iSoftBet has launched a new 3-reel, 5-payline slot across desktop and mobile titled “Cherry Trio”. The game, carrying a Vegas-style theme, features Respins, Sticky Stacked Wild Reels and a 1,000-coin Jackpot. “A classic five-line mechanical slot with some modern twists, the game offers the best of both worlds,” Nir Elbaz, managing director of iSoftBet said. …
Core Gaming has launched an unusual, 7-reel slot with a “Fred Flintstone” style prehistoric cartoon theme and titled it Rolling Stone Age. There are 3 progressive jackpots, 3 bonus features and a dino-mite upgrade, along with 3 reel based features and a reel modifying bonus spin, wilds, stacked wilds, free spins and scatters. The 3 …
Inspired has launched land-based versions of popular NetEnt online titles across over 10,000 SBG terminals in the UK market through its Open Gaming API technology. NetEnt games join a content portfolio offering Inspired and multiple third-party provider titles in over 3,000 LBOs across the U.K
Spilleren, a new online casino operated by EveryMatrix, has launched with an “old world” book-store feel, the casino name itself inspired by The Gambler, a classic novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Featuring a range of games from top-notch software providers, including Microgaming, NetEnt, Play’nGO, Leander, Playson, World Match, OMI Gaming and 1X2Gaming, Spilleren utilises EveryMatrix’ GamMatrix …
White label and platform provider SoftSwiss has introduced two new features in a platform upgrade designed to enhance casino operators’ player retention strategies. Softswiss said its new limited-time tournaments are unique from other platforms in that various participation and winning criteria have been developed and introduced providing casino administrators a multitude of settings in which …
French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) and Greek operator Hellas Horse Races SAS have partnered for the launch of a joint pool betting offer on French horseracing. On implementation, Greek bettors will have access to betting on around 10,000 races offered each year by PMU along with expanded options in terms of bet types. Prior …
Gambling services supplier Playtech has appointed Austrian entrepreneur and founder of BGT, Dr. Armin Sageder, as chief executive officer of its newly established division, Playtech BGT Sports. Playtech Sports companies BGT, Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and the company’s internal Sports Trading team have been brought together under the new business division. Sageder, reporting directly to Playtech’s …
White label and platform provider SoftSwiss has expanded its third-party gaming content with that of Habanero Systems. The partnership will see the addition of around 70 HTML5 slots, 10 video poker and 10 table games integrated into Softswiss’ game aggregator application. Titles include 12 Zodiacs, Dragon Throne, Fa Cai Shen and Shaolin Fortunes. The deal is described as …
Social gaming and online bingo gaming company Stride Gaming plc delivered strong full year results for the 12-month period ending August 31, 2016. The company attributed its success to robust organic growth and the completion of its “transformational” acquisitions of 8Ball, Netboost Media and the Tarco Assets. Key performance highlights include (results adjusted to reflect …
Superscommesse.it owner, ASAP Italia, has expanded its partnership with Sportradar with the launch of a joint venture for the development of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) in Europe. The joint venture focuses on ASAP Italia’s recently launched Sportito.co.uk, a UK Gambling Commission-licensed daily fantasy sports platform that the company expects to be rolled out to other …
The Chinese government is clearly very serious about clamping down on corruption-associated activity like gambling, underlining their threats to enforce strict laws this week by busting a gambling ring that has been providing services so that Chinese whales could travel to other destinations in Southeast Asia to gamble. The Xinhua news service reports that 94 …
Australian land and online gambling group Tabcorp is likely to be in a stronger online position once the federal government implements its new and tougher Interactive Gambling Act amendments (see previous reports) and has embarked on an initiative designed to boost its player base. Local media reports indicate that the Aussie betting giant has begun …
Forbes magazine has joined other publications in flagging a possible attack on US online gambling during the closing weeks of the current Congress….the so-called “lame duck session” where last-gasp attempts are made to drive bills through the federal legislature, often on the coattails of unrelated appropriations bills. The highly respected publication carried an article this …
The usually well informed Washington freelance journalist Beth Johnson has joined other warning voices in sounding the alert that another attempt to federally ban online gambling in the United States is shaping up in Congress and may be attempted during the last-gasp lame duck session just before that institution adjourns for the year. Johnson says …
The newly merged Ladbrokes Coral online and land gambling group may be about to put the cat squarely among the Australian pigeons, according to reports in the Mail of Sunday, which claims that the UK corporate is planning to make an “audacious” bid for Aussie gambling giant Tabcorp. Our readers will recall that Tabcorp is …
International online lottery company ZEAL Network SE has announced the formation of a new wing titled ZEAL Investments which will provide financial and other support to interesting start-ups with commercially disruptive ideas in the business. In a statement this week ZEAL said that its objective is to help unearth new lottery business models and to …
Hit hard by the Chinese government’s now 18-month-old anti-corruption ‘suspension’ of online lottery sales (see previous reports), the Hong Kong-based online lottery firm 500.com appears to be diversifying to survive. Media reports from the region Friday indicate that the company has made an acquisition move on a social poker platform enterprise, acquiring a 51 percent …
Clive Hawkswood, the outspoken chief executive of industry trade body the Remote Gambling Association, expressed frustration this week at what he termed the “consultation overload” created by government in seeking opinions on various gaming-related issues. Addressing the organisation’s agm, Hawkswood said: “At times, we’ve been dealing with six different consultations all at the same time …
David Baazov’s multi-billion dollar attempt to acquire the Amaya online gambling group (see previous reports) continues to intrigue. On Friday Baazov filed an amended advisory on his offer with the Securities and Exchange Commission confirming that financing from KBC Aldini Capital Limited originally included in his offer is not available (see previous reports), but added …
Friday’s meeting in Melbourne of Australian state and federal ministers under the chairmanship of federal Human Services Minister Alan Tudge (see previous report) concluded in support for the wide-ranging tightened control of online gambling across the nation. Ministers supported a federal plan for a ban on credit betting and a nationwide self-exclusion system for wagering, …
The eSports furore earlier this year over gambling with skins obtained from Valve’s Steam site and wagered online through third party sites (see previous reports) culminated in a class action against Valve which has been dismissed by a federal judge in the Western District of Washington. However, the position of the Washington State Gambling Commission …
A new company has listed on the Australian Stock Exchange at 3 cents a share with a mission to develop a subscription-based eSports gaming platform and take advantage of the booming market for the genre, which it claims is currently worth A$1.6 billion. eSports Mogul founder Gernot Abl has already raised A$7 million from investors …
Swedish gambling group Cherry announced the launch Friday of a new fully independent gaming technology B2B business area called XCaliber, which it described in a company statement as a centre of technical gaming innovation and services. XCaliber will help Cherry to sell its gaming platform and technology to partners and operators, creating further shareholder value …
The South Australia Treasurer, Tom Koutsantonis, will take his controversial new betting tax proposal a step further today (Friday) when he briefs a meeting of federal and state ministers in Melbourne chaired by federal Minister for Human Services Alan Tudge. The meeting will also consider responses to illegal offshore wagering being offered in Australia, and …