The New Jersey Assembly has voted 56/15 in favour of Democratic lawmaker’s Vincent Mazzeo, Ralph Caputo, Paul Moriarty and John Burzichelli’s daily fantasy sports (DFS) bill A-3532 allowing the legalisation, regulation and development of a licensing framework under the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety’s Consumer Affairs Division. Our readers will recall the …
A partnership announced earlier this year between the Gaming Standards Association (GSA) and iGaming Academy (IGA) has resulted in the launch of the first in a series of e-learning modules titled “GSA Executive Overview: Game Authentication.” The course, available for purchase from the iGaming Academy e-shop, serves as an insight into the fundamentals of Game …
Kiron Interactive has become the first virtual sports provider to launch in Malta across 30 Izibet branded retail outlets and in the Dragonara Casino’s dedicated Sports Lounge. Kiron’s Virtual Football product, the first to go live, will be followed by the rollout of further virtual racing titles including horse and dog racing. “We’re delighted to …
Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), in partnership with NYX Gaming Group’s Openbet, has become the first to introduce a cash out facility in the French market. Following Openbet’s integration of the Cash Out facility, PMU has backed the launch of the early bet settlement feature with a comprehensive marketing campaign. “Introducing Cash Out to the French …
NetEnt has launched a furry offer with the release of “Copy Cats,” a five-reel, 25-payline video slot featuring a colorful clowder of city roaming felines. Features include Free Spins, Bonus symbols, Wild substitutions, Stacked symbols, Stacked Wilds and a Copy Cats feature all backed by quality animation and a jazz-inspired soundtrack. “The release of Copy …
Gaming studio Fuga Gaming Technologies will integrate its UMA/Fuga content to GAMEIOM’s proprietary platform and remote gaming server following the signing of a distribution deal. Popular UMA/Fuga titles include Polar Picnic, Kiss of Luck, Red Temple and SpellWood in HTML5. Fuga chief commercial officer, Konstantin Mikhaylov, commenting on the deal, said: “We have been amazed …
The Irish Government’s Department of Finance has embarked on a betting tax review backing a commitment by Oireachtas, Minister of State Eoghan Murphy delivered during discussion on the country’s Finance Bill 2016. As part of the Tax Strategy Group 2017, the review will focus on the roll out of the betting tax regime in 2015 …
Yggdrasil Gaming has launched a new slot titled “Sunny Shores”. The 5-reel, 27-payline slot, launched on an exclusive basis to LeoVegas, is themed on a tropical beach environment. The main feature of the game is the Sunny Wild, which can expand up to 2 positions in all directions when landed and triggers sticky wild re-spins. …
Nordeus, creator of mobile football management game, Top Eleven, has entered into a multi-year sleeve sponsorship agreement with Premier League football club, Stoke City. Nordeus’ Top Eleven logo will feature on Stoke City’s shirts as the club’s first official sleeve partner, exposing the brand to the expansive Premier League audience, a company statement detailed. Stoke …
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) suspended Sunderlands Online Limited’s (SOL) remote gaming license MGA/CL2/101/2000 as of May 19, 2017. SOL has been directed to indefinitely suspend all gaming operations, cease new player registrations, suspend all transactions on all websites, including deposits and withdrawals, and submit all data and documentation requested by the Authority. Players who …
Amanet, Amatic Industries online subsidiary, has agreed separate content supply deals with Malta-licensed Rabbit Entertainment Ltd’s Lapalingoonline casino and Panda Media Limited-operated videoslots.com. Amanet offers a range of HTML5-built online games translated from its most popular terrestrial titles. “It makes us proud that AMANET games will now also be available at Lapalingo.com as this online …
Software aggregator, Iforium, has partnered Booming Games, its 50th third-party gaming vendor, in a content distribution deal. Under the deal, Booming Games will distribute its content to a global customer base through Iforium’s GameFlex platform. Popular titles include Classico, Monster Munchies and Booming 7 Deluxe.
Greek betting firm Intralot is considering alternative international markets and foreign stock exchanges its Chairman revealed at the company’s annual general meeting, citing the loss of its 20-year contract with OPAP, persistently tight economic conditions and skepticism of the company in its domestic market. . “While INTRALOT is one of the biggest technology suppliers and …
Ireland-based bet messaging software platform developer, Onionsack, has taken its chatbot for Facebook Messenger live with Paddy Power. Described as an industry-first, the product enables punters to log in to their betting account, check balances and place wagers via Facebook’s Messenger service. The app also provides personalized sporting updates through push notifications and access to …
Mobile gaming operator LeoVegas has launched a portfolio of games from Gauselmann Group’s Blueprint Gaming saying the content is proving popular with its Scandinavian customers. An initial roll out of titles including Blueprint’s Wild Antics, Casper’s Mystery Mirror and King Kong Cash, will be followed with the launch of additional titles from the developer’s extensive …
Yggdrasil Gaming slots have gone live in Italy for the first time with GVC Holding’s Gioco Digitale brand and soon to be followed with another launch on bwin.it Gioco Digitale will offer customers eleven HTML5-built certified games from Yggdrasil’s portfolio including its Dark Joker Rizes, Vikings Go Wild and Nirvana titles. GVC’s Italian operations will …
The Australian federal government has an ambivalent attitude toward gambling; on the one hand there are its recent moves to kill off online casino and poker activity, but on the other it happily reaps taxes from extensive online and land sports and race betting and the ubiquitous land pokies (slots) favoured by punters. This weekend …
InBet Games, a Russian online games, lottery, poker and sports betting software provider has partnered with white label online casino supplier PlayPearls in a deal which will see the two companies exchange content and work together. Malta-based PlayPearls also has access to live dealer games, and will make these available to InBet, whilst the Russian …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has announced the launch of its latest online slot, a 5 reel, 20 pay-line game titled The Angler. As the title suggests, the theme is all about fishing and the efforts of burly angler Otis to hook something big enough to brag about from the large lake which forms the …
Play’nGo’s popular retro series of slots – games with a retro feel but the latest presentation and engine models – will be joined on May 23 by Multifruit 81, a 4 reel, 81 pay-line game with a claimed RTP of 96.05 percent. The launch will be across both desktop and mobile delivery channels, playable from …
For the second year running Alabama daily fantasy sports fans have been denied legalisation following the state Legislature’s adjournment Friday night with a DFS bill still stuck in the Senate. Bill H 354 made it through the state House on a thin margin after some debate, and was the subject of discussion and some amendments …
The Q1-2017 statistics on gambling issued by Sweden’s Lotteriinspektionen this week showed some interesting contrasts between online and land operations, with the former producing a better percentage performance, particularly in the state owned enterprise Svenska Spel. Overall, the Swedish gambling market was pretty much flat, growing just 0.2 percent year on year with a total …
When lawmakers put their backs into it – especially in Michigan – it’s surprising how quickly bills can progress. Earlier this year state Senate Majority Leader Mike Kowall struggled to drive an online gambling legalisation bill – S203 – through the committee system to a floor vote, only to see it languish. In sharp contrast, …
Politicians in Brazil who may have accepted “inducements and incentives” from disgraced oil and mining billionaire Eike Batista will be looking nervously over their shoulders following news that to save his own skin the former business mogul has offered to provide details of illegal bribes he paid out to federal lawmakers. G3Newswire reports that Batista …