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Sportpesa in significant partnership with La Liga

26 Apr 2017

Pevans East Africa Limited-owned and operated sports betting operator, SportPesa, has entered into a significant International sponsorship deal with Spain’s top professional football division of the Spanish football league system, La Liga. The Kenya-based operator, already boasting several partnerships with English Premier League clubs Arsenal, Hull City and Southampton, has been named La Liga’s official …

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Mr green expands to Denmark

26 Apr 2017

Online casino operator Mr Green’s acquisition of Danish online gaming company, Dansk Underholdning, has been completed paving the way for Mr Green to launch in Denmark this year. “This is a part of our strategy of expanding to new geographic markets,” Per Norman, CEO of Mr Green & Co, commented. “Since our focus is to …

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Sky Vegas punter lands huge jackpot

26 Apr 2017

Blueprint Gaming’s Jackpot King progressive jackpot system has made one lucky Sky Vegas player a rich man or woman awarding GBP 3,167,063.30 on a 20p stake which was wagered on the The Pig Wizard slot. The jackpot prize was the largest ever won on Sky Vegas, and is the second Jackpot King award to have …

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BetConstruct make front end source codes public

26 Apr 2017

BetConstruct has released its front-end source codes as open source in GitHub enabling partners to develop and customize their own betting and gaming landing pages and front-end functionality. BetConstruct has already begun delivering data replication services that provide operators with full control over their data including player information. This project, distributed under MIT license, enables …

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Betradar powers first virtual sports betting offer in Poland

26 Apr 2017

Betradar will power the first virtual sports betting offer in Poland in partnership with Intralot’s Totolotek following an amendment to Poland’s gambling law in which virtual sports betting became a legal offer earlier this month. Totolotek will offer virtual Premier League football games, dog racing and horse racing, becoming the first licensed bookmaker in Poland …

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South Korea government mulls online lottery proposal

26 Apr 2017

The South Korean national government is considering a late-2016 proposal that the national lottery be permitted to start online operations, accessing a wider audience, providing more convenience to users, and building revenues. According to the Korea Times, the online concept was originally proposed to government by the Korean Lottery Commission last year, and the Ministry …

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Another Ladbrokes veteran departs

26 Apr 2017

Another long service Ladbrokes manager, retail operations head Lee Drabwell is departing the group after 29 years’ service. The announcement of his departure follows that of 45-year employee Graham Sharpe, media relations director, earlier this week (see previous report.) Ladbrokes Coral management has handed the responsibility for retail operations over to Andy Hicks, who previously …

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Kindred off to a good 2017 start

26 Apr 2017

The Kindred Group, a Swedish-listed online gambling corporate previously known as Unibet plc, has posted a strong start to 2017 with Q1-2017 results that that have clearly benefitted from a larger portfolio of betting and igaming brands. The company highlighted: * New record group revenues of GBP 153 million, a year-on-year rise of 25 percent; …

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Asian deal for iSoftBet

26 Apr 2017

Online and mobile casino content provider iSoftBet has reached a partnership agreement with Asia-facing live casino developer SA Gaming. Michael Probert, head of business development at iSoftBet, said in a company statement: “The deal will see our portfolio of games made available on the SA Gaming platform, while its live casino games will make a …

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Authentic Gaming delivers live roulette from Bucharest

26 Apr 2017

Live dealer pioneer Authentic Gaming has completed installations of its Authentic Roulette product in two land-based properties in Bucharest, Romania. The agreement will see roulette tables from the Platinum Casino at the Radisson BLU Hotel and Casino Bucharest at the Intercontinental Hotel made available to Romanian licensed online operators as well as to an international …

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Norway turns up the heat on online gambling transactions

26 Apr 2017

Norway is following other national regulatory jurisdictions in clamping down on unlicensed operators, going after the money in its latest regulations, which banks began implementing last week. The government is using banks to disrupt financial transactions between punters and operators, initially targeting selected payment processing and online gambling companies that do not have Norwegian licensing, …

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Progress in Pennsylvania for House bill 519

26 Apr 2017

The fight for wider availability of legal sports wagering in the United States, now actively supported by the American Gaming Association, advanced another small step in Pennsylvania this week when the House Gaming Oversight Committee voted to progress HB519 forward. Our readers may recall that HB519 was introduced to the House mid-February and seeks to …

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Purrfect Pets – New RTG slot launched

26 Apr 2017

RealTime Gaming is preparing for the May 17 launch its much-anticipated Purrfect Pets slot to licensees, showcasing a 5 reel, 25 pay-line video slot filled with cats and dogs. The new game will be available across mobile and desktop channels and includes a good range of features like Wilds, Scatters, Free Spins, Multipliers up to …

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Red card for Will Hill Scottish Cup advertising

25 Apr 2017

Rival betting firms and football club sponsors, Dafabet and 32Red are up in arms as their logos were allegedly edited off players jerseys in Scottish Cup semi-final advertising commissioned by competition sponsor, William Hill. Advertising for the semi-final William Hill Scottish Cup clash between Celtic and Rangers, who are sponsored by Dafabet and 32Red respectively, …

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New Lucky3 from iSoftBet

25 Apr 2017

iSoftBet has launched “Lucky3”, a traditional slot sporting a flat design style. This five-reel slot offers five multipliers and a 500-coin jackpot. Check out the demo here:

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NYX Gaming group full 2016 metrics soar

25 Apr 2017

NYX Gaming Group Limited has delivered a stomping full year 2016 fiscal report, for the 12 month period ending December 31, 2016, attributing its robust performance to new customer launches, contribution from its newly acquired OpenBet business, and increased gaming revenues from existing customers. Key performance indicators include: – Revenue of CAD 163.7 million, or …

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Interwetten chooses Genii

25 Apr 2017

Online gaming operator Interwetten has boosted its offer with online gaming content from technology supplier Genii. “Interwetten prides itself on providing the best experience to its players and ensuring they have the best products in the market,” Werner Becher for Interwetten, said. “Our partnership with Genii does just that; we will now be able to …

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BetMotion partners AutoGameSYS

25 Apr 2017

Online gaming operator BetMotion.com will migrate its offer to AutoGameSYS’ gaming platform in the second quarter of 2017 enabling further expansion in the Latin American market. BetMotion customers will gain access to a range of leading content from Microgamimg, Playtech, NetEnt, Betsoft, Leander Games, Mr Slotty, Endorphina, Zitro, Ortiz, Patagonia, RCT, Zest, MGA, Champion, SportRadar, …

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UK horserace betting levy comes into force

25 Apr 2017

The British Horserace Betting Levy has taken effect today in which British horse racing will benefit from a statutory return from all betting on British racing. Proceeds from the Levy obligation will be focused on growing British racing at a grass roots level as well as supporting integrity, equine welfare, veterinary science and the mental …

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Slotland adds its first Keno game

25 Apr 2017

Online casino operator Slotland, which develops its own games in-house, has announced the launch of its first keno game, branded Keno 101 and retaining the traditional appearance of this classic casino game. Keno is a simple game of chance. Players choose up to fifteen numbers from 1 – 80 and hope that they’ll be randomly …

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Irish Stock Exchange admits Paddy Power-Betfair

25 Apr 2017

The board of the Irish Stock Exchange announced Tuesday that it has approved the admission of Paddy Power Betfair plc on the Official List and trading on the Main Securities Market of the ISE.

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Lottoland acknowledged among fastest growing companies on the ft 1,000

25 Apr 2017

The UK online lottery firm Lottoland has been named as one of the leading gaming companies in the Financial Times 1,000 fastest-growing companies list, the company announced in a press release Tuesday. Lottoland was acknowledged as the 128th fastest growing company in Europe on the current FT report, enjoying 820 percent revenue growth for the …

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Cherry states business intent

25 Apr 2017

Swedish gaming group Cherry AB has laid out its goals for the next business cycle saying growth will be primarily driven by online gaming and gaming technology to ensure the company realises its target of growing faster than the European gaming industry market in terms of revenue. In the medium term, Cherry’s is striving to …

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MGA refutes any association with Netplaypoker and sbsnetplay

25 Apr 2017

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has distanced itself from netplaypoker.com and sbsnetplay.com declaring no connection with either operator, who both reference MGA licensing on their websites. Ownership of both sites, which are visually remarkably similar, is predictably cloaked and 24/7 customer chat options are inoperative as too are security and integrity information tabs.

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