The entertainment arm of Belgium’s Ardent Group has struck a growth deal with CVC Capital Partners (Fund VIII) to position itself better in the global gaming industry. The Liège-based company’s active shareholders will take their position as the leader in the Belgian gaming market to the next step in regulated markets worldwide. The company employs
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On Monday, January 10th, 2022 the Barcelona football club’s French defender, Samuel Umtiti, agreed with Barcelona to take a salary cut in order for them to sign and add to their squad the Spanish forward Ferran Torres. The signing of Torres was actually publicly presented last week, but Ferran was not added to the team’s
On Monday, January 10th, 2022 without the services of the recently injured superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United battled their way to a hard fought 1 to 0 victory over Aston Villa in the 3rd – round of the FA Cup thanks to the early goal score by McTominay. Scott McTominay came upon a curling cross
The Genting SkyWorlds theme park at Resorts World Genting (RWG) has missed several opening date targets, including one in December 2021. However, some analysts are predicting that the long-awaited mega park could open by Chinese New Year which falls on February 1 in 2022. Samuel Yin Shao Yang, an analyst at Maybank Investment Bank Bhd,
Old Town in Estonia’s capital of Tallinn will soon see a high roller private casino club open in the space of the former Du Nord restaurant in the St. Petersbourg Hotel, a venue shuttered through loss of business during the world health crisis. Eesti Ekspress (Estonia Express), an investigative local weekly reported the development, but
Endorphina released a recap this week of the Prague company’s progress over the last year. The originators of such games as Satoshi’s Secret, Slotomoji, and Book of Santa delivered twenty new titles over the course of 2021. That was two more than they released in 2020. One of the most popular titles seems to be
IMME Ltd, aka International Multi-Media Entertainments Limited, has been found by the Gambling Commission in the United Kingdom to have breached the terms of its license in multiple ways and the Isle of Man firm’s ability to conduct games of chance in Great Britain has been revoked. Canadian citizen Gloria Jean Evans registered with the
On Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 the highly – talented French striker, Karim Benzema, nailed 2 – fast goals in order to lead his football club, Real Madrid, to a victory over Athletic Bilbao during the Spanish LaLiga League match that was played without several football players due to infections of the COVID – 19 virus.
Playtech Plc (LON: PTEC) is making a slow return to the regulated US market after losing 40% of value when US legislators dropped the hammer on internet gambling in 2006 with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Online gambling has never been specifically illegal in the United States but lawmakers made payment processing a
Genting Singapore Limited announced this week that it will wind up and shut down all eight of its subsidiaries in Japan. The move comes after the company put its plans on hold in September after the new mayor of Yokohama said the city would not participate in the integrated casino resort initiative authorized by law
On Monday, December 27th, 2021 the French national forward, Anthony Martial, has expressed to Manchester United’s football club that he wants to leave the team according to the head coach of Man U, Ralf Rangnick. Martial has watched himself continuously lose more and more playing time at Old Trafford as he had made only 2
The head coach of Liverpool’s football club, Jurgen Klopp, is just the latest manager of the English Premier League manager to voice his frustrations with only being permitted to execute 3 – substitutions during a game especially when it is a busy time where many team are being hit hard by COVID – 19 cases.
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corp. (NASDAQ:SGMS) no longer plans to acquire the 19% balance of SciPlay it does not yet own, according to a report on Nasdaq.com. Scientific Games currently controls 98% of the voting shares in the company and 81% of the stock at large. The smaller company’s stocks fell as much as 21%
The SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator expanded its global footprint in 2021 by entering the markets of Japan, Brazil, Argentina, India, and Tunisia, accounting for much of the growth of the company which saw financial results more than double over 2020 numbers. While land-based gaming revenues present a skewed image owing to reduced or non-existent footfall during
Italian lottery and online casino operator Sisal’s parent company, CVC Partners has agreed to a £1.6bn (€1.9bn / $2.15bn) takeover deal by Flutter. The Dublin-based firm owns such brands as Paddy Power, Skybet, and Pokerstars. Sisal is a major Italian operator with online casinos in Italy and Spain as well as interests in the lotteries
Armadillo Studios is an American-facing online game creator in the EveryMatrix family of companies. On Monday they announced a new collaboration with Brazilian mixed martial arts legend, Amanda Nunes to create a branded game for players in the USA and beyond. The studio team is intent on capturing the Lioness’s storybook career in an online
The fight to bring Las Vegas-style casino gambling to New York state culminated in a voter referendum allowing for seven licenses in 2013. The issue quieted down in the national and international press until former Governor Cuomo set up a task force as part of the New York State Gaming Commission to choose four locations in
On Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 Sevilla was eventually held to a draw at home by Barcelona with a final tally of 1 to 1 during a game in which the hosts (Sevilla) had to finish the match with 10 – men following their defender, Jules Kounde, getting sent off the pitch with a direct red
Chelsea’s football club vigorously and publicly aired complaints regarding them having to play matches with a heavily – depleted team due to the COVID – 19 virus as they eventually recorded a draw at Wolverhampton. Liverpool was up in arms involving the officiating from referees in their subsequential draw versus Tottenham Hotspur. While Manchester City
On Sunday, December 19th, 2021 Napoli jumped AC Milan into the 2nd – place spot in the Italian Serie A League as Napoli defeated their rival in AC Milan with a final tally of 1 to 0 in this unexceptional match from San Siro Stadium located in Milan, Italy last Sunday. Eljif Elmas scored a very