Kindred Group has agreed its first multi-brand B2B lottery services deal with Lottoland Solutions. Lottoland’s recently launched turnkey B2B lottery betting service will enable Kindred Group brands Unibet, MariaCasino and Bingo.com to offer customers betting on the outcome of leading lottery draws. “Kindred is constantly seeking to innovate and we’re hugely excited to be the …
Casino aggregation provider Iforium has been awarded a Class II License by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). The license enables Iforium to offer its Gameflex platform and portfolio of gaming content to operators in the regulated Romanian market. “Increasing our regulated market footprint is key to Iforium’s strategy and this licence will permit further …
The Dutch gaming authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has completed the selection phase of the sole Totalisator license following a knock-out process. The Totalizator licensee will have the exclusive right to offer pari-mutual betting on horse and harness racing through retail and online channels. Sportech Racing B.V. currently offers tote services in the country, operating on a …
The Gibraltar Betting and Gambling Association’s (GBGA) long-running legal challenge against the implementation of Britain’s point of consumption (POC) tax may have hit a wall after the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) handed down its ruling this week. The British High Court, in July 2015, requested the CJEU rule on Gibraltar’s relationship …
Online bookmaker Planetwin365 has become the first official betting partner and a Platinum Sponsor of the Serbian Football Association (FAS). Planetwin365 will support the Serbian national soccer federation across all levels of soccer, including men’s, women’s and junior teams. “Each individual in this big chain is willing to make its own contribution to promote true …
English Championship league football club Bolton Wanders has clinched a two-year shirt sponsorship deal with local gambling firm BetFred. The Betfred logo will feature on the front of the Wanderers Club shirt for the next two seasons accompanied by branding at the Macron Stadium. “They [Betfred] are one of the leading betting brands in the …
Greek gaming firm OPAP felt the effect of its new video lottery (VLT) rollout reporting a decline of 8.7 percent on first quarter net profit to Euro 39 million (Q1/2016: Euro 42.8 million). Declining sports betting results were offset by a good performance in numerical and scratch card games. OPAP, who launched the new business …
Technology provider Comtrade Gaming has partnered Romanian retail betting and gaming operator Bet Arena Interactive. Comtrade will supply Bet Arena Interactive with their back-end solution, iCore – The Enterprise Gaming Platform enabling Bet Arena multi-channel integration. “We are very excited to be selected as Bet Arena’s long-term strategic partner,” Steven Valentine, Director of Interactive at …
Software provider Wazdan has released a build-on to its Magic Target title. ‘Magic Target Deluxe’ is a circus-themed 5-reel, twenty-payline slot featuring Wilds, Scatters and Bonus games. The Wild is represented by the Joker and it can substitute for all other symbols except the Scatter and Multiplier. A bomb symbol is the Scatter, landing three …
eGamingServices and video bingo games developer nJoy have teamed up to establish new development studios in Lisbon. nJoy will build a team of developers, system engineers and graphic designers at the new studio to develop HTML5 video bingo games. The collaboration expects to release eight HTML5-built video bingo games by the end of the year.
The drawn out indecision on a betting, lotteries and gaming tax has hit the skids again as Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has rejected Kenya’s Finance Bill 2017 and recommended that Parliament set gaming taxes at 35 per cent. Earlier this month, the Kenya Parliament rejected a prohibitive 50 percent tax which when revisited was widely …
Three Australians and 12 Crown Casinos employees have been formally charged by Chinese authorities after almost seven months in detention (see previous reports). In a brief statement Tuesday, Crown Casinos said all detained employees, including those on bail, had been charged with the illegal promotion of gambling in China and the case referred to Shanghai’s …
NetEnt is celebrating its second anniversary in the Spanish market with the addition of table games to its Spanish content portfolio. Spanish customers, including bet365, bwin, Gamesys, 888 and PokerStars, will benefit from the new package offering online and mobile roulette and blackjack. “The development of online gaming in Spain is happening at a positive …
The UK Gambling Commission has published proposed amendments to the Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards (RTS) consultation which was launched October 2016. Revisions to the RTS include: Greater consistency and clarity in the information made available to consumers; Enhanced consumer protections; Lay the groundwork for a wider review into new and emerging products and …
In a SEC filing, Chinese investor Tang Hao, director of Discovery Key Investments Limited (DKI), a British Virgin Isles company, has raised its stake in Amaya Inc. to 12.6 percent with the acquisition of a further 2,100,100 common shares since June 2, 2017. Our readers will recall DKI acquired 9,105,500 shares in March 2017 (see …
Stockholm-based games developer Fantasma Games releases its debut title “Super Sumo.” This 25-payline game features a rather amusing sound track and appealing animated characters, inspired by Japanese Sumo Wrestlers. The 5×3 board depicts five different Sumo wrestler symbols alongside playing card symbols. Features include Bonus Scatters, a Super Free Spins game, Wilds, Sticky Wilds, Re-Spins …
GameArt has introduced a jackpot feature across its entire desktop and mobile games portfolio. Clients will be able to choose between local and progressive Mini, Minor, Major and Grand jackpots which can be won at any time during a game. Inspired by the Chinese zodiac constellations, the Red Vermilion Bird represents the Mini, a Black …
Stockholm-based developer Nolimit city has struck its latest content supply deal with SlotsMillion. SlotsMillion has already integrated Nolimit city’s entire HTML5-built slots portfolio which include titles such as: Kitchen Drama – Sushi Mania, Oktoberfest, Creepy Carnival and Space Arcade. “They [SlotsMillion] share our enthusiasm for technology and innovation, making it a very strong partnership,” Jonas …
Playtech has entered into a significant deal with Caesars Entertainment EMEA in the UK market. A casino management system agreement covers eight U.K. properties, including the Empire Casino in central London, in which Playtech subsidiary IGS will replace legacy technology with its proprietary Neon Enterprise system allowing the casino group complete control across its entire …
Increasing pressure to repeal the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), the American Gaming Association launched the American Sports Betting Coalition (ASBC), today (Monday). The launch comes on the back of the release of new research by Oxford Economics which surmises legalization would curb an illegal sports betting market conservatively estimated at $150 billion, …
International Game Technology (IGT) and Konami Gaming, Inc. have entered into a patent cross-licensing deal. Under the terms of the deal, Konami Gaming, Inc. can offer games that include patented game features from the IGT portfolio for a licensing fee. “Cross-licensing these game patents between our two companies allows Konami and IGT to share some …
Ben Grainger, a promising Para swimmer, has become a Microgaming Ambassador as part of the company’s PlayItForward program. Microgaming PlayItForward has sponsored the Microgaming Isle of Man’s first Para Swimming Team since 2015, whose “remarkable young swimmers have had amazing success at both national and international events.” Grainger joins fellow Ambassadors, Joseph Ricciardi (triathlete) and …
Omni-channel content solution provider, Vermantia, has expanded its relationship with Italian gaming operator Eurobet with a content distribution agreement that will see the development of four channels rolled out across Eurobet’s retail network in August 2017. The four channels will offer a daily schedule of virtual sports content from both Inspired Gaming and Vermantia’s virtual …
Satellite Information Services’ (SIS) chief executive officer, Gary Smith, has resigned his position after five years in the job to pursue other opportunities. He will be succeeded by Richard Ames who re-joined the firm late last year as an interim product director. Ames has been running his own interim management and consultancy services company for …