Undeterred by the failure of its bid to acquire betting shops dropped as a result of the Ladbrokes Coral merger, Irish bookie remains determined to open more UK shops this year. Irish media reports are that Boylesports, undeterred by a failure to secure UK betting shops dropped as a result of the Ladbrokes Coral merger …
Lawmakers in Germany’s Bundestag have taken the unusual step of rejecting a European Commission opinion that the country’s second State Treaty on Gambling is not viable and “unworkable,” and have advanced the legislation. The proposal includes the controversial provision for “temporary” sports betting licenses after earlier versions capping licensing at 20 operators were strongly opposed …
German Betting Association chief Mathias Dahms has called for open dialogue involving his body and other interested parties as the German states continue to grapple with gambling reform and sports betting licence issues (see previous reports). Dahms is against the 20-licence cap on sports betting that has created such a furore, saying that restricting the …
North Carolina could be the next (and ninth) US state to legalise daily fantasy sports following the filing this week of HB279 in the state House, authored by Republican Representative Jason Saine. Saine is a DFS player, and said this week in introducing his proposal: “This is really permissive legislation. It says regulatory or regulation …
Cagayan-licensed online sports betting operator Dafabet may be experiencing problems in Vietnam, where 64 locals have recently been convicted on $45 million-worth illegal online gambling charges associated with the operator (see previous reports), but that hasn’t distracted the company from its plans to enter the African market, initially with an office and website based in …
Online gambling games developer Pariplay has clinched a games supply deal with Swedish online casino and sports betting operator Betsson and is to provide a comprehensive portfolio of games that includes Atari Asteroids, Atari Star Raiders, Atari Black Widow and The Three Stooges. The content partnership with Betsson has been enabled through Pariplay’s strategic partnership …
Online gambling games developer Mobilots has inked a content deal to supply a selection of 16 new desktop and mobile video slots and eight new Chain Reactor Games to Vista Gaming, which operates three bingo brands: CyberBingo, BingoFest and BingoSKY.
Malaysian police spokesman Senior Asst Comm Rohaimi Md Isa revealed in a press conference Friday that widespread raids throughout Malaysia over the past week have resulted in the seizure of 4,422 computer sets and the arrest on illegal online gambling charges of 703 persons. The spokesman said that the raids were part of a large …
Andres Blanco, a co-founder of a new EveryMatrix white label online casino titled Fantasino, has announced that the site is now live, offering live dealer, desktop and mobile games on a multi-lingual and multi-currency .com website. Among the enterprise’s unique features, Blanco boasts, is a facility through which players can build up 3D characters in …
Live casino software developer and provider Medialive is attracting attention at the currently running ENADA expo in Rimini, Italy with its new virtual reality live roulette product, according to local reports. Using a VR visor, online punters can experience enhanced ambience and a 360 degree view of the live dealer action at the Medialive studio …
Eddie Tipton (54), the rogue Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association employee who allegedly engineered a giant lottery game fixing scam several years ago that impacted the lottery games across 37 US states (see previous reports) is facing more charges this week. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced that he has filed charges against Tipton and two …
Novomatic’s online gambling games and software developer, Greentube, has announced a new partnership with online gambling giant bet365 which ensures that premium Novomatic gaming content is available to bet365 customers with immediate effect. Among the new titles on offer at bet365 are Novomatic blue chip slots such as Book of Ra, Lucky Lady’s Charm and …
Whoever owns or operates the online gambling brand MGMLive.com (and it’s by no means sure who that is) should proceed with caution…major US land and online gambling giant MGM Resorts International has you in its sights. On Thursday MGM Resorts filed suit in a Nevada court, accusing the online trademark pirate of illegally using its …
Australian media reports claim that the federal government is considering a ban on gambling adverts during live sports broadcasts as it attempts to win the support of anti-gambling Senator Nick Xenophon in its attempts to get a stalled media reform bill through the federal Senate. Communications Minister Mitch Fifield’s reform bill has been over a …
The end is in sight for Tabcorp’s anti-money laundering clash with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre which has seen the gambling group agree a A$45 million settlement with the regulator – believed to be the highest penalty yet levied in Australian corporate history. On Thursday the company announced that the settlement has been …
Hopes for online poker legalisation in New York rose this week on the news that the state Senate has included the potential revenue from licensing and taxing the vertical in its draft budget for the forthcoming fiscal year. The draft is still subject to finalisation. A similar move last year died when online poker potential …
Two men accused of promoting a nation-wide US online sports betting ring shuttered by enforcement officials in 2015 received relatively light “conditional discharge” sentencing this week after pleading guilty. The men, Julio Alvarenga and Andres Arriaga, were part of a $32 billion gambling ring associated with the now shuttered 365action.com website, which became the subject …
White label online casino provider Aspire Global has announced the launch of its second brand, titled Slotsmoon.com, for client Stay Gaming Group. The new enterprise will join Aspire’s online casino network, and includes verticals such as live casino table games, slots, scratch cards and instant gaming, and in the near future sports betting. Semak Derakhti, …
Fortbet Holdings, a subsidiary of the Penta Investment Group and a major stakeholder in Czech online and land gambling group Fortuna Entertainment, has announced that it is to sell its Romainan betting and gambling companies to Fortuna for a consideration of Euro 47 million. The transaction should be completed in the second quarter of 2017 …
Red Tiger Gaming’s latest offer is a magic-themed five-reel, 20-payline video slot featuring an elf princess with a penchant for bows and arrows. Elven Magic offers four different arrow shooting features associated with the four elements of wind, fire, earth and water: random wilds, spinning tiles, frozen tiles + respin and burning tiles where new …
Privately-owned lottery firm, LottoLand has filed an application for licensure in Germany. The company hopes for authorization to operate its own private lottery in numerous German States, styled on Germany’s Lotto 6aus49. Lottoland already operates its own “World Millions” online lottery in addition to secondary lottery betting. “With more than five million customers, we know …
West Virginia lawmakers filed a second interactive gambling bill, HB 3067, this week seeking to legalise Internet gaming, managed and licensed through existing authorized gaming facilities in West Virginia. Our readers will recall the introduction to the West Virginia House of HB2751 “Legalising Sport Pool Betting” earlier this month (see previous reports) sponsored and filed …
Online bingo firm Jackpotjoy plc has appointed former Liberum gaming analyst, Jason Holden, as Director of Investor and Public Relations, effective April 2017. Holden, reporting to CEO Andy McIver and CFO Keith Laslop, will focus on communicating Jackpotjoy plc’s proposition to the UK investment community following the company’s re-listing on the London Stock Exchange earlier …
In a stock exchange announcement Wednesday, Playtech founder Teddy Sagi, through his investment company Brickington Trading Limited (Brickington), has sold off 13 million Playtech shares to Boussard & Gouvaudan Investment Management LLP for 872.5 pence per share or a total sum of GBP 113.4 million. Following completion of the sale, Brickington will remain Playtech’s largest …