• news_analysis
    1 July 2019

    Gambling in Japan: The state of play

    While casinos may not yet exist in Japan, what does the gaming market look like now? Natalie Meyer, founder and chief executive of cultural insight agency Tokyoesque, provides a breakdown on the current size and perception of the country's gambling industry.

  • news_analysis
    12 March 2019

    Betting on the future

    Bettor Faster and Bet Blocks founders Jonny Robb and Nilesh Mistry have established GamblingStartup.Ventures, in a bid to connect early-stage gambling businesses around the world. Here, we meet some of the teams looking to revolutionise the way punters play.

  • news_analysis
    20 July 2017

    Esports: ‘Huge opportunity for Vegas to pull in younger demographic’

    Kingsley Edwards of esports start-up Leet and co-owner of the Rogue esports team, discusses the esports scene in Las Vegas and how it is helping attract Millennials to Sin City.

  • daily_news
    14 July 2016

    Games giant Valve bars skins gambling

    Games developer Valve, the company that owns and operates the Steam distribution portal and titles such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO), has banned gambling sites from offering their products through its platform.

  • daily_news
    29 September 2015

    GameCo set for world-first with video gambling launch

    Skill-based video gaming specialist GameCo has announced that it has created the world’s first video game gambling machine as part of an effort to attract a new generation of gamers to land-based casinos.

  • daily_news
    9 July 2014

    NYX content launches in Belgium with Unibet

    Online gaming software supplier NYX Interactive, part of the NYX Gaming Group, has confirmed that its online gaming content is now live in the Belgian market through a partnership with European igaming operator Unibet

  • daily_news
    9 June 2014

    Nevada to consider skill-based video gaming

    A legislative study committee has recommended that Nevada should change its laws in order to permit the US state’s Gaming Commission to consider introducing skill-based video gaming.

  • daily_news
    18 March 2014

    Centurion commits to £5m GamCrowd investment

    Gambling-focused crowd-funding and sourcing platform GamCrowd has entered into a partnership with risk management and mitigation services provider Centurion Solutions to invest a fund of up to £5 million (€6 million/$8.3 million) into start-ups on the GamCrowd platform.

  • daily_news
    6 September 2013

    US spending on gaming software falls

    North Americans spent $2.88 billion (€2.19 billion) on gaming software in the second quarter of 2013, according to research firm NPD Group’s quarterly Games Market Dynamics report for the US.