Charles Coppolani, President of the French Online Gaming Regulatory Authority (ARJEL) and Thierry Pujol, Director of Sport Integrity at Française des Jeux (FDJ) and Vice-President of the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in which they will collaborate in the fight to preserve integrity in sports. Utilizing ARJEL’s recently …
Australian sports betting operator Sportsbet has caused a furore over a new 90-second commercial broadcast on Australian TV featuring disgraced Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter, Ben Johnson. Johnson was stripped of the Olympic Gold medal he won at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games when he tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing steroid test and disqualified. The tongue-in-cheek …
Sports betting startup WinView has raised $12 million in its latest financing round attracting “prominent” backers that include Ted Leonsis – Chair of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, LionTree investment bank and Graham Holdings – Discovery Communications. The proceeds from the series B funding round will enable further development and marketing of WinView, Inc.’s sports betting …
Gaming firm, GAMEIOM, clinched a content supply deal with Betvictor for proprietary and third party games earlier this month. GAMEIOM now provides content to BetVictor via its Gibraltar remote gaming server, enabling BetVictor access to a new selection of games across its sportsbook, virtual sports and casino offerings. “We remain committed to providing our customers …
BetConstruct has been awarded a Controlled Skill Games Supply (CSGS) license from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). Under the CSGS license, BetConstruct is authorized to supply its fantasy sports product on a B2B and B2C basis. “BetConstruct have spent much time developing and improving our unique fantasy sports product over the past year and complying …
Rival’s newest 5-reel, 25-payline video slot “Chariots of Fire” is themed on warfare during the Roman Empire times. Symbols include shields, helmets, crossbow’s, the SPQR banner, horses, imperial soldiers and the Emperor. The Soldier icon triggers free spins where the third reel is wild. During free spins the soldier will also trigger the Roman Victory …
NYX Gaming Group and Authentic Gaming have partnered for the distribution of Authentic’s Roulette product. Authentic Roulette allows land-based operators to livestream games from roulette tables located on their casino floor to an unlimited number of online players via the supplier’s network of B2B clients, which currently includes Kindred Group, LeoVegas, Unibet and Maria Casino. …
Tatts Group Limited has invested in a 15 percent stake in internet lottery business, Jumbo Interactive Limited and extended its long-standing lottery reseller agreement for a further five-years. In addition, under the terms of the new agreement, Tatts will provide an expanded product portfolio to include the popular “Set for Life” game. Tatts purchased 6,609,686 …
Gauselmann Group subsidiary, BluePrint Gaming, has launched a new HTML5-developed slot based on Paramount Pictures’ slapstick crime caper, “Naked Gun” which features the fumbling Detective Frank Drebin. Under license from Paramount Licensing, this 5×3 reel, 20-line game uses iconic themes, characters and visuals from the classic movie franchise. “Naked Gun” offers bonus features including four …
QuickSpin has teased its upcoming release “Wins of Fortune” which is set in a picturesque valley in the heart of Asia where players will head into battle with mythical characters of old quest stories. Game features include Wins of Fortune Respin in which any win triggers the re-spins feature. The winning symbols move one step …
Microgaming released a raft of new games this month featuring diverse themes to appeal to a broad range of player preferences. “Candy Dreams” is a 720 ways to win, variable reel game. Players spin on a colorful reel area filled with candy treMats, as they play towards bonus triggers. There are two different scatter symbols …
A deal announced in December last year between the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB), OpenBet and Paddy Power Betfair (see previous report) has progressed with final approvals for the delivery of a technology solution and supporting data for NZRB’s Fixed Odds Betting (FOB) business. The investment will complement NZRB’s current fixed odds betting business with …
Malta-based casual and slot games developer Spigo has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement that will allow open platform provider Finnplay to offer its games. The deal allows Finnplay to access the Spigo Catalogue games which include in-house HMTL5 slots such as the upcoming Starlight and Fruits, and casual casino games including Diamonds …
Online slots and table games provider Habanero is set to bear all with its latest online slot release, Panda Panda. Set against the backdrop of a waterfall and beautiful cherry trees, the game sees the baby bears perform somersaults when they are paired up together. And when players hit the big win, the characters spring …
Online and live dealer casino Codeta has announced that it is the first to go live with the latest game innovation from Evolution Gaming… Dream Catcher. Dream Catcher is the first title in Evolution Gaming’s innovative Live Money Wheel gaming category, and is aimed at driving bingo and slots players to live dealer casinos for …
Online gambling games and software provider SoftSwiss is to offer its clients the full range of NYX Gaming content following a recent deal between the two companies. The agreement gives SoftSwiss clients access to top content from NYX’s wholly owned subsidiaries, NextGen Gaming and Side City Studios, including player-favourites such as Doubleplay SuperBet and Gorilla …
Aussie online gambling group Sportsbet’s attempt to follow its parent group Paddy Power in creating funny but controversial adverts has come in for a panning Downunder. The companies “Android – Ben Johnson and The Endorsers” TV advert featuring disgraced 1988 Olympics sprint runner Ben Johnson, who later faced doping charges, has been receiving flak from …
Asia-facing lottery company AGTech Holdings is hoping that at some future point it will be in a position to leverage its capabilities in the online environment, according to a hint at its future plans in its latest performance results. The company has been watching relevant government moves regarding internet and mobile channels and thinks that …
Tier one online gambling company 888 Holdings plc has advised in a stock exchange mandatory announcement that one of its subsidiary companies it is under review by its licensing authority, the UK Gambling Commission. Whilst not specifying the subsidiary or why it is being reviewed in terms of section 116 of the Gambling Act (a …
Online gambling games and software developer Playtech has released two new online slots with widely differing themes – a futuristic but basic game titled Super Lion, and an ancient Chinese-themed slot dubbed Si Ling. Playtech has gone back to basics with Super Lion in simple, no frills, 5 reel, 10 pay-line game with sharp and …
The final defendant in the massive Legendz online sports betting bust that took place in 2013 (see previous reports) was sentenced by an Oklahoma federal judge this week. Bartice “Luke” King (46) escaped jail in a sentence which apparently handed down a milder punishment than the prosecution had expected as presiding U.S. District Judge Stephen …
The rise of eSports, and the gambling that increasingly is associated with it, is a cause for concern at the UK Gambling Commission, the GambleAware charity and ESIG, a nascent eSports self-regulatory body, according to a report in The Telegraph newspaper. Quoting growth figures from the latest IHS Markit study (see previous report) the newspaper …
A study by IHS Markit reports that in 2016 global viewership figures for eSports events rose by 19 percent to 6 billion hours, and forecasts that the eSports video market is expected to deliver US$1 billion in advertising revenues by 2020. According to the research outfit’s eSports and the Future of TV report, online video …
Games developer Pariplay has announced that it has signed a content provision agreement with South Africa-facing lottery firm Lottostar and will supply instant win games through the Pariplay Fusion content network. Content to be supplied includes the new branded title Atari Asteroids, which was released earlier this year. LottoStar players will also be able to …