Business & M&A

SBC Summit 2026’s evening programme will open with a headline performance from multi-platinum-selling band The Script, marking one of the largest artist bookings in the event’s history. With six UK number one albums, 14 billion streams and five million album sales worldwide, the band will bring mor…

Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), the Singapore casino resort promoted by Genting Singapore Ltd, says its monetary and in-kind contributions in support of the “President’s Challenge” have exceeded SGD2 million (US$1.6 million). The tally includes more than SGD800,000 raised via the inaugural RWS Cares F…

Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd says its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives benefited 134,363 people across the country in the first half of 2026. NagaCorp has a casino monopoly running to the end of 2045 for the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, where it operates the NagaWorld c…

Inspire Entertainment Resort, a complex with foreigner-only casino at Incheon in South Korea, says it has partnered with JYP Entertainment Corp and non-profit organisation HearCycle to support guests with impaired hearing that attend concerts at the resort. The initiative is part of Inspire’s envir…

Marketing Leaders: what’s the secret to shifting from brand recognition to instant recall? There are very few brands in the world that are instantly recognisable – whether it’s Nike, McDonalds, Mercedes or Microsoft, decades of consistent branding and immersive marketing campaigns have created an i…

RubyPlay, a provider of premium content and platform-level engagement tools for the global iGaming industry, has made its debut in Greece through a new partnership with Stoiximan, the regulated market’s leading online sportsbook and casino operator. As part of the collaboration, Stoiximan will inte…

Evoplay, the award-winning game development studio, has partnered with Bulgarian operator efbet, bringing a selection of its top-performing titles to one of the country’s leading gaming brands. The collaboration sees 20 Evoplay games launched on efbet’s online casino, expanding the supplier’s reach…

“Why would you place your Bet Builder anywhere else?” Sky Betting and Gaming’s Commercial Director, Kylie Paynter-Stout, has a lot of confidence in the firm’s latest football product, Ghost Leg, launched for the 2026/27 Premier League season. Football has been the most bet upon sport in the UK sinc…

Digitain has partnered with Silkbet to support the operator’s entry into the UK regulated market, combining Digitain’s technology and turnkey solutions with Silkbet’s customer-focused approach. Under the partnership, Silkbet will gain access to Digitain’s sportsbook, horse racing, virtual sports, c…

Zitro Digital, the online division of leading gaming supplier Zitro, has announced a new agreement with Novusbet, a leading iGaming platform provider and content aggregator. Through this alliance, Novusbet’s operator network will gain access to Zitro Digital’s diverse portfolio of slots and Video B…

AskGamblers achieved in the second quarter of 2026 as it managed to recover $3.4m for its players and made an all-time record in terms of complaints received this quarter – the number reached 4,811. Throughout this quarter, AskGamblers dealt with 1,563 cases and accomplished resolving 1,068 complai…

The directors of Evolution have recommended shareholders to not to accept the mandatory cash offer of Candle Lake Limited of SEK695 ($72.89) per share on the grounds that the bid has not fairly represented the true value of the gaming supplier. This recommendation was made by the board on Monday, a…

A business group in Sasebo (pictured), in the northern part of Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture, is calling for a revival of the effort to bring an integrated resort (IR) with casino to the community. In December 2023, Japan’s national authorities chose not to approve a proposal for a casino resort on l…

The Philippine gaming regulator is to launch before year-end a software application to help consumers ensure they are accessing only licensed and regulated online gaming platforms. That is according to comment by Alejandro Tengco, chairman and chief executive of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming…

DigiPlus Interactive Corp. has announced the expansion of its digital entertainment ecosystem with the launch of ArenaSocial Arcade, a new game suite within ArenaSocial, its free-to-play social gameentertainment platform designed to make interactive experiences more accessible, social, and engaging…

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of casino operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd, says it will redeem in full its US$600-million in 5.625-percent senior notes that are due in 2027. The company issued a notice of redemption on Monday, according to a filing by Melco Resorts with the Unite…

Crane NXT Co has appointed Jason Lund as president of its unit Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a provider of payment and cash-processing technology to a range of industries, including the casino gaming sector. Mr Lund (pictured) has also been named group president of Crane NXT’s Detection and Trac…

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), the nation’s gaming regulator, expects its total income to decline by about 18 percent year-on-year in 2026, to nearly PHP86.95 billion (US$1.41 billion), amid weaker gaming activity in the country. The forecast compares with PHP106.03 billion in i…