Las Vegas Q2 preview

By Jake Pollard  |  July 2, 2021

The beat goes on: Analysts are confident Las Vegas Q2 volumes will beat market expectations in the next few weeks. With May GGR on the Strip up 26.7% on May 2019 and up 35.6% MoM to $655.5m, analysts at Macquarie said their survey of Las Vegas operators pointed to “Q2 beats and continued momentum” for […]

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OSB and iCasino combo ‘packs powerful punch’ say Macquarie

By Jake Pollard  |  June 14, 2021

Macquarie online gaming analysis Happy birthday to you: On the third anniversary of the fall of PASPA, the gaming team at Macquarie have issued new analysis which puts forward a new estimate for spend per adult of $60 in mature states rather than the previous estimate of $50. Why does this matter? According to Macquarie’s […]

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Conference touches on SPAC slowdown fears

By Jake Pollard  |  June 9, 2021

iGaming Next Day 1 conference notes White heat: On a panel dedicated to discussing trends in M&A, Mohit Kansal, partner at Clairvest, made the obvious point about the “euphoric” M&A backdrop being driven by events in the US. “You have all this capital chasing deals to capture that growth.” Asked by panel host Julian Buhagiar […]

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Pointing the way

By Jake Pollard  |  April 30, 2021

PointsBet Q321 The top line Gross win rose nearly fourfold to A$100.5m (US$78.2m) while net win rose in lockstep to A$64.9m. Net win margin rose by 20bps to 7.2%. Active clients across the business rose from 106k to 286k. US expansion led the way with gross win rising from A$5.6m to A$45.8m. Australia gross win […]

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