Online Gambling News

Our Online Gambling News section focuses on newsmaking iGaming casinos as well as the news that affects them. New licenses, distribution partnerships, game debuts, rebranding, new launches, and relaunches are among the items you will find on these pages. Most stories carry more than a single area of interest, so you can often find overlap with other sections such as M&A, Jackpot Winners, the Player's Lounge, and Gaming Industry News to name a few.

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SoftSwiss adds new partner SmartSoft to Game Aggregator; Sportsbook platform product gains new Hunting bonus type

On the heels of enhancing its sportsbook platform, SoftSwiss has finalized a new partnership with Tbilisi-headquartered online gaming software provider, SmartSoft, integrating the Georgian firm's games portfoli...

Irish government due to consider comprehensive gambling legislation

In Ireland and the government of Prime Minister Micheal Martin is reportedly preparing to propose wide-ranging legislation that would largely ban complimentary bets and establish a new regulator to oversee the ...

Yggdrasil releases new online slot Savana Roar; first title from YG Master partner, Jelly

Big cats are once again in the spotlight in the latest Yggdrasil powered release, Savanna Roar, an African themed title, with a max win of up to 10,459 times the initial stake, by budding mobile-first game deve...

Pragmatic Play partners with LuckSports in Brazil; agrees multi-product content deal

Hot on the heels of the launch of its latest online casino title and leading content provider Pragmatic Play has announced that it has agreed a multi-vertical deal with LuckSports in Brazil, further advanci...

Penn National completes $2 billion acquisition of Canadian digital media company “theScore”

Land-based casino and racetrack operator Penn National Gaming Inc. (PENN:NASDAQ) has completed the purchase of Toronto-based digital media company Score Media and Gaming Inc. (theScore) in a $2 billion cash and...

South Korean politician suggests implementing ‘proxy gambling’ at casinos

In South Korea and a prominent federal politician has reportedly suggested that the nation’s collection of 17 foreigner-only casinos be allowed to start offering mobile wagering so as to more quickly recover fr...

New Jersey sportsbooks surpass $1 billion handle mark for September

The numerous online and land-based sportsbooks serving the American state of New Jersey reportedly set a nationwide record in September after becoming the first to collectively process over $1 billion in monthl...

Pragmatic Play adds “lucrative” title to growing games portfolio via new online slot Cash Bonanza

Pragmatic Play has released the latest title in its vault-inspired slot collection, Cash Bonanza, which combines a classic fruit theme with piles of banknotes and gold coins, along with an Increasing Ways W...

Oryx Gaming now major content partner to Holland Casino for Netherlands newly regulated iGaming market

Bragg Gaming Group company, Oryx Gaming, has taken its content live in the Netherlands with Holland Casino for its new online interest, hollandcasino.nl. Supplying the state-owned casino group's digital casi...