Nevada-based terrestrial casino operator Station Casinos is readying the launch of its new social casino StationPlay in partnership with GAN. The product, which will launch during the second quarter, will offer casino games, a tournament feature and integration with Station Casinos Boarding Pass loyalty programme. “StationPlay will allow us to provide another great benefit to …
Playson’s latest game content portfolio of thirty-five plus games has gone live with Italian platform provider Microgame.it. The development marks Playson’s first foray into the Italian market enabling players access to popular titles such as Art of the Heist and Dracula’s Family. “When it comes to the .IT market Microgame are a hugely desirable company …
Red Rake Gaming’s latest bingo release title “Greek Gods” defies players to defeat the Greek Gods to reach the summit of Olympus. The game offers animations and special prizes, 12 extra balls with a wild ball and extra free ball, 4 cards of 3 lines and 5 columns, 33 different prize patterns and a bonus …
PokerStars’ corporate giving programme, Helping Hands, has extended its partnership with global sports and education charity Right to Play for a further two years, taking its total support to more than GBP 1.5 million. Through Right to Play’s specially-designed games, vulnerable children learn critical life skills, such as leadership, self-confidence, how to avoid disease and …
Figures published by the Italian Ministry of Finance show that the overall gambling market…and especially the online gambling sector….kept growing in 2016, with overall GGR up 11.4 percent y-o-y to Euro 19.16 billion. Online casino and poker games delivered an aggregate GGR of Euro 579.7 million – up 20.8 percent year-on-year, whilst sports betting – …
The UK instant win and online games provider IWG has announced the release of Cash Buster Towers, the latest game in its successful Cash Buster family. Themed around explosive coloured bricks, players blow up the bricks and topple the towers to win. Cash Buster Towers features a range of new features that includes a spin …
Mainland Chinese sales of lottery tickets declined sharply in January this year, the Ministry of Finance reports, noting that a year-on-year decline of 10.7 percent was recorded.at RMB 29.2 billion ($4.23 billion). The decline was attributed to the timing of the Chinese New Year holiday as Welfare lottery sales fell by 10.6 percent to RMB …
LCB Network (formerly Latest Casino Bonuses) has announced the $1.7 million acquisition of World Casino Directory.com. Joshua Chan, CEO of the LCB Network revealed in a statement Wednesday that WCD was founded in 2002 and is a firmly established source of information for the online gambling community, encompassing a resourceful global market of land based …
Moscow based online gambling platform provider Inbet Games is to add football content from virtual sports software developer VsoftCo to its offering following an agreement inked this week. In return, VsoftCo will enhance its product by integrating retail and online content from Inbet. Pavel Korolev, a director at Inbet, said the VsoftCo games will add …
More detail has emerged from the Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming and Daily Fantasy Sports hearing last week (see previous reports) with particular emphasis on the support of land casino operators in the state, Massachusetts legalisation proposals currently call for state licensing of online gambling to be confined to existing land casino operators, and …
Tuesday saw the Pennsylvanian Legislature again considering online gambling legalisation (among other related matters) in a joint House and Senate hearing – the 84th in the last 2 years on this issue according to some observers, without reaching finality. The witness list for the joint Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee and the House …
The main driver and architect of legislation designed to largely ban online gambling in the United States, Sheldon Adelson, would be wise to heed the results of a poll taken among delegates to the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which discovered that such attempts to prevent properly state-regulated online gambling are far from popular. …
Liam Sloyan, the lottery regulator in Ireland, was under pressure Tuesday when he appeared before lawmakers on parliament’s Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, where he was urged to be more transparent, and to demonstrate that he is investigating the impact of online gambling on problem gambling. Sloyan answered questions regarding his oversight …
Intel Extreme Masters eSports has announced that it is to hold its first Australian live eSports tournament at the Qudos Bank Arena near the Sydney Olympic Park between May 6 and 7. The A$260,000 ($197,585) competition will feature top eSports teams SK Gaming and Renegades, with further invites and qualifier information to follow in the …
A World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) order that an online lottery operator surrender the domains lotteryworks.com and lotterystore.com to Italian lottery operator Lotto Sport Italia SpA is being contested in an Arizona federal court by online developer and would-be operator David Dent. Dent has filed case CV 17-651-PHX-JWS for hearing by Judge John Sedwick, contesting …
Embattled former CEO and dominant shareholder of Amaya Group, David Baazov, has sold almost a third of his shares in the company, disposing of 7 million shares for a total of Cdn$133 million or 4.8 percent of Amaya’s equity…and he still holds 17.6 million shares or 12.1 percent of the Amaya equity. Baazov’s reason for …
Football Form Labs (FFL) has signed a content deal with Betfair Australia in which FFL will provide editorial previews for each Premier League fixture hosted on Betfair Australia’s The Hub. Enabling punters to make more informed decisions on their wagering selection, Football Form Labs will suggest at least one bet for every game. Bettorlogic chief …
Technology provider, Comtrade Gaming has completed the integration of its “iCore – The Enterprise Gaming Platform” as Dafabet’s complete back-end solution. The modernised infrastructure replaces Dafabet’s legacy system with new features ultimately enhancing the customer experience. “Migrating the entire back-end platform of a live operator involves massive risks if not done correctly. Comtrade Gaming seamlessly …
Following a successful trial, Blueprint Gaming has undertaken a wider roll out of its Free Spins promotional tool with Sky Vegas. The tool initially went live on two Blueprint titles linked to its ‘Jackpot King” system, “King Kong Cash” and “Slots O’Gold”. “The first free spins in the market on UK focused content has proven …
Stockholm-listed online gaming operator LeoVegas has announced the completion of its acquisition of Italian gaming operator Winga from Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF). Approvals from the Italian authorities and all other conditions have now been met giving the operator an established position in Italy’s regulated market. Leovegas acquired Winga for a cash consideration of Euro 6.1 million …
Delta Corp Ltd. shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favor of the company’s acquisition of Gaussian Networks, parent company of online poker operator Adda52 (see previous report). The completion of other related conditions are expected to be finalized within the next few weeks.
Norway’s national lottery company Norsk Tipping AS has selected Novomatic Lottery Solutions (NLS) for the design and provision of instant games and digital versions of the Lottery’s Flax game for a three-year term. In addition NLS will provide development expertise in the interactive games area. Norsk Tipping will also gain access to Gamevy Ltd titles, …
Cypriot media agencies are reporting an interesting development regarding OPAP who has reportedly refused to open up its books to the Cypriot Treasury for an audit unless a confidentiality agreement is in place. Through a bilateral agreement signed by Cyprus and Greece, prior to a majority share in OPAP being sold in 2013, OPAP is …
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has awarded the first B2B Class 4 platform license to Lotto Warehouse enabling the provider to host and manage betting on the outcome of lotteries. Lotto Warehouse, founded late 2016, offers B2C operators secondary lottery betting products which either run on a standard betting platform or through a custom-designed portfolio. …