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 …
Online gambling games developer Pariplay Ltd., has announced the launch of its Atari Star Raiders online casino slot. The real-money title, based on the original 1979 Atari video arcade combat simulator game, is the newest release flowing from the company’s ongoing strategic partnership with Atari, Inc., formed in 2014 (see previous report). Other releases this …
Costa Rica software developer CGBets has announced the launch of a new Bitcoin-based platform that focuses on skill, logic and strategy rather RNG-based games. Players on CGBets.com compete against each other in the games, wagering in the cyber currency Bitcoin. In a statement this week a company spokesman claimed that the site currently has three …
Daily fantasy sports provider USFantasy is showcasing the growing interest of sportsbook operators in offering DFS products, revealing in a statement Friday that it has added several new Nevada sportsbooks to its client list, bringing it to over 40 companies and counting. Unlike traditional DFS operators that are business-to-consumer products, USFantasy is a pari-mutuel platform …
Hero Games has launched a new sports book product titled Betser, which is inspired by the relationships between social gaming and daily fantasy sports, and introduces this format to the online sports book vertical. The game has features like ‘Balls and Brains’ in which players can unlock free bets in a virtual locker room depending …
In the UK what is believed to be the first prosecutions for betting on video games and skin betting (eSports) came before a Birmingham Court Friday. The BBC reports that Brits Craig Douglas and Dylan Rigby pleaded not guilty to charges of using Youtube to promote a lottery and advertising unlawful gambling. The court adjourned …