PlayChip, a new Universal Gaming Token has listed on cryptocurrency exchanges Independent Reserve, HitBTC and LATOKEN following its first integration into operational partner PlayUp’s gaming platform. The ERC20 token commenced trading on Australia’s first regulated cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve, as well as top ten exchanges HitBTC, and LATOKEN earlier this week. “This has been a fantastic week for the PlayChip,” Daniel Simic, …
UK sports betting platform provider Metric Gaming has partnered Bethard Group for the launch of the Hard Metrics joint venture sports betting and iGaming turn key solution for the US market. Under the terms of the J.V., Metric Gaming will provide a full sports betting solution with focus on American sports as well as Metric’s own proprietary golf, racing and just-launched …
Thai authorities have arrested sixteen people for the illegal operation of online gambling sites following coordinated raids across across six provinces. Police named sbotded, sbolucky666, sbohero888 and sure999 as among those websites identified. “Their [online gambling operations] combined cash flow is over Bt300 million [GBP 7.3 million],” Pol Lt-General Surachate Hakparn, chief of Thailand’s Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression, …
Evoplay Entertainment will showcase its second fully 3D / VR in-browser enabled slot title ‘Sprinkle’ at ICE 2019. Sprinkle takes players on a VR enhanced, 3D-dive into a psychedelic world of luminescent mushrooms, enveloped by an accompanying soundtrack of dreamy music to enhance the unique gaming experience. Features include wild substitutions and a range of free …
EndZone Payout, a new Instant-Virtual Football game developed by IWG and Inspired Entertainment has gone live with its first operator, the Michigan State Lottery. The sports-themed virtual scratch ticket uses a video clip of a single football play as an engaging way to reveal the outcome of a simple symbol match lottery game. Shannon DeHaven, Deputy Commissioner of Digital Operations …
In a letter to Indian customers, Betfair reportedly advised it would cease operations in the market from January 28, 2019 but refrained from offering any explanation of the decision. Betfair was picked out, along with numerous other offshore betting operators, back in November 2018 by the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) in a letter to India’s Prime Minister Modi. The …
Norsk Rikstoto’s commercial director Carl Fredrik Stenstrøm will step down from his position after 18 years to act as general secretary of the new Norwegian industry association for online gambling founded by Gaming Innovation Group, Betsson, ComeOn and Kindred Group. The association aims to bring the Norwegian monopoly in line with EU regulations and will actively lobby for an open licensing …
Software developer Playson has appointed Lars Kollind as Business Development Manager based in Malta. Kollind, who is tasked with spearheading Playson’s operational portfolio’s strategic expansion plans, joins the company from Global Gaming Group where he served as Head of B2B. Prior to this tenure, he served as Global Sales Director at Aspire Global. Ivan Farrugia, Managing Director at Playson …
Market research firm, Motivaction, has released results from a survey on illegal gambling commissioned by Holland Casino. According to the responses of 15,000 adults, illegal gambling has increased 20 percent in the past two years equating to 1.8 million online gamblers creating turnover of an estimated Euro 600 million which would have generated upwards of Euro 175 …
The Slovakian Parliament has reportedly over-ruled President Andreja Kiska’s veto on, and adopted new gambling law, local media report. The veto was over-ruled with the support of numerous opposition MP’s, and the new law which sets out a licensing and regulatory framework for gambling, was adopted. The legislation opens the market to foreign operators within the European Union effectively …
Band of Mission Indians-owned Pala Interactive and SBTech have entered into a five-year strategic agreement following a competitive tender. Under the terms, SBTech’s sportsbook will be integrated into Pala Interactive’s online platform and made available to existing and future platform partners, further increasing its reach and growth across North America. SBTech’s sportsbook solution will initially launch with two online …
Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive jackpot has been hit after the jackpot prize eclipsed 20 million this week for the first time in history. A brief update on the Mega Moolah website shows a life-changing jackpot hit of CA$20,059,287.27 (GBP 11,631,708) won by an extremely fortunate Zodiac Casino customer.
Habanero has launched its latest slot title ‘Hot Hot Fruit’, a 3×5 classic style slot with a modern twist. The ‘Hot Hot’ feature is triggered at random during any spin. Six free games are triggered if three or more Wild symbols appear left to right. Toni Karapetrov, Head of Corporate Communications at Habanero, said: “The …
Betlion has partnered Incentive Games (formerly Premier Punt Group) for the launch of free to play games across Africa. The deal will initially involve the launch of a new Betlion App rolling out two of IG’s flagship products, a single game fantasy football competition and a correct score predictor game with the potential for more …
Australian technology and data provider Genius Tech Group (GTG) has partnered DraftKings for the launch of “the world’s largest-ever Squares game” ahead of Super Bowl LIII. The free-to-play game is based on the Squares game concept familiar to American Football parties with contestants not requiring any betting knowledge to participate. Contestants pick squares from a …
EveryMatrix has launched OddsMatrix e-sports betting services providing real-time coverage of leading game titles and tournaments. The new service is part of the OddsMatrix current offering which includes Data Feeds, a Fully-managed Sportsbook, and Feed Aggregation technology. EveryMatrix’s e-Sports offering provides 50+ tournaments with 1200+ pre-live events and 400+ live events per month, with 60+ …
888 Holdings has become the 16th operator approved to operate online casino and the second to operate poker following license awards from Portuguese regulator Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ). 888’s Portugal-facing site at 888.pt is already live with online casino games. Poker will follow in the near future.
William Hill PLC has received all the requisite gaming and regulatory approvals relating to its exclusive nation-wide partnership for digital and land-based sports betting and online gaming in the United States with Eldorado Resorts Inc. In connection with closing of the transaction, Eldorado has been issued with 13,430,434 fully paid ordinary shares of 10p each …
Platform services provider FSB has signed up for Lottoland’s turnkey B2B lottery betting service. Richard Thorp, FSB’s business development director, said: “Our platform is raising the bar for engaging product portfolios, driving the sector forward via creative features for online, mobile and retail. Needless to say, Lottoland’s games are a natural fit.” Lottoland offers betting …
Online social casino and real-money B2B gaming provider, Pala Interactive has launched social casino and poker for the current ClubWPT sweepstakes-based subscription poker offering. Players can use virtual currency to play casino games including blackjack, video poker and a number of slot machines. In addition, virtual currency poker ring games, sit and go’s and tournaments …
Online casino aggregator Iforium has integrated and launched the full suite of Play’n GO titles on its Gameflex casino platform. Titles include Raging Rex, Street Magic and Book of Dead. “Play’n GO are highly regarded in the industry for their innovative content and their addition to Gameflex fits our strategy of offering the best portfolio …
GameArt has penned a content supply deal with BGames for the Italian market. “Italy is a well-established online gaming market and we expect further growth in the future with demand from operators there increasing year-on-year,” Maja Lozej, CEO of GameArt said.
In a brief media statement, Betway refuted multiple media reports that it was under investigation by Belgian authorities saying it had not received any communication from the Belgian Gaming Commission that this is the case. Our readers will recall those reports indicated that Betway had been criticised by Belgian authorities for alleged links to various …
Stakelogic has signed two content supply deals this week with Leander Games and SkillonNet. Leander Games has integrated a selection of Stakelogic titles to its LeGa RGS gateway API. Titles include Book of Adventure, Classic Joker5 Reels and branded game Hardwell. Steven Matsell, CEO Leander Games: “We were able to grow the business for three …