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Lightning Storm: Evolution’s Latest Game Show Launches First in North America With BetMGM
Lightning Storm, the latest live dealer game show from Evolution, is now available in Ontario, Canada, via an exclusive partnership with BetMGM Casino—a partnership that bodes well for the odds of an eventual US launch. Through the deal, BetMGM’s Ontario players can experience Evolution’s newest “high-voltage game show” featuring five new “never seen before” bonus […]
New Entain CEO Gavin Isaacs Expected to Help BetMGM Win in America
New Entain CEO Gavin Isaacs is expected to help turn the company’s performance around, including gaining market share for the online gambling giant’s US joint venture, BetMGM. On Sept. 2, the board chairman at iGaming content supplier Games Global begins work at Entain. Entain appointing Isaacs appears to show the half-owner of BetMGM wants to regain […]
Evolution Acquires Portfolio of Popular Side Bet Patents With Galaxy Gaming Purchase
Evolution has announced a deal to acquire table game designer Galaxy Gaming for $85 million in cash, bringing in-house a number of patented side bets it previously had to license. Las Vegas-based Galaxy Gaming is best known for its 21+3 blackjack side bet, which is now licensed in 131 regulatory jurisdictions around the world, including 28 […]
Record Crazy Time Payout Puts a Dent in Evolution’s Mid-Year Financial Results
In June, Evolution’s live dealer gameshow Crazy Time hit a payout so huge that it all but wrecked the company’s H1 2024 profitability. The top prizes for casino games can be life-changing for players, and the need to pay out a jackpot sometimes shows up in a smaller operator’s state-level revenue reports. However, a prize so […]
Live Dealer Games Arrive in Delaware as BetRivers & Evolution Expand Casino Content Partnership
Delaware residents can play live dealer online casino games for real money for the first time. The state’s new monopoly operator, BetRivers, signed a content partnership with the top US live dealer provider Evolution in March. At first, that included only slots from Evolution’s subsidiary studios. As of July 2, however, it includes a wide range of […]
Evolution Brings Edgy Nolimit City Slots to US—East vs. West Coast Hip-Hop Rivalry & More
Evolution has finally announced the US launch of slots from Nolimit City, a small but notoriously edgy studio it acquired in 2022. Best known in the US for its live dealer products, Evolution nonetheless derives a significant fraction of its revenue from conventional online casino content, mainly provided by its subsidiaries. Nolimit City’s signature dark […]
Evolution Accuses Light & Wonder’s RouletteX of Infringing on Lightning Roulette Patents
According to a lawsuit filed in Nevada District Court, Light & Wonder (LNW) violated Evolution’s intellectual property, infringed on its patents, and misappropriated “highly valuable trade secrets” with the release of RouletteX, which the lawsuit claims is “strikingly similar” to Evolution’s Lightning Roulette. The timeline of the alleged events in the case paints an interesting picture […]
Evolution’s Crazy Time Live Dealer Game Show Launches in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Summer has come to Pennsylvania, and with it, the launch of Evolution’s most popular live dealer game show, Crazy Time. Because West Virginia online casinos stream their live dealer games from the studios in Pennsylvania, the game is now available in that state, too. Crazy Time has been a breakout success for Evolution in international markets and made its US […]
Evolution Seeks Approval for Dedicated Live Dealer Studio Building in Atlantic City
To handle growing user demand for live dealer games, Evolution plans to build a $75 million studio campus in New Jersey, which could employ as many as 2,000 people when it opens in 2026. Attorney Lloyd Levenson of Cooper Levenson, representing Evolution, unveiled the plan during the May 21 Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) meeting. […]
Live Dealer Video Poker Coming to Pennsylvania Next Week as Flurry of New Games by Evolution Continues
Live dealer video poker is now available in the US for the first time, having launched in Pennsylvania. Evolution, the leading US supplier of live dealer products to online casinos, introduced the new product as part of the ongoing and rapid expansion of its offerings in the Keystone State. Evolution Live Dealer Video Poker was […]