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On April 12 last year, Evolution Gaming made a deal to acquire the entire issued share capital of Big Time Gaming by means of paying a whopping sum of up to $534.5m (€450m) in the form of cash and Evolution shares.

Read more » Evolution Completes Acquisition of Big Time Gaming

After adding to its ranks the Swedish online slots maker NetEnt in late 2020, live casino specialist Evolution Gaming is moving on to further enlarge its business by acquiring another big slots maker.

The company announced last month that it has struck a deal to buy online casino games developer Big Time Gaming (BTG) in a whopping €450 million deal. Subject to regulatory approval, the closure of the transaction is expected to happen during the second quarter of this year.

Read more » Evolution Gaming to Acquire Big Time Gaming for €450 Million

iGaming company NetEnt informed almost 300 employees that it decided to terminate their jobs with immediate effect on Tuesday. The employees face an uncertain holiday season as a result of this, according to In-Nazzjon ("The Nation", a daily newspaper in Malta).

The newspaper says on Tuesday morning, the Malta-based gaming company has begun cutting jobs and closed down its live casino studio in Qormi after it was acquired by another industry giant.

The employees at NetEnt were sent home and told to expect an email from their employer with further instructions. This incident unfolds following the acquisition by Evolution Gaming.

Read more » NetEnt Lays Off Hundreds of Employees Weeks before Christmas

Back in September, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK has launched an inquiry regarding the merger between Swedish online casino content providers Evolution Gaming and NetEnt in order to determine what effect this mega-deal will have on competition in the local gambling industry. After a thorough investigation, the CMA finally gave them the green light.

Read more » Evolution Gaming's Quest to Buy NetEnt Clears CMA Probe

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK has launched an inquiry regarding the merger between Swedish online casino content providers Evolution Gaming and NetEnt in order to determine what effect this mega-deal will have on competition in the local gambling industry.

Read more » CMA Probes Evolution Gaming-NetEnt Merger Deal

Crazy Time by Evolution Gaming has just been released on June 10th and there's already a big winner from this game on the same month!

One lucky player from BitStarz managed to capture a massive €200,100 (approx. $228,700) from a single round on Crazy Time a week after its release date. This is the biggest win of 2020 yet at BitStarz!

Read more » Lucky BitStarz Player wins €200,100 on Crazy Time!

Evolution Gaming has presented 12 new Live Casino games last February at ICE London, which features the casino industry's largest and most interactive gaming exhibition in the world, giving providers a stage to display their latest achievements in the field of innovation, development and entertainment. One of them is Crazy Time, described by Evolution as "craziest, most fun Live Casino game ever created."

• Crazy Time is a Live Casino game show that has 4 different bonus rounds: Pachinko, Cash Hunt, Coin Flip, and Crazy Time.
• You can win up to 160,000x your stake in this slot game.
• The game can be played across all devices and it has a RTP of 96.08%.

Videoslots, an online casino operator that is popular for its extremely wide selection of online slot games available to avid slots players, has signed a deal to include Evolution Gaming's live casino games on their site.

Evolution Gaming's live casino games to be integrated to the site are: Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, Casino Hold'em, Dream Catcher and Three Card Poker.

Read more » Videoslots to offer Live Casino games by Evolution Gaming