Former Betfair chief marketing officer (CMO), Oscar Nieboer, has been appointed to the PaySafe executive leadership team in the newly created position of CMO. Having worked in senior positions with the likes of Amazon Video, Virgin Games, PayPal and Betfair, Nieboer’s experience will assist the company in consolidating and growing the brand. Nieboer will report …
Investment firm IBID Group has bought a majority stake in gambling platform provider Riverplay for an undisclosed consideration. The acquisition complements IBID’s recent purchase of mobile and desktop casino games provider, Pragmatic Play and online payments company, Dalberry late last year. IBID has renamed Riverplay Pragmatic Solutions. David Barzilay, chief executive officer of IBID Group, …
GVC Holdings will expand its product line with the integration of a full suite of instant win games from IWG across its portfolio of brands. IWG has amassed a portfolio of over 250 instant win games having serviced the lottery industry for over 15 years. “We are really happy to be working with GVC to …
The independent online gambling testing laboratory and regulatory adviser eCOGRA is among the first few companies to achieve accreditation as an authorised Czech testing agency by the Central European nation’s Ministry of Finance, and was itself subjected to rigorous probity, professional staff, methodology and technical capability checks by the State Supervision of Gambling and Lotteries …
Playtech has acquired the entire issued share capital of Australian online gaming software developer, Eyecon Limited and Eyecon Pty. Ltd(Eyecon) for a maximum total consideration of GBP 50 million. Eyecon, founded in 1997, offers an established games portfolio of over 70 games, with a particular focus on bingo audiences. The company distributes its content through …
Microgaming has kicked off day-one at the ICE industry expo with a bang, delivering an impressive late Cretaceous period-themed stand to celebrate the launch of its “Jurassic World” slot. Microgaming signed a licensing agreement with Universal Brand Development in 2016 to create the online slot based on the blockbuster film. This is in addition to …
Preliminary figures from the Nevada Gaming Control Board show Nevada’s 196 sportsbooks took $138.5 million in wagers on the much-anticipated, annual NFL football championship, The Super Bowl, a 7.9 percent increase over 2016. Aside from wagering on the big result, it’s estimated that bookmakers around the world offer an additional 600 to 700 proposition bets …
What is believed to be the first prosecution in the UK for betting on video games and skin betting (eSports) played out in a Birmingham court Monday. Craig Douglas, who is a prominent gamer and has a YouTube channel under the pseudonym NepentheZ, with more than 1.4 million subscribers, and business partner Dylan Rigby, were …
Sportech PLC will be pleased to see the back of a drawn out legal battle with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs in connection with a GBP 97 million VAT repayment claim on their “Spot The Ball” competition, initiated in 2009 (see previous reports). After much to-ing and fro-ing, the Supreme Court has ultimately refused HMRC …
Sportech Racing and Digital, a division of Sportech PLC, has been selected by Kentucky horserace track, Ellis Park as its new pari-mutuel betting technologies and services provider. This agreement follows another new tote services contract signed earlier this year with Kentucky Downs (see previous report). As with Kentucky Downs, Sportech will deliver betting services to …
The Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) has announced a series of changes to its licensing structure after consultation and feedback from the Island’s e-Gaming sector, saying it is responding to technological advancements and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens. Changes include: Network Licences: There will no longer be additional charges raised for network partners. A …
Antigua-based eSports gambling firm VGambling Inc., has executed a term sheet for its $850,000 Bridge Round financing which it expects to complete within the next 6 weeks. The Financing, available exclusively through Denver, CO-based First Capital Ventures, is intended to complete the Company’s peer-to-peer eSports wagering platform and launch its eSports websites. “Fortune Magazine has …
Initial reports from Australian publication, The Daily Telegraph, indicate an announcement is soon to be made that will see online gambling firm CrownBet named official digital betting partner to Clubs NSW. “The betting landscape in the Clubs NSW industry will be dramatically altered,” The Daily Telegraph notes, as Crownbet becomes a serious rival to club-based …
Novomatic’s interactive division, GreenTube has inked its second major content supply deal this month with GVC Holdings. Under the terms of the multi-year deal, GVC Holdings will initially integrate around 70 new games to its bwin, partypoker, partycasino and game bookers brands through its proprietary gaming platform. “This new deal allows us to present the …
IGT’s “Mayan Riches” jackpot was hit by New Jersey customer “johnnyboy55555” at SugarHouse online casino site, playsugarhouse.com. Twelve days and 20,000 slot spins later the determined punter turned his initial deposits of $1,700 into a payout of $160,000. “We were thrilled to award this winner our biggest online slot payout to date,” Richard Schwartz, president …
Guillermo Olagüe has been appointed deputy director general of the General de Regulación del Juego (DGOJ). Olagüe has a Law Degree and is a member of the Spanish High Corps of Civil Service Administrators. He also holds a specialized degree in EU law from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and has served in various positions …
Software developer NetEnt is gearing up to introduce its latest advancements in the rapidly emerging virtual reality product market at ICE 2017, where it will showcase the progress it has made since revealing its proof-to-concept prototype a year ago. New additions to its live casino offering will be introduced, with the company saying collaboration with …
SKS365 has agreed a deal with software developer Habanero Gaming for the integration of its entire games portfolio on the operators planetwin365betting and gaming brand. planetwin365 customers will gain access to a new range of HTML5 titles including Jugglenaut, Fenghuang, Roman Empire, and Habanero’s recently launched Fire Rooster. “SKS365 is taking the market by storm, …
B2B gaming solutions and services provider Nektan PLC has increased its share in Respin Inc. from 85 percent to take complete ownership of the US-focused, Class II mobile on-property mobile casino solution provider. While Respin Inc. was initially a joint venture between Nektan and Nevada-based content developer Spin Games, full ownership enables Nektan to bring …
The latest in a line of recent deals, EveryMatrix has partnered predominantly Asian-facing online gambling and betting group K8 as it looks to expand in the United Kingdom’s sports and casino market. Already a major Premier League sponsor, Manilla-based K8 will take on a fully managed sportsbook and casino solution from EveryMatrix for all its …
A landmark content supply agreement between Microgaming and PokerStars will see the integration of Microgaming casino and mobile content go live, via the Quickfire platform, across PokerStars’ online properties in 2017. Although synonymous with poker, PokerStars decision to diversify into PokerStars Casino has enabled the two businesses to join forces and work together. Through this …
Online casino operator Mr Green has acquired all of the shares in online gaming company Dansk Underholdning, an established online casino operator in the Danish market, for a cash consideration of around Euro 9 million. The acquisition is cash financed with an initial purchase consideration of approximately Euro 9 million in March/April 2017 and an …
Sports data platform provider iSport Genius has partnered Unibet in a licensing deal for its interactive consumer-facing tool for the Australian and UK markets, with the potential to expand into continental Europe. iSport Genius’ service informs and educates online customers on their choice of bet. “We are always looking to partner up with forward-thinking product …
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has expanded an existing partnership with Sportradar Integrity Services for their full suite of monitoring, education and intelligence services as it strives to strengthen the integrity of global football. Under the terms of the new agreement, Sportradar, will use its Fraud Detection System to identify and analyse any …