A letter this week from the US National Governors Association Economic Development & Commerce Committee should give new US Attorney General Jeff Sessions pause for thought when it comes to considering his position on the Wire Act and its relevance to online gambling. Our readers may recall that a carefully considered Justice Department legal opinion …
Following player complaints, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed that it is scrutinising the manner in which bookmaking firms use software in order to ascertain whether laws are being broken. Reporting on the issue, the BBC said the Commission has supported player complaints that software being downloaded on to their computers without their permission …
Sporting ambassadors including Premier League winner Wayne Bridge and seven-time snooker World Champion Stephen Hendry make ‘Big Calls’ PokerStars sister company in the Amaya group, BetStars has announced a new marketing initiative dubbed “Big Calls” featuring top sportsmen, who will make a literal ‘big call’ via video phone on social media sites as they share …
It’s been a crazy week in the Pennsylvania legislature; Our readers will recall that it started with HB271, a bill seeking to permit slot machines in state airports, which was defeated in the House 112 vs. 79. However, that has been followed by the news that another bill authorising tablet gambling in boarding areas at …
Mystery surrounds Hong Kong-based Discovery Key Investments Limited (DKI), an investment vehicle wholly owned by a Mr. Tang Hao, that has acquired 9,105,500 common shares in the share capital of Amaya Inc. on the secondary market at a price of $22.40 per share. Hao’s purchase represents an aggregate price of $203,963,200 and an acquisition of …
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGC) has awarded content providers Live 5 Gaming and GreenTube UK Limited core service provider licensing. In addition, the AGCC reported receipt of an application for Category 1 and 2 eGambling Licensure from PariPlay Ltd.
Virtual sports content provider VSoftCo has signed a multi-year agreement with Infinity Gaming Solutions for the integration of its complete portfolio of virtual football content. The agreement includes the first integration of VSoftCo’s VStriker, a joint venture between VSoftCo and the Striker comic strip that was first published in The Sun newspaper in 1985. “This …
Sigma Gaming has previewed its new “HiLoRoller” progressive video slot scheduled for release in May 2017 across the Quickfire platform. The game’s progressive Jackpot will be linked to previously released Sigma games “Golden Money Frog” and “Lucky Fairy” also available via the Quickfire, powered by Microgaming platform. Hi-Lo Roller is lightly themed on the traditional …
Minotauro Media Ltd has elected to migrate its CasinoLuck.com brand to the Aspire Global platform during April 2017. According to a presser, the transition will enable Casino Luck to upgrade its offer and shift its focus to growth. Following the migration, Casino Luck will concentrate primarily on core acquisition efforts as Aspire Global handles payments, …
ZEAL Network SE’s MyLotto24 brand had launched an online lottery business in Ireland, saying the move kicks off the Group’s “internationalisation” strategy which was communicated to the industry earlier this year (see previous reports). “Lotto and betting have a long tradition in Ireland,” Allan Turner, country manager for MyLotto24’s Irish Business, said. “Building on this, …
Major terrestrial casino group, Big Bola, will move into the online sector with platform provider AutoGameSYS (AGS). The AGS Gaming Platform will launch Big Bola’s online offering for the first time, with an offer of over 2000 games, 20 000 sports betting events each month and other features tailored to suit Latin American-focused operators. “We …
Knockout Gaming B2C sites will benefit from a B2B deal in which data-driven marketing firm Beehive will provide its software to the white-label betting and gaming firm. Beehive’s omni-channel marketing platform will be integrated as a core product with Knockout Gaming’s B2C clients and offered on a sub-licence basis. “Operators are always asking us to …
Playtech-owned Swedish games developer Quickspin has launched a new Achievements Engine module that makes use of six unique game events that occur in all the supplier’s slots. The achievements engine rewards players with Quickspin Tokens for achieving certain events such as when a scatter appears or when the player has a win with two wild …
International Game Technology (IGT) has signed a cross-licensing agreement with Aruze Gaming in which the entertainment company can develop and offer games integrated with patented IGT game features under a licensing fee arrangement. “This cross-licensing agreement with Aruze Gaming continues IGT’s positive momentum toward investing in the growth of the gaming industry while protecting our …
The UK headquartered online gambling giant bet365 has become the first enterprise to be certified by the accredited testing laboratory eCOGRA for compliance with the important International Standards Organisation ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for Information Security Management Systems. The internet gambling group is one of the world’s largest and most respected such businesses, with geographically dispersed …
The Prairie Island Indian Community, a federally-recognised Indian Tribe that operates the Treasure Island land casino in Minnesota, has launched playTIcasino, an online, free-to-play social casino powered by Novomatic subsidiary Greentube. Shelley Buck, the president of the Prairie Island Tribal Council, said in a press statement Tuesday: “We looked to Greentube to create a branded …
A consortium of foreign investor funds led by Canada’s private equity fund Clairvest has made an offer of Cdn$ 100 million in a bid to acquire an 85 percent stake in Head Infotech, the owners of the Indian online rummy enterprise Ace2Three. The publication GLaws reports that the same consortium is also interested in buying …
In November last year a group of US teenagers (or their parents) launched litigation against the Valve Corporation, which developed the popular Counter Strike Global Offensive video game used extensively in eSports contests. The litigants claimed that Valve’s Steam Marketplace and CS:GO supported illegal gambling by allowing Americans to link their accounts to third-party websites …
Tough luck story of the week has to be the still-anonymous Irish lottery punter who lost out on a Euro 68,205,610 jackpot win in Tuesday night’s Euromillions draw….by a single digit. The Irish media Wednesday morning revealed that there were no winners for the jackpot, but that four players, including an Irish player, came incredibly …
NetEnt has released a preview vid and some tantalisingly brief details on its next online slot, which it says is due for release May 23. Titled Copy Cat, the game is a 5-reel, 3-row, 25-line (fixed) video slot featuring Free Spins, Bonus symbols, Wild substitutions, Stacked symbols, Stacked Wilds and a special Copy Cats feature. …
The UK’s independent online lottery Lottoland took a break from scrapping with national lottery operator Camelot this week to launch a new product titled WorldMillions, promising that the new service will offer “the largest guaranteed prize in the world”. WorldMillions will be drawn on Thursdays with a fixed jackpot of GBP 50 million, and again …
GVC Holdings online gambling subsidiary Bwin appears to be bucking the trend in Poland, reportedly applying for licensing whilst rivals are busy withdrawing from the market as a result of punitive taxation and a regulatory regime that favours local companies. The new regime came into force at the beginning of this (April) month in the …
Proponents of the dominant cyber currency Bitcoin, used by a growing number of online gambling operators as a legitimate and anonymous currency, were encouraged this week by the news that recent amendments to the Japanese banking regulations recognise the cyber currency as ‘property of value’. Whilst that stops short of full recognition, it remains an …
Irish technology provider iGame Media has claimed a “world first” in respect of a new streaming platform it has supplied to the Ladbrokes Coral online and land gambling group which enables it to take full control of its licensed video content. The platform provides a single application program interface (API) video platform with a unified …