Portugal’s regulatory authority Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) has awarded its thirteenth online sports betting license to SAS Apostas Sociais, Jogos e Apostas Online, S.A. (SAS). SAS’ majority share holder, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML), has timeously launched placard.pt, powered by Playtech and offering betting on 22 …
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed Assembly Bill 4111 allowing sports betting at New Jersey casinos and racetracks. “Today, we’re finally making the dream of legalized sports betting a reality for New Jersey,” Murphy said. “I’m thrilled to sign Assembly Bill 4111 because it means that our casinos in Atlantic City and our racetracks …
Malta-licensed online casino Freaky Vegas, operated by Glimmer Ltd, has gone live in the UK market. Powered by FSB Tech, Freaky Vegas marks the first casino-only roll-out by the platform provider. The new online operation offers a range of content from top providers including NetEnt, Yggdrasil Gaming, EGT and Portomaso Live. Lucas Godwin, co-founder of Freaky Vegas, said: …
NetEnt launched its 5-reel, three-row video slot Witchcraft Academy™ today (Monday). The slot is themed on an ancient and mysterious school of magic, brimming with secrets and spells in which players are invited to join Efora the Witch and Earthan the Wizard in their quest for treasure supported by Wild substitutions, an Element Bonus, Scatters and Free Spins …
In a public announcement, Spanish regulator La Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DOGJ) has called for collaboration among gaming operators in maintaining integrity in sports betting during the World Cup of Football Russia 2018. The DGOJ, together with the National Police and other sports bodies, form part of the “Copenhagen Group” which was constituted in July …
Betway Limited has bolstered its board with the promotion of Roger Parkes as Director of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs. Parkes has served as Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs for Win Technologies, part of the Betway Group, for the past three years. Anthony Werkman, CEO of Betway, said: “It is vitally important that as the regulatory and compliance landscape evolves …
Middlesbrough Football Club (MFC) has inked its biggest commercial sponsorship deal to date with Kindred Group’s 32Red brand. The three-year deal with the second-tier English soccer side sees 32Red the primary sponsor of the club’s playing kit until the end of the 2020/21 season. As part of the deal, Kindred Group’s Unibet brand will feature on MFC’s training kit. “32Red …
NetEnt has launched a daily jackpot campaign that will leverage the excitement of the Football World Cup Russia 2018. Offering Euro 1,000,000-worth of cash prizes, the Mega Million Campaign will run on NetEnt’s Hall of Gods™ and Mega Fortune™ titles between June 14 and July 15. The campaign comprises two parts, the first of which offers punters a chance to win a …
Colombian regulator Coljuegos has authorised a tenth online betting operator RushBet.co. Rushbet.co joins wplay, betplay, colbet, zamba, codere, mijugado, masgol, luckia and sportium in the regulated market. “These companies certified the fulfilment of the indicated financial, legal and technical requirements, with which both the operators and Coljuegos guarantee Colombian bettors security,” Juan Pérez Hidalgo, president of Coljuegos, said. In …
South African-based gambling operator HollywoodBets has expanded its three-year relationship with BetGames.TV in a deal that will see the suppliers full suite of nine casino games integrated on HollywoodBets’ international platform. HollywoodBets has gone live with BetGames.TV’s Bet on Poker, Bet on Baccarat, War of Bets, Dice, Dice Duel, Wheel of Fortune and the lottery games Lucky 5, Lucky …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has announced its acquisition of a Romanian National Gambling Office Class II licence, the latest in a series of successful international licensing applications as the company seeks to expand its activities in regulated jurisdictions. Building on its investment in independent certification across regulated markets such as Denmark and Italy, Betsoft …
The exit poll predictions by Swiss research institute gfs.bern on Sunday (see previous report) proved to be accurate that evening when the official figures for the referendum confirmed that the tough gambling reforms passed by parliament received support from 73 percent vs. 23 percent of votes against – mainly from younger demographics. The voter turn-out …
The Swiss referendum Sunday has been completed, and will deliver affirmation of two key laws supported by the government: Voters approved parliament’s gambling reform proposals, and rejected the sovereign money proposal which would have seen new money issuance confined to the central bank, a situation to which government was opposed. That’s what exit polls conducted …
US media over the weekend carried the story of New Jersey accountant Tayeb Souami’s $302 million win on the Powerball lottery, revealing that it all started by chance when he bought what his wife felt was an overpriced bottle of orange juice from a convenience store. Returning the product, a Powerball poster advertising the latest …
Online gambling games developer Quickspin is set to release its next, and it claims its most ambitious yet, online slot – a five reel, 20 pay-line game titled Dwarfs Gone Wild that has an almost bewildering but definitely entertaining range of animated and interactive action as it presents an entirely different take on Snow White …
The Golden Nugget online casino in Atlantic City has reported that a New Jersey online punter named Amy hit a $240,026 jackpot on the Divine Fortune progressive slot this week….on a stake of just $2. The player, who lives in North Jersey, is a newcomer to online gambling and won the windfall just ten days …
Friday’s acceptance by the British Horse Racing Authority of the new horse racing levy, which now includes mandatory 10 percent revenue contributions from online gambling firms taking bets on horse races, is likely to boost the Association’s coffers from the previous scheme’s GBP 54.5 million (2015-16 figures), to a 2017-18 benefit that could be as …
Gibraltar-based secondary lottery Lottoland will be relying on its insurance policies to help pay-out a record GBP 90 million win secured by a Lottoland punter in Germany this week. Lottoland said that the prize will be paid out through the firm’s insurance model, with the Fortuna PCC that accesses efficient risk capital through a series …
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy kept sports betting operators in suspense Friday, eventually dashing hopes for an immediate commencement of sports betting by explaining that his administration was still reviewing the law, passed overwhelmingly by the state Legislature earlier in the week (see previous reports). However, the governor sounded positive about the new law, enacted …
UK National Lottery operator Camelot has reported a year-on-year increase in sales, with digital sales performing particularly well to reach a record £1.65 billion. Total sales last year were GBP 6.95 billion, up GBP 26.4 million. On the digital front mobile sales reached unprecedented sales of GBP 700.6 million – more than 40 percent of …
Paddy Power Betfair has joined the US sports betting rush with agreements to provide retail, online and mobile sports betting with Meadowlands racetrack in New Jersey and harness racing venue Tioga Downs in New York, taking early advantage oif the liberalisation of US sports betting following the recent US Supreme Court decision to strike down …
The latest online slot release from BetSoft Gaming is scheduled to go live on June 29 and takes the player back to the ancient Greek era. Titled Golden Owl of Athena, the theme celebrates Grecian respect for the owl as a source of wisdom, a custom that has survived to the modern age, supporting a …
The Swedish gambling reform bill that will open up the online market in the Nordic nation was approved Thursday in parliament on a vote of 282 vs. 19 against. The bill will introduce a licensing system for online gambling with a tax rate of 18 percent of gross gambling revenue, and comes into force on …
Despite last month’s Australian House of Representatives vote to ban “synthetic” lotteries like Lottoland (see previous reports) the campaign against the prohibition is being vigorously pursued by the company, which this week revealed that it has accumulated almost 16,000 signatures on a petition against the ban. Lottoland’s feisty chief executive, Luke Brill, told local media …