Sportradar has signed a contract with the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Pro League Committee (PLC), the region’s football league organising body, as its Middle Eastern Regional partner. Under the wide-ranging terms of the deal, Sportradar, housed in the PLC’s regional office, will provide statistics and data on all PLC matches and contribute to the expansion …
eSports media aggregator Esports Gold launched an initial coin offering (ICO) today (Monday), targeting $5.4 million in Ether coins which will be used to establish an eSports entertainment hub, hosted on the blockchain. Esports Gold aims to offer an “ethical eSports betting platform and content aggregator” which will include streaming, reviews and data provisions, be …
Considered a landmark agreement for London-based ReelNRG, the onine casino and social games developer has agreed a deal to integrate its portfolio of content with BetVictor. The deal, facilitated through ReelNRG’s partnership with platform solutions provider GAMEIOM, will see the initial integration of ReelNRG’s Goddess of Asia and Shanghai Respin titles which will go live …
Online casino operator Videoslots.com has boosted its content portfolio with the initial integration of 12 titles from Leander Games. The initial tranche includes popular titles Fruity 7’s, Wild Jane and Codex distributed through Leander’s LeGa remote gaming server. Daniel Hansen, head of games at Videoslots, said: “This additional content from Leander will greatly improve our …
Jackpotjoy plc has advised the resignation of chief executive officer Andy McIver. Under a new management structure Neil Goulden, currently serving as Chairman of the company, will become executive Chairman responsible for leading the development and execution of the Company’s long term strategy. In addition, Simon Wykes has been appointed as group managing director primarily …
NYX Gaming Group (NYX) has appointed Chris Armes as group chief technology officer to lead the company’s support and product development teams across Sportsbook, Lotteries, Bingo and Casino. Armes is tasked with consolidating the company’s products under one cohesive delivery model and enacting the company’s product-led strategy. Joining NYX from Oracle where he served as …
Online casino provider NetEnt has partnered marketing technology business Ve Global to offer media buying services to online casino operators. Described as “the largest data-collaboration of its kind in the iGaming sector”, Oslo-listed Gaming Innovation Group Inc (GiG), is the first to sign up to the platform. According to a joint press release the initiative …
With the release of a key government report on gambling imminent in the UK, a new study criticising fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) has been quoted by a Tory member of parliament, who says government needs to make the issue its own and crackdown on the machines. The study, conducted by the Conservative Party think …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has inked a games content dal with Asian-facing operator HDFBET, which focuses primarily on the Chinese, Singaporean and Malaysian markets. Under the terms of the partnership, HDFBET will be taking on Betsoft’s full suite of iGaming entertainment, including the Slots3 collection of 3D video slots and classic table games. BetSoft …
Starting this (October) month the Danish Gambling Authority will operate on a restructured basis with four offices distinguished by gambling category titled respectively “Lottery and Monopoly”, “Remote Gambling”, “Slot Machines and Responsible Gambling” and “Finance, Policy and Market Analysis.” Each of these units has responsibility for all the processes relevant to a specific gambling category; …
Urged on by President Rodrigo Domingo, the national Philippines police force has clearly upped its anti-illegal gambling effort this year, reporting that over the past ten months it has mounted well over 12,000 police enforcement actions and arrested 23,823 individuals. The report did not give details of how many of those detained were actually convicted, …
Table game content from UK online casino supplier Realistic Games has gone live at William Hill online casino with blackjack, roulette and Perfect Pairs & 21+3 all now accessible to punters. The games were made available via NYX Gaming Group on the Games tab of the operator’s website. Realistic’s Perfect Pairs & 21+3 blackjack product …
Nasdaq Stockholm’s listing committee has approved Cherry AB (publ) class B shares for listing on the northern stock exchange, subject to the customary conditions, including the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s approval and registration of a prospectus. Trading on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange is expected to commence on Wednesday 18 October 2017, the company announced Friday. …
Asian-facing online sports bettiing operator 12BET has inked another Asian partnership deal, agreeing to become the official partner for the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix and World Para Taekwondo Championships scheduled for October 19 – 22. The top Taekwondo athletes in the world will travel to London to compete in the championships, which will be …
The eSports phenomenon has reportedly caught the eyes of Macau casino operators, with eSports specialist Unikrn reporting that it has considered approaches from a number of Macau casino businesses interested in collaborating with a view to opening up new revenue streams. The Asia Pacific region is home to large numbers of eSports fans, and Unikrn …
Speculation that the recent purchase of Universal Entertainment Group by Monster Technology Group was a move designed to distance the company from previous owner Fred Khalilian (see previous reports) proved unfounded as the week ended, with Monster CEO Noel Lee announcing that Khalilian has been retained as chief operating officer. UEG provides the technology platform …
The fall-out from the Kenya government’s decision earlier this year to increase gambling taxation to 35 percent across the board (see previous reports) continued this week with the news that local lottery operator Pambazuka has filed a High Court challenge on the issue, citing the Betting Control and Licensing Board, the National Assembly, the Kenya …
Online gambling games and platform provider Pariplay has inked a games content and SMTM backend agreement with Costa Rica-based Breakout Gaming for its new online operation, Breakout Casino. The casino is licensed by the UK Gambling Commission and is available in seven European language versions. The platform integration sees Pariplay’s entire portfolio of slots and …
Zenit.win, the online sports betting subsidiary of Moscow-based bookmaker Zenit, has become the thirteenth Russian sports betting licensee and has launched online. The parent company has signed Zenit.win up as a member of the Russian Bookmakers Self-Regulatory Organisation. Industry media sources in Russia report that the fourteenth licensee could soon be Bwin.ru, a sports betting …
Figures released Thursday by the New Jersey regulator show that Atlantic City online gambling revenues again passed the $20 million mark in September, the seventh consecutive month of such growth. Online operations generated $20.4 million in revenues and now account for around 10 percent of all casino revenue generated by Atlantic City casinos. September’s numbers …
The new coalition government in the Netherlands just made online gambling legalisation more expensive and complicated (and possibly delayed yet again) by introducing the “physical presence” concept to legislative proposals. The four coalition partners, VVD, D66, CDA and the Christian Union, have reportedly agreed on the basic concept of forcing licensees to have a Dutch …
Ambiguous Facebook advertising by the World Lottery Club resulted in operator Annexio having to answer to the UK Advertising Standards Authority this week regarding its advertising back in June this year. The newsfeed appeared under the header “How about never working again or starting an empire! Spend it your own way; you’d be one of …
The first Responsible Gambling Week organised by the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (IGRG) starts today (Thursday), encouraging awareness and conversation around the issue of problem gambling and how to avoid or ameliorate its impact. Wide use had been made of the Responsible Gambling Week video, which can be viewed here: along with other publicity …
Online gambling games developer Pragmatic Play is set to transport players to the entertainment capital of the world with its latest game, Vegas Nights, a 3×5, 25-line slot with a theme set against the glittering backdrop of the Las Vegas Strip, glittering show girls, roulette wheels, and luxury cars. Among the game’s unique features is …