U.S. video game spending in the second quarter of 2021 has increased 2% to $14 billion over the same period in 2020. According to the NPD Group, overall consumer spending on video games for April to June 2021 totaled $14 billion, a small increase over last year’s massive numbers, which were boosted by the pandemic.

Gains were seen across multiple categories including PC, cloud, non-console VR content, mobile and subscription spending, and hardware. Console content and accessories both saw declines. Subscription content had double-digit percentage gains over the same period in 2020 and hardware was up 12% in the same time frame, most likely due to the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. The most impressive part of the quarter’s sales was not only matching last year’s sales…

Following many months of complicated negotiations and prominent iGaming and sportsbook operator Entain has announced the signing of an around £316 million ($436 million) deal that is to see it acquire Baltic-facing competitor Enlabs AB.

The Isle of Man-based firm is already responsible for a plethora of well-known iGaming brands including Bwin, Ladbrokes and SportingBet and it used an official press release to detail that the agreement will involve it paying approximately £4.49 ($6.21) for every outstanding share in Enlabs AB. The operator explained that this price represents an improvement of some 32.4% when compared with an unsuccessful January offer of about £3.39 ($4.69) and has consequently been accepted by a resounding 94.2% of the Stockholm-headquartered target’s share…

Macau gaming industry seems to experience a complete recovery in 2023, according to the latest figures. As Inside Asian Gaming reports, Macau operators generated a total of MOP$15.57 billion (US$1.93 billion) in gross gaming revenues in May to record the fifth consecutive month of growing revenues this year following the re-opening of the region of January 8, 2023.

The source reports that the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) informed that the revenue figure achieved by the Macau gambling industry in May 2023 was 366% higher than the one recorded in May 2022 when the region saw the GGR of only MOP$3.34 billion (US$414 million).

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However, the revenue level reached in May was also 5.7% higher than the industry’s performance from …