The Kindred online gambling group (formerly Unibet) has embarked on a responsible gambling project by hiring two experienced researchers to examine gambling practices using anonymised customer data from the group. The research will include studying player behaviours whilst gambling with the group, and assess the efficacy of its existing responsible gambling measures. The project will …
Malta-based online sports betting firm Interwetten has signs a long-term sponsorship and official betting partner agreement with German Bundesliga team TSG Hoffenheim. The deal runs until 2020 and assures Interwetten of premium betting partner status and brand exposure on team strip and in the club’s 30,000 capacity Rhein-Neckar-Arena. Interwetten will also enjoy access to the …
Reports Friday that Australian VIP marketing exec Jason O’Connor would be among those released from jail by the Chinese authorities were confirmed Saturday when Chinese officials revealed that O’Connor had been released early Saturday morning and immediately taken to the airport for deportation back to Australia. Our readers will recall that O’Connor was among 16 …
Danish online gambling games developer Spigo has launched its latest online slot, a 5 reel, three-row 20 pay-line game titled Showers that takes players into the action of a pool party with killer music, cheering crowds, spraying champagne and hedonistic vibes. Features of the game include a Wild Spins feature, which, upon matching three wild …
Daily fantasy sports major FanDuel’s board of directors has been radically changed, losing half of its members as the restructuring of the company continues. Our readers will recall that following the abandonment of a merger with rival DraftKings earlier this year a special resolution kicked in which required the company to hand a larger chunk …
Lottery technology developer Twelve40 is to provide its platform, a website and support to a new African-facing lottery branded AfroMillionsLotto and owned by the Ofertas365 group. The Twelve40 platform features a range of tailored instant win games in addition to lottery action, and Ofertas365 chief executive James Leppard claims it will offer the largest lotto …
It’s been 10 months of anxiety and stress in Chinese jails for Australian Crown Resorts VIP marketing exec Jason O’Connor and four other Crown employees arrested for promoting gambling in China last year (see previous reports), but on Saturday it will all be over bar deportation formalities, according to a report in the Australian Financial …
Online gambling group GVC Holdings and its sports betting subsidiary Bwin will be getting plenty of paid exposure across Europe in the coming weeks following the launch of a new multi-channel marketing campaign designed by international creative agency BBH Sport and titled “The Race”. The campaign is fuelled by a multi-million Euro budget and is …
Sporting Index has followed 888 and other online betting companies in taking advantage of Google’s more lenient policy on gambling apps and offering its Android spread betting product on Google Play Store, claiming to be the first to offer the product in this format. The recently rebranded Sporting Group has extended its digital reach following …
The Irish operations of online lottery and betting group Tipp24 have been rebranded myLotto.ie, the company has announced, explaining that the change in corporate identity allows for a stronger localisation of the product offering. With myLotto24.ie, registered users can place bets on lotteries around the world – including the EuroMillions and EuroJackpot – with the …
Paddy Power Betfair’s Australian bookmaking subsidiary Sportsbet has posted impressive H1-2017 numbers that show the company’s performance in revenue and customer growth is ahead of competitors like Tabcorp. The Australian Financial Review reports that Sportsbet’s underlying operating profit in the six months to June hit GBP 46 million from almost GBP 1.7 billion staked via …
This year the English Premier League celebrates its 25th season, and football fans across the globe are keenly anticipating the kick-off this weekend. Online and retail bookmaking companies will also be gearing up for what payment processor Worldpay is predicting will be a record season in terms of online betting. The company says that this …
Online gambling solutions and technology provider Pariplay has expanded its games offering to clients following a content deal with UK developer 1×2 Network and its subsidiary, Iron Dog Studio. The games will be distributed to Pariplay clients via the company’s Fusion network; the package includes over 70 HTML5 titles, including Virtual Sports, Table Games, Kenos …
Specialist eSports fantasy league and betting site eSportsPools (ESP.bet) has announced it has secured the first licence in the world to specifically cover gambling with virtual goods. The eSports fantasy leagues, sports betting and casino offerings of ESP.bet are now licensed by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC), which has issued the licence …
Equinox Dynamic N.V. has announced the launch of its new Curacao-licensed online casino La Fiesta, which boasts over 600 games from a variety of developers including Netent, Betsoft, Lightning Box and 1X2 Gaming. The new site is available via desktop and mobile channels, and the operator offers a full range of player facilities in English, …
International b2b gaming solutions provider Nektan plc has taken its first real-money wager in the United States following the launch of its Evolve in-venue mobile games solution with a tribal casino in California. Through Nektan’s US subsidiary Respin Games LLC, the California casino has gone live with Rapid Games, the certified Class II (Protected Tribal …
Online gambling software and games developer Microgaming’s new 5 storey headquarters building on the Isle of Man recently opened (see previous report) and houses over a hundred of the company’s employees, with facilities that make the premises a cool place in which to work. From the super-modern reception area to a skybridge linking the new …
The Australian land and online gambling technology developer Aristrocrat has announced that it has acquired Israeli social gaming developer Plarium Global Limited for $500 million cash. Founded in 2009, the social gaming developer is headquartered in Israel, but has international offices and employs some 1,200 people. It boasts nine key titles that are currently generating …
Online casino and sports betting operator Betsafe has signed up Conan McGregor as its European ambassador, and will benefit from the huge publicity around the AFC fighter’s August 26 confrontation in Las Vegas with boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Betsafe is offering odds of 49/1 to all new customers that the Irish star will be victorious …
Vantiv Inc. confirmed this week that it has reached agreement to acquire U.K. payments processor Worldpay Group plc for about GBP 8 billion in cash and stock, one of the biggest deals in the fast consolidating payments solutions sector. In a joint statement Wednesday, the two firms claimed that the deal will create a trans-Atlantic …
The Leicester City football club website carried a notification Thursday confirming that the club and online sports betting operator Dafabet are to partner in a two-year deal that designates Dafabet as the club’s official betting partner. The statement notes that the deal enables the club to build its international profile, and assists Dafabet ion engaging …
Sportech Racing and Digital, a division of Sportech plc, has been selected to provide pari-mutuel betting technologies and services to Dansk Hestevæddeløb ApS (“DHV”), the joint operating company for horse racing and operator of all nine racetracks in Denmark. Sportech Racing and Digital has had a presence in Denmark for years, providing Danske Spil A/S, …
Professional business services supplier Spectrum Gaming Group and international anti-money laundering consulting firm ComplianceAid have formed a strategic alliance to provide gaming regulatory, anti-money-laundering and compliance-related services to casinos, online gaming companies, lotteries, banks and gaming regulators throughout the Caribbean and other jurisdictions. “We each provide critical services required by regulators throughout the world. Working …
Reports that Sen. Mike Kowall’s latest attempts to legalise online gambling in Michigan had fizzled out in the state Senate have proved to be premature following confirmation by the senator’s staff that bill S.203 is still very much alive and the subject of discussions that could come to fruition this autumn. To recap on Sen. …