Betsafe has been named an official principal partner of the inaugural Star Sixes tournament to be held at The O2, London, from 13-16 July. The partnership affords Betsafe branding rights across the venue for the international six-a-side game, digital rights across the Star Sixes website, use of official Star Sixes content, footage and stills on …
GameArt’s newest release “Castle Blood” is a gory offer that pits the player against rabid vampires and werewolves This 5-reel, 25-payline game entertains with a stacked symbols structure in which any 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols trigger 8, 12 or 20 Free Spins respectively. 2, 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols award additional 5, …
GVC Holding’s bwin subsidiary has signed a Euro 12 million marketing partnership with German Bundesliga football club, Borussia Dortmund. The four-year deal, which aims to further bwin’s presence in the German market, includes the prominent display of the bwin brand throughout Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park ‘Westfalenstadion’ stadium along with other social and grassroots football initiatives. …
Johan Styren, head of LeoVegas’ Maltese subsidiary LeoVegas Gaming Limited, has stepped down after five years in the position. Styren will remain as a Director of some of the Group subsidiaries during a transitional period, but will gradually withdraw from these assignments, a company advisory said. “Johan has been part of creating what LeoVegas is …
NYX Gaming Group has expanded its relationship with Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) following the successful launch of Sky Bet Italia on the OpenBet platform. NYX, working with Sky Bet’s sportsbook team, is building a full roadmap of activity to support the rollout of further features and functionality and has agreed in principal to integrate …
Paddy Power Betfair has appointed sales and marketing specialist Emer Timmons to the board as an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee. Timmons currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer and President of Strategic Sales at Brightstar Corporation, prior to which she held several senior executive roles at BT Group. “We are …
Massachusetts media reports have quoted the action group Save Our Neighborhood Coalition as claiming that a poll shows that 80 percent of respondents are against state Treasurer Deb Goldberg’s initiative to take lottery ticket sales and games online. However, the Coalition gave no details of who commissioned the poll, who conducted it, how many people …
Chinese internet commerce giant Tencent, which acquired Finnish mobile games developer Supercell for $8.6 billion last year (see previous reports) has announced a new eSports project to construct an “eSports-themed industrial park” in the city of Wuhu, China. The park will include a “gaming university, cultural and creative park, animation industry park, creative neighbourhood, Tencent …
Online punters are reporting the receipt of an advisory from the Lucky 247 online casino informing them that the company and its assets have been acquired by the Broadway Gaming Group for an undisclosed consideration. Broadway holds licensing from the Gambling Commission and from the Malta Gaming Authority. Punters have been advised that they will …
203 individuals have been arrested in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to a report from the online news site China.org.cn, which claims that the arrests are in connection with a 100 million yuan (US$14.5 million) fake lottery scam. Over 100 of those arrested will face serious criminal charges, a police spokesman told reporters, revealing that …
In advance of its annual general meeting today (Wednesday) Playtech plc has issued a trading report in which chairman Alan Jackson notes that the group has enjoyed another strong quarter to end March 2017, driven by organic growth and recent strategic acquisitions. “Growth in daily average revenues in the Gaming division in the year to …
Reports from Vermont indicate that late last week the state legislature finally approved the legalisation of daily fantasy sports and have forwarded the relevant bill to the governor for his signature into state law. Lawmakers in the House and Senate put their heads together to blend bills in each chamber and form a consensus. The …
Legal representatives for Tatts and Tabcorp argued today before the Australian Competition Tribunal that their proposed merger was necessary to compete in a local market where growth is now dominated by foreign-owned companies with local online subsidiaries such as Paddy Power-Betfair, William Hill and Ladbrokes Coral. They included local gambling giant Crown Resorts online subsidiary …
Playtech’s new Hot KTV slot has a definite Asian karaoke-game show vibe in which five animated oriental beauties form the theme for a game that has free spins, wilds, multipliers, two bonus rounds and jackpot winning opportunities packaged in a 5 reel, 20 pay-line format. Watch out for the Super-Hot Expanding Wild feature where all …
Specialist B2C and B2B online lottery company Zeal Networks SE (formerly Tipp24) has posted lack lustre Q1-2017 results, noting that a Euro 15 million MyLotto24 lottery win adversely impacted performance in the quarter. KPIs from the company included: * Revenue down at Euro 23.6 million (Q1-2016: Euro 37.6 million); * Operating income down at Euro …
Stockholm-based platform and content provider, Nolimit city, has inked its biggest deal to date with major gaming firm, Kindred Group. Under the terms of the deal, Kindred Group will roll-out Nolimit city’s entire HTML5 slot portfolio, gaining access to titles such as Kitchen Drama: Sushi Mania, Creepy Carnival and Space Arcade. Jonas Tegman, chief technology …
Amaya Inc. has announced the appointment of Brian Kyle as chief financial officer, succeeding Daniel Sebag (see previous reports) from June 17, 2017. Kyle joins Amaya from Pivot Technology Solutions where he served as chief financial officer. He brings an extensive background in capital markets, financial and strategic planning, tax, investor relations and risk management …
Rank Group will roll out Live 5 Gaming’s (L5G) “Stairway To Heaven” title in September following the successful deployment and popularity of L5G’s previous release “Hotels Dot Cash”. “We are obviously delighted that a company of the calibre of Rank has chosen to take Stairway to Heaven. It is great to receive confirmation that our …
In a first quarter report, online bingo-led operator Jackpotjoy plc highlighted an 11 percent increase in gaming revenue amounting to GBP 71.4 million (Q1/2016: GBP 64.2 million) and adjusted EBITDA of GBP 29.2 million, up 4 percent y-o-y. However, an 11 percent decline in adjusted net income was attributed to higher interest expenses from an …
Betradar has partnered Digital Sports Tech (DST) for the roll out of a new range of player proposition betting markets (player props). Operators will be able to offer their customers DST player performance betting on four major European football competitions with initial odds, odds updates and full resulting delivered by Betradar XML feed format. For …
According to a Mr Green stock exchange announcement Tuesday, Antoine Bonello has been appointed chief operating officer. Bonello has served in numerous senior positions within the industry, including director of integration, and managing director Malta for Paddy Power Betfair. Pre-merger, he served as group head of customer relations and head of customer experience for Betfair. …
Asian-facing online casino and sports betting operator FUN88 has ended speculation on who the next shirt sponsor for EPL football club Newcastle United will be by announcing that it has inked a three-year agreement with the famous football club. FUN88’s logo will be featured across the Magpie’s famous black and white striped shirt in what …
The Mybet online gambling operator has withdrawn its claim against the Westdeutsche Lotterie GmbH & Co. OHG after the latter agreed to a Euro 11.8 million out of court settlement in respect of cartel infringement associated with a boycott of Mybet in contravention of competition laws. The 10 year dispute saw the courts ruling for …
English Premier League football club Everton FC has entered into a multi-year sponsorship partnership with sports betting operator SportPesa, describing the deal as the most lucrative in the Club’s 140-year history. SportPesa, as a main Club sponsor, will feature on the front of Everton’s playing shirts for the next five years, beginning June 1, 2017. …