South Korean technology provider AimHigh Global has become the largest shareholder, and holds management rights, in social sports betting company SPO Live and intends to use the asset in its ambitious strategy to expand into international markets across the world. The Korean company acquired a 16.23 percent interest in SPO in January this year in …
Online casino operator Casumo has reported that in the space of just five days two Euro multi-millionaires have been created on the casino games. Details are at present sparse, but on March 30 a 28-year-old Swedish player won Euro 3,317,639 win on a Euro 2.50 spin on the Mega Fortune slot after logging on to …
Front runners in the New Jersey online gambling market Golden Nugget-Betfair have revealed that they are planning the introduction of Bet Behind software to overcome the current technical capability problem of only 21 players over three live dealer blackjack tables. Using the Bet Behind feature, players not seated at the live dealer tables will have …
The European online gambling affiliate marketing company RakeTech Group, announced Thursday that it has acquired leading sports betting platform BetXpert and gambling affiliate company Turtle Gaming, as it continues to pursue an expansion strategy. BetXpert is a one-stop destination for sports content, expert betting advice and live scores from sports across the world, available in …
Continued global market growth through to 2020 is the central message in the latest numbers from Research and Markets, an independent research firm. The company’s analysts and researchers predict that the global online gambling market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.03 percent over the period 2016-2020. Their forecast embraces online …
The Spanish online and land gambling group Cirsa has posted a profit of Euro 398 million for FY-2016, up 5 percent year-on-year, despite flat revenue of Euro 1.6 billion, thanks to effective cost cutting, growth in Latin America and at home, and a vibrant online performance. CEO Joaquim Agut reported steady progress by the group, …
SoftSwiss has introduced a max bet bonus protection feature to its platform that informs players if they exceed their max bet within a game. An automatic error message pops up on screen with “You have reached your play limit. Welcome back later”, preventing players from making higher bets either by mistake or without knowing or …
32RED has expanded its Evolution Gaming live casino offer with the addition of live dealer Speed Roulette and Double Ball Roulette. Evolution Gaming launched its super-fast version of its live dealer Roulette just over a week ago. In the Speed version, game rounds take around 25 seconds from spin to spin.
Inspired Entertainment, Inc. is set to launch its latest virtual horse race product, the Virtual Grand National, on air for the first time on national TV in the UK, on the eve of the iconic real life National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse. Inspired’s Virtual Grand National has been developed …
Betting and gaming technology provider BetConstruct has joined forces with Atlantis Gaming Corporation (AGC) to jointly develop the Tribal Gaming Network platform for casino operators residing in sovereign nations in America and internationally. The Tribal Gaming Network (TGN) will offer a platform environment capable of delivering content that is relevant to the tribes and to …
RealTime Gaming’s upcoming release, the Mexican fiesta-themed “Popiñata”, is a bright and chaotic five-reel, 10-payline slot where glowing piñatas explode to shower lucky players with prizes. The donkey symbol is an expanding wild that triggers an instant respin when it appears, while any wild donkey appearing after the re-spin triggers another instant spin. Popiñata will …
Spanish non-profit industry association JDigital has formed an alliance with The Primera División (La Liga), Spain’s top professional football league system. The two entities have agreed to work together for the promotion of good practice and integrity in sports. Jdigital has also committed to promote and distribute the LaLiga contact details and process regarding detection …
London-headquartered sports technology firm Genius Sports has partnered FACEIT, the competitive gaming platform and creators of the Esports Championship Series (ECS). Genius Sports’ new CS:GO analytics platform, which will be integrated with the ECS league ahead of Season 3, will enhance the way data and statistics are used to engage with fans. ECS will also …
Mr Green has appointed compliance testing and auditing laboratory NMi Gaming as its compliance partner as it seeks to expand into other established and emerging regulated markets internationally. “Finding the right partners that meet our ambitions is part of our overall strategy,” said Per Norman, chief executive officer of Mr Green & Co. “NMi is …
Games developer iSoftBet has entered into an omni-channel content provision deal with online operator Vera&John. Vera&John will offer iSoftBets entire portfolio of original and branded games for desktop and mobile along with over 1000 titles from 28 third-party software providers on iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform. “With this new arrangement, we will be adding fair and …
Fianna Fail deputy Mike Collins said in an interview with the Limerick Leader newspaper this week that Irish gamblers are facing an increasingly pervasive gambling industry using sophisticated marketing and technology, and that there is a “glaring need” for relevant laws to govern the industry. Collis argues that current gambling law dated back to 1931 …
A poll of 45,165 National Football League fans this year by the research firm Morning Consult, commissioned by the American Gaming Association has found that in general fans support the idea of more widely available sports betting beyond the restrictive federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which confines betting to just four US states. …
In a trading update, B2B managed sports betting services provider, Kambi has declared a player-friendly run on the outcomes of major football leagues has had a severe impact on its sportsbook margins which have been lowered to 5.9 percent, significantly lower than expectation. Kambi said it now expected revenue for the first quarter 2017 to …
Ladbrokes has been found guilty of publishing illegal advertising that offered New South Wales (NSW) residents inducements to gamble, and ordered to pay a hefty fine of A$35,000 along with A$50,000 in legal costs. The ruling Tuesday by the Downing Centre Local Court followed an investigation by Liquor and Gaming NSW. The advertising in question, …
Online lottery firm LottoLand had named Laura Pearson as head of corporate affairs, effective May 2017. Pearson previously spent five years at Camelot Global, with her most recent appointment being head of global corporate affairs.
Toronto-listed software supplier Contagious Gaming has offloaded financial commitments related to its acquisition of Digitote around a year ago as it restructures European operations. The company has executed a Share Purchase Annulment among Digitote Limited (Isle of Man) , Digitote Software GmbH Deutschland, Gabriele Knicker, Guenter Boyks and the Company. Contagious revealed Digitote’s loss of …
The UK Gambling Commission today (6 April) published its Business plan for 2017/2018, outlining its focus and priorities in key areas for the next financial year. The Commission says that this year’s business plan will focus on five key areas: * Empower and protect consumers; * Raise standards across all gambling sectors; * Build partnerships …
Online gambling white label supplier EveryMatrix has added Visionary iGaming live dealer casino games to its portfolio; Visionary is to distribute its live casino games via the EveryMatrix CasinoEngine platform. Doina Stefanescu, CasinoEngine CEO, said in a statement Thursday: “We’ve been actively looking to increase our casino offer to include high-quality live dealer content from …
Spanish operator Codere S.A. has informed the Spanish stockmarket regulator, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, of its outright acquisition of Group Caliente through its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Codere Mexico S.A. de C.V. The company said it had acquired the remaining shares that Group Caliente held in the consolidated Subsidiaries, in which Codere held a …