News analysis

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    11 July 2019

    RP iGaming Index: Consolidation provides welcome boost

    This month’s edition of the RP iGaming Index sees Regulus Partners’ Paul Leyland cautiously optimistic about an upswing in the performance of igaming stocks. Market consolidation, meanwhile, has boosted a number of constituent companies.

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    4 March 2019

    H2 Nordic Dashboard: Region to become €4bn market by 2023

    The iGamingBusiness.com Nordic dashboard, in partnership with H2 Gambling Capital, suggests that the region will grow to a €4.46bn market by 2023, boosted by the introduction of igaming regulation in Sweden.

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    20 February 2019

    2019: The overview down under

    Key developments in 2018 come to fruition this year, with point of consumption tax and consumer protection issues set to ring big changes in the Australian gambling industry, according to Addisons senior Associate Karina Chong and partner Jamie Nettleton.

  • news_analysis
    5 June 2017

    Australia: Tabcorp-Tatts merger - competition, product offering and media rights

    Media rights dominance, pay out ratios and competitive offerings will play key roles in deciding whether Tabcorp-Tatts merger goes ahead or not.

  • news_analysis
    19 April 2017

    Market Monitor: Denmark shows how to keep operators and punters happy

    Denmark's business-friendly approach to regulating igaming and the resulting increase in market size and white market percentages should give other governments something to think about.

  • article
    1 September 2016

    Still in the race: Horse race wagering in the US

    The only existing form of digital betting in the US granted exemption from UIGEA in 2006, horse race wagering is an often-overlooked multi-billion industry that operates across 43 states. North America section editor Alana Levine, of Income Access Group, looks at its development and positioning in today’s iGaming market for iGaming Business.

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    11 February 2014

    Japan: gambling gross win forecast at US$33.2bn in 2014

    Following up on H2 Gambling Capital's first set of data-led articles that looked at the US igaming market and the global gambling sector, the sector's leading data specialists look at the potential value of the Japanese land-based casino market. Japan is already the third largest gambling market in the world with an estimated gross win of US$31.4bn for 2013 and with permissive upcoming casino legislation a real possibility, H2 founder and director Simon Holliday provides a detailed breakdown of the country's gambling landscape.

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    3 December 2013

    Despite oft-criticised 'dirigisme', France can be objective

    The PMU on-offline split is a small but potentially significant victory in the wider struggles between private operators and monopolies across Europe and although PMU still has two years in which to lay the groundwork, the actions of France's Competition Authority should provide encouragement to the rest of the EU market.