Relax Gaming, AvatarUX, BGaming, NetEnt and streamer Brian Christopher were amongst some of the winners at the 2023 edition of the Game Developer Awards, which took place last night at the InterContinental Hotel in Malta. Closing the final day of what was a record-breaking CasinoBeats Summit, the coveted awards ceremony was presented by Arsenal legend Gilberto Silva and returning host …
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ParlayBay has appointed Fredrik Elmqvist to its Board of Directors, citing the new addition as an industry veteran who will play a key role in the firm’s growth strategy. The sportsbook supplier expects Elmqvist’s extensive experience in the betting and igaming space to be highly beneficial to the firm as it pushes ahead with its commercial objectives. Striving to be …
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Evolution Gaming has this morning reached an agreement to acquire Nolimit City for an upfront cash consideration of €200m. The deal contains a number of earn-outs options that could amount to €140m, which would price up Evolution’s total valuation of NoLimit City to €340m, payable in cash. The company notes that this falls in line with a “strategy of being …
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Pragmatic Play was the big winner at last night’s CasinoBeats Games Developer Awards, where it secured three prizes including the coveted Slot of the Year 2022 title for Gates of Olympus. The second edition of the Awards took place at the Hilton, Malta in front of an audience of industry executives, who saw 20 honours handed out to winners ranging …
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Yggdrasil Gaming has transitioned to a new leadership era, as company founder Fredrik Elmqvist has called time on his decade long tenure as Chief Executive of the games publisher and online casino solutions provider. Effective today, Elmqvist has been succeeded by Björn Krantz as CEO, who has been promoted from his former position as Chief Officer of Global Market Operations. …
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Payments platform Paysafe has named multinational investment bank JP Morgan as its core banking provider, kickstarting a collaboration with the latter’s Payments business segment. As core banking partner, JP Morgan aims to provide a ‘robust and scalable payment gateway’ to Paysafe, which offers services and solutions to businesses in a range of industries, including the betting and gaming sector. To …
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Victoria Bonner has been named as the new Chief Marketing Officer for Sportingtech, joining the company from Relax Gaming. Having first joined Relax Gaming in 2018, Bonner took responsibility for “inaugurating and leading its marketing functions”. Sportingtech believes that the new hire will be able to use her experience of “building brands and successful marketing teams” to help strengthen the …
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Live casino provider Ezugi has secured its entry into the British market, operating under the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) licence of its parent company, Evolution Gaming. The brand, which has been part of Evolution since 2018, will hold UKGC, games, studio and security accreditations, with 11 of its games identified as being ‘most in-demand’ fully certified for launch. Lauding the …
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Enrico Bradamante has joined Pariplay as the igaming aggregator and content provider’s latest Chief Commercial Officer, with the firm identifying a goal to ‘boost Pariplay’s expansion strategy’. Bradamante will be responsible for coordinating Pariplay’s global growth plans as the company looks to strengthen its position in international regulated markets, including in the burgeoning North American gaming sector where the company …
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Evolution Gaming reports a period of high activity, as its gaming business continues to benefit from an expanded product catalogue and games selection. The Stockholm Nasdaq games studio has attributed a ‘very strong global demand’ for live casino offerings as the primary factor behind its Q3 growth, which has seen its total operating revenues increase by 97% to €276 million …
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