NetEnt has entered Denmark for the first time with the launch of its full Live Portfolio with Mr Green who will offer Danish customers a range of network tables, including Live Roulette, Standard Blackjack and Common Draw Blackjack. Mr Green will also offer NetEnt’s Live Beyond Live games, a tailor made, fully customizable multi table casino environment from the innovative …
Online gambling software and games developer Pragmatic Play has been granted a B2B supplier licence by the Government of Gibraltar. The licence will allow Gibraltar-licenced operators to integrate Pragmatic Play’s portfolio of regularly updated games, said chief commercial officer Melissa Summerfield in a company statement Monday. “Gibraltar is a renowned jurisdiction and this licence represents a crucial step for us …
Online casino games and software supplier Playn GO has partnered with RoyalCasino to boosts its presence in the Danish market, providing the Danish operator with a new casino platform. The Danish operator has migrated to Play’nGO’s fully-scalable GAT platform, and now has access to a wide-range of games from third-party providers, as well as Playn …
Online casino content supplier Realistic Games has launched games into Denmark for the first time with bet365. Announcing the partnership Monday, Realistic said that the agreement will assist both companies with their growth strategy in the regulated market following a long-established relationship in the UK and other territories. Realistics first batch of games, including Time …
Malta-based online lottery supplier Helio Gaming announced Monday that it has teamed up with Microsoft to use the Azure cloud platform. Helio is one of the first companies within iGaming to use the platform and benefit from its scalable hosted system, along with lottery operator partners. Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based computing service that supports …
Chinese workers taking online gambling jobs in the Philippines from the locals is once again creating heated debate in the nation following last week’s police action in Pasig City, which resulted in the detention of over a hundred individuals on online gambling charges, 87 of them Chinese nationals (see previous report). On Friday Sen. Joel …
Whilst October online gambling figures from Atlantic City licensees shone (see previous reports) the same cannot be said for the Q3-2018 results to end September released Friday by the New Jersey Division for Gaming Enforcement which told a tale of revenue growth but double-digit profit decline. The period saw two new licensees entering the market …
Online gambling software and platform provider Tain has expanded its lottery and jackpot offering, signing a new partnership agreement with Maltas rapidly emerging games provider Spinola. The agreement will raise the number of slot games available on Tains aggregator platform to almost 3,000. Spinolas engagement will deliver a brand new vertical taking Tain deep into …
Completing a steady program of disinvestment from online gambling giant Playtech plc in order to finance his property and e-commerce ambitions, Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi confirmed Friday that he has sold off the last 15,193,489 shares held by his Brickington Trading Ltd personal investment firm. Over the last few weeks, Brickington Trading Ltd has been …
Multi-operator brand GVC has unveiled Yggdrasil Gaming’s new slot Time Travel Tigers this week, adding the 5-reel, 25 pay-line slot to its portfolio of games later this month ahead of the busiest time of the year for gaming. The highly original title introduces players to Dr Tigerstein, a scientific genius who has invented a time …
Irish betting companies received a reprieve, albeit temporary, late Thursday when minister of finance Paschal Donohoe announced that the government’s plan to increase betting tax from 1 percent to 2 percent of turnover has been placed on hold pending a review of its impact. Our readers will recall recent protests particularly among independent bookmakers that …
The controversial new ITV television drama Cleaning Up takes as its central theme gambling and addiction as it follows the ill-starred progress of a City office cleaner and struggling mum of two (played by political drama star Sheridan Smith). Careless disposal of sensitive corporate information presents the lead character, a gambling-addicted office cleaner called Sam, …
The draft budget tabled in Macau’s Legislative Assembly Wednesday projects that gambling companies operating on the island will pay government gaming tax of MOP 91 billion (US$ 11.3 million) next year. Leong Vai Tac, the secretary for the Economy and Finance, told lawmakers that the gaming tax revenue represents an increase of MOP 10.5 billion …
Thursday saw no let-up in the online gambling raids by Philippines police officers focused on dismantling a internet gambling ring operating in Pasig City, according to local media reports. Police chief director Guillermo Eleazar, told local reporters that a raid was successfully mounted at 1 pm on Thursday with 104 individuals detained, 93 of whom …
Online gambling games developer SoftGamings has announced a partnership with Yggdrasil Gaming as it supplies top-performing casino slots and table games in its portfolio. Yggdrasil remains driven by a strong passion for developing outstanding games, whilst Softgamings: has circa 40 top game providers contributing to its portfolio of games, and offers a unified API Integration …
One step forward and two back appears to be the manner in which New York daily fantasy sports is developing following last month’s New York Supreme Court finding that DFS contests are illegal gambling under the state constitution and not games of skill. The finding completely undermined the state legislation signed into law in 2016 …
A new report on gambling published Thursday has prompted the UK Gambling Commission to urge parents and the industry to strengthen the protection of minors. The 2018 Young People and Gambling report reveals that gambling participation by 11 to 16 year olds has increased in the past 12 months but remains lower compared to all …
Malta based slot supplier Booming Games and GAN have agreed to team up and distribute Booming Games portfolio of slot games to the GAN platform and its operators in various regulated markets. The portfolio comprises of more than 30 HTML5 slot games including popular titles like Booming Seven Deluxe, Sugar Skulls and latest release Astro …
Encouraging industry news from Brazil this week is that the Chamber of Deputies in the National Assembly has progressed Provisional Measure 846/18, which formalises plans for the distribution of revenue raised through the countrys national lottery Loterias Caixa (Lotex). The approval covers both land and online sports betting, setting a two-year window in which the …
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has released the results of a survey undertaken to identify and understand the existing skills gap in the gaming industry in Malta. The survey was conducted by the MGAs Information Unit during the first quarter of 2018 and run amongst its remote gaming licensees. Key highlights from the survey include: …
iGaming firm Global Gaming has appointed Niklas Jönsson as chief financial officer to succeed Christoffer Tell. Tell will take on an advisory role until February 2018 as Jönsson takes up the chief financial officer role from January 1, 2019. Jönsson joins the firm from Evolution Gaming Malta.
Betfred has secured a new three-year title sponsorship of the Professional Darts Corporations (PDC) second longest-running tournament, the World Matchplay. Next years tournament runs from July 20-28 and will enjoy a GBP 200,000 increase in prize money to a record GBP 700,000. “We have always enjoyed a great working relationship with Barry Hearn so I …
UK independent game studio Live 5 Gaming has launched Live 5 Premium described as next generation online content. The studio, who has an existing relationship with SG Digital, is focussing on levelling up its content offering to focus on premium gaming. The content upgrade reflects Live 5s massive investment in game design and production, CEO …
The South African Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has adopted a shortened version of the National Gambling Amendment Bill which maintains the ban on online gaming but permits online sports betting. The Department of Trade and Industry had previously introduced a comprehensive amendment bill, however, the committee resolved to deal with three technical issues …