Online gambling group GVC Holdings plc announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2015 Thursday, reporting a pre-tax loss of Euro 138.6 million, compared with a Euro 25.5 million profit the previous year, on revenue up to Euro 823.3 million from Euro 246.5 million. The company flagged the following highlights: Financial highlights …
British MP John Whittingdale’s warning earlier this week that UK bookmakers should brace themselves for FOBT staking limit restrictions (see previous report) has been echoed by the respected Fitch Ratings organisation, which said in a statement Wednesday that retail betting shop operators like Ladbrokes and William Hill could be particularly hard hit if staking limits …
The acquisition of the ComeOn! online casino gambling group by the Cherry Group (see previous reports) has been followed by a statement today (Thursday) that the integration project between Cherry iGaming and ComeOn!, will assume the brand ComeOn! with effect from April 1 2017. The statement notes that branding the company ComeOn! will re-emphasise its …
The Chibeasties are back with the launch Thursday of Yggdrasil Gaming’s new slot sequel, Chibeasties 2. Following the success of the original Chibeasties game, Chibeasties 2 sees the cute creatures returning to the magical forest. The game features four different game modes in four different realms – Expanding Realm, Spreading Realm, Teleporting Realm and Mirroring …
Christian Gruber, managing director of Frankfurt-based Tipico Deutschland Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH has resigned his position to pursue new career challenges, effective April 15, 2017. Gruber, who has held the post for the past three years, headed up the Tipico group’s strategic communication, the sportsbook operator’s sponsoring partnerships as well as brand communication and retail …
Inspired Entertainment Inc. updated the industry, Wednesday, concerning a number of recent key contracts and deployments in the industry. The company’s new virtual sports product, specifically designed for the Italian market, Football Matchday has gone live for the first time with Italian operator Snaitech across online and retail channels. The new product features an eight …
Swedish digital marketing firm Mobajl AB has been fined for the distribution of an unsolicited mobile marketing promotion for LeoVegas in the Norwegian market, through its MrDealservice. The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman reported receipt of 70 complaints from consumers referring to the promotion. Put into context the Ombudsman received 350 complaints during the whole of 2016. …
NYX Gaming Group’s development studio NextGen Gaming has launched “Xing Guardian” on NYX’s Open Gaming System (OGS). The fantasy-Asian-themed 5-reel, 1024-ways-to-win video slot offers a randomly triggered ‘Xing Guardian Locked Reels’ feature in which up to 5 reels can lock together. Another randomly triggered ‘Rise of the Dragon’ feature will award one or more stacked …
The European Gambling and Betting Association (EGBA) has published a guidance document on the transposition of the 4th Anti Money Laundering Directive which European Union member states must implement by June 26, 2017. The full guidance document can be accessed at: http://www.egba.eu/media/Guidance-towards-a-proper-implementation-of-the-4th-AMLD.pdf
Playson’s latest release “Time Warp Guardian” features a futuristic heroine accompanying players on a journey across different eras. The game is a 5-reel, 243-ways-to-win slot offering Wilds, Sticky Reel Re-spins and a hologram reel set. Landing four Wilds will trigger the Time Warp Bonus Mode feature presenting two 3×3 game boards with five free spins …
Novomatic subsidiary Greentube has partnered Pennsylvania-based Mount Airy Casino Resort for the development of a social casino platform. The new digital platform will be developed by Greentube subsidiary BlueBat Games and powered by Greentube’s social casino solution Greentube Pro, and will replicate the terrestrial casino in look, feel and game offers. “The partnership with Mount …
Instant win games provider, IWG, has clinched a deal with Nektan for the provision of its entire portfolio of instant win online games. The deal is IWG’s third RGS integration this year and represents Nektan’s first instant win games offer. “Instant win games are rapidly growing in popularity across the entire online gaming industry, as …
Amaya Inc. reported a robust set of full year 2016 results, saying its online casino business exceeded expectations and changes to its poker ecosystem and a focus on customer acquisition had begun to reverse certain negative trends. Key performance indicators for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2016 include: – Total revenue of $1,155,892,000 …
The Forbes annual list of the world’s wealthiest people released this week shows that arch-online gambling foe Sheldon Adelson remains in the top twenty, positioned at number 20 with a fortune of $30.4 billion. In gambling industry terms, it appears that Adelson rules the roost as the richest of the rich. The Forbes list of …
The chief executive of the Philippines Gaming and Amusement Corp, Andrea Domingo, told delegates at the ASEAN conference this week that the regulator is planning to expand its offshore online gambling licensing program. Domingo explained that the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogo) licenses had initially been restricted whilst Pagcor assessed its capability to handle the …
Last year’s surprise approval by Japanese lawmakers of legislation permitting the introduction of land casino gambling across the nation (see previous reports) has been followed by the launch of a Cabinet office branch tasked with the implementation of the decision by the Diet (parliament). Addressing the ASEAN Gaming Summit in Malta this week, PwC Japan …
The online gambling information site Ask Gamblers.com has released statistics on its player dispute service, advising that in 2016 5,268 complaints were lodged by 3,800 players. The complaints involved 613 different online casinos, and of the total complaints lodged Ask Gamblers accepted 2,300 for investigation and mediation. 70 percent of these cases were resolved within …
Berlin-headquartered online casino and sports betting operator mybet Group went live on a new sports betting and casino platform developed by Amelco, Tuesday. The new platform provides a significant expansion in the operator’s sports betting and casino offer, mobile functionality for the first time, a new visual design and a new technical infrastructure forms a …
In a customer advisory, online gaming operator 188Bet has reportedly advised it will close its online bingo offer on March 23, 2017 but is working on a replacement service which it hopes to introduce in the near future. In the meantime, online bingo customer funds will be moved to their main accounts, 188Bet said. Reasons …
Bulgarian online gambling software and solutions provider EGT Interactive has signed a content supply deal with Olympic Entertainment Group(OEG) in which a suite of its land based, adapted for online, games will feature on OEG’s interactive platform olybet.com across the operator’s online estate in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The omni-channel content will cater to desktop, …
Spanish gaming operator Codere has chosen Evolution Gaming as its exclusive Live Casino provider for Mexico. The deal marks Evolution’s entry into the Mexican market, where Codere is already the largest operator of gaming halls and, since February 1, offers online gaming through the website www.coo online players on desktop, tablet and smartphone. “Evolution ́s …
UK betting group Betfred has launched a new online social gaming casino app dubbed Betfred Social in partnership with social casino developer Caleta Gaming. Betfred Social offers engaging and fun content which allows players to collect hourly and daily bonus coins to play with. Players can also make in-app purchases for more coins as well …
Earlier this year Pennsylvania Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa flagged his intention to introduce an online gambling and gaming reform bill (see previous report) and this week made good on his word with the introduction of SB524. Senators Wayne Fontana, Vincent Hughes and Judy Schwank have signed up in support for the bill, which mirrors …
British MP John Whittingdale, who formally held responsibility for gambling in the UK government, warned UK bookmakers to brace themselves for some bad news on FOBTs Tuesday whilst addressing the Association of British Bookmakers’ annual meeting in London. The MP said that it is likely that “significant” changes will soon be announced regarding the controversial …