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 …
Tampa, Florida Senator Dana Young introduced another fantasy sports proposal to the state Senate schedule Friday, recommending that the legislature exempt fantasy sports play from regulation under the state’s gambling laws. The introduction of Young’s AB374 bill for the 2018 legislative session set to begin January 8 follows a similar bill from the senator last …
Top online and live tournament poker professional Phil Galfond added another string to his business bow this week with the launch of a new DFS enterprise branded Draftboard. The business is managed by Galfond’s partner Dan Quinn as CEO and hopes to distinguish itself from the usual run of such companies by adding features that …
The UK Local Government Association’s call this week for tighter restrictions on gambling advertising has achieved wide mainstream media coverage in a month where gambling issues have been repeatedly aired in the run up to the government’s release of its gambling review, scheduled for October. The LGA, which represents city councils across Britain, motivates its …
Global Gaming 555 AB, which owns and operates the Ninja online casino has advised that it is making application for a listing on the Nasdaq First North stock exchange to support its continued growth and development. The Malmo, Sweden-based company has published a memorandum summarising the business and offering in the issue: * The offer …
The Guardian newspaper took another tilt at gambling Friday, reporting that staff at a Ladbrokes betting shop had stood by whilst a gambling addict took out pay day loans to fund hundreds of pounds of bets on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). The newspaper reported that the UK Gambling Commission is investigating the incident, in which …
Gambling results for August released Friday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board show that casino revenues rose almost 15 percent year-on-year to $989.5 million, with sports betting revenue up a phenomenal 1,600 percent due mainly to betting on the McGregor vs. Merryweather fight, which delivered stakes of over $60 million. This was augmented by a …
The India Times reports that Delta Corporation has completed the acquisition of online poker business Adda52’s parent group Gaussian Network following an agreement late last year (see previous reports) The newspaper notes that Gaussian was founded by Anuj Gupta and is widely respected as India’s biggest online gaming start-up, specialising in rummy, poker, chess, scrabble, …
Online gambling games developer Iron Dog Studios has launched its new Blood Queen slot in time for next month’s Halloween season. Set in Transylvania as the moon approaches its zenith, Blood Queen presents the scene for a love-hate relationship that plays out on the reels between Van Hell and the Blood Queen Ivanka. Big pays …
Online gambling group Unibet, a Kindred Group subsidiary, has announced its agreement to a 3-year title-sponsorship of the Professional Darts Corporation Premier League. The agreement extends Unibet’s relationship with the PDC, expanding its existing darts sponsorship portfolio of the Unibet European Championship, the Unibet World Grand Prix, the Unibet Champions League of Darts and the …
Online sports betting group Kambi has increased its Italian visibility by launching its sportsbook on Greentube’s Italian StarVegas online casino brand, enabling the operator to extend its offering to online sports punters. The online sports betting market in Italy is estimated to be worth around Euro 500 million annually, and Kambi is in pole position …
Online gambling software and games developer Microgaming revealed Friday that it has signed a licensing agreement to develop an online slot based on the original “Highlander” film. Released in 1986 and directed by Russell Mulcahy, “Highlander” is based on a story by Gregory Widen. The movie is set between 1980s New York City and eighteenth …
The Cyprus government’s initiative to legalise, licence and regulate online gambling has effectively been derailed – albeit temporarily – by an adverse opinion from EU member Malta. The three month mandatory standstill period during which other EU members were invited to study and comment on the Cyprus draft law was set to expire this week, …
On Friday the government of South Korea followed the example set by China and advised that it intends to ban the raising of capital through any form of virtual currency Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The Financial Services Commission said all kinds of initial coin offerings (ICO) will be banned as trading of virtual currencies needs …
Online slots developer GameArt, reported Friday that it has expanded its progressive Jackpot games content network to Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The first five Jackpot games Dragon King, Gold of Ra, Dragon Lady, Cleopatra Jewels and Money Farm are also in the process of certification for the Italian market, one of the fastest-growing in …