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Having presented a successful Mr Green & Co H1 interim results, in which the company declared its ‘most successful quarter in business’ Chief Executive Per Norman has detailed that Mr Green is now targeting potential acquisitions. Updating investors, Norman detailed that this June Mr Green governance ‘successfully carried out a directed new share issue to Swedish and international institutional investors’. …

iGaming Business (Clarion Gaming subsidiary) has today revealed that parent operating company Clarion Events has been acquired by London private equity firm Blackstone. The industry news source did not reveal any details regarding the sum of acquisition but stated that new owner Blackstone had taken over the majority shareholding from Providence Equity Partners who had acquired the company in 2015 …

Nordic Nasdaq-listed European online gambling group Mr Green & Co (Mr Green), is confident of hitting its full-year targets and corporate expectations having achieved its ‘best ever’ quarter in business this Q2 2017. Presenting its H1 2017 interim results (period ending 30 June), Mr Green detailed that group Q2 2017 revenues had reached SEK 287 million (£26.7 million), up 36% …

Following the rebrand and relaunch of its legacy assets Casino.com this March, online gambling group Mansion has announced that it has launched its supporting Casino.com UK TV advertising campaign. The TV campaign ‘We are Ready to Play, Are You?’ will launch on Monday 24 July on selected Sky UK channels. Commenting on the UK campaign, Mansion marketing detailed that it …

GVC Holdings’ leading sports brand bwin has given its casino offering a “digital facelift” to create a more immersive experience for its users. The new site features sharper graphical displays, improved grid categorisation and a game view which allows games to be launched it either in embedded or breakout modes. There is also a Featured Games category and a new …

London AIM-listed mobile casino and social games operator Gaming Realms Plc is confident of achieving its year-end corporate targets and expectations having reported a solid H1 2017 opening (period ending 30 June). Presenting its H1 2017 (unaudited) trading update, Gaming Realms recorded increased group revenues of £15.7 million, up from £14.9 million reported a year ago. A busy period for …

Seeking to expand its tournament coverage and presence within the Asian market, Caesars Interactive’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) has secured a content partnership with Chinese media and digital giant Tencent. The deal will see Tencent utilise its digital media channels to push WSOP content, the world’s biggest poker tournament to Asian viewers. WSOP and Tencent management detailed that the …

Issuing a market update, Amaya Inc subsidiary PokerStars has declared that its online casino product has become ‘Italian market leader’ just two years after being officially launched. Backing its claim, PokerStars points to a June report by regulator the Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS), in which its online casino has taken circa 8.85% of GGR market share. PokerStars …

Publishing its H1 2017 interim trading results (period ending 31 June), Stockholm-listed industry content and games developer NetEnt has detailed a strong commercial momentum, recording growth across its core metrics. Updating investors, NetEnt governance stated that H1 had delivered ‘solid growth’ for its verticals, with the company hitting H1 revenues of SEK 805 million, up 15% on corresponding H1 2016’s SEK …