Finnplay, the Finland-based open i-gaming platform provider, announced Sunday that it has signed an agreement with Malta-licensed GoWild Gaming allowing the company the platform rights for development and operations regarding its iGaming platform. Martin Prantner, chief executive officer of Finnplay, said in a statement: “We are delighted to partner with one of Europe’s fastest growing …
One of the most influential men in Swedish gambling, Lotteriinspektionen regulatory head Hakan Halstedt, departs end March in order to take up a new position as a district court judge. In addition to his duties as regulatory chief, which he took up in 2008, Halstedt has also played an important role as a member of …
China’s Year of the Fire Rooster and new year celebrations have inspired Prague online gambling games developer Endorphina’s latest online slot, a 5 reel game titled Chunjie (spring festival) The Chunjie theme features traditional and colourful Chinese symbols with deep spiritual meaning, including firecrackers, golden yuanbao, lucky tangerines and traditional coins. The highlight of the …
The little known Montenegro-licensed online sports betting operator Jojobet.com has signed up for a year sponsorship of World Poker’s Gibraltar Open tournament, an announcement by World Snooker revealed this week. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, but it believed to include the usual sponsorship publicity, brand exposure and social media provisions, and …
New Jersey is moving forward on the legalisation of daily fantasy sports, according to New Jersey.com, which reports that a bill sponsored by Democratic Party Assemblyman Ralph Caputo is to be discussed in committee early next week. The bill proposes that operators be required to pay quarterly fees, and that the Assembly clarifies that DFS …
MoneyGram, an e-cash processing company and rival to Western Union as a popular method of making online gambling transactions, has been acquired for an undisclosed consideration by Ant Financial, a company associated with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. MoneyGram shares rose 10 percent as news of the deal broke Thursday, but CNN opined that there …
After just a year in existence online gambling games developer Reflex Gaming has announced that it has clinched a content deal with the online division of William Hill plc, and is to sign the contract at ICE next week. In a statement this week managing director Quentin Stott described the deal as a “significant business …
Gaming Innovation Group’s (GIG) subsidiary iGaming Cloud announced the launch of Wetten.com, a new sports betting operator for the German speaking market, Thursday. Wetten.com is the first operator to be powered by the iGaming Cloud platform, making use of a Class 4 b2b Remote Gaming License obtained by iGaming Cloud sister company BettingCloud recently in …
The tribal online and land gambling company Pala has announced that its Pala Casino Spa and Resort in Northern San Diego County has added five new virtual sports games, Horse Racing, Dog Racing, Trotting, Velodrome and Speedway to its Pala Casino web site and Facebook. The games embed real-life, high-resolution footage and motion-captured data. Pala …
RealTime Gaming is reportedly set to re-visit the popular underwater theme in its latest online slot, a five-reeler titled Megaquarium that is scheduled to go live mid-February. “Few things in life are as relaxing as watching a kaleidoscope of tropical fish gliding and darting through a magical aquarium, which makes Megaquarium, whose reels are populated …
GameCo Inc., a US video game gambling machine manufacturer, has joined the growing number of advocates for eSports regulation by joining the eSports Integrity Coalition. The Coalition is campaigning for the booming vertical to regulate in order to protect participants as investment and betting volumes continue to rise. Among the organisation’s initiatives are moves to …
Online gambling games and software developer Microgaming has announced its new slot releases for February, led by a game titled Secret Romance, which features stacked mystery heart-stamped envelopes that open to hopefully reveal wins across multiple lines. Three or more scatters in the base game trigger 14 free spins, during which mystery symbols can super …
A British PokerStars Casino player has turned gold into bricks and mortar with an impressive $280,270 win on PokerStars Casino’s Winstar slot. The lucky 31-year-old from the East Midlands was “shaking like a jelly” and had to ask his mother to double check if he had really just hit the jackpot or if it was …
The Austrian land-casino games supplier Amatic is augmenting its display of traditional games with online versions from its Amanet interactive subsidiary at the ICE show next month, showcasing its HTML5 expertise with games suitable for desktop and mobile like Arising Phoenix, All Ways Fruits, Billy’s Game, Bells on Fire and the Hot series; Hot Neon, …
Online gambling provider GameScale is the latest client to sign up for the EveryMatrix multi-developer package of games and the CasinoEngine product. Under the agreement, EveryMatrix will deliver its CasinoEngine, via a specially designed API, giving GameScale access to games from the wide range of providers that include NetEnt, Scientific Games, NextGen, Microgaming, Play’n’Go and …
Online gambling games developer Oryx Gaming has agreed to supply its entire content portfolio to i-gaming platform and services provider BetConstruct. Oryx’s content will be made available through BetConstruct’s casino platform, giving players access to games like The Anaconda Eye, Sceptre of Cleo and Golden 7 Classic on mobile devices, tablets and desktop. Matevz Mazij, …
BetRadar has devised a truly unusual and definitely creative exhibition that links its capabilities with the burgeoning eSports sector in a way that is sure to attract ICE expo visitors to the company’s stand next month. The ‘Betradar Esports Invitational’ will see two UK teams – Impulse and Endpoint – take each other on in …
eCOGRA, an independent online gambling testing and compliance advisory company, has become the first test house to be authorised to offer operators and service providers accredited International Standards Organisation ISO 27001 certifications for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). CEO Andrew Beveridge said this week it is clear that a growing number of online gambling regulators …
Czech online casino software developer CASEXE has issued a statement detailing its findings on the efficacy of online banner adverts in the industry. Although the statement does not reveal the methodology used, it claims that “around” 20 percent of online gamblers “tend to click on the banner ads of the casinos other than those they …
Hong Kong-based online and land gambling group AGTech has inked a deal with the Asian e-commerce giant Alibaba which will see its lottery products and services distributed and sold through selected Alibaba channels and networks. The two companies have agreed to a 50:50 sharing agreement on the commission income generated from these channels, AGTech reported …
With Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte’s clampdown on illegal gambling now in full swing in the Philippines, the national regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) released its FY 2016 performance figures this week, reporting that GGR from its licensing, fees and other activities rose 17 percent to P55 billion (US$1.1 billion). Chairman Andrea Domingo boasted …
A New Jersey lawmaker has taken pre-emptive steps to ensure that legalised online gambling in his state is not jeopardised by any federal actions against online gambling that may develop. Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo has introduced a resolution in the New Jersey Assembly which includes an appeal to the federal Trump administration and the US Congress …
Florida state Senator Bill Galvano and his colleagues sent a strong signal this week that they intend to advance a gambling expansion bill that includes daily fantasy sports elements among its mainly land gambling provisions. Galvano is a sponsor of bill SB8, through which senators hope to raise additional state revenues of up to $525 …
Writing on a Google topics blog Wednesday on “How we fought bad ads, sites and scammers in 2016” Google director Scott Spencer revealed some interesting facts and figures: * In 2016 Google removed 1.7 billion unacceptable adverts – a major increase on the 780 million in the preceding year; * Just 17 million of those …