• article
    5 December 2019

    Italy iGaming Dashboard - November 2019

    A sharp year-on-year drop in poker revenue led to Italy’s regulated online gambling market reporting a marginal decline in October, the latest figures from Ficom Leisure show.

  • daily_news
    14 October 2019

    Swedish court cuts Casino Cosmopol money laundering penalty

    Sweden’s Administrative Court has moved to reduce Casino Cosmopol’s penalty fee for breaching licence conditions related to money laundering and terrorist financing to SEK3m (£242,508/€276,959/$305,316), but the national gambling regulator could appeal against the ruling.

  • daily_news
    2 October 2019

    Flutter, Stars confident of regulatory approval for merger

    Board members at Flutter and The Stars Group further outlined the details of the synergies from the companies’ mega-merger, while also assuring stakeholders that the deal would pass any competition-related hurdles.

  • report_content
    23 September 2019

    iGB Market Monitor - September 2019

    This edition of the iGB Market Monitor drills down into the latest public numbers and data from the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain 

  • daily_news
    15 August 2019

    GVC ups profit guidance as online revenue hits $1bn in H1

    GVC Holdings has revised its full year profit projections upwards for the second time this year after the operator’s online and European retail growth helped offset a weaker performance from its UK retail arm.

  • article
    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.

  • news_analysis
    20 June 2019

    2019 so far - Part Two

    In the second part of iGaming Business' rundown of the year to date's most popular news stories, we see that viewers were particularly interested in US developments, while regulatory progress in Germany also attracted a lot of hits. 

  • news_analysis
    19 June 2019

    2019 so far - Part One

    Half the year has now passed, with the year dominated by advertising crackdowns, new regulatory restrictions and signs that long-awaited market openings may finally be moving into view. iGaming Business looks at the biggest stories from the first six months of 2019, and examines their impact on the igaming industry.

  • daily_news
    19 June 2019

    UK operators confirm plans to increase voluntary RG levy

    Five of the UK’s leading sports betting operators have voluntarily agreed to increase funding for problem gambling treatment and safer gambling.

  • daily_news
    12 June 2019

    Retail write-down sees Betfred post £40.7m 2017-18 loss

    Land-based and online betting and gaming operator Betfred has posted a loss of £40.7m for its financial year ended September 30, 2018.

  • daily_news
    11 June 2019

    Slot decline hits Czech gambling market in 2018

    Revenue from regulated gambling in the Czech Republic fell 21.3% in 2018 to CZK31.3bn (£1.1bn/€1.2bn/$1.4bn), with the decline down to a lower contribution from slot machines.

  • article
    7 June 2019

    Spanish iGaming Dashboard - Q1 2019

    Spain's online gambling market enjoyed a strong first quarter, with February in particular a standout, driven by the strong performance of the sports betting vertical. 

  • news_analysis
    10 May 2019

    Pioneer lessons: Colombia’s payments experience

    Igaming regulation in Colombia highlighted the poor access of the gaming industry to banking and appropriate payment solutions across the region. So what can other countries learn from the Colombian experience when designing their regulatory frameworks? Joanne Christie investigates

  • news_analysis
    9 May 2019

    Q&A: Fecoljuegos president Evert Montero Cardenas

    The Colombian gaming association's president highlights the importance of relationships between operators and banks to growing the country's regulated igaming market.

  • daily_news
    8 May 2019

    Swedish gaming revenue grows to SEK6.0bn in Q1

    New figures from the Swedish Tax Authority and gaming regulator Spelinspektionen suggest that net gaming revenue for Sweden’s land-based and online gaming market amounted to SEK6.0bn (£479.9m/€559.0m/$626.0m) in the first quarter of 2019.

  • article
    25 April 2019

    LatAm iGaming Dashboard - April 2019

    H2 Gambling Capital and iGaming Business are pleased to bring you the LatAm iGaming Dashboard, featuring growth projections for the Latin American region. With markets such as Brazil and Argentina moving towards introducing regulation, and the Colombian market already open for business, gross win for the region is expected to almost double from 2019 to 2024. 

  • daily_news
    24 April 2019

    Kindred earnings hit by Swedish regulation in Q1

    Unibet operator Kindred Group has reported an 8.0% year-on-year rise in revenue for the first quarter of 2019, though has seen earnings impacted by costs associated with its launch in Sweden’s newly regulated igaming market.

  • daily_news
    18 April 2019

    ATG dominates Swedish igaming market in Q1

    Sweden’s newly regulated igaming market has generated total turnover of SEK3.29bn (£271.3m/€313.8m/$352.8m) in the first quarter of the year, with former horse racing monopoly AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) dominating the channel. Svenska Spel Sport & Casino and ATG accounted for 50% of online market turnover over the three month period.

  • daily_news
    10 April 2019

    EGBA calls for Portuguese igaming tax rethink

    The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has called on the Portuguese authorities to review the country’s online gaming tax rate following reports that as many of 75% of players gambled via unlicensed sites in 2018.

  • daily_news
    5 April 2019

    OEG subsidiary fined in Lithuania over verification failures

    Olympic Casino Group Baltija, a subsidiary of the Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), has been fined €495,500 (£425,830/$556,330) by the Lithuania Gaming Control Authority for failing to verify the identity several customers who exchanged large sums of money at its casino tables.

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