British developer Bee-Fee Games has partnered Bulgarian platform provider WeAreCasino for the distribution of its games suite. Bee-Fee Head of Business Development, Claudia Melcaru, said: “We at BeeFee are excited to see new operators recognising the quality of our games and asking for our product.”
Hard Rock International has turned to Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) for the supply of an omni-channel sportsbook to its New Jersey online casino following the signing of a Letter of Intent back in October 2018. Players in New Jersey will soon be able to place bets online at HardRockCasino.com, on mobile via the Hard Rock Casino iOS and …
It’s Christmas all the way in NetEnt’s newest seasonal release ‘Jingle Spin’. Christmas characters and decorations take over the reels in Jingle Spin, along with the loud and quirky Santa Claus and his elves. Players collect baubles to unlock a series of festive features in this 5-reel, 20-fixed payline game including a free spin mode with infinite …
GameArt is readying the launch of its newest, karaoke-themed, slot ‘Night at KTV’ on December 4, 2018. Players leave their inhibitions at the door as they take centre stage for a night of singing and dancing in this five-reel, 15-payline game. Features include exploding winnings symbols, cascading combos, and a bonus “One & Six” dice game.
Sweden’s Lotterinspektionen, soon to be known as Spelinspektionen, has issued the first sixteen licenses of 95 applications it received for permission to operate in the newly re-regulated market at the start of 2019. The sixteen licenses comprise: Betsson Group brands Betsson, NordicBet and SverigeAutomaten, licensed for gaming and betting. AB Svenska Spel for gaming. AB Trav and …
Australian framework sets 10 minimum standards for online betting operators and clears the way for a full self-exclusion scheme. Australian federal Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher announced Thursday that all Australian states and territories have now signed off on the new National Consumer Protection Framework, a concept that has taken years to bring to fruition …
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_p4vMAQG5t8 The new slot Sugar Glider from Prague-based developer Endorphina uses an unusual theme based on the squirrel-like pet that is becoming increasingly popular in Australia. The game graphics have distinct Asia Pacific undertones ranging from boomerangs to exotic tropical fruits from that region. Endorphina has built an animated story around the theme in which …
Wednesday’s sitting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) approved two more interactive gambling applications from international online poker giant PokerStars in partnership with the Mount Airey land casino company, and from Mohegan Sun Pocono. The PokerStars petition was for a full range of online gambling verticals including poker, whilst Mohegan Sun Pocono applied for …
The Brussels-based European Gaming and Betting Association, a trade body that includes most of Europe’s major operators among its membership, issued a statement with some interesting 2017 industry statistics in it Thursday. EGBA’s clients boast over 12 million active punters (2.4 percent of Europe’s population) using sites licensed in 19 EU member states which processed …
Joining the Christmas games release line-up this week with its new Leprechaun Carol slot is developer Pragmatic Play. Featuring three separate reel modifiers, including a wild modifier, cash prize modifier and giant symbols, Leprechaun Carol offers players reward opportunities that include three engaging bonus features, including free spins, coin collector and giant symbol modes. The …
This (Thursday) morning the UK Gambling Commission underlined its warnings to online casino licensees to ensure they are compliant with regulations by publishing details of further sanctions it has placed on two more operators, Videoslots and Casumo, following reviews of their operating licenses. In Casumo’s case the Commission imposed a hefty GBP 5.85 million penalty …
Christmas characters and festive season decorations take over the reels in NetEnt’s latest slot launched this week and titled Jingle Spin, together with the loud and quirky Santa Claus pulling the lever for players as they collect baubles to unlock a series of festive features. The 5-reel, 3-row, 20-fixed lines video slot celebrates the holiday …
The land and online gambling industry in the Philippines was accused this week of making the country more “susceptible to money laundering, fraud, and other illegal activities,” in a fiery address by Senator Leila de Lima. Launching her Senate Resolution 953, which calls on government to review and reform land and online gambling, the Senator …
The debate over whether loot boxes in video games can be defined as betting continued in the United States this week with an undertaking by Federal Trade Commission chairman Joseph Simons to investigate the issue and present a report to Commissioners. Senator Maggie Hassan appears to be driving the debate, claiming that the use of …
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has unilaterally set itself up as a shield against problem gambling, imposing restrictions on the use of its credit cards in online gambling transactions. This week Shayne Elliot, the CEO of the bank, one of Australia’s largest, said that management has decided that its cardholders may not …
Wednesday’s meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board saw more transactional waivers granted to gambling companies under the state’s more liberalised online gambling dispensation. During its public hearing, the PGCB granted the sports betting operator petitions of Rush Street Interactive and Sports Information Services, Limited (SIS). The former group is the in-house division for Rush …
Australian daily fantasy sports provider PlayUp has made its first major move since acquiring the DraftStars brand from CrownBet in April this year (see previous report), launching an Indian DFS site branded DraftStars.in and offering real-money action to Indian DFS fans. In a press release just a week on from the Indian launch, PlayUp says …
The U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) has signed its first betting data deal with Sportradar and Genius Sports. Beginning this NBA season, Sportradar and Genius Sports have gained the non-exclusive right to distribute official NBA betting data to licensed sports betting operators in the U.S. Genius Sports and Sportradar said they will work closely with the NBA to ensure those …
iGaming solutions provider Aspire Global has been granted a sportsbook license by Ireland’s licensing authority, the Irish Revenue Commissioners. This is Aspire’s seventh license and enables the company to expand its sports vertical into another regulated market. The company expects to receive its eighth license from the Swedish gambling authority in the near future. “We are excited to …
Omni-channel content provider NSoft has partnered Romanian operator PowerBet for the delivery of its Live Betting MTS which supplies odds from Betradar. The fully automated and integrated service will offer PowerBet customers live betting sports and markets along with its Live Odds application supplying realtime odds updates. NSoft’s live sports betting package covers 18 different sports and includes 20.000 live matches and …
A Scottish online Lottoland customer is set for a fabulous Christmas after mistaking a GBP 1 million jackpot win for GBP 1,000. Identified as Mrs Fox, the punter told the Lottoland representative that her online scratch card win of GBP 1000 would help towards Christmas, which was followed by total disbelief when the rep explained she had actually …
Microgaming debuted Roulette at Malta industry exhibition SIGMA this week. The table game was developed exclusively for the company by Ipswich-based independent creator Switch Studios and is the first of a full suite of new table games being developed exclusively for Microgaming.
Turnkey solutions provider Chippy Software and Play’n GO have entered into a strategic partnership in which they will collaborate on the development of new content. The partnership will extend from content development to supporting good causes, a press statement reads. “The goal of our partnership with Play’n GO is to be the best of the best. As they are …
SG Digital has rolled out its newly-enhanced Managed Trading Service (MTS) with Caesars Entertainment Corporation (Caesars) in New Jersey and Mississippi. The enhancements follow the rapid integration of SG Digital’s newly-acquired Don Best platform. Caesars sportsbooks will benefit from additional betting and pricing services, along with real-time event data solutions which complement the OpenBet™ sportsbook that already powers Caesars’ online, mobile and retail …