With the end this month of an exclusivity agreement with Betsson, NetEnt is about to put its Wild Wild West – The Great Train Heist slot on general release. This 5 reel, 10 pay-line game has, as the title suggests, a nineteenth-century Wild West theme replete with typical pioneer and crooks characters engaged in a …
The Malaysian government deported 744 Chinese citizens, mainly on online gambling offences, last year according to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The official said that China has expressed its appreciation and praised the efficiency of the Royal Malaysia Police in combating one syndicate that was based in Malaysia and involved nationals …
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has acknowledged its failure to meet forecasts of revenue around Cdn$1.26 billion by 2017-2018. It has been repeatedly required to downgrade its projections for revenue growth after cities rejected its push for new land casinos; its online gambling platform failed to perform to expectations; and it abandoned plans for …
The Danish online gambling games developer Magnet Gaming is giving players the chance to go for gold without the need to get their hands dirty, thanks to Gold Rush – Valley of Riches, a new online slot with a Wild West-theme and nine appropriately emblazoned reels linked to two progressive jackpots. Released in both desktop …
Online sportsbook and gaming platform provider Betstudios has secured three important deals in the Italian market, inking agreements to provide its product to Next Games and two other as yet unnamed betting companies. Malta-based Betstudios’ i-gaming platform includes mobile wagering, betting shop solutions and advanced risk management modules, and can handle a variety of player …
The UK online betting exchange Matchbook had inked a multi-title sponsorship agreement with British racecourse operator The Jockey Club. The deal embraces 16 fixtures at Sandown Park and Kempton Park racecourses, along with a number of Jockey Club syndicated races at Kempton throughout 2017. Flagship events include the Imperial Cup day at Sandown Park on …
The French land and online gambling giant Française des Jeux (FDJ) has announced a four-year extension of its partnership with the French Football League, which will now run through the 2020 season. FDJ is the major sponsorship partner for the top-tier Ligue 1, second-level Ligue 2 and the Coupe de la Ligue knockout cup contest, …
Estonia-headquartered online gambling group Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) has given local reporters a glimpse of it international ambitions, with company CEO Madis Jaager revealing Thursday that the main objective of the company’s setting up a Malta subsidiary is to prepare for an expansion into new online gambling markets. However, Jaager was cagey on which jurisidictions …
The UK online payment processing group Paysafe plc has issued a trading update for the full year ended December 31 2016, reporting that it expects revenues to top $1 billion in 2017. The group saw continued strong momentum during the second-half of 2016 as it focused on building a portfolio of payment-related products and services …
The UK Gambling Commission has addressed a perennial area of conflict between online gambling operators and players – bonus abuse. Long story short, operators need to fully and with clarity disclose the terms and conditions attached to bonuses, but it is of equal importance that operators clearly describe their understanding of the term “bonus abuse” …
Municipal police in the Subang Jaya Municipality have continued operations against online gambling outlets (see previous reports), shuttering six outlets and seizing 212 computer sets and other physical and documentary evidence. Municipal spokesman Mohd Zulkurnain Che Ali said the raids followed public complaints and an undercover police operation, and revealed that in the case of …
NetEnt is all set to go with the release on February 9 of its latest online slot, a 5 reel, 10 pay-line game titled Joker Pro. In fact, many players are already familiar with the game, which has been offered exclusively by Betsafe for some months. The game has a classic feel with features that …
Catering to “a huge demand in licensees,” Playtech has opened a new live casino studio facility in Bucharest, Romania. The facility, one of many that are situated in countries such as Manila, Latvia, Spain and Belgium, offers licensees live blackjack, roulette and casino hold’em for desktop and mobile channels. “This is just the beginning of …
RealTime Gaming’s newest offer is a 5-reel, 1024-ways-to-pay video slot based on the mythological Chinese underworld dragon Fucanglong. Legend has it that when Fucanglong leaps from his underground universe volcanoes erupt and the game depicts this with Dragon Mountain symbols acting as Scatters that trigger the first free game feature. Retriggers add extra games with …
New York State legislators introduced a new sports betting bill into the Senate earlier this week. Bill S1282, sponsored by Senator Anthony Avella along with four co-sponsors Senator Holyman, Sanders, Addabbo and Montgomery, proposes an amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the constitution which would allow gambling on professional sporting events and athletic …
Todd McTavish has been named chief legal officer for NYX Gaming Group, responsible for the groups legal and compliance functions. Prior to joining NYX, McTavish’s previous roles included general counsel, chief compliance office and company secretary of Multimedia Games (Everi), and general counsel for Video Gaming Technologies. “We continue to experience rapid growth and we …
After focusing on creating four new video poker games, the game designers at Win A Day Online Casino are kicking off 2017 with a new slot dubbed Robot Escape, a look at an automated future through a theme replete with droids, robots and a free spins feature. This new game has a 5×4 format in …
The incoming Trump presidential administration in the United States has been the subject of endless speculation on how it may change the legal scene across a wide spectrum of issues in that country, with online gambling legalisation among them. This week a Senate confirmation hearing on the appointment as Attorney General of the United States …
Suisse Digital wants Swiss land gaming operators to fund any ISP-blocking initiative from government…and reserves the right to suspend blocking if it impairs service levels. Suisse Digital, the trade association for the telecoms industry that includes Internet Service Providers among its members, has weighed in on the Swiss online gambling website blocking issue, suggesting that …
Pennsylvanian state Senator Jay Costa’s attempt to renew an intrastate online gambling legalisation bill (see previous report) is barely a week old and has yet to be formally introduced, but it has come under fire from Republican Senator Robert “Tommy” Tomlinson, who Our readers may recall recently wrote to fellow politicians urging caution on a …
Singapore Pools suffered an embarrassing suspension of sports betting services and winnings pay-outs over two days this past weekend as a result of technical problems with its systems. Over 88 outlets and four LiveWire betting venues were impacted, leaving disgruntled punters unable to place bets or collect earlier winnings, with limited football betting services only …
French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) reported a 0.6 percent decline in total stakes for the full year 2016 despite strong progress in sports and international horserace betting. The company believes a myriad of new initiatives implemented to offset difficult local market conditions and the continued impact of the separation of its online and offline …
Vietnam’s Hi-Tech Criminals Prevention division has reported the detention of two local men who allegedly ran a Philippines-registered online gambling operation that has processed US$13.4 million in bets since June 2016. Ho Chi Minh City residents La Tung Thinh (53) and Lu Vinh Loi (53), were arrested yesterday (Monday). They face stiff fines and/or a …
Online gambling veteran Bo Wänghammar has been named managing director of Rational Group’s PokerStars Casino business, effective February 1, 2017. Wänghammar joins the group having served most recently as business development director for Mr Green & Co AB, prior to which he held the role of chief executive officer of Mr Green’s operating company, Mr …