This week’s reportage started on an optimistic note as the gap between the Pennsylvania state Senate and House on a budget funding measure appeared to be closing, but it has ended with acrimony amid reports that the state’s lawmakers are still not agreed on a compromise solution. Confusion appeared to reign in Harrisburg Wednesday, with …
Australian online sportsbook operator TopBetta Holdings has posted its Q3-2017 results, highlighting: * Strong quarterly wagering and tournament turnover of A$54.62 million, up 29 percent on the June 2017 quarter, and up 353 percent year-on-year; * Revenue of A$3.34 million, up by 46 percent on the June 2017 quarter; * Increase in Active Users to …
The gambling industry’s Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (IGRG) was in the news for the second time this week, following its Code of Practice advertising recommendations earlier (see previous report) with exposure to criticism over its study on tackling addiction. The body commissioned the 85-page study from independent research firm Revealing Reality, which in general …
Swedish slots development specialist Quickspin, a Playtech subsidiary, is to supply Norsk Tipping with its HTML5 casino games, the company revealed in a press release Wednesday.. The state-owned Norwegian operator’s players will have access to Quickspin’s most popular titles Big Bad Wolf, Spinions Beach Party, Crystal Queen, and Sevens High from January 2018, with further …
Global Gaming has rolled out a new multi-media advertising campaign for its flagship Ninja online casino brand, marking the largest marketing investment in the operator’s history. The campaign forms a vital element in Global Gaming’s growth strategy, with the company readying its IPO as it plans to list on Nasdaq First North to help fund …
Malta-based ALEA, operator of the virtual reality online casino, SlotsMillion, has significantly strengthened its presence in the UK market following its acquisition of the LadyLucks.co.uk brand from IGT for an undisclosed consideration. ALEA has taken charge of the brand, and has already made major changes by migrating the site to the ALEA platform and increasing …
In a reprise of last month’s damning findings into the use of “fake news” advertorials by affiliate marketers (see previous report) the UK Advertising Standards Authority reprimanded Gala Bingo, a unit in the Ladbrokes Coral group, this week for the same thing. The watchdog again warned that simply terminating the affiliate and denying responsibility for …
Online and mobile casino content provider iSoftBet is inviting players to take to the dance floor and get into the groove with its latest game release, a 5 reel, 20 pay-line slot titled Disco Double. The theme takes players back to sexy ‘seventies and the golden age of disco, where the Disco Double symbol is …
With the death toll now up at more than 59 victims, with another 520 wounded, more detail on Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock (64) has emerged. Media reports indicate that the retired accountant and property developer turned to professional gambling in his retirement and boasted significant earnings from his online and land casino gambling trips. …
Loto Quebec, a gambling monopoly operated by the Canadian provincial government of Quebec, released its FY-2016-2017 results last week, reporting strong growth in revenues from its Espace Jeux online gambling division. Espace Jeux delivered revenue growth of 30 percent year-on-year at Cdn$ 85.9 million, although Loto Quebec appears optimistic that the possible implementation of the …
Online gambling software and games developer Microgaming has previewed two of its forthcoming games on Youtube, the 5 reel, 25 pay-line King Tusk and the 5 reel, 20 pay-line Lucky Links slots. See the previews here:
Quality online gambling slots and table games developer Habanero has signed a content deal with industry white label provider Chippy Software, which will see the latter expand its selection of games with Habanero HTML5 games content. Popular slot titles including The Dead Escape, Fire Rooster, Bird of Thunder, and Panda Panda will soon go live …
Social casino game developer Playtika, itself the subject of a $4.4 billion acquisition by a Chinese business consortium last year (see previous report), has announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based casual games developer Jelly Button Games…its first venture outside of its core social casino gaming business. Although he would not elaborate on the price paid …
Reports on a shooting incident at the Mandalay in Las Vegas were still coming in as we went to press Monday morning, with local media reports indicating that at least two people had been killed and 24 injured. The shootings occurred late Sunday night Vegas-time as the Route 91 Harvest Festival of country music neared …
Seychelles-based Sahara Game Technology (SGT) continued its expansion in Africa this week by announcing the acquisition of John Power Kenya and the rebranding of its BetNSports Kenya under SGT’s new brand SaharaGames.com, a premier sports, virtual sports, gaming and lottery platform for both online and land-based operations. In a company statement, Sahara Game Technology said …
Malta-based i-gaming network Matching Visions has announced the acquisition of three Nordic search engine optimisation websites – speltipset.com, spelpunkten.se and spelprinsen.se. The acquisition of these affiliate marketing operations follows Matching Vision’s earlier purchase of a 30 percent stake in the Betting Gods affiliate enterprise, Leanne Kimmings, search engine optimisation head at Matching Visions, said in …
Playtech’s BGT Sports subsidiary claims that downloads of its BetTracker product have more than doubled since the start of the football season. The innovative app, which allows retail customers to track and cash-out bets on their mobile devices which have been placed on the company’s in-shop SSBTs, even without an account, is currently available in …
Live dealer casino pioneer Authentic Gaming has been awarded a licence by the Romanian National Gambling Office, allowing the company to offer its full suite of products to operators in the market. Authentic Roulette allows land-based operators to live-stream games from roulette tables located on their gaming floors to an unlimited number of online players …
Numbers released by the Macau regulator Sunday show that the gambling island extended its 14-month winning streak in September, delivering gambling revenues of 21.4 billion patacas ($2.66 billion) – a 16.1 percent year-on-year improvement. The outlook for October, which includes a national holiday week in China, looks equally positive; during national holidays, Macau is typically …
Operators and technology and service providers will be mulling a communication this week from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement that warns recent legislative changes in Australia have re-classified that market as illegal in terms of online casino and poker activity…along with sports betting unless they have a valid Aussie licence. Liaison between the …
A Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attack disrupted UK National Lottery sales Saturday night, the operator Camelot has confirmed, revealing that its website was down for over 90 minutes. “Unfortunately, as experienced by many companies, the National Lottery website was subject to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) incident for around 90 minutes this evening …
Asian-facing aspirant online casino operator ETH888 is the latest start-up to propose an Initial Coin Offering in order to fund the launch of operations based on cyber currency through Ethereum smart contracts. The company claims that transparency, fairness, speed and anonymity are all selling points regarding its use of blockchain technology, noting that punters can …
The government of Antigua and Barbuda, still reeling from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma, took another run Friday at achieving compensation from the United States regarding its dispute over online gambling. Ambassador Sir Ronald Sanders addressed the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body, updating his government’s position on the dispute with the USA. The …
Daily fantasy sports market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel have reason to celebrate this weekend after securing the dismissal of a $5 million class action in an Indiana federal court Friday. The litigation was filed by three former Northern Illinois University football players who claimed that their names and likenesses were unlawfully used by the DFS …