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New online casino Fantasino launched by EveryMatrix

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Medialive showing off virtual reality gambling products at Italian expo

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Kansas attorney general files suit against multi-state lottery association fraudster

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Greentube enters new partnership with bet365

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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MGM goes after online trademark bandit

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Growing row in Australia over federal government plans to ban gambling adverts

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Court approves Tabcorp’s A$45 million AML settlement with Austrac

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Hopeful signs in New York

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Promoters involved in $32 million U.S. sports betting bust sentenced

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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New white label online casino launched by Aspire Global

16 Mar 2017

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, …

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Fortuna Entertainment in euro 47 million deal with its majority stakeholder

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Elven Magic from Red Tiger Gaming

16 Mar 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 …

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Lottoland applies for German licensing

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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West Virginia takes another punt at legalising online gambling

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Jackpot Joy make executive appointment

16 Mar 2017

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 …

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Playtech founder sells 4 percent share

15 Mar 2017

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 …

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Respin clinch first tier 1 U.S. casino deal

15 Mar 2017

Nektan’s US operating subsidiary Respin Games LLC has clinched its first major contract with an unidentified Tier-1 U.S. casino operator to launch a real money in-venue mobile games solution into the US casino market. The company will launch its Rapid Games in-resort Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) mobile platform into the California based casino operator …

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Playtech Live debuts Grand Royale flagship brand

15 Mar 2017

Playtech Live has launched its flagship Live Casino brand, Grand Royale, from its new European studios, the first of many new concepts that will create the company’s next generation Live Casino offering. Targeted at high-level value clientele, Grand Royale offers the look and feel of VIP standards providing Playtech licensees and their players high-end features, …

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Skin betting attracting several gambling authorities attention

15 Mar 2017

The practice of wagering virtual in-game items (skin betting) from popular games such as CS:GO and FIFA is legally defined as gambling, the Norwegian Gambling Authority has noted in a public communication, warning operators will face tough sanctions if they offer these services. “Skins can normally not be exchanged for cash, but it is possible …

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New game from iSoftBet

15 Mar 2017

The latest game from iSoftBet features a swarm of extraordinary insects, each one carrying a precious gem, in a 5-reel, 10 pay-line slot format with Scatters, Wilds, Free Spins, Multipliers, Random Symbols and Expanding Wilds.

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U.S. Major League Soccer favours wider sports betting legalisation

15 Mar 2017

The American Gaming Association’s drive for a wider legalised sports betting regime in the US than is presently the case under the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act received a boost this week when Don Garber, the commissioner heading the Major League Soccer organisation came out in favour of the proposal, provided proper regulation …

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Online gambling ring sentences handed down in Vietnam

15 Mar 2017

Police action against an online gambling ring back in 2015 came to a conclusion with the sentencing of 64 persons in a Vietnamese court Monday, with alleged ring leader Wong Boon Leong (38) facing the heaviest punishment of 14 months and 24 days in prison. Because the sentence corresponds with his period of incarceration to …

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Leisure Suit Larry comes to online casino

15 Mar 2017

The iconic “Leisure Suit Larry” video game, first launched in the 1980’s, themes Larry Casino, a new Malta and UK-licensed offer powered by Gaming Innovation Group (GIG). The original video game followed the escapades of Larry Laffer, a middle-aged virgin, on the hunt to seduce women in the city of Lost Wages. Larry Casino offers …

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Spin Games and Konami in European games distribution deal

15 Mar 2017

New Jersey-based Spin Games LLC, a provider of innovative HTML5 games content and remote gaming technology, has announced a European distribution agreement with Konami Gaming, Inc. Under the agreement Spin Games will have the exclusive right to distribute new Konami content, via the Spin RGS to approved operators. As previously announced, Spin Games and Konami …

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