Swedish online gambling games developer Yggdrasil Gaming has bolstered its management team by appointing Andrew Pegler as chief commercial officer Gibraltar, while current head of front end development and operations, Krzysztof Opałka, has been promoted to chief product officer. Pegler is an iGaming veteran with more than 12 years’ experience in the industry, and joins …
Expectations that a revitalised online gambling bill in Pennsylvania would probably come from either Sen. Kim Ward or Rep. Rosita Youngblood have been pre-empted by state Senator Jay Costa, who this week took the initiative and launched a co-sponsorship memorandum as a first step to introducing a new bill which closely replicates the content of …
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) revelations last year that it intends to clamp down on the level of financial risk that retail investors can take when using spread betting services (see previous report) continued to impact the spread betting industry this week with the announcement by currency trading firm FxPro that it has indefinitely shelved …
The US Attorney for Mississippi has announced that two South Mississippi men, Christopher U. Anthony and Russell B. Miller, have been included in illegal online gambling offences charged earlier against Kenneth Schmitt, a Diamondhead bookmaker who pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge Dec. 20 and is currently out on bail. The charges relate to activity …
Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, who pressed state lawmakers to approve more online lottery activity last year, has announced that she intends to campaign for the project again this year as a way of boosting state revenues in an increasingly competitive neighbouring environment. The revenue the state gets from the lottery to fund local aid …
Amaya Inc. brand PokerStars has launched a new slot title “Millionaires Island” across web, desktop and mobile channels exclusively for PokerStars Casino customers. The game carries a minimum jackpot payout of $1 million with the launch jackpot already having passed the $1.1 million mark. “Launching an exclusive slot game with the largest independent minimum jackpot …
After months of delay, Portugal has finally sent its proposed online poker liquidity sharing technical standards to the European Commission for approval. On Tuesday the government submitted a proposal to permit its licensed online poker sites to share liquidity with operators in other European Union regulated markets within technical regulations framed by the national regulator, …
Microgaming have kicked off the New Year with the launch of its keenly anticipated “The Yellow Emperor” and “Life of Riches” titles. Beautifully depicted, players join Huangdi, The Yellow Emperor” as he embarks on a quest for glory (see previous report). This graphic and audio-rich offer presents a unique, in-house created soundtrack and beautiful artwork. …
William Hill Australia has relaunched Centrebet in a surprise move, placing the offer as a premium betting service which is “all about the price and high limits”. According to a presser, the new Centrebet will provide the best odds while offering the highest available limits through its Power Bet product on Australian metro horse racing …
Sports betting B2B product provider Digital Sports Tech (DST) has expanded into the Mexican market with Caliente. DST has agreed a deal in which it will provide Caliente its Player Proposition Betting product, apparently a first for the LATAM region. “Latin America is a significant sports betting market and we’re really excited to be able …
UK bookmaker Betfred has boosted its games offer with a complete suite of Realistic Games content. Betfred customers will have access to Realistic’s full range of slot titles, which include Super Graphics Upside Down, It came from the Moon and Double Your Dough, along with Blackjack and Roulette table games. “We are really pleased to …
Spanish sports betting consumer group Muebete.org has launched new lawsuits against William Hill and bwin. Our readers will recall a similar suit launched against bet365 last year, which is reportedly still ongoing (see previous report). The group is targeting bwin and William Hill for what it claims are abusive terms and conditions, indiscriminate account closures and unfair …
Swedish software developer OMI Gaming has released its newest omni-channel video slot title “Lucky For You”. The game, a 10 fixed pay-line video slot set to a classic casino theme, offers two super meter modes “Fortune game 20” and “Fortune game 100“, a stacked expanding random multiplier x2 to x25 wilds, a respin feature with …
In a brief investor relations announcement today, Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) revealed that its Polish subsidiary Casino Polonia-Wrocław sp. z o.o. has submitted a bankruptcy petition to that country’s courts. Our readers will recall OEG subsidiary Baina Investments sp. z o.o. acquired the remaining 20 percent share holding in Casino Polonia-Wroclaw sp. z o.o. from …
Playtech has released another in its series of Marvel-DC Comics superhero themed slots, this one titled Man of Steel and featuring the perrennial hero Superman. The slot is a 5 reel, 60 pay-line game with outstanding graphics, animation, authentic movie soundtrack and a host of features that include two bonus rounds (the Crystal bonus and …
Dutch gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit has extended Sportech Racing B.V.’s totalizator license for a further six months to July 1, 2017. Kansspelautoriteit said the award ensures the license will remain valid while a transparent tender process for the totalizator license continues.
Online slots aggregator Slotegrator has announced the addition to its inventory of a wide range of games from Asian gaming developer Inteplay Global Limited and virtual sports provider Golden Race. Inteplay offers over 100 online games along with a back-office administration system supporting a variety of languages and currencies, while Golden Race content includes virtual …
UK-based gambling firm bet365 has launched a new Cash Out feature for all unsettled selections within customers’ bets and where the outcome of the bet has not yet been determined. “Edit Bet” allows customers the ability to add, swap or remove selections on unsettled straight accumulators both pre-match and in-play. Punters may also swap or …
PhilWeb Corporation has sold its Acentic GmbH business to Lantic Holding GmbH for a $750,000 consideration as it has fights to stay operational in the Philippines. In a Philippines stock exchange disclosure, PhilWeb said it had also collected full settlement of its loan receivables totaling Euro 1,973,250. In total, P140 million was raised to provide …
Aspire Global has taken a full suite of Play’n GO content live across its network after agreeing a strategic partnership. “After the launch of 3 new game providers since the beginning of 2016, we are pleased to close 2016 with the launch of Playn’ Go,” Galit Shani-Michel, VP Product at Aspire Global said. “As part …
Spain’s council of ministers have announced the appointment of juan espinosa garcia as director general of the country’s gaming authority having previously served as assistant director-general under predecessor carlos hernández rivera since 2013. he holds a bachelor of law and civil administration from the state, a masters in european and international politics (university of edinburgh) …
The Malaysian police continued their anti-vice campaign last week, carrying out sweeping raids across the capital Kuala Lumpur and arresting 614 individuals – most of them foreign women engaged in the hospitality industry, but some charged with facilitating illegal online gambling. The Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, told local reporters that his …
Playtech online slot fans are speculating that the company’s next big branded game release is likely to take place this (January) month and will carry a theme based on the fiction superhero comic series Green Lantern. The Green Lantern licensing was included in a deal with Warner Brothers-DC Comics announced early 2016 that included Batman …
The Macau regulator has released full year 2016 and December 2016 revenue figures, reporting that in December the Asian gambling hub saw revenues rise 8 percent y-o-y to 19.8 billion patacas, continuing the upward trend of recent months. However, viewed for the full year, the numbers were down 3.3 percent year-on-year at 223.2 billion patacas …