UK-based developer Realtime Games as leveraged interest in fantasy football to raise GBP 600,000 in a funding round designed to finance the continued development and marketing of its real-time fantasy football mobile game, titled UFL. The project is a first for Realtime and allows fans around the world to connect simultaneously to a live football …
Online gambling group Kindred plc, parent company for operating companies like Unibet, Stan James, and 32Red, has revealed that it is working with augmented (AR), virtual (VR), and mixed reality (MR) firm Zappar to explore the potential of MR in the gambling industry. Zappar has been working with Kindred Futures, the innovation arm of the …
The Remote Gambling Association – a trade body for the online gambling industry – announced Monday that it would urge the UK government to introduce a statutory levy to replace the current system of voluntary funding for research, education, and treatment of problem gambling; and to ensure that the National Responsible Gambling Strategy is properly …
Forum posts from Norwegian players report that they have received bank notifications indicating that the Norwegian regulator Lotteritilsynet has directed that banks must block payments to and from two specific payment processors, and the banks will therefore be returning payments to and from the processors to senders. The bank notifications named Magyar S.R.O (Trustly) and …
Online and instant win games developer IWG reports that it has partnered with Scientific Games and Atlantic Lottery to relaunch the Canadian lottery’s entire online instant win offering. The integration has been made possible through Atlantic Lottery’s Scientific Games partnership, using IWG’s Progressive Play Remote Gaming Server (RGS). The Lottery’s new, omni-channel gaming system from …
Online slot developer Pragmatic Play has agreed a deal with NYX Gaming Group to integrate its entire portfolio onto NYX OGS (Open Gaming System). Under the terms of the deal, Pragmatic Play games including Vegas Nights, Caishen’s Gold and Jurassic Giants will be made available to more than 150 operators, Dylan Slaney, executive vice president, …
Online slots provider Magnet Gaming has agreed a deal to distribute its portfolio of games to Estonian social gaming operator Chanz. The Danish provider’s full suite of HTML5 slots, which are designed to work across a range of platforms, will be made available via www.chanz.com and include titles such as Fish Tank, Gold Rush, Diamond …
NSoft has announced further expansion into the Romanian market with the launch of its set of virtual draw based games Lucky Six, Lucky X and Next Six on the Seven platform. The news follows the supplier’s recent breakthrough into the Polish market with Greyhound Races, Virtual Motorcycle Speedway and Live Betting MTS. All the new …
Live dealer games and technology provider Authentic Gaming has taken possession of its new and expanded office space on the seafront of the Malta town of Selima. The company has gone from three employees when it was founded just two years ago to more than 30 designers, developers, engineers and technicians today, as well as …
Swedish online gambling games developer NetEnt has announced that it is to supply a wide range of its games to the Norwegian national lottery group Norsk Tipping through a distribution agreement with International Game Technology (IGT). Earlier this year, NetEnt participated as a supplier to IGT in the competitive procurement process of Norsk Tipping for …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has added a new online slot to its Classic range, launching Legend of the Nile. The theme, as the title suggests, is based on ancient Egypt – a perennial favourite with players and therefore developers, it appears. It supports a 6×6 grid format cascading reels slot machine, featuring exploding wins …
According to local media reports in Malta over the weekend, cuts in value added tax on gambling come into effect in January…but do not extend to the online sector. The Government Gazette informs that VAT will be lifted January 1 on gambling on the outcome of an event, including sports and the services of bookmakers …
Mobile-first i-gaming platform provider and turnkey operator Cashbet has announced that it has signed a deal with primarily land casino games developer Storm Gaming Technology, to take the latter’s games online. California-based CashBet will use its remote gaming system to distribute SGT content to websites and applications operated both by CashBet’s partners and other companies …
Online gambling games developer Reflex Gaming has announced that it is to renew its previous business engagement with William Hill with the exclusive provision of a new game titled Einstein Eureka Moments. The game, which Reflex says resonates with the interests and preferred playing styles of a U.K. audience, will feature on William Hill Vegas. …
Veteran online gambling games developer RealTime Gaming’s latest slot Asgard is now live at licensee sites, taking players into the often dark world of Nordic mythology and the Norse gods Thor, Odin, and the mischief-maker Loki. The 5 reel, All Ways Pays game has four progressive bonus features that start by awarding free spins with …
Former William Hill executive James Curwen’s November move to Superbet (see previous report) appears to be connected with the emergence of Golden Rock Studios, a new online games developer about which little is at present known. What is known is that Gibraltar-based Superbet (the company originated in Romania) is reportedly invested in the project, which …
Swedish online gambling group Betsson’s Malta operational headquarters has seen some hefty management restructuring moves over the past week, starting with Jesper Svensson’s appointment as acting CEO (since September 2017) confirmed as permanent by the group’s chief executive Pontus Lindwall. Svensson has extensive experience in the i-gaming industry and has been with Betsson since 2013. …
Italy’s overall gambling market continued its phenomenal growth in November, achieving an impressive 78.2 percent year-on-year increase in revenue to Euro 147 million. The online gambling vertical contributed Euro 61 million of that amount, recording a stunning 89 percent year-on-year rise in revenue off turnover of Euro 505.4 million, itself up 30.7 percent year-on-year. That …
Sky Betting and Gaming, a UK-based betting firm that owns ,648,000 ordinary shares of NYX, 412,000 warrants, and 37,400 convertible preference shares in a subsidiary of NYX Gaming, has agreed with NYX and Scientific Games that it will support current SG initiatives to acquire NYX at a share price of Cdn$2,40 per ordinary share. Richard …
The LeoVegas mobile gaming group has, through its wholly owned subsidiary LeoVentures Ltd, signed an agreement to acquire 51 percent of the shares in GameGrounds United AB, which owns the streaming network Casinogrounds.com. The consideration is SEK 30 million, with a potential, maximum earn-out payment of SEK 15 million. Based on LeoVegas’ assessment, the full …
The latest slot release from online and mobile casino content provider, iSoftBet has been launched exclusively with operator LeoVegas. After a few days of exclusive LeoVegas exposure the game will be rolled out to all iSoftbet operators. Eye of the Amulet is a 5×4 reel, 40-line ancient Egyptian-themed game that takes players on a treasure …
German bookmaker Mybet has expanded its services for Ghanaian punters by adding online facilities to its established retail offering in the African country. The company’s retail betting services are offered in partnership with a local business associate and have proved successful, opening up over 120 betting outlets. Markus Peuler, CEO of Mybet Holdings SE said …
On Thursday the New Jersey House of Assembly wasted little time in debating and voting on bill AB 4255, a proposal that state race tracks be permitted to offer internet gambling facilities provided this is done in partnership with Atlantic City casinos (see previous report). Members of the House voted 60 vs. 12 for the …
BML Group, parent of online gambling companies Betsson and Betsafe, has lost its case against the Finnish regulator and national police department in a Finnish court action. The company sought almost $3 million in compensation after regulator and police action resulted in the Apple iStore blocking gambling app sales to Finnish punters. BML questioned whether …