October proved to be a good month for Macau operators for the third month running, with gambling revenue up 8.8 percent year-on-year despite wider industry fears of a renewed Chinese government clampdown on high rollers (see previous reports). The regulator reported that newly opened casino resorts boosted spending in the southern Chinese offshore territory, pushing …
Daily fantasy sports provider FanDuel has inked a deal with Mohegan Sun which will allow casino guests to sign up for fantasy sports play with FanDuel directly through the Mohegan Sun website. In addition, FanDuel and Mohegan Sun will host exclusive contests throughout the year for various sports including the NHL, MLB, NBA, EPL and …
Gauselmann Group’s Merkur Media has launched its first social casino on web and mobile platforms. MERKUR 24, offering over 100 games including popular titles such as “Double Triple Chance” and “Knights Life,” is accessible through the newly launched merkur24.nl domain or via the 24 iOS or Android application. “For a long time it has been …
Yet-to-launch real-money gaming Android app store Betcade has received approval from the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Authorized Payment Institution (API). Considered a significant milestone, Betcade said the approval cements the brand as trusted and secure. “At the forefront of our launch remains the focus to deliver not only a trustworthy platform, but a …
Following publication of the Prospectus, Ladbrokes has changed its name to Ladbrokes Coral Group plc in anticipation of the completion of its merger deal with Coral Group which is expected tomorrow (Tuesday).
Following a similar deal with SL Benfica, Betclic has become the official betting partner to top flight Premiera Liga Portuguese football club Vitóriafor the remainder of the 2016/17 season. Under the sponsorship deal, Betclic will offer fans club-specific promotions and prizes including club player merchandise.
Sportsbetting and eSports provider UltraPlay has made three key management appointments naming Metodi Zaburtov as head of eSports optimisation, Georgi Apostolov as head of sportsbook and Krasimir Kostov as sales executive. Zaburtov joins UltraPlay having spent the past 10 years with PartyGaming and then bwin.party digital entertainment in various positions, his last as live betting …
Nicolas Fleiderman has been named chief operating officer of EveryMatrix responsible for the company’s commercial strategy, new business, customer growth support as well as leading account management, sales and marketing teams. Fleiderman is a Licentiate in Economics from St. Andrews University and holds an MBA from Bar Ilan University of Tel Aviv. “Nicolas is an …
Virtual sports provider Inspired’s Rush Football 2 product has launched across Eurobet’s retail and online channels in the Italian market. Eurobet will add three channels in retail and six online to deliver Rush Football 2 along with updated versions of Inspired’s Rush Motor racing and Rush Horses products. “It’s exciting to see our premium product, …
Malta-based live table games pioneer Codeta.com has partnered up with Authentic Gaming to offer its customers a land-based live casino experience on their mobiles, tablets and desktops for the first time. The agreement allows Codeta.com to live stream games from international casino floors featuring real-world croupiers and actual players. The games are available to play …
UK sports fans without access to cable television services have a new channel for sports coverage following the launch of Front Runner, a free-to-air, dedicated sports television service that will be covering a wide range of sports, including ‘niche’ activity such as mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding and others. Front Runner can be accessed on …
30 years on from the 1986 deregulation of financial markets in the UK – the so-called Big Bang – the City of London saw the launch this week of what is claimed to be the world’s first online financial peer-to-peer financial betting exchange. Reporting on the event, the business publication Fortune explained that Flexihedge is …
A study of online gambling mandated by the massachusetts legislature gets underway this week when legal and gaming experts join a group of lawmakers for the first time monday as part of the special commission on online gaming, fantasy sports gaming and daily fantasy sports. it marks the start of a process that could lead …
The UK National Lottery operator Camelot has released its latest numbers, revealing that ticket sales reached GBP 7.7 billion in the year ending March 31, 2016 – up from GBP 7.3 billion in 2015 and the highest since the lottery was launched in 1994. Camelot reports that the increase in sales was driven by scratch …
Online slot fans have been spoilt for choice again with the release of four new slots from quality developers Blueprint Gaming in the Gauselmann group, Aristocrat, 2By2 Gaming and ELK Studios. First up is King Kong Cash, a 20-line video slot from the UK-based games developer Blueprint Gaming that features 5 full-fledged bonuses and 5 …
UK National Lottery operator Camelot had an embarrassing experience this week when it had to pull a malfunctioning app that could have led to users dumping winning tickets. Sky News reported Friday that the Lottery has “suspended” the app, which lottery ticket holders use to check their results, advising users to re-check their tickets on …
Our readers may recall an earlier report in which we covered the growing the threat of the Mirai super distributed denial of service botnet being deployed with malicious intent by unknown groups, who had boosted the threat by posting the coding on hacker forums. The danger represented by Mirai is that it is capable of mustering …
Big Fish Gaming, the consistently profitable online social gaming arm of US gambling group Churchill Downs, continued to be the group’s best performer in the quarter ended September 30, delivering an 18 percent rise in revenues to $122.3 million, although actual earnings slipped by a third to $23.4 million, mainly due to heavier marketing spend. …
On Friday a press release from a German prime minister’s conference boosted hopes that the chaotic and frustrating regulatory scene in regard to online gambling policy in Germany may at last be on the road to a fair and logical reorganisation. The release notes that Germany’s sixteen lande (provinces) have reached broad agreement on a …
The Mr Green online casino and sports betting group has reported improved year-on-year performance in Q3-2016, attributing some of it to the introduction of its sports betting service. The online operator noted the positive impact of a “broadened product range, a growing number of customers and a stronger market position outside the Nordic region” on …
Online gambling operator Betfair has returned to UK television with its first advertisement in two years, launching a new campaign titled “Ready”. Developed by Lucky Generals, the lead creative agency for the Paddy Power-Betfair conglomerate, the campaign seeks to highlight the wide range of gambling products on offer at Betfair and features real casino footage, …
ESPN triggered renewed speculation on a DraftKings – FanDuel merger Friday when it published an article claiming that the two dominant players in the daily fantasy sports industry, are finalising terms of a merger. Quoting multiple but anonymous sources close to the matter, ESPN said an agreement was “imminent” and could be announced as early …
Spanish online and land gambling operator Grupo R. Franco appears to be emulating the William Hill group, announcing this week that it is to begin a start-up accelerator program for innovative entrepreneurs, which it has titled Wanajump. The gambling group plans to aid at least 30 start-ups annually in two categories dubbed ‘Incube’ and ‘Accelerate.’ …
Digital Sports Tech, a business-to-business software provider of sports betting solutions, has signed a deal with UK online and land sports betting operator Coral to provide an innovative player proposition betting product. Coral went live today (Friday) with this new sports betting product under the brand ‘Player Bets’ and will by agreement enjoy a period …