Ladbrokes Coral plc and The Racing Partnership have come to an agreement ending their media rights dispute. The agreement takes effect immediately and will ensure Ladbrokes Coral’s 3,820 betting shops in the UK and Ireland can show racing from 15 Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) owned racecourses and seven independent racecourses. In addition to UK racing …
California has joined several other US states in preparing for the legalisation of sports betting in the event that the US Supreme Court rules in favour of New Jersey’s appeal against the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which restricts sports wagering to just four states (see previous reports). In an interview with Thoroughbred …
Argentina’s Public Prosecutor, Martin Lapadú has initiated action against online sports betting site Miljugadas1.com for illegal and unauthorised activity, ordering that the domain is ISP-blocked and obtaining a court order freezing bank accounts associated with the operation. The prosecutor’s office has also ordered financial companies to halt the processing of any financial transactions with the …
The social casino gaming scene in the United States continues to prosper, according to the latest quarterly numbers released by Social Casino Gaming Tracker, an independent monitoring organisation. SCGT reports that in Q2-2017 social casino revenues in the States rose 15.8 percent to $1.1 billion, with action on mobile devices up 4 percent but Web …
The use of performance enhancing drugs by eSports teams has been brought sharply into focus this week following an admission by 26-year-old Kory “Semphis” Friesen that he and his Cloud9 team mates used the prescription drug Adderall during an E.S.L. tournament for the shooter game Counter-Strike. Friesen, a Canadian professional eSports player, originally made the …
Shares in Paysafe plc were boosted as much as 9 percent Friday on the news that a private equity consortium comprising Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners has made a preliminary all cash offer to acquire the company. The deal has been brewing since May this year, with Paysafe rejecting previous offers before granting due diligence …
Ireland’s first half 2017 betting stats report shows a 3.8 percent decline in attendance and a 6.4 percent decline in overall on-track betting turnover, a worrying trend, Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) chief executive Brian Kavanagh said. On-course tote declined 10.4 percent to reach Euro 4.3 million, on-course bookmaker betting declined 5.8 percent to Euro 29.5 …
Slovakia’s Finance Ministry has named market leading operators in its inaugural edition of a fairly compact domain and payment blacklist comprising ten unlicensed online gambling operators. The list, which currently comprises bwin, William Hill, Bet-At-Home, 1xBet, LVBet, bet365, 888, SportingBull, EatSleepBet and Kajot Casino domains, will be updated on a weekly basis. The Ministry said, …
Rush Street Interactive has entered into a deal with Gaming Realms to integrate Slingo into its PlaySugarHouse.com offering for the New Jersey market. “Slingo® is New Jersey’s Game. It was invented in New Jersey,” a Rush Street press release reads referring to Slingo creator Sal Falciglia Sr. who dreamt up the game in the basement …
Next week (July 24) will see the launch of a new 6 reel, 4,096 ways-to-win online slot from Swedish developer Yggdrasil titled Ryan Rainbow. The theme on this multi-featured game is unusual to say the least, merging that perennial Irish good luck symbol the leprechaun with some heavy rock’n roll. Ryan Rainbow runs on Yggdrasil’s …
Live dealer and technology provider Evolution Gaming has turned in another impressive half-year report covering the year to end June 2017 and flagging the following highlights: Q2-2017 KPIs: * Operating revenues up 56 percent y-o-y at Euro 42.3 million (27.1); * EBITDA up 81 percent to Euro 19.2 million (10.6), corresponding to a margin of …
Mary Booth (56) appeared in the Paisley Sheriff’s Court this week to plead guilty to the theft of GBP 359,551.27 from the Red Cross charity, her employer for the past 34 years. Evidence was led that Booth in her capacity as payroll manager embezzled the money from Paisley and London offices of the charity under …
The Russian telecomms watchdog Roskomnadzor is clearly monitoring the burgeoning eSports industry, judging by some of its latest online gambling site black listings, which include several eSports domains. The domains are held by eSports operators who allow betting on skins (tradeable in-game accessories and weapons that are used as a betting currency) A spokesman for …
Long time sports betting industry firm Interactive Systems Worldwide, Inc.(ISW) has agreed to sell the intellectual property rights and gaming software of subsidiary SportXction to Florida-based First Harvest Corp., a technology, media and mobile gaming platform with a focus on the cannabis industry. First Harvest owns Hemp Inc., a business strategy, role-playing mobile game focused …
Virtual currency media outlets are reporting a massive hack that has reportedly succeeded in stealing the equivalent of $32 million worth of Ether crypto-currency. Initial reports indicate that the cyber currency was stolen from customers at the online gambling website Edgeless Casino, the smart-contract platform Aeternity and the commerce platform Swarm City, The reports indicate …
Online and land gambling games developer GameArt has announced the addition of 32 jackpot games to its games inventory. The first batch of games includes Dragon King, Wild Dolphin, Venetia, Lady Luck which will available in both versions, as a normal Video slot game and now also as a Jackpot game accessible on desktop and …
According to Hong Kong stock exchange filings, entertainment group Amax International Holdings has ponied up HK$63.5 million (about US$8.1 million) to acquire Explicitly Grand Investment Ltd, a Company engaged in Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality technology development and IT services. The announcement notes that Explicitly Grand has clients across the planet to which it provides technological solutions, …
The Good Gaming company, which provides an eSports tournament and social network platform for Asian eSports fans, claimed this week that research numbers indicate that the Asia Pacific region will generate $27.5 billion (a quarter of global eSports revenues) by the end of this year, making the region the fastest growing eSports market in the …
Malaysian police in Sarawak report that a major operation was successfully concluded Wednesday with the shutdown of 32 premises used for illegal online gambling and the arrest of 40 individuals. State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) head Senior Asst Comm Datuk Dev Kumar revealed that an unspecified but large number of computers and other evidence was …
More than two weeks ago the Pennsylvania legislature passed a massive $32 billion state budget with a $2 billion deficit and no funding legislation to back it. The plan was that after a short recess politicians tasked with negotiating the funding package would return to hammer out ways and means to provide the necessary state …
Identity solutions provider Jumio has introduced a new enhancement for its biometric Netverify product, which helps banks, online gambling and other e-commerce companies to verify the ID of customers. The new technology is centred on eyeball tracking to conduct what the company calls a “liveness” check on a customer holding a mobile device. The product …
Continent 8 Technologies has entered into two key partnerships which will enable the delivery of its services directly to businesses throughout the Philippines. Approached by P Converge Data Services Ltd (IPC, an ePDLT company) and LR Data Center and Solutions, Inc, which are both headquartered in Makati City Manila, Continent 8 has agreed to provide …
Shortly following an announcement that Google Play will unlock its app store to mobile real-money casinos, Cherry Rush.com is claiming to be a newly launched Android app store offering real-money casino for mobile and tablet users along with browser-based play options. Cherry Rush is a free-to-download casino-only app offering slots and table games from a …
A new ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague last week supports the Dutch gambling regulator, kansspelautoriteit’s (KSA), policy of imposing fines on illegal online gambling operators in opposition to a recent Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) ruling in favor of Unibet operating in the Hungarian market (see previous …