The United States commercial gaming industry reported a notable increase in its monthly performance for February, with US gambling revenue climbing 4.6 percent compared to the same period last year. According to the latest Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker from the American Gaming Association, the industry generated total monthly revenue of 4 billion dollars. This growth was largely supported by the resilience of traditional land based casinos and a significant surge in the digital gaming sector. Traditional brick and mortar casino operations saw a 3.9 percent year over year increase in revenue. A key driver for this segment was the performance…

Contractor UK – British computer games programmers are increasingly being head-hunted by US and Canadian companies whose pockets may be deeper, risking a “brain drain” of UK IT talent. Issuing this warning, Procorre said that more than half of the online gaming job adverts aimed at UK programmers were for jobs in North America, where the consultancy firm says pay might be higher. Only a fifth of the adverts are for gaming posts in the UK, slightly behind the chunk that is aimed at UK programmers but relates to openings in mainland Europe, the firm said. Its geographic analysis of…