Aussie online gambling games developer Lightning Box has released its latest HTML5 online slot, initially exclusive to BetVictor and titled Stellar Jackpot Dolphin Gold. The 4×5 reel, 40-line video slot unusually combines oceanic and intergalactic themes, and boasts a unique bonus trigger involving up to 12 stacked wilds. Six blue dolphins trigger the Gold Dolphin …
Gaming Innovation Group subsidiary iGaming Cloud (iGC) announced the appointment of a new executive Friday, naming Cristina Niculae as its new chief operating officer. Niculae will be based in Malta and tasked with planning and overseeing iGC’s operational strategies, initiatives and goals, and establishing policies that promote the company’s culture and vision. She has a …
US gambling supplies, games and equipment provider Scientific Games issued a trading update this week detailing a reduction in operating losses and improved revenues in the last quarter of 2016. Highlights of the update included: * FY-2016 revenue grew by 4.5 percent y-o-y to $2.9 billion; * Operating income was $130.6 million compared to an …
New Jersey state Senator Jim Whelan, a long-time supporter of online gambling, has moved to protect the state’s flourishing online gambling industry by introducing a resolution calling on Congress and the current US administration to “oppose any actions that would prohibit states to conduct Internet gaming.” Whelan’s SJR 102 complements a similar Assembly resolution, AJR …
More detail has now emerged on S.203, a bill introduced to the Michigan Senate by Sen. Mike Kowall this week seeking to legalise and regulate online gambling in the state (see previous report). The bill appears to mirror that which ran out of time in the state Legislature last year, and includes provisions which call …
Just two weeks on from its introduction, H414, a proposal to legalise daily fantasy sports in the state of Kentucky authored by Representative Adam Koenig, failed to progress from the House this week despite a positive 37-36 vote. The bill did not reach the 40 positive votes required by a state law that a measure …
A daily fantasy sports legalisation bill – H5793 – was filed March 1 in the Rhode Island state Assembly by Representatives Jared Nunes and Alex Marszalkowski, and calls for the state Division of Racing and Athletics to be authorised by lawmakers to “implement online games of skill, including, but not limited to, fantasy sports, so-called, …
By noiw you would have thought that Kenya MP Jakoyo Midiwo would have had enough of a battering over his gambling reform proposals to call it a day; from gambling operators and the Interior Ministry to the taxman, his Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill, 2016 has been roundly hammered and criticised, exposing serious flaws. …
Online gambling group Betsson announced Friday that it has entered the Spanish online casino market with the acquisition of Premier Casino for Euro 3 million. It is understood that Premier is owned by Spanish firm Mediaset España Comunicacion, S.A. The operation offers live dealer, RNG and mobile products powered by a range of quality providers …
Playtech has released a new 5 reel 40 pay-line online slot titled American Dad, with a theme inspired by the Simpsons-style animated cartoon television show of the same name. In addition to Wilds and Scatters the game boasts Multipliers, Free Spins, Re-Spins and Stacked symbols, with several key elements: The Schmooblydong Wheels can trigger re-spins …
FP Acquisitions Limited, a company owned by private equity funds under the OpCapita banner has agreed to pay GBP 83 million in the conditional debt free, cash free basis to purchase Sportech subsidiary The Football Pools. The sale is conditional upon FP Acquisitions obtaining the necessary licences from the UK Gambling Commission and the passing …
UK betting group Sportech had some good news for shareholders on Thursday, advising them that the board of directors has resolved to return approximately GBP 20 million to them by way of a tender offer to be implemented during the current tax year. The offer will be effected by using the company’s existing authorities to …
UK betting technology provider Sportech plc has posted a strong set of FY-2016 results, flagging the following highlights: * Profit before tax up 216 percent at GBP 30.7 million (2015: £9.7m); * Results in line with expectations with overall EBITDA up 3 percent to GBP 23.8 million (2015: GBP 23.1 million); * Victory in the …
Another slot in the collaborative game development deal between Microgaming and the 32Red online casino group came to fruition this week with the launch of the second game in a series of ITV television show-themed slots, “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ Featuring presenters Ant & Dec, the game arrives just as the 14th series …
Game developer NYX Gaming Group is extending its reach in the US online gaming market with the delivery of digital content to Rush Street Interactive’s online casino brand, SugarHouse Casino.com. Through a single integration with NYX’s Open Gaming System (OGS), Rush Street has access to an extensive portfolio of NYX content, delivered via its PlaySugarHouse.com …
EveryMatrix, arguably the industry’s biggest white label online gambling provider and games aggregator, has announced the launch of MoneyMatrix, a new payment service provider specialising in payment processing and risk management in the gambling industry. The new subsidiary is licensed by the Malta Financial Services Authority and PCI certified, and has been developed in response …
Online gambling entrepreneur Calvin Ayre, founder of the Bodog brand, was back in the news this week as reports surfaced from the Reuters news agency that he has partnered with Craig Wright, the Aussie IT expert and businessman who claims to have created the cyber-currency Bitcoin and is also believed to use the alias Satoshi …
Progress – of a kind – appears to be imminent at last on the much-delayed Dutch online gambling legalisation bill passed in July last year by the lower house. Parliament has advised that the Senate Permanent Committee for Security and Justice will examine and discuss the legislation on March 7, along with a bill concerning …
Online gambling legalisation is again on the table in the Michigan Senate following the introduction of four new bills S202 to S205 this week, with two of them (S203 and S204) new efforts by Sen. Mike Kowall, who led the unsuccessful legalisation attempts last year. The bills, which can be accessed here: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(w4vbekimw5l1vrl4c02pxtan))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=2017-SB-0202, do not …
Swiss lawmakers in the lower house this week passed an online gambling ISP-blocking measure already approved by the upper house despite the lower house having previously removed such language from an earlier proposal in the Legal Affairs Committee (see previous report). The blocking process will target all online gambling operators accessing the Swiss market without …
The respected law firm DLA Piper has flagged salient points from its February 6 online gambling regulatory workshop, which was attended by delegates from across Europe, noting that national regulators have become increasingly aggressive in pursuit of unlicensed operators accessing their national markets. “All the countries reviewed during the event are adopting a strict approach …
Harry Reid and John Boehner, legendary US political foes from the two main US parties, will work together on a new project, heading up a think tank at UNLV in a partnership with MGM Resorts International, according to a report Wednesday in the Nevada Independent newspaper. The MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute at UNLV will …
Early reports from the US state of Georgia indicate that a daily fantasy sports legalisation bill – H118 – has passed with a strong majority in the state House. Under House Bill 118, introduced in January this year by Republican Representative Trey Kelley, companies operating daily fantasy sports websites may apply for registration with the …
In just four years’ time the eSports global audience will have swollen to 402 million, according to a new survey by Superdata prepared for the European eSports Conference in London. Other startling predictions from the respected research company are: * The eSport live and internet audience will grow to 330 million by 2019, and will …