Games provider iSoftBet will deploy its full suite of games across Betclic Everest Group’s Betclic, Expect and montecarlocasino.com brands via the software provider’s Game Aggregation Platform. iSoftBet’s 1,000 plus proprietary and third-party slots collection, which include 24, Platoon Wild and Slammin ‘7s titles, will augment Betclic’s broad range of casino, sportsbetting and poker products. Pascal …
Play’n GO’s European expansion continues with the signing of an agreement for the roll out of its full suite of games across leading Latvian operator Optibet’s mobile and desktop channels. “Optibet are the clear market leaders in Latvia and we’re honoured to bring our full suite of premium titles to their players,” Johan Tornqvist, chief …
A report in Friday’s Financial Times that another significant online gambling merger is being planned sent Ladbrokes-Coral share prices up 5 percent as speculation mounted that GVC Holdings, which only a year ago acquired Bwin.Party in a GBP 1.1 billion reverse takeover, is planning a similar move on Ladbrokes-Coral, itself only recently merged. The Times …
News reports from Washington DC indicate that another anti-online gambling bill has surfaced at a time when speculation is rife that anti-online gambling factions are planning a fresh political assault in the closing “lame duck” days of the 114th US Congress. The new bill is from the little known Pennsylvanian Republican Party Representative Michael Fitzpatrick, …
The news last week that former police officer and casino facilitator Wally Sombero was in the “protective custody” of the Philippines National Investigation Bureau triggered speculation that he has turned state’s evidence, and reports Monday appear to confirm this. Apparently Sombero surrendered himself to the NIB and offered to tell them everything he knows about …
IGT’s DoubleDown social gaming casino has launched a new holiday game, The Ellen DeGeneres Show 12 Days of Giveaways, a slot with a theme based on the TV talk show favourite. The new game entertains players with a holiday-themed graphics and sound package, iconic imagery from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and three bonus events – …
A proposal by French politician Jean Luc Warsmann to absorb French online gambling regulator ARJEL with other government administrative bodies (see previous report) has been rejected by lawmakers in the National Assembly, who argued that a transfer of responsibilities to a government department would create a significant conflict of interest. Ruling Parti Socialiste (PS) representative …
Tain is to significantly expand its sportsbook service through the addition of 5,000 more live events per month, the company announced in a press statement Tuesday The Malta-based software and solutions provider will now offer around 23,000 live events from 6,800 competitions each month. In increasing the number of sports covered to 50, Tain will …
Yggdrasil Gaming has reached an agreement to provide its portfolio of online slots to SuprNation’s debut brand, VoodooDreams.com. The VoodooDreams.com online casino will enjoy access to Yggdrasil slots including Big Blox and Bicicleta, as well as its collection of in-game promotional and social sharing tools. SuprNation was founded in 2015 and launched its first product, …
Fortuna Entertainment has extended its partnership with Polish football club Legia Warsaw. The deal extends its existing shirt sponsorship with one of the most successful Polish professional football clubs in history.
The Remote Gambling Association-led development of a UK National Online Self Exclusion Scheme (NOSES) moved into its second phase last month. The first phase, concluded in October 2016, involved a scoping study to determine the technical requirements of the scheme, legal implications, operational considerations and an estimate of the costs. The current phase of the …
Mr Green.it has gone live with NYX mobile and desktop casino games via the platform provider’s Game360 partner network. NYX Italian gaming operation, Game360, offers a vast selection of casino games to MrGreen.it from their own proprietary portfolio and broad partner network. “It is a pleasure to further extend our partnership with Mr Green and …
French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) launched pari mutuel betting in partnership with the Jockey Club Brasileiro this past weekend enabling Brazilian punters access to French horserace betting. The year-long partnership between PMU and Jockey Club Brasileiro has resulted in the development of a network of seventy-five points of sale in addition to a telephone …
It’s the beginning of a new chapter as Kindred Group plc, formerly Unibet Group plc, began its first day of trading under a new name (see previous report). The group will trade under the new ticker KIND SDB and can be accessed online via kindredplc.com.
Cherry has acquired the remaining 51 percent of the shares in ComeOn Malta Ltd, becoming the third largest private-sector gaming operator in the Nordic region. Combined with strong organic growth, Cherry said it expects to triple its revenues as a result of the acquisition while further setting the stage for continued international expansion with strong …
New Jersey’s Monmouth and Meadowlands racetracks, struggling to prosper in an increasingly competitive gambling environment, may have a little legislative help in prospect following moves this week by some state lawmakers. They are proposing a new bill that will permit the tracks to partner up with existing land casino operators in order to offer trackside …
Online gambling slots developer iSoftBet joins the Christmas rush of new online slots today (Monday), launching Robo Smash, a 5 reel, 15 pay-line game with an amusing cartoon robot theme suitable trimmed with Christmas decorations, bells and snow. It’s a simple, straightforward product offering expanding and sticky wilds, scatters, free spins and multipliers that deliver …
Queensland, the only Australian territory where “inducement advertising” is permitted, may soon join the rest of the country in banning it if Tatts’ online subsidiary UBET has its way. Foreign-owned online companies like Bet365, Ladbrokes and William Hill, along with domestic firms like Crownbet, all attract online punters with such advertising, offering free bets and …
A last minute attempt to ensure that daily fantasy sports is protected as a legal activity in the state of Ohio was launched last week as the state legislature prepared for the end-of-year adjournment. Bill SB 375 was introduced by State Senator Dave Burke and proposes that DSF is permitted to operate subject to compliance …
Unidentified sources have told the Philippines newspaper The Inquirer that two senior managers in the Immigration Bureau have been asked to explain allegations from an undisclosed source that they received P50 million in bribes for the unauthorised release of 600 of the 1,316 Chinese nationals arrested recently on immigration offences in the Clark Freeport (see …
The publication Visual Capitalist reported over the weekend that digital is about to dominate international advertising, with Google and Facebook claiming 57.6 percent of digital receipts between them. “Today, close to $0.60 of every dollar spent on digital advertising goes to Google and Facebook,” the publication reveals, claiming that last year Facebook boosted its digital …
Clearly distressed – and who wouldn’t be – by the 38.4 percent decline in his company’s share price following the Financial Conduct Authority’s announcement this week that it is to clampdown on financial (CFD) spread betting firms (see previous report), IG Group chief executive Peter Hetherington has accused the Authority of mishandling the issue, not …
Bribery and official corruption allegations made folllowing the recent mass arrests of Chinese illegal immigrants working in the Philippines online gambling sector are to be thoroughly investigated by the National Bureau of Investigation, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said over the weekend. Aguirre revealed that he had tasked The NBI with looking into all aspects of …
The Canadian province of Quebec’s notorious Bill 74, which would enable the province’s Loto Quebec gambling monopoly to direct the Internet blocking by ISPs of rivals to its Espacejeux online casino website, hit the headlines again Friday when the federal regulator Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it is temporarily suspending its involvement …