Casino giant’s fresh financial woes

The operators of Star Casino have reportedly told the market they are reviewing their liquidity position following days of silence after being suspended from trading.

The Star Entertainment Group was delisted by the ASX on Monday after it breached reporting conditions by failing to lodge its financial accounts for the past financial year.

The gaming giant reportedly said at the time it was still assessing its financial outlook amid reports it was pleading with banks, governments and investors for money.

The Star told the ASX late on Wednesday that it had engaged “various advisers … in relation to its liquidity position in light of adverse trading and other conditions”.

The future of Zimpler in the upcoming new casino market in Finland

Finland has long been an incredibly active market for online casino gaming. Despite having a state-run monopoly on all gambling, Finns still enjoy going online to sample what is on offer in other parts of the global internet gaming community.Now, though, the winds of change are blowing in the air in Finland as the government is looking to open its market to outside iGaming companies. In this article, we take a deeper look into what is going on. In the process, we also go over what could happen to Zimpler—a popular online casino payment method—when Finland begins to regulate.

New system coming in 2027

For many years, there were rumblings about how the Finnish gambling monopoly probably could not hold together much longer. In June 2023, it was officially made known that Finland was going to move away from a purely state-run gambling system. This was mostly due to a vast number of Finns opting to play online regardless of politicians and other similar public figures advising against it.

Playson expands Dutch, Finnish reach with Play North

A multi-brand agreement between igaming supplier Playson and Play North will see a selection of Playson’s titles be added to the operator’s brands.Supercharged Clovers: Hold and Win will be among the games to go live with Kansino in the Netherlands and Pikakasino in Finland.
The integration will be facilitated by Finnplay’s aggregation platform.
Kansino was one of the first companies to be awarded a licence for the Dutch market upon re-regulation in 2021.
Finland’s Pikakasino, meanwhile, offers slots, roulette, live casino, baccarat and blackjack.
Playson’s sales director Blanka Homor said: “Play North® has made huge strides across the iGaming industry in a relatively short amount of time and we’re delighted to provide our top performing titles to its players across the Netherlands and Finland.”
Play North’s chief product officer Daphne Xerri said: “We are always eager to collaborate with the best providers in the industry and Playson fits that mould perfectly.
“Through this deal, we are confident Play North® will continue to strengthen its brand by providing players with a fresh wave of industry leading games.”

HappyBet pens Germany and Austria-facing deal with AC Milan

Under the deal, the length of which was not disclosed, HappyBet will serve as the official betting partner of AC Milan in Austria and Germany.

HappyBet will also benefit from a branding presence on pitchside LED screens inside the team’s San Siro home stadium.

In addition, HappyBet will work with AC Milan on a range of initiatives targeted at fans in Austria and Germany.

HappyBet, which focuses its activities on the Austrian and German markets, was in May taken over by Playtech subsidiary Snaitech.

Snaitech was acquired by Playtech in June 2018 and now operates as the Italy-facing B2C arm of the gambling tech giant.