Playson has rolled out its “Dancing Dragon Spring Festival” HTML5-built slot to a wider audience. This Chinese New Year-themed, 5-reel, 30-payline game offers simple mechanics with an opportunity for a maximum win of 5000x the players bet if the whole game field is covered with the Dragon symbol. The demo can be watched here: https://playson.com/games/run/dancing-dragon-spring-festival
LuckyNiki.com is a new online casino powered by SkillonNet’s mobile and desktop platforms. On entering the website, players are greeted by anime-illustrated hostess Niki who invites live casino play from Evolution Gaming, XPro and Novomatic; table games and slots from NetEnt, WMS, Microgaming, NextGen and GVG; as well as scratch cards and jackpot games. The …
Hot on the heels of Kindred Group’s (formerly Unibet) acquisition of 32Red, Danish newspaper Børsen reports the company’s continued interest in acquiring elements of State-owned gaming company Danske Spil. According to Børsen, Kindred Group is ready to buy Danske Spil’s casino, poker, tips, Zezam and oddset assets for around Krone 4 billion (approx. GBP 458 …
American actress Heather Graham is the new face of GVC Holding’s Foxy Casino and Bingo brands forming an integral part of the company’s GBP 10 million product revamp (see previous report). The first in a series of six tongue-in-cheek commercials will see Graham donning the iconic purple Foxy suit while offering the director suggestions for …
Instant Win Games (IWG) has announced the appointment of Leon Thomas as chief commercial officer. Thomas joins IWG from Mecca Digital where he served as chief operating officer, prior to which he was managing director for both Tombola and NYX Gaming Group’s US Operations. Working out of IWG’s London base, Thomas will be responsible for …
Sports betting exchange Matchbook will expand its Live Casino offer with Evolution Gaming’s complete Live Casino portfolio for desktop, tablet and smartphone during the second quarter of this year. Evolution Live Casino content will complement Matchbook’s existing proprietary casino table games and third party slots, video poker and live dealer content. “Having recently completed the …
iSoftBet’s latest omni-channel release is a 100-line, double reel game set to a forest theme. “Forest Mania” offers Free Spins, Wild Reels and Extra Wilds across two reel sets accompanied by a perky soundtrack and cartoon-style graphics. The game went live across desktop and mobile channels last week. Watch the demo here:
UK-based mobile and social sports games developer Fenway Games is set to launch SnapPlay on China’s social media sports platform HQ Sports following a deal with Haiqiu Technology. Fenway Games’ SnapPlay, an in-play betting app where users make their predictions on the next 60 seconds of live English Premier League match play, will be launched …
Nicola ‘Rocco’ Femia, an Italian entrepreneur allegedly linked to organised crime, has been found guilty in a Bologna court and sentenced to almost 27 years in jail following a three-year judicial process arising from his involvement in illegal online gambling operations in the Emilia-Romagna region. The original tax and judicial police action resulted in the …
Gambling game developers L2W Limited (Link2Win) and Sigma Games have announced a long term strategic game development agreement for the next generation of ‘Linka’ games, with BingoLinka and SpinLinka currently in the production pipeline. SpinLinka has particular application in the casino/slot segment of the market. John Reid, CEO of Link2Win, said in a company statement …
The much debated and delayed changes to the Swedish gambling industry, and in particular the online sector, will hopefully be made clearer at the end of next (March) month, when the government’s review of the industry and its recommendations for change will be published. Anticipating this development, the independent consultancy firm Mediavision published a statement …
After months of work and the investment of significant capital, Millennial Esports has opened its new eSports live tournament arena in the Neonopolis shopping mall in Downtown Las Vegas, giving the massive millennial demographic a new reason to visit the nation’s gambling capital. The 15,000 square foot facility features a 200-seat arena with stadium-style seating …
Maria Hedengren, a former chief financial officer for NetEnt, has been proposed for a directorship of the company by the nomination committee of the board. Hedengren was CFO of NetEnt during the period 2011 to 2016. Since December 2016, she has been CFO of iZettle AB. The nominee has extensive experience from several previous senior …
UK online and land gambling group Ladbrokes has been hit with an expensive GBP 70 million tax bill following a ruling by the UK Tax Tribunal that the company and its auditor Deloitte intentionally avoided taxation by exploiting a 2008 regulatory loophole concerning loans between companies and third parties, thus minimising the gambling group’s full-year …
A new record for Bitcoin-related domain sales has been claimed by Sedo, which has reported that the domain Bitcoin.Casino has been bought by Florida-based Casino Holdings Inc., for $28,000. That’s a record for the new domain extensions sector, although way behind more traditional .com domain sales like Gambling.com, which back in 2011 went for $2.5 …
Playtech BGT Sports has issued a statement advising that the company is set to launch its innovative BetTracker product, an app that allows punters to transfer their sports bets to their mobile devices after placing them in-shop. Gamblers are then able to watch their bets progress and when appropriate cash them out on the system, …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft made much of its upcoming sequel to the popular Slotfather slot at the recent ICE expo in London, and has followed this up with an advisory that Slotfather II is set for release on March 20. The publicity blurb advises that “the ultimate boss of the underworld is back and …
Reports in the UK mainstream press over the weekend indicate that Hampshire police have re-opened their investigation into the alleged lottery fraud which saw Edward Putman pocket GBP 2.5 million whilst his alleged accomplice at the UK National Lottery, Giles Knibbs, took his own life. Police are reportedly searching for an allegedly incriminating tape in …
A faction of Czech lawmakers with concerns regarding the constitutionality of internet service provider blocking as a means to combat unlicensed online gambling had their fears assuaged this week when the nation’s Constitutional Court ruled that such activity was not designed to stifle free speech, but to fight criminal activity, and could consequently not be …
Loto-Quebec, the provincial government-owned gambling monopoly in Canada’s Quebec province, has posted its fiscal nine-month results to end December 2016, showcasing a strong performance from the online operations at Espacejeux. Whilst overall group revenues in the period fell 1.5 percent to Cdn 2.61 billion, with profits down 1.3 percent to Cdn$ 933 million, the online …
Spain’s online gambling regulator, the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling Affairs, has posted Q4-2016 that close out another year of steady growth for Spanish operators. Q4-2016 highlights included: * GGR up 32 percent year-on-year to Euro 125.66 million; * Stakes up 33.6 percent y-o-y at Euro 323.52 million; * Withdrawals by players up …
Ladbrokes Coral has announced that its GBP 40 million media planning and buying account has been awarded to London agency The7stars. The award was made following a closed pitch and indicates the confidence the group has in the agency, which has handled Gala Coral media planning since 2011. The news will disappoint Ladbrokes present agency …
Central European online and land gambling group Fortuna Entertainment has announced an acquisition deal that will see it take over gaming systems provider Hattrick Sports for an undisclosed consideration. Fortuna management said in a statement Thursday that the acquisition will boost its position as one of the largest licensed multi-channel operators in the European region, …
2016 has not been online and land gambling group William Hill’s best year, judging by FY-2016 results released Friday; revenues marked time whilst profit declined, and even its once-powerful online division struggled. The trading environment was challenging, and there were unfavourable football results which conspired to whittle away at the group’s overall profits, the company …