Whilst most US eyes are on the resumption of the online gambling legalisation discussion in Pennsylvania tomorrow (Wednesday), Senator Mike Kowalls in Michigan reminds observers that Michigan is still very much in the running for the position of fourth US state to legalise online gambling. This week Kowall assured local media that there was still …
The recent publication of international football federation FIFA’s “Vision for the Future” plan revealed a growing interest by the body in the impact and potential of eSports activity; sufficient to prompt it to establish an investigative team to examine possibilities. President Gianni Infantino laid out FIFA’s path into the future with three goals in mind; …
The Swedish online gambling group Betsson has announced that it is to open a second Maltese office, this one in St Julians and big enough to cater for 300 staff engaged mainly in Support activity. The fast-growing company already has a major presence in the central region of the Mediterranean island in the town Ta’ …
Fibetco, a financial betting company, has announced that Danske Spil CEO Hans Christian Madsen is to join its board of directors with responsibility for corporate governance as the firm prepares for international expansion. Madsen remains CEO of Danske Spil for the next half year. The company’s BetonFinance.com site will spearhead the expansion under the direction of …
Swedish slots specialist Quickspin has launched its latest online slot, a 5-reel, 40 pay-line offering titled Dragon Shrine with features that include free spins, with a double stack feature that fills the left and right reels with gold dragons. A stack of dragons on reel one unleashes the Dragon Stack Re-spin feature, during which all …
It’s a 50-line, 5×3-reel game set in a sinister circus environment, accompanied by dramatic animations, a creepy fairground-circus soundtrack and some rather amusing sound effects. The longer “Jugglenaut”, a ringmaster and circus act rolled into one, juggles – the richer the rewards in a special feature round. “As we expand into new markets it is …
Bitcoin processor BitPay has claimed a first with online sports betting and casino operator NetBet “becoming the UK’s first licensed gambling site to accept Bitcoin”. The development will enable NetBet customers to use bitcoin to load and transact within their online account.
Reacting to the recent announcement of the sale of 359 Ladbrokes and Gala Coral retail shops to Stan James and Betfred (see previous report), Irish operator BoyleSports plans to approach the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) saying its bid was higher than the reported sale price. In addition, the company said it had tendered a …
The Games Company (TGC) has agreed a long-term licensing deal with software specialist Black Cow Technology (Black Cow) for its Open Gaming Architecture (OGA) software which will be used to power TGC’s new remote game server. According to Black Cow, the open-source built software, with a fully-functioning Games Development Kit, will provide The Games Company …
NetEnt has previewed its latest offer “Warlords: Crystals of Power”, a 5-reel, 30-fixed payline slot whose theme revolves around three powerful warlords, The Barbarian, The Priestess and The Samurai. After years of war and pillaging these three rulers remain, left to defeat each other and capture the riches for themselves. Warlords: Crystals of Power offers …
Betfair will be the first Tier One operator to launch Cash Out Roulette from newcomer Be The House. The patent-pending product, described as “revolutionary” offers customers bets over consecutive spins of a roulette wheel, in addition to the traditional single spin roulette. Players can place bets on outcomes such as one number 16 in the …
Danish slots provider Magnet Gaming says a recent strategic decision will see it expand from restricting its business to dot country licensees to include Malta and Gibraltar-licensed operators. According to Magnet’s head of game licensing, Thomas Nielsen, the companies thinking behind its previous restriction to dot country operators was based on the need for strict …
Betfred has taken over the naming rights of the Super League, a top-level professional rugby league club competition in Europe, for the next three years. “Next year will be Betfred’s 50th birthday and what better way to celebrate than by becoming title sponsor of the Betfred Super League!” Betfred co-founder Fred Done said. “Building on …
Gaming platform software provider Bit8 has been awarded a B2B license to continue operating in the re-regulated Romanian market. The company intends expanding its already “significant” presence in the market leading on from its partnership with the country’s largest retail and online bookmaker SuperBet. “Romania is an exciting market, and we are thrilled to have …
Betsoft has launch “Kawaii Kitty”, rendered in the Japanese cultural context of being cute or “Kawaii”. This 3D slot pays both ways and features Wild Yarn balls that can expand to fill an entire reel if they land on reels 2, 3 and 4. Watch the demo here: http://www.betsoft.com/games/kawaii-kitty
Games developer Quickspin has appointed Tomas Bergendal in the role of Sales Director as it looks to expand in global regulated and emerging markets. Based at Quickspin’s Malta office, Bergendal joins the company having spent a year with Yggdrasil Gaming as sales manager, prior to which he spent almost three years with Betsson Group as …
Åland-based gaming operator Paf has inked a multi-year deal for mobile and web content from Play’n GO. Play’n GO will provide the operator its full suite of games for the first time providing Paf customers access to popular titles such as Gemix, Eye of the Kraken and Grim Muerto. “As a Scandinavian company at heart, …
The arrest in China of 18 Crown Resorts employees, including three executives visiting the Australian casino company’s Chinese VIP punter marketing operations (see previous report), resulted in the company’s share price taking an almost 14 percent hit Monday as investors exhibited fears of an intensified Chinese crackdown. Late Sunday – three days after the arrests …
The international gaming testing laboratory and technical consultancy BMM Testlabs has announced the appointment of Ashley Burnside, formerly of the Eastern Shawnee Gaming Commission, as its Tribal Services Manager. Based in Miami, OK, Burnside will join Jodi DiLascio, director of tribal gaming, to provide support, training and technical compliance assistance to tribal gaming regulators across …
Whilst fantasy sports has managed to crack the legality barrier on gambling in many states, extending this drive into fantasy stocks and shares is definitely a no-no, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates such matters. The issue has been triggered by a Forcerank app offering fantasy stock-style competitions, which the regulator …
Ladbrokes and Coral announced over the weekend that they have agreed to sell a total of 359 retail betting shops to Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited (trading as Betfred) and StanJames (Abingdon) Limited (trading as Stan James). Betfred will purchase 322 shops for a cash consideration of £55 million and Stan James will purchase 37 …
British government sports minister Tracey Crouch has revealed to a horse racing industry meeting that she intends to set a rate of 10 percent of gross profits for both retail and online bookmakers under the new levy replacement system. The new levy system was announced by the government in March this year and is set …
The Australian Sunday media is speculating on the reasons for the arrest of 18 employees of Australian land casino company Crown Resorts, including thee senior executives visiting from Australia, by Chinese police last week. The police have yet to detail the charges leading to the arrests, and Crown headquarters has commented: ‘Crown believes that a …
The Association of Online Gambling Operators, a trade association representing the interests of European Union operators active in Sweden, has commissioned an independent research company to confirm the obvious to Swedish politicians – set the tax rate in a liberalised Swedish market too high and there will be fewer operators interested in licensing, leading to …