide the impetus […]

Slotegrator’s APIgrator solution is certified in Sweden

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 admin48Leave a Comment

APIgrator, one of Slotegrator’s most popular solutions, was certified in Sweden. For the company and its clients, it means expanding into a significant new market. Since 2019, when the new Gambling Act was first introduced, Sweden has been a regulated market of great potential: 56% of Swedes gamble at least once a year, and the […]

Gaming Innovation Group signs established European land-based casino

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 admin91Leave a Comment

Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) has today signed a Head of Terms agreement with a well known European land-based operator, to provide its award winning player account management platform (PAM), front-end delivery and content management system (CMS), powering the transformation of the retail brand online. Having operated for over 25 years in the live casino […]

3 parasta peliteknologian hämmästyttävää edistystä (in Finnish)

January 21, 2023February 1, 2023 admin50Leave a Comment

Tutkimusten mukaan tiedemies loi ensimmäisen videopelin 1950-luvulla. Se oli mutkaton tennisottelu. Pelit ovat, kuten voidaan nähdä, kokeneet eniten muutoksia ajan mittaan. Niitä on nyt helpompi löytää ja niistä on enemmän hyötyä. Videopelien pelaaminen samalla kun teet jotain muuta on helppoa. Kuten kaikki muut tekniikat, pelitekniikka on parantunut. Pelisovellukset ovat olleet olemassa jo jonkin aikaa, ja […]

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