888Sports has launched its new television campaign in the UK under the title ‘Take‘Em On’. The campaign, which has flighted on SkyTV channels, emphasises the competitive instinct present in most gamblers and was designed by London agency Recipe to deepen engagement beyond traditional offer and odds advertising. Explaining the change of thrust, 888Sports marketing director …
Erik Balbaugh, a PR veteran with experience in both Washington DC and Boston as a consultant, has been appointed as VP Public Affairs by the land gambling trade body the American Gaming Association. The former PR advisor to Democrat political leaders like Hillary Clinton and John Kerry is tasked with playing a major role in …
NYX Gaming Group has welcomed Jason Walbridge and Eric Matejevich to its Group Executive Team with immediate effect. Walbridge joins NYX Gaming Group in the role of chief operating officer having spent an eighteen year career with Aristocrat where he served as chief supply officer and managing director of EMEA, in addition to other roles. …
The latest data from Juniper Research indicates that global online gambling wagers will approach $1 Trillion by 2021, equaling total global spend on digital goods and services forecasts. Juniper’s latest research, “Mobile & Online Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries, Betting & VR 2016-2021” unsurprisingly found that the trend towards migrating to the online environment and importantly mobile …
Coral Interactive advertising was the subject of scrutiny again by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, the fourth time in the past fortnight. The ad in question was an email offering new customers a GBP 20 free bet on placing their first GBP 5 sports bet. Terms and conditions stated that the bet had to be …
Gaming tech firm Pariplay Ltd. has launched a new mobile gaming platform which will enable land-based casino patrons access to real-money and free-play casino gaming via a branded iOS or Android App for mobile and desktop. The Eyeon system will allow a casino visitor to install the property’s branded app featuring a wide range of …
Software developer Tom Horn Gaming has clinched a deal with iSoftBet in which its full suite of online and mobile casino content will be integrated to iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform. The deal expands Tom Horn’s footprint across Europe with the distribution of its content to an additional 60 gaming operators. Ondrej Lapides, chief executive officer …
Malta-based software developer and operator Hero Gaming has launched Betser sportsbook, a product based on the same gamification behind its Casino Heroes success story, which aims to offer customers a new and more entertaining way to bet on sports. Hero Gaming collaborated with NHL players Nicklas Bäckström and Carl Hagelin during the development of Betser, …
La Liga football club Valencia CF has partnered Asian-facing operator S36.com for the 2016/17 football season. Established in the Philippines, and licensed by the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority, S36 offers a range of casino, live casino and sports betting content from SAGaming, Opus Gaming, Ho Gaming, BetSoft, Game Play, Playtech, Play’n GO and InPlay …
After a tumultuous month in which the Philippines State-owned regulator declined to renew PhilWeb Corp’s technology contract and the ensuing shut down of over 480 egames and ebingo outlets (see previous reports), PAGCOR has invited letters of intent for the application of offshore gaming licenses to shore up lost revenue and curtail illegal operators. Key …
The content supply deal will see ten Intervision games initially integrated into Oryx Gaming’s platform which include titles such as Buffalo Run, Jester and 101 Lions. “We want to offer our customers the best gaming experience around and, in terms of slot games, the Intervision offering is the perfect partner to achieve that mission,” Matevz …
The Philippines regulator, state-owned Pagcor, has announced the licence revocations of another 197 venues as it conforms with President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against online gambling. Our readers will recall that last month 286 e-games sites were closed down when the PhilWeb Corp. contract expired and Pagcor refused to renew it. The latest revocations impact 120 …
The regulated online gambling market in New Jersey has a new contender following the news Monday that Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino land operator has launched an online casino in collaboration with New Jersey-licensed online operator Golden Nugget. Our readers will recall that in addition to managing its own online activity, Golden Nugget also hosts Betfaircasino.com. Online gambling …
In Montreal, a preliminary hearing by the L’Autorite des marches financiers (AMF), Quebec’s securities regulator, considered evidence on allegations that 12 people improperly used access to privileged information about impending acquisitions by the Amaya online gambling group to reap nearly $1.5 million in questionable profit over five years. Among the allegations was a case related …
The Dublin-based social games developer for mobile platforms, Kama Games, has announced that its RNG has been certified as fair and in line with the UK Gambling Commission standards following extensive testing by the independent company iTech Labs. Kama Games’ RNG is a proprietary solution which is at the heart of all of the developer’s …
Seven North American eSports teams – Team Solomid, Cloud9, Team Liquid, Counter Logic Gaming, Immortals, NRG eSports and compLexity – have formed a professional league which will come into force next January, branded the Professional eSports Association (PEA). The mission of the PEA, which will be headed by Former Riot Games manager Jason Katz, is …
The Swedish online gambling games developer Yggdrasil Gaming has announced the launch of its proprietary White Label Studios, a ground-breaking new concept that will allow operators to leverage the provider’s developmental expertise to create bespoke slots content. Operators using the new studio will be assigned a dedicated team that will produce fully customised, permanently exclusive …
Sofia-based bettting solutions provider UltraPlay has further entrenched its pioneering position in eSports betting by releasing two new games for its partner sites ggBet, VitalBet, BetEast and eBettle. The company’s eSports trading platform will now include HALO and Crossfire worldwide odds, says Peter Ivanov, the head eSports trader at UltraPlay, who said that the company …
BetConstruct has expanded in the Spanish market with an agreement for the provision of its sportsbook product to Comar Inversiones-owned Spanish-facing operation iJeugos.es The new iJuegos-operated sportsbook from BetConstruct will run in parallel to iJuegos.es’ existing online casino and will be an integral addition to their online offer, product manager, Manuel Paz, believes. “We expect …
UK interactive gaming firm NetPlay TV plc posted encouraging interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2016. Key Performance Indicators for the six month period ending June 30 2016 include: – 15 percent increase in net revenue to GBP 14.7 million (H1/2015: GBP 12.7 million) – Adjusted EBITDA increased 31 percent to GBP …
Browser-based virtual world technology and multiplayer casual games developer, Flowplay, has launched its first real-time sports betting game “Ready Set Bet” within its flagship social casino Vegas World. The free-to-play game allows players to place bets on any drive in progress during all live professional football games, affording them the opportunity to win a virtual …
Leading Italian provider Microgame has acquired Active Games from Intent Ventures for an undisclosed consideration. The B2B gaming services provider, which was founded in 2011, offers a turnkey modular service in which customers can choose the services they want, whether it be one game or a full white label solution for the Italian market in …
Paul Cherry has been named chief executive officer of Ladbrokes Australia, succeeding Dean Shannon who steps down from the role in February 2017. Shannon, who is leaving the role for personal reasons, is the founder of Bookmaker.co.au which was sold to Ladbrokes in September 2013. According to a company release, Shannon will continue to contribute …
Aristocrat Leisure’s chief digital officer Pat Ramsey will step down from his executive role at the end of this month to spend more time with his family but will continue his journey with the company as a non-executive Board director. The company has already embarked on a global search for Ramsey’s successor saying it would …