Live dealer casino games supplier Authentic Gaming has signed an agreement with the Scandinavian Bethard Group to provide its innovative Authentic Roulette product. Under the deal, players on Bethard.com, which has just received a UK licence, will gain access to live roulette games streamed from the floors of land-based casinos, including: * The Platinum Casino …
Online gambling games developer Yggdrasil has revealed that it is to release its new online slot The Jungle Book on September 20. Based on the Disney movie adaptation of the classic Rudyard Kipling fantasy tale, The Jungle Book is a 5 reel game with up to 68 pay-lines, and features an array of bonuses, expanding …
The Casinos Austria AG group set European media alight Friday when a spokesman confirmed that reports that it was to sell off its considerable and mainly land international interests are true. The reports originated from a Belgian newspaper which somehow managed to get hold of a confidential document outlining the Austrian gambling monopoly’s plans to …
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s online gambling division PlayNow.com has made a valuable contribution to the group’s 2016-17 FY results, generating revenue of Cdn$ 157.6 million, up 16 percent year-on-year. The improvement was attributed by management to increased online slot activity and content innovation – new content was added during the year following deals with …
Pennsylvania’s search for a funding package on its $32 billion budget and $2 billion deficit (see previous reports) took a new turn as the week drew to a close with reports that House Republicans (who have been stalling on a Senate funding proposal that includes the legalisation of online gambling and DFS) are mulling a …
The DFS firm 4for4 Fantasy Football has announced a partnership deal with the major publication Sports Illustrated, which has revamped its Fantasy Sports section with content and tools powered by 4for4. Player facilities include draft season strategy and in-season content from 4for4 writers, as well as a Top 100 Player Rankings tool. During the season, …
On a monthly basis the Slovakian authorities update the nation’s online gambling blacklist, and in the latest (August) iteration 18 websites have been added, among them major operators like bwin.com, williamhill.com, bet-at-home.com, and bet365.com. Under a January 2017 amendment to the Slovak Act of Gambling, the national Financial Directorate was empowered to maintain and publish …
International Game Technology plc has announced in a press release that it paid out a total of Cdn$2.2 million in two major jackpot hits in July. Powerbucks, IGT’s omni-channel, interprovincial jackpot link in Canada, delivered the two record-setting pay-outs, with the company revealing: On 17 July, an unidentified player won a Cdn$ 1,000,000 jackpot playing …
Online gambling games developer Yggdrasil, a subsidiary of the Cherry Group, reported a positive Q2 and H1 performance this week, noting the following highlights: Q21-2017 * Revenues for the quarter increased by 103 percent YoY to SEK 40.4 million (19.9) * EBITDA for the quarter increased to SEK 18 million (9.8) with a margin of …
Sportium, the joint Spanish sports betting venture owned by Ladbrokes and Cirsa, has announced that it is to build on its South American presence in Panama by launching an online betting operation in Colombia. Sportium CEO Alberto Eljarrat revealed to media this week that the company is almost through the stringent digital licensing process carried …
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has made the startling claim that online sports betting – one of the most strictly regulated and operator-conscious sectors in the country – is a growing risk area for money laundering activities, and has implied that there may be links with that nebulous bugbear “organised crime” in other jurisdictions. …
The intriguingly named Gunsbet online casino, operated by Curacao licensed Netincom N.V., is on finals pending a launch early in September. Early reports indicate that the site will sport the popular Wild West theme, with a gaming suite and player promotions and facilities similar to those of sister brand Loki Casino. According to internet reports …
Reports in the South Australian media focussed on the Elizabeth Magistrates Court this week, where a 34-year-old former business manager of a private school pleaded guilty to charges that he fraudulently misappropriated A$1 million between 2012 and 2016. Travis Saegenschnitter allegedly falsified invoices and financial reports to cover up his thefts from the St Jakobi …
The Italian gambling market continued to expand in July despite the nation’s economic difficulties, with official statistics showing that Italian punters continued to bet on all forms of gambling, although online poker cash game revenues dipped by 5.3 percent in the year so far compared with the corresponding period in 2016. That could change following …
When Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte took office last summer he listed a war on online gambling as one of his priorities, committing to sweeping bans that disrupted the industry. However, the maverick president appears to have experienced an epiphany on the issue and was recently reported as saying: “I really can’t stop it. You better …
Tau Gaming’s new online casino Seven Cherries is set to launch next week on the Nektan platform with a wide selection of games from top providers like IGT, Amaya, 888, Dragonfish, NetEnt, and WMS. Pre-launch publicity pledges plenty of promotional offers as the new online casino site joins other operations in the Tau stable such …
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kemkominfo) appears to have over-reached in its war against online gambling, imposing an ISP-block on Giphy.com, one of the web’s most reputable and large repositories of fun gifs. Instead of blocking the actual gambling sites, the ministry has gone after a popular non-gambling company that merely carries online …
Bart Esposito, the CEO of sportsbook technology and services supplier Sirplay says he has big plans for industry cooperation in Africa. Starting with Nigeria, he is working to build up a pan-African gaming confederation that will enable stakeholders to share critical information relating to markets across the continent. Sirplay entered the African sportsbook market five …
New Jersey became the sixteenth US state to legalise daily fantasy sports this week when Gov. Chris Christie signed bill A3532 – a measure approved by the state legislature last month – into state law In fact, state regulators have already opined that DFS is legal under state law, with the FastPick product rolled out …
Politicians in Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies have approved a ban on online casino and poker gambling as part of a larger bill titled the Accountability Law. The bill now moves to the Chamber of Senators for approval from where, if successful, it will go the President Tabare Vazquez for signature. According to a press release …
A new study by Bryant Surety Bonds, commissioned by the Fantasy Sport Trade Association, claims that 20 percent of Americans 12 years of age or older currently play fantasy sports. The gender split in the sector is 64 percent male and 34 percent female. In an interesting infographic, the researchers say that the number of …
Following public complaints police in Pattaya, Thailand mounted a raid on a city commercial building Wednesday, subsequently reporting that they found a large number of desktop computers “tuned” to illegal online betting facilities, along with other evidence indicating that the premises was being used as an online gambling centre. The evidence was seized and the …
First detailed look at UK problem gambling since 2010 finds that 0.8 percent of the adult population can be classed as having a gambling problem, whilst 3.9 percent of the population is classed as “at-risk.” The UK Gambling Commission has released the results of its report on problem gambling – the first such study by …
Regulated gambling technology supplier Sportech plc has posted its H1-2017 results, highlighting the following: * Global expansion continued in Asia, Europe and the United States; * Group had cash of GBP 76.2 million at 30 June 2017, and no bank debt following the cancellation of the bank facility, which totalled GBP 75 million; * Successful …