Realistic games have gone live with Mr Green online casino through NYX Gaming Group’s OGS platform. Mr Green customers are able to immediately enjoy Realistic’s blackjack and roulette, while a range of slots is planned for launch in the near future. Andrew Crosby, Head of Casino at Mr Green, said: “Realistic Games is a respected …
Graham Sharpe (67), currently serving as Media Relations Director of William Hill, has reportedly agreed redundancy terms after serving five years shy of half a century with the UK bookmaker. PR Week report that Sharpe agreed terms after he was informed by the company that he was at risk of redundancy. “At no time during …
Online lottery betting firm, Multilotto, will expand from its primary Nordic market to Ireland with the launch of multilotto.ie following the award of a Remote Gaming License from the Republic of Ireland National Excise License Office. The company offers its Irish customers eleven different international lottery jackpots, including America’s Powerball and Mega Millions and Europe’s …
French operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has launched an employee training program on responsible gambling in which it has already trained over 900 employees throughout its sales offices in France. The training program covers, among other topics, the prevention of excessive and underage gambling. “The objective is to strengthen the role of FDJ’s field …
Spin Games LLC and Gaming Realms have agreed an RGS technology integration and licensing deal which will enable the deployment of Gaming Realms’ content into Spin’s regulated markets, utilising Spin’s existing integrations and distribution channels. “We are delighted to have the ability and opportunity to enhance our technology solutions with content partners such as Gaming …
Platform provider Btobet has expanded further in the Latin American market in partnership with Paraguay-based gaming firm Enfield Group’s Apostamina brand. “After months of deep analysis, evaluating at least 10 different betting platforms, we opted for BtoBet’s futuristic software which offers farsighted features, projected into the future,” Nicolas Enjamio, chief operating officer of Apostamina, said. …
Online gambling software and games developer BetSoft is gearing up for this year’s G2E Asia conference and expo with its latest games and the new Vault download client that enables players to download the company’s games directly to desktop computers rather than accessing via a browser, creating near instant load times. Industry people travelling to …
UK online gambling games developer Realistic Games reported Monday that its content is now live on the Mr Green online casino site. The deal, via NYX Gaming Group’s OGS distribution platform, will see Mr Green increase its portfolio with Realistic’s entire catalogue of slots and table games. Andy Harris, CEO at Realistic Games, said in …
Specialist online and retail slot designer Lightning Box Games has made its UK retail debut after one of its games went live in an exclusive deal with gambling group William Hill. A bespoke version of the Lightning Box’s popular online game Silver Lion is now available across Hills’ 2,300 plus retail shop network of Licenced …
A storm in a teacup surfaced in New Zealand over the weekend after the publication Stuff reported that a Virgin Games television advert in the UK appeared to be loosely based on a popular local television show. The show in question, What We Do In The Shadows, is a New Zealand vampire comedy involving the …
Jurgen Klopp, the charismatic Liverpool Football Club manager who has been appearing in television adverts for BetVictor will cease to do so next season following concerns expressed by the Football Association that Klopp could be perceived as giving gambling advice. The Echo newspaper reported that FA rules ban anyone involved in Premier League football, and …
A new level of resistance to online gambling businesses in the Philippines appeared to develop this week, perhaps as a consequence of the often hostile comments of state president Rodrigo Duterte; the director general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), Charito Plaza told local reporters that she wants no online gambling operations inside the …
Arsenal FC’s at times controversial manager, Arsene Wenger, is at the centre of Paddy Power’s latest “guerilla marketing” promotion, dubbed ‘Wengerendum’, which has been slammed as going too far by some club supporters. Timed for the FA semi-final match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley, the promotion consisted of PP banners at the start …
A report in the Australian Financial Review flagging the purchase of a 5.1 percent chunk of online lottery Jumbo Interactive’s shares Wednesday has set tongues wagging in the sector, with the AFR speculating that the buyer could be recent Aussie market entrant from Europe, lottery re-seller Lottoland. The AFR said the purchase occurred after the …
Police in the Malaysian town of Ampang Jaya in the Selangor province have reported the destruction of 1,071 computers used in illegal gambling activity in the area last year. The equipment was seized during 126 local raids by police which resulted in the arrest of 134 people, police spokesman Ass. Comm. Hamzah Alias revealed.
A routine ‘dormant account’ warning sent out “in error” by UK online betting group bet365 to a punter already embroiled in a GBP 54,000 fight with the betting giant has resulted in an embarrassing row-back by bet365, and raised questions about how dormant accounts are handled by betting companies. In this case, the dormant account …
The Swedish publication Telecompaper claimed in an article Friday that between 200,000 and 230,000 Swedes gamble online every month, quoting the consulting firm Mediavision. The report notes that Unibet and Betsson each accounted for about 50,000 players every month in Q1-2017, and that these essentially Nordic firms operate from Malta due to the currently restrictive …
Oslo-listed online gambling company Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) is using the SEK 400 million in capital it recently raised on the market (see previous report) to good effect, reporting Thursday that it has agreed to buy an unnamed affiliate marketing group for Euro 5.7 million. GIG revealed that the company operates predominantly in the Germany, …
The use of specialised software from saas technology provider Signal has enabled Sky Betting and Gaming to not only improve its service to players, but boost its betting placements by 15 percent, the publication Digital City reports. Sky’s head of data, Andrew Walton, said a key part of the company’s strategy is to build personalised …
It appears from player posts on several forums that online casino operator Betsafe may be joining the exodus from the Australian market triggered by amendments to the country’s Interactive Gaming Act (see previous reports). Aussie players have reported being advised that they will be unable to make further deposits or play games from their accounts. …
Online gambling group Betsson AB said in a press statement Friday that Kaaren Hilsen will assume the position as CFO of Betsson AB no later than November 1st 2017. Hilsen (45) has an extensive international experience, both in CFO and CEO positions, mainly within the global telecoms company Telenor, and will replace current CFO Fredrik …
Yggdrasil Gaming announced Friday that it will launch a revamped version of its HTML client framework over the coming weeks, with a host of upgrades designed to enhance the user experience. iSENSE 2.0+ will go fully live in the northern hemisphere summer, although some features will be available earlier on new titles, including the upcoming …
China’s Ministry of Finance has released the March sales figures for Chinese lotteries, showcasing continue growth. Year-on-year, overall lottery sales rose 6.3 percent in March to the equivalent of US$5.5 billion, with Welfare sales up 3.8 percent to CNY 19.8 billion in the month, and Sports lottery sales up 9.2 percent to CNY 18.1 billion. …
Gaming Realms plc has inked its first business-to-business licensing deals for its Slingo Original games portfolio. The company said in a press statement Friday that having already received a transactional waiver from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement in 2016, and following the success of its Slingo portfolio of games in the UK, it …