The symbols on Slotland’s proprietary new Dollar Storm slot may be traditional fruits and bars, but its bonus game is reminiscent of the Top Dollar slot popular in Las Vegas casinos, and the bonus feature similar to the popular “Deal or No Deal” television show. Lightning Bolt scatters trigger the new game’s bonus features. One …
London-based online gambling games developer Push Gaming has confirmed that it will be releasing its latest new online slot, titled Wizard Shop – on October 3 this year. The 5 reel, 50 pay-line game has a range of features including bonuses, extra wilds, stacked wilds, free spins and progressive multipliers, with an opportunity to win …
The Australian government’s recently passed Interactive Gambling Amendment Act, which effectively bans online casino and poker activity in the country (see previous reports) has claimed another victim; the Malta and UK licensed Codeta online casino is to join the growing number of operators who have decided to leave the Australian market. Last week Codeta communicated …
Canadian business press reports note that this week will see a hearing by the Ontario Securities Commission into allegations of insider trading at the Amaya online gambling group (now rebranded The Star Group) during David Baazov’s tenure three years ago as chief executive. Several individuals are expected to appear at the hearing to explain their …
Games developer GameArt, which is active in the online, social and land-based casino verticals, has launched its games with Esa Gaming, a multi-product aggregator service which lists PlanetWin365 amongst its clients. PlanetWin365 has successfully launched GameArt’s diverse content library of titles on its mobile platform and plans to expand to desktop in the next few …
The name Charlie Dent will be familiar to our readers following reports earlier this year that this Pennsylvanian member of Congress had plans to add online gambling banning language to a must-pass federal appropriations bill. Unless he is planning this move as his last hurrah, that possibility now looks increasingly remote following his announcement late …
Antigua-based online gambling entrepreneur Calvin Ayre has launched a charity proposition to help the shattered island of Barbuda, home to 2,000 people reeling from Hurricane Irma’s recent passage, which has reportedly destroyed 90 percent of the Caribbean island’s buildings and infrastructure. Ayre has promised that his charitable foundation will match up to a million dollars …
The Australian newspaper Herald Sun reports that Australian provincial and federal ministers agreed Friday to stop bookmaking operators from offering free bets and other inducements to gamble in a renewed effort to mitigate the incidence of problem gambling. The landmark agreement is intended to stop bookies such as Sportsbet, William Hill and Crownbet giving bonuses …
On the eve of this week’s Spelakademin conference in Sweden this week, the consulting firm Mediavision revealed that over the past year 61 percent of all new Swedish gambling accounts were registered with foreign operators. Although the state-owned Svenska Spel and ATG companies continue to dominate the local market, foreign online companies continue to make …
The UK online gambling operator Fruity King, which has in the past exhibited a tendency to emulate Paddy Power-style controversial marketing and publicity behaviour, has been accused of being ‘misogynistic’ in a Twitter advertising push that saw the company posting an image of underwear-clad presenters from the popular Loose Women TV show with the caption: …
Former Philippines Bureau of Immigration (BI) commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles, who were fired last year for their part in a P50 million corruption scandal involving Chinese online gambling workers (see previous reports) have withdrawn their criminal complaint filed against gaming tycoon Jack Lam. Local media reports indicate that the duo, who alleged that …
Financial figures on Italian gambling market progress in August have been published, with online results showing better growth than the retail sector. Year-on-year highlights from the results include: * Overall sports betting revenue up 89 percent at Euro 83million; * General retail betting revenue up 74.7 percent at Euro 43.8 million; * Online betting up …
A group of 18 Pennsylvania House Republicans has proposed a short term fix for the state’s ongoing impasse on funding the budget (see previous reports), suggesting that some of the state’s 218 special and reserve funds be raided to mitigate the budget deficit. It is worth noting that their proposal does not make any recommendations …
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement recently released regulatory updates that observers have described as practical in nature. Among the amendments are provisions to upgrade the status of ACH payments from temporarily permitted to permanently allowed. Automated Clearing House is an electronic network for financial transactions in the United States which is already in …
New online casino Live Casino House has launched into the Asian market with Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese language versions and a large selection of games from leading industry developers. The new enterprise is a sister to Happy Luke Casino and offers live dealer and RNG games from top developers like Microgaming, Evolution, Ezugi, Quickspin, …
Nevada’s sports betting operators will soon be permitted to offer multi-event bets on eSports competitions, according to Karl Bennison, an enforcement executive with the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Bennison was briefing industry execs attending legal panel debates at the recent Casino eSports conference in Las Vegas, explaining that hitherto operators had been allowed only to …
Malta-licensed online casino operator MyBet has announced the forthcoming addition of Microgaming-Quickfire games to its gaming suite, giving punters a wider and more diverse choice. The games will be one of the attractions on the operator’s new sports betting and casino platform. “In line with our strategy program Attract.Engage.Retain, which defines our operational roadmap during …
Local media reports from Lebanon indicate that the new chairman of land gambling company Casino du Liban, Roland Khoury, is keen to boost company revenues by pioneering the first online casino in the country, subject to government approval. “Yes. One of my plans is to launch an online gambling site in Lebanon,” Khoury told reporters …
Following the July 2017 lead of the South Australian government, Western Australia has announced a 15 percent point-of-consumption tax on online bookmakers which will be introduced from January 1 2017. The Australian newspaper reports that the trade body Responsible Wagering Australia is disappointed by the move, given that the WA government had agreed to participate …
Regional online lottery companies in Asia will be hoping that the Japanese government’s reported consideration of regulations permitting online sales of all types of lottery tickets comes to fruition. The reports surfaced this week in the publication Yomiuri Shimbun, revealing that online sales could be allowed as early as fiscal 2018. If approved, the new …
Valencia, Spain-based online gambling games developer Red Rake Gaming has released its latest HTML5 video slot, a 5 reel, 30 pay-line product titled Eastern Goddesses. The theme takes players to the mystical East where three Goddesses offer opportunities for reward through a range of features that includes three different mechanics, each implemented by a goddess …
Online gambling software developer SoftGamings has launched a standalone bonus system that can be easily integrated with any online casino site through a full API. Titled SoftGamings Bonus System, the product is reportedly reliable, innovative and comes with full integration support by the developer. SoftGamings so-founder Vladislavs Hveckovics revealed in a statement Thursday that the …
The eSports division of Eastern and Central European online and land gambling giant Fortuna Entertainment is to enhance its offering by adding audio visual streamed content from Sportradar. Fortuna Esports signed a multi-year deal with Sportradar this week through which the latter company will act as the exclusive global provider of betting and audio visual …
Daily fantasy sports market leaders FanDuel and DraftKings have each paid $1.3 million in settlement agreements with the Attorney General of Massachusetts in respect of unspecified offences generally described as “various consumer issues that existed at the early stages of this new industry.” The settlements follow a larger settlement of $12 million the two DFS …