Aristocrat’s Big Fish Games social gaming subsidiary has a new leader following the appointment of former Electronic Arts and Zynga executive Jeff Karp as managing director and president. Aristocrat acquired Seattle-based Big Fish Games for $990 million earlier this year (see previous reports) and the company has been managed since then by Jeff Goldstein, Aristocrat’s …
The agreement between Malta provider Authentic Gaming and the Connecticut-based Foxwoods land casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot tribe to livestream real money casino action internationally (see previous reports) has gone live…but Foxwoods will not presently profit financially from the venture. Foxwoods’ executive director of online gaming, Seth Young, explained to local reporters this week …
It looks as though the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue had thrown land casino operators in the state a bone in the form of mild restrictions on how the state i-Lottery markets its online games, whilst rejecting their appeal that the games be discontinued altogether. Our readers may recall last week’s report that the casino operators …
The latest online slot from Iron Dog Studios, a 5 reel 28 pay-line game with a Chinese mythology theme titled Si Xiang goes live with licensees on July 4. Relevant sound effects and bright graphics set the theme with symbols that include colourful dragons, birds, tigers and (of all things) a tortoise which is Wild. …
A 35-year-old Taiwanese man, identified only as Chang, has been arrested for operating illegal online betting websites in Taipei since January 2018 from his home. Authorities said the man had accepted wagers amounting to 40 million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), or GBP 996,541, on FIFA related football betting over the past two weeks through the …
Dublin-based betting technology firm Banach Technology Limited, founded in 2015, has raised Euro 2.2 million in enterprise seed funding which it will use to both expand product development and double its staff complement. The company offers clients product, pricing and risk management streams of data in the sports gaming sector. Banach Technology is led by …
Cherry AB has become the ninth licensed operator in the Polish market following a sportsbetting license award from Poland’s Ministry of Development and Finance, a process that reportedly took six months. The online sportsbook operates under Cherry Online Polska Sp. z.o.o., with its headquarters in Warsaw. Other license awards comprise: Fortuna, Milennium, TotoLotek S.A., E-Toto, forBET, LV Bet …
Nolimit City launched its neon—futuristic, Asian-themed slot title ‘Coins of Fortune’ this past week. Set in the fast-paced cities of Tokyo, Beijing and Shang-Hai – this is the first Asian-themed title from the developer. It’s a five by three-reel, 20 lines slot machine offering the tree stacked symbol ‘Dragon Nudge’ and the walking wild feature known …
SBTech has secured its second major US partnership after Churchill Downs with Resorts Casino Hotel (RCH) for the provision of sports betting services across online and on-property channels in the New Jersey market, subject to regulatory approvals. Under the terms of the deal, RCH will launch SBTech’s sportsbook solution including a fully integrated on-property and omni-channel offering, backed …
The Betmakers Holdings Limited (TBH) (formerly TopBetta Holdings) has completed the sale of its retail businesses TopBetta and Mad Bookie to PlayUp Limited for a $6 million consideration, which will be paid in two tranches. “Completion of the Sale allows TBH to focus on rolling out its plans to be the preferred wholesale supplier of smarter data feeds and B2B wagering solutions …
Colombian regulator Coljuegos has authorised the twelfth online gaming operator, apuestalo.co, owned by Royal Betting Solutions SAS. apuestalo.co. joins wplay.co, betplay.com.co, colbet.co, zamba.co, codere.com.co, mijugada.co, masgol.co, luckia. co, sportium.com.co, rushbet.co, aquijuego.co and apuestalo.co in the market. Coljuegos revealed approximately 870,000 players have registered with licensed operators in the lead up to the Football World Cup, an increase of 35 …
Online operator W88 has been named Leicester City Football Club’s (LCFC) Official Betting Partner for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 Premier League seasons. W88 will gain brand exposure through pitch-side LED advertising, LCFC marketing activities and club-experiences. “We are very proud to partner with Leicester City Football Club, who have experienced incredible worldwide growth since winning the Premier League in …
Wazdan is the latest content provider to be signed up by iGaming Platform (iGP). Under the terms of the deal, Wazdan will supply its full HTML5 slots portfolio via iGaming Platform’s Game Hub aggregation platform. Wazdan omni-channel titles, including Football Mania Deluxe, Magic Stars 3, Wild Guns, Jumping Fruits, Magic Fruits Deluxe, Dracula’s Castle, Fenix Play Deluxe and Bars & …
Curacao-licensed, Bosnian-language online casino operator Dobrobet has announced its removal of pirated Playtech and NetEnt games following an expose by casino affiliate Latest Casino Bonuses (LCB). The outfit carried a range of unlicensed pirated games which it took down shortly after an article by LCB but not before allegedly throwing legal threats at the affiliate. However, a cursory glance at their ‘about us’ page still …
In its latest annual report, the Malta Gambling Authority (MGA) delivered a 6 percent rise in licence fees, gaming tax and other administrative fees and fines for a total revenue of Euro 66.3 million in 2017 (2016: Euro 62.5 million). The direct contribution of the gaming industry to the Maltese economy was valued at Euro 1.1 billion …
Playtech’s trading update earlier today (Monday) voicing concerns regarding competition in the Asian market (see previous report) have been interpreted as the group’s second profit warning this year, triggering a 23 percent decline in share price Monday morning on the London exchange. In early trading, shares were down 23 per cent at 580p. The bank …
Online gambling games and software provider NetEnt has at last released its much hyped and anticipated blockbuster online slot Jumanji, themed on the beloved classic film of the same title from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The unique branded 5 reel game combines the classic board game with video slots and unleashes a rhino stampede, wild monkeys, …
Live dealer technology provider Evolution Gaming is off to a fast start in the soon-to-be-liberalised Swedish gambling market, announcing this week that it has secured a deal to provide live casino gambling to the established and primarily horse racing Swedish group AB Trav och Galopp (ATG). The company says it will be ready to go …
The latest HTML5 slot from Realistic Games is a five reel, twenty pay-line game with a futuristic theme titled Clockwork Mice, which has been released across desktop and mobile channels this week. The theme features a space age inspired world populated by tiny automatons and backs a slot with wilds, scatters, up to 24 re-triggering …
The American Gaming Association has announced that its general counsel and VP industry services, Stacy Papadopoulos (47), will act as CEO until a replacement for departing Geoff Freeman is found. Our readers will recall that Freeman resigned last month and is to join the Grocery Manufacturers Association on August 1 as CEO and president. Last …
In a trading update issued Monday, online gambling technology and games provider Playtech plc reported that revenues have continued to rise. In business-to-business operations the company reported that average daily revenue on a year-to-date basis excluding Asia is up 7 percent compared with the same period last year, and up 12 percent in Q2-2018 vs. …
Two former Playtech managers, Amir Askarov and Dan Fischer, have launched what they claim is a revolutionary online gambling marketing platform designed to allow operators to create differentiation by using the full power of jackpots, thus driving player engagement. Titled Blue Ribbon, the platform allows operators to create, customise and control bespoke jackpots that are …
Finnplay, the Finnish-based open gaming platform provider, announced Sunday that the company has been awarded a Class II licence in the regulated Romanian market by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). The licence will enable the company to deliver its Billfold platform services to Class 1 Operating licensed holders in the country. Martin Prantner, the …
Gross gaming revenue in Macau for the month of June amounted to MOP22.49 billion (US$2.78 billion), up 12.5 percent year-on-year but lower than expectations by analysts of a 17-21 percent range. Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) revealed the latest numbers on Sunday, noting that the amount recorded in June 2018 represents a 11.8 …