Author: Charles Shephardson

Games Valley has appointed Jorge L Morales as its first director of Americas, marking a significant step in the content aggregator’s expansion strategy across the region. Morales joins Games Valley from Aristocrat Interactive, where he most recently served as commercial director, bringing over two decades of iGaming industry experience with him. Before his time at Aristocrat Interactive, Morales held senior commercial positions at Pariplay, Continent 8, Playtech and Microgaming across multiple regulated markets. His extensive background working alongside leading operators and suppliers makes him a particularly strong fit for Games Valley’s ambitious commercial growth plans in the Americas. Based in…

Gentoo Media suffered a sharp share price decline of 26% after the gaming affiliate company slashed its revenue and earnings guidance for the full year. Second-quarter revenue fell 9% to €22.9m in the three months to June 30, compared with €25m in the restated prior-year quarter. Despite the revenue decline, EBITDA before special items rose 5% to €8.9m, with the margin widening to 39% from 34% a year earlier. The company posted a quarterly profit of €2.7m, a notable turnaround from the €0.5m loss recorded during the same period last year. Operating profit climbed to €5.8m from €1.2m, helped in…

Gambling self-exclusion software provider Gamban has announced a sponsorship agreement with Lewes Football Club for the 2026/27 season. Lewes FC is a fan-owned, semi-professional club competing in the Isthmian League Premier Division, one of English football’s lower pyramid tiers. The club has actively campaigned against what it considers the harmful impact of gambling advertising and sponsorship in football since 2019. Lewes has consistently called on governing bodies to introduce tighter regulations around gambling-related advertising and shirt sponsorships across the game. “The majority of football kits are covered in gambling sponsorships, while betting adverts are almost impossible to avoid in and…

Altenar has strengthened its sportsbook leadership structure by promoting long-serving team member Giannis Papakonstantinou to the role of director of Sportsbook Product. Papakonstantinou brings more than eight years of experience at Altenar, giving him deep institutional knowledge of the company’s sportsbook platform and its operator-facing requirements. He originally joined the company as an account manager before progressing through the ranks to become account management director, building significant commercial and product expertise along the way. Throughout his career at Altenar, Papakonstantinou worked closely with customers across multiple markets, gaining direct insight into their operational needs and expectations from the platform. That…

SkyCity Entertainment Group has confirmed it rejected two unsolicited acquisition proposals back in May, including a cash offer from an Oaktree Capital Management special situations fund. The Oaktree approach was pitched at NZ$0.70 per share, while a second unnamed party submitted a separate proposal valuing shares at NZ$0.75 each. Based on SkyCity’s 1.103 billion ordinary shares, the Oaktree proposal placed the company’s equity value at approximately NZ$772 million. The second bid implied a valuation of roughly NZ$827 million, though both approaches remained confidential and non-binding throughout. Each proposal came with significant conditions attached, including at least eight weeks of due…

Infingame, a leading aggregator in the iGaming industry, will attend SBC Summit 2026 in Lisbon from 29 September to 1 October this year. The company plans to meet operators, game studios and industry partners throughout the three-day event to discuss the next stage of aggregation. Key talking points will include the growing role of infrastructure, engagement technology, localisation and data in driving operator growth across international markets. Infingame currently processes more than 10 billion transactions per month across an ecosystem of over 10,000 games from more than 100 providers. That scale gives the company broad visibility into operator activity and…

FanDuel has revealed further details about its growing partnership with Kindbridge Behavioural Health, which has significantly broadened its responsible gaming programme since launching in 2024. The Flutter Entertainment-owned operator first began working with Kindbridge in March 2024, when the relationship initially covered self-excluded customers in New Jersey and Ohio. The partnership has since expanded well beyond those original states, now making Kindbridge assessments available to customers at the point of self-exclusion across additional markets. More than 6,000 FanDuel customers completed a voluntary Kindbridge survey in March 2026, marking a significant milestone in the programme’s reach and customer engagement. The survey…

Analysts at Citizens have raised serious doubts about Bally’s Corporation’s capacity to complete its ambitious pipeline of casino development projects. Jordan Bender and Isabelle Slavin of Citizens were responding in part to a 10-Q filing Bally’s submitted to the SEC, in which the company itself expressed doubts over its ability to continue as a going concern. The operator’s current pipeline includes a downstate New York casino opening in 2030, a Chicago project scheduled for early 2027, and an ongoing Las Vegas development. The Citizens analysts said: “The situation does not appear dire, and the company reiterated that it is working…

Sky Bet has unveiled Ghost Leg, its latest innovation for the pre-match bet builder product, timed to coincide with the new Premier League campaign. The feature was first made available during the opening week of the EFL season on 14 August before being restricted exclusively to Premier League markets from 21 August onwards. Ghost Leg operates as a token system, with customers receiving one token per week between 9:00am Friday and 11:59pm Monday throughout the Premier League season. The token can only be applied to BuildABets containing five or more legs, with a combined minimum odds requirement of 3/1 or…

The Betting and Gaming Council has issued a stark warning that black market Premier League betting is rapidly approaching the £1 billion threshold. The BGC claims that £800 million worth of Premier League bets will be placed with unlicensed operators during the current 2026/27 season alone. Approximately £20 million is estimated to have been staked with illegal operators over the opening weekend of the new Premier League campaign. That figure is forecast to climb by a further £200 million next season, pushing illegal Premier League betting to roughly £1 billion annually. The BGC has pointed to April’s planned increase in…