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Bodog sign LatAm sports sponsorship

20 Mar 2017

Bodog seeks to expand its brand presence in the recently entered Latin American market with the sponsorship of American Football team The Corinthians Steamrollers who are associated with Brazil’s soccer club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. “It’s great to see new brands coming into the sport and we hope that Bodog’s international presence can help both …

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iSoftBet take on Genii content

20 Mar 2017

Software provider iSoftBet has added content from UK-based developer Genii to its gaming aggregation platform (GAP). The deal, which includes Genii’s wide variety of game genres including its patented Spin16 games and i3D slots, increases the developers international reach.

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EnergyCasino take on live dealer solution from Evolution Gaming

20 Mar 2017

EnergyCasino and Evolution Gaming have partnered for the integration of a portfolio of live dealer table games comprising seven Roulette, 36 Blackjack, five Baccarat, and one Casino Hold’Em tables. The addition massively increases the choice for Energy Casino Live Casino players, the operator said. “When we saw the sheer quality of the product on offer …

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Ninja Casino launch marketing campaign in Scandinavia

20 Mar 2017

Global Gaming’s flagship brand, Ninja Casino, has begun a 10-week multi-media marketing drive in Sweden and Finland. The in-house developed campaign includes on and offline spots across TV, radio, display and digital video. Relying on toilet humor, the ad demonstrates how easy and simply players can play Ninja Casino on the go without onerous registration …

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Pragmatic Play and Booming Games content for Oshi Casino

20 Mar 2017

Software developers Pragmatic Play and Booming Games will integrate a selection of their games suite for Oshi Casino. Pragmatic slot games feature a predominant fantasy theme that complements the existing selection on the site, while Booming Games’ mobile-friendly slots assist in Oshi’s further development, a company statement reads. The addition of the new content supports …

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Vista Gaming take on Mobilots content

20 Mar 2017

Platform provider Vista Gaming has taken on a portfolio of sixteen HTML5-built video slots and 8 new chain reactor games from software developer Mobilots. The new games, available across PC, tablet and mobile device platforms, will go live with CyberBingo, BingoFest and BingoSKY.

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Betsson on the hunt for CFO

20 Mar 2017

Betsson AB has begun the search for a new chief financial officer following the resignation of Fredrik Rüdén, effective 31 August 2017. Rüdén is part of Betsson AB’s management team and has been with the company since 2008. “Fredrik has contributed much to Betsson’s success during the nine years he has served as the company’s …

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Ladbrokes Australia new sponsor of Newcastle Knights

20 Mar 2017

30-year-old New South Wales NRL club, The Newcastle Knights, has attracted Ladbrokes for the remainder of the 2017 season, the bookmakers first New South Wales-based sponsorship. Under the terms of the deal, the Ladbrokes logo will feature on the back of the club jersey, in addition to goal post and corner post pad branding on …

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Veikkaus and win2day share poker liquidity

20 Mar 2017

Veikkaus and win2day went live this week with the first cross-border poker network, powered by Playtech, following approvals from both the Finnish and Austrian Ministries of Finance. The collaboration instantly doubles the Finnish and Austrian gaming brands’ number of customers playing omni-channel poker products through the dedicated Playtech-powered iPoker network. The collaboration was a result …

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Mintbet goes live with FSB Technology

20 Mar 2017

Independent Irish retail bookmaker, McBrides Racing Ltd, will expand to online with the launch of Mintbet.com in partnership with FSB Technology. Mintbet’s launch forms part of McBrides Racing’s relaunch as it builds on 40-years of bookmaking in the Republic and Northern Ireland.elopment for the Mintbet brand and one that I hope both existing and new …

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Calls for higher gambling taxes in Kenya

20 Mar 2017

Despite warnings from the Kenya Revenue Authority that increasing the tax burden on the country’s gambling industry runs the risk of a goose and golden egg scenario, the Parliamentary Budget Office (made up of multi-disciplined experts who advise elected officials) has called on Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich to do just that in his 2017/2018 …

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Connecticut online lottery bill dies in committee

19 Mar 2017

The Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s bid to obtain legislative permission to sell a wide range of non-instant games online died without a vote in the state House Public Safety and Security Committee this week when members killed off HB967…but the lottery’s interim president, Frank Farriker, suggested the request may be repeated at some point in the …

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Early Indian study results suggest legalisation is the better option for gambling

19 Mar 2017

In the wake of the cricket corruption scandals three years ago the Indian Supreme Court tasked the Law Commission with examining whether betting should be legalised, and this week Commission chairman Justice B.S. Chauhan revealed some preliminary findings, suggesting that regulation and control may be a more effective approach than prohibition. Justice Chauhan said gambling …

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Confusion over company suspended by Malta Gaming Authority?

18 Mar 2017

The UK-based Random Games Ltd has vehemently denied that it is the company identified in the Malta Gaming Authority’s notification of March 3 of its suspension of licensee C50145 (see previous  report), which has a similar title. Our readers may recall that the MGA notification advised that “Random Games Limited” has had its Class 1 on …

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Now West Virginia eyes online gambling legalisation

18 Mar 2017

Legislatively speaking, Delegate Shawn Fluharty is shaking things up on the gambling front in West Virginia; earlier this month he introduced HB 2751 to the state House, a measure that challenges the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which restricts sports betting to just three US states (see previous report), and on Friday …

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More daily fantasy sport bills introduced in U.S. states

18 Mar 2017

The spate of daily fantasy sports legalisation proposals launched in the United States this year now includes Ohio and Pennsylvania following moves this week by lawmakers. Last year the Ohio legislature saw two DFS bills at either end of the spectrum; one wanted to legalise the vertical whilst the other sought to declare such activity …

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Boylesports has big plans for the UK retail betting market

17 Mar 2017

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 …

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Second German state treaty on gambling approved by Bundestag

17 Mar 2017

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 …

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German betting association calls for a more practical approach to sports betting regulation

17 Mar 2017

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 …

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Will North Carolina be next to legalise daily fantasy sports?

17 Mar 2017

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 …

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Dafabet eyes African online gambling market

17 Mar 2017

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 …

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Pariplay to provide gaming content to Betsson

17 Mar 2017

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 …

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Mobilots to provide 24 new games to Vista Gaming

17 Mar 2017

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.

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Busy week for Malaysian police

17 Mar 2017

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 …

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