GVC Holdings has entered into a multi-year content deal with Merkur Interactive subsidiary Edict eGaming. GVC’s games portfolio has been boosted with a range of slot titles including Edict classics Dragon’s Treasure and Super7Reels across its dot com domains and other selected regulated markets via bwin Casino, Party Poker and Party Casino. “This is a …
Yggdrasil Gaming delivered an impressive performance in its fourth quarter and full year report 2016 this week saying the foundations have been laid to build a sustainable, world class gaming supply that will continue to push the industry forward. Key performance highlights for the full year 2016, include: – A 332 percent increase in revenue …
Live table games provider Codeta.com has named former Tain chief executive officer, Patrik Svensson, as chief technology officer. In the newly created position, Svensson will be responsible for taking the Codeta.com desktop and mobile platforms to the next level, building a world-class player experience using Google Machine Learning and the Facebook front-end platform, React.js. Svensson …
In a brief press statement, Inspired Entertainment, Inc. has announced a tri-party agreement with the Michigan Bureau of State Lottery (MBSL) and platform supplier Pollard Banknote Limited. Under the terms of the deal, Inspired Entertainment Inc. will supply its Virtual Events lottery products online to the MBSL.
Sportsbetting operator TipBet has become an official sponsor of Austrian association football club, Sportklub Puntigamer Sturm Graz (SPSG) who currently play in the Austrian Bundesliga. The sponsorship will elevate TipBet’s presence in the Austrian market as the company leverages SPSG’s stadium advertising and website space along with lotteries on the club’s social media channels until …
Slotland has launched Gypsy Charm, a proprietary slot originally developed for sister site, Win A Day Casino. Centered around a mysterious fortune teller and her doting father, the slot features free spins, wilds and a Fortune Teller bonus game triggered when fortune teller and tarot symbols appear in the middle position on reels two and …
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has welcomed major European online gambling firm Betsson to its membership ranks as the operator expands further outside of the Nordics. “With the current wave of local regulation taking place across Europe, Betsson Group wants to expand its revenue from locally regulated markets,” said Ulrik Bengtsson, chief executive …
European sports betting integrity body, ESSA, has partnered Amaya Inc.’s BetStars as its 25th regulated betting operator. ESSA considers BetStars’ membership as a milestone bringing “clear advantages for the integrity body and its alert platform.
Online sports betting operator, SBOBET, will continue its current sponsorship of Dundalk Football Club for a further two-year term. The Celton Manx-operated betting firm will remain official betting partner and enjoy promotional branding at the club’s Oriel Park home ground in County Louth.
GambleAware has launched its debut digital ad campaign, designed by creative agency 18 Feet & Rising. The campaign, “Voices”, is targeted at men and women in the 15-24 age group, the most at-risk group identified in a recent UK Gambling Comission report. The campaign, already launched in cinemas, will flight across digital channels, primarily in …
Lmatrix Ltd’s Jackpot.com has been awarded the first remote secondary lottery license to accept betting on lotteries from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). Since its launch in August last year, Jackpot.com Group has been awarded three licenses from the UK Gambling Commission, the Republic of Ireland and the Malta Gaming Authority. “We are very excited …
Microgaming’s trio of diversely-themed releases for March are sure to appeal to a wide range of punters. “Pollen Party”, a 720 way variable reel online slot, is brought to life in a unique honeycomb reel layout and offers two dynamic features for players to enjoy. From the two different scatter symbols, players can trigger free …
Interesting developments reminiscent of the US online gambling struggle have been taking place in Australia after the federal government announced its intention to ban all forms of online gambling except sports betting (see previous reports): * Pokerstars, Vera & John and 888Poker have all announced plans to exit the market; * Players took a leaf …
Gambling supply company Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd. saw its fiscal H1-2017 profits plunge 40 percent year-on-year to A$15.2 million this week as it posted its results for the six months ended December 31, 2016. Investors were expecting the bad news following the company’s guidance last October. Ainsworth chief executive Danny Gladstone reported: “Although these results …
High tax costs and a monopolistic state-owned competition have apparently persuaded tier one online sports betting operator Pinnacle to announce that it is to exit the Polish market with effect from April 1 this year…the date on which Poland’s contentious new Gambling Act is implemented. The Act calls for a prohibitive tax rate of 12 …
Observers are scratching their heads over a New Hampshire online gambling legalisation proposal filed in the state House in January by Republican Party representatives Eric Schleien, Nick Zaricki, and Robert Fisher, which remains with the House Ways and Means Committee following an information hearing late January (see previous report). The reason for their puzzlement is …
Amaya’s online sports betting subsidiary BetStars has launched a fun promo vid titled BetStars Face Off which pits the company’s “ultimate football machine” against Leicester FC stars Christian Fuchs and Shinji Okazaki. The vid shows the machine besting the professional football duo in a series of football-related tests of power and accuracy. BetStars director Zeno …
According to reports in the Financial Times Wednesday William Hill plc is about to confirm acting CEO Philip Bowcock as permanent chief executive, following a fruitless nine-month search during which the UK bookmaker has reportedly been rebuffed by several external candidates. Among those approached to take the helm were GVC’s Kenny Alexander, Mark Brooker, the …
The punishments handed down on two UK men, Dylan Rigby (34) and Craig Douglas (33) for operating an unlicensed eSports betting website (see previous report) were reported in the UK Gambling Commission’s latest monthly email, detailing that both men pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Commission and were fined GBP 174,000 and GBP 91,000 …
Mobile casino operator LeoVegas will launch a new UK TV campaign Wednesday featuring actor, comedian and British cult hero, Johnny Vegas, alongside its own ambassador, Leo Vegas. The new advert shows Johnny and Leo on the start of their journey as the two Vegas brand ambassadors in a 90 second spot scheduled to flight across …
LeoVegas has acquired Italian operation Winga.it from Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF) for a cash consideration of Euro 6.1 million. The acquisition aligns with LeoVegas’ expansion strategy, providing the company an instantly established position in an important European market. “This is yet another milestone in LeoVegas’ development,” said Gustaf Hagman, group chief executive officer of the LeoVegas …
Gauselmann’s Blueprint Gaming has agreed a deal in which its full game suite will be made available across Gamesys-operated European brands. The software developer said the deal kicks of the year with a boost following significant growth over the past 12 months. Titles include Top Cat, Wish Upon a Jackpot and The Pig Wizard for …
Ladbrokes Australia has announced the appointment of trading director Jason Scott as interim chief executive in anticipation of the departure of Dean Shannon later this month. Chief operating officer, Paul Cherry, had been appointed to replace Shannon in September 2016, however, he tendered an unexpected resignation leaving the company last month to serve as a …
William Hill has expanded its ITV on-air racing sponsorship to include that of the newly launched ITV Racing app which includes the return of an iconic favorite – the ITV7 accumulator bet. The ITV7 originally formed part of the “World of Sport” programming which launched in 1969. It was an accumulator bet that ran until …