Italy

Cherry increases stake in Highlight Games

August 8, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, African Casino News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Swedish online casino operator, Cherry AB (CHERB:Stockholm), has reportedly exercised its option to purchase a further 7.8% of the shares of London-based Highlight Games Ltd., and now owns more than 50% of the ...

Betsoft widens footprint in Italian regulated market via Stanleybet partnership

Sadonna Price

August 2, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Premier producer of high quality online gaming products, Betsoft Gaming, has increased their presence in the Italian regulated market via a new agreement signed with Stanleybet. The developer will be working...

Yggdrasil agrees content deal with Intralot

K Morrison

August 1, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mobile gaming, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Provider of superior online and mobile casino games, Yggdrasil Gaming, has entered into an agreement with global gaming operator and lottery solutions innovator, Intralot, that will see its top-performing slots...

Gamenet Group SpA purchasing rival GoldBet

Adam Morgan

July 28, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Italian gaming operator Gamenet Group SpA has reportedly announced a deal that is to see it pay out approximately $310 million in order to purchase all of the capital in domestic rival GoldBet. Combined enti...

Global DFS Inc. adds Enjoybet and Betaland to its Italian DFS Network

K Morrison

July 20, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

B2B Daily Fantasy Sports software provider, Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc. (TSX-V: DFS), recently announced that it has further expanded its footprint in the Italian regulated gaming market having added the b...

Habanero Systems BV inks Italy content supply deal

Adam Morgan

July 18, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gaming software, Mobile gaming, The Players Lounge, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Hot on the heels of signing a content supply deal with the operator behind the online casino at Betshop.com, developer Habanero Systems BV has now announced the inking of a similar agreement with the Italy-faci...

Italian football expresses ‘extreme worry’ over looming advertising ban

Adam Morgan

July 6, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Italy

In Italy, the body behind the nation’s top soccer league has reportedly expressed ‘extreme worry’ regarding the recent passage of legislation that is to ban all gambling-related advertisements from the first da...

Italy’s new ban on gambling advertising and sponsorship to begin in January

Sadonna Price

June 28, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Italy

Yesterday, Italy’s new coalition government finalized a draft of their Dignity Decree, a move that will see online gambling advertising and sponsorship's banned. The ban would take effect on January 1st, 2019 a...

Octavian Srl purchases 50% stake in WorldMatch Srl

Adam Morgan

June 17, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Game manufacturers, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Online casino games developer Octavian Srl has announced the signing of an agreement that has seen it purchase a 50% stake in fellow Italian iGaming innovator WorldMatch Srl. Verona-based Octavian Srl used a...

Pragmatic Play agrees deal with OIA Services

K Morrison

June 5, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

After having partnered with Italian-based branch of the Bettson Group brand, StarCasino.it, just a week ago, leading online casino games developer Pragmatic Play has entered into a partnership with OIA Services...

Pragmatic Play partners with Italy’s StarCasino

Natalie Stephanopoulos

May 30, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Online gaming software, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Online casino games developing platform, Pragmatic Play, has announced its latest collaboration with StarCasino.it, an Italian-based branch of the Bettson Group brand. Per the contract, Pragmatic Play will lend...

Playtech receives official consent for Snaitech SpA purchase

Adam Morgan

May 23, 2018

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

In Italy, omni-channel gaming software and services innovator Playtech has reportedly received official approval from the nation’s Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) regulator to purchase a m...

WeAreCasino pens deal with Booming Games

K Morrison

May 4, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mobile gaming, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy

Lisbon-based gaming platform provider WeAreCasino announced that it recently added Isle of Man-based games developer Booming Games to the firm’s aggregator of third-party content. The company that uses HTML5 to...

Cirsa Gaming Corporation SA sold to The Blackstone Group

Adam Morgan

April 30, 2018

Bingo, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Central & South America Gaming, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy, Spain

Spain’s largest casino operator, Cirsa Gaming Corporation SA, has reportedly been purchased by American private equity management firm The Blackstone Group via a deal that is rumored to be worth as much as €2.5...

Italian online casino industry sets record revenue month for March

Sadonna Price

April 12, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Poker, Online Gambling News, Italy

Figures have been released for the month of March when it comes to online casino revenues in Italy. A new record has been set in the industry as the country has seen its highest trading figure to date of €60.6m...