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Sports Information Services (SIS) has agreed to a partnership with Media System Technologies (MST), which will see it broadcast the 140th Italian Gallop Derby to operators in the UK and Ireland. This will be the first time that operators in both regions will be able to accept fixed-odds wagers on the event. Bettors will be
William Hill has announced that it will donate all profit it makes from Eurovision bets to relief efforts supporting displaced Ukrainians in the UK. The profit will be donated to the Support Ukraine initiative, which provides humanitarian aid to displaced Ukrainians living in the UK as well as their families abroad. The final donation total
Bragg Gaming Group has reported record revenue of €22.9m (£180.4m/$227.7m) for the first quarter of the year, an upward climb of 18.1% year-on-year. Yaniv Sherman, CEO of Bragg, said that the revenue was the result of expansion within certain markets, including North America and Europe. “We extended our momentum in the first quarter with the
Romanian slots operator Goldprest Impex SRL has had its licence revoked after the country’s regulator said it did not pay the full amount of its licence fee. The licence was revoked after an investigation took place into a number of facets of Goldprest Impex SRL’s operations, including its fee payments. Romania’s Gambling Supervisory Committee initially
L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s gambling regulator, has noted “little significant progress” in operator’s action plans to prevent problem gambling, ultimately rejecting six of them. ANJ examined action plans presented by 235 racetracks, 203 casinos and 7 gaming clubs. Six plans were rejected, belonging to five casinos and one gaming club. Under a legal
In Q1 2023, former state-owned gambling monopoly Svenska Spel announced a 2% increase in revenue to SEK1.98bn (£160m/ €180m/ $190m) compared to the SEK 1.94bn the group achieved in the same period the previous year, despite the imposition of new responsible gambling measures. Svenska Spel reported that the company’s land-based Casino Cosmopol and Vegas slot
Hungarian gaming regulator the Supervisory Authority for Regulated Activities (STFHZ) has fined an unnamed private individual HUF 30m (£70,000/ $87,000/ €79,000) for organising a real estate lottery. The regulator warned that such activities, where real estate or cars were given away as part of a lottery, are considered games of chance, and that neither private
French national lottery operator Française des Jeux (FDJ) reported revenue of €662m (£583.9m/$726.5m) for the first quarter of 2023, ended 31 March. This was up by 8% compared to FDJ‘s performance in Q1 2021. On a pro-forma basis for 2022 – which included revenue from FDJ’s point of sales segment Aleda and payment service L’Addition
Alex Igelman, CEO of Esports Entertainment, shared the company’s plans for B2C expansion and outlined its divestment efforts in a letter to shareholders published today (18 April). Esports Entertainment has been in trouble since May 2022 when it admitted “doubt” regarding whether it could stay in business for another year. In November, its brands SportNation
Bragg Gaming has reported record revenue, gross profit and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in both its its full year 2022 results ended 31 December and its fourth quarter. Bragg’s revenue for the fourth quarter was €23.7m (£20.8m/$25.5m) a rise of 50.3% year-on-year, while revenue for the full year was €84.7m
