The online gambling feuding in the Philippines continued this week as the Senate wound up its extensive enquiry into the online gambling affairs of Macau mogul Jack Lam, and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) alleged that “the government has been losing at least P6 billion annually from unregulated online gaming franchises granted by …
Thursday saw the conclusion of the extensive Philippines Senate enquiry into the Jack Lam affair, in which members of the panel had to sift through a morass of bribery and corruption accusations and counter-accusations against senior government figures, foreign operator and gambling mogul Jack Lam and a so-called “facilitator” of an alleged P50 million bribery …
The convoluted and confusing legislative position regarding German sports betting regulations is no nearer solution despite the submission to the European Commission of a second proposal by the nation’s provinces. In a statement this week the EC observed that the proposals do not present a viable solution to the issue, which has seen significant expenses …
Isle of Man-based lottery betting operator Annexio has announced it has been granted a licence to operate in Ireland, allowing players in the Irish Republic to try their legendary luck on Annexio’s stable of online lottery games, including the US Powerball with its potential to reach jackpots of over $1 billion. Annexio General Counsel Paul …
Online casino operator Mr Green has confirmed that it has taken on board a suite of over 150 HTML5 games from developer Pragmatic Play. The deal allows Mr Green access to slot games for mobile and desktop, ranging from the latest release Queen of Gold to Hot Safari, Mighty Kong, Magic Crystals, Sugar Rush, Lady …
Daily fantasy sports, legal in the state of New York for the past five months, has performed as anticipated, with local residents spending $180 million in entry fees, according to figures from the New York Gaming Commission issued in an “interactive fantasy sports summary” earlier this week. That figure is around 10 percent of all …
Edgeless, the Lithuanian online casino start-up that proposes to do away with the traditional house edge, has reportedly raised a million dollars in its first week of crowdfunding on the Crowdsale site, enabling the company to start development work. Edgeless said in a statement reporting the successful funding that it intends to establish a space …
Live dealer provider Evolution has announced that its latest game, Double Ball Roulette, is now live with operators. Double Ball Roulette features two balls with the possibility of two winning numbers from a single spin, and has been developed by Evolution in partnership with Games Marketing. The game offers three types of bet: * Inside …
Severin Rasset, director of poker innovation and operations for PokerStars, has given more detail on his “All Stars” concept – a new rake-free, month-long cash game challenge designed to find the best cash game players in the world. Pokerstars is investing $100,000 in leaderboard rewards on the project, and eligible players will be emailed in …
The organisers of ICE Totally Gaming have announced that this year’s Pitch ICE award for innovation has gone to 1SpinMillionaire, a “simple proposition” that offers free 1SpinMillionaire tickets with every bet on a game on a participating website. The lottery and jackpot retention start-up had previously won the EiG Launchpad award last October, again despite …
International Game Technology plc has announced the appointment of Heather J. McGregor (54) as an independent director to the group’s board effective March 8, 2017. “Heather’s global perspective and years of experience in talent acquisition and finance, along with her commitment to diversity and board experience, will be valuable additions to the expertise of our …
GalaBingo.com is premiering its new TV advert this week, featuring a 20ft bingo cake, a marching band and a bingo buggy. Created by creative agency, Cravens, and filmed in February, the new advert is to be screened on ITV, ITV Be and Channel 5 from 10th March. Cravens has been working with GalaBingo.com since 2014, …
A group of Pennsylvania Republican Party senators, Sens. Thomas Killion, Guy Reschenthaler, Camera Bartolotta and Patrick Stefano has filed a companion online gambling legalisation measure to HB392, an extensive intrastate gaming reform bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives a month ago and currently with the House Gaming Oversight Committee (see previous reports). The …
It may be a while yet before the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) publishes its opinion on the proposed A$11.3 billion merger between gambling groups Tatts and Tabcorp, judging by a statement from the Commission Thursday. The statement by ACCC chief Rod Sims notes that the Commission is examining the implications and notes: “The …
Michigan Senator Mike Kowall’s online gambling legalisation bill SB203, filed earlier this month (see previous report) has made rapid progress, passing throught the Senate Regulatory Reform Committee and advancing to the Senate for consideration on a vote of 7 to 1. The bill continues Kowall’s efforts last year, which ran out of time, and has …
Online gambling group GVC Holdings has confirmed that it has extended its virtual sports content deal with Leap Gaming, building on the content for its operational sites, which include Bwin Casino and Party Casino. The contract extension includes Leap’s current scheduled racing events, along with the latest innovations from the company such as In-Play Tennis, …
Online and land gambling group William Hill plc had the embarrassing task of apologising to an unknown number of its punters this week for a third party payment provider’s screw-up that resulted in online punters’ accounts being debited twice for the same transactions. The William Hill letter of apology did not identify the payment provider …
The Czech online and land gambling group Fortuna Entertainment has posted its FY-2016 results, recording lower core profit than expected, which Management attributed to rising operating costs. Key performance indicators flagged were: * Net profit fell 42.4 percent to Euro 11.2 million; * EBITDA declined 18.5 percent in 2016 to Euro 22.1 million – a …
Media reports from the Philippines report that a local Senator has suggested a bold new move to improve the control of online gambling. Addressing a Senate hearing enquiring into the circumstances surrounding bribery and corruption allegations against online gambling tycoon Jack Lam (see previous reports), Senator Richard Gordon said on Thursday that a dedicated online …
Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has clinched an exclusive licensing deal with EON Productions Limited, Danjaq, LLC and MGM Interactive Inc. for the development of James Bond branded casino products across land-based, lottery and social slots gaming. Under the terms of the deal SGC has the right to leverage all past and future iconic James Bond …
Fantasfida, an Italian daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator, has launched into the UK market to compete with other recently launched DFS operators DraftKings and FanDuel. Fantasfida is a seven-a-side fantasy football game developed by Milan-headquartered Digital Bros’ in-house studio, Cityglance. The game is managed by Digital Bros’ dedicated Game Network team. “Fantasy Football, especially daily …
Playtech’s Age of the Gods: King of Olympus slot rewarded a William Hill online punter with an almost $ 1 million jackpot pay out. The 48-year-old European man hit a jackpot of $997,690, which Playtech boosted with an additional bonus of $3,000, making the lucky punter an instant millionaire. Shimon Akad, chief operating officer for …
Online casino operator Casumo has partnered SSE Arena in Wembley in a three-year deal brokered by AEG Global Partnerships. The iconic concert and events venue boasts 700,000 music, comedy and sport visitors per annum, providing the Casumo brand quality exposure on internal and external screens and through social media. “The partnership will give Casumo access …
Toronto platform provider Gaming Nation Inc. has completed the acquisition of UK stadium betting services provider BD Sport Group for a consideration of GBP 8,8 million. The agreement details a further GBP 2.2 million earn out provision (see previous report) on BD Sport’s portfolio which includes BD Sport Ltd., BD Stadia Ltd. and BD Deportes …