UK gaming firm Gaming Realms has generated impressive revenue growth, according to an interim results report for the six months ending June 30 2016, which it attributes to the success of its proprietary platform Grizzly and the acquisition of the social gaming assets from Real Networks. Key performance highlights include: – A 109 percent increase …
Åland-based gaming company Paf has significantly boosted content on its Spanish-facing website with the release of around 30 slots. New content comprises of a range of in-house developed slots along with titles from Microgaming and NetEnt which include Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider: Secret of the Sword, Hellboy, Loaded and RoboJack.
Live Casino solutions provider Evolution Gaming, has penned a deal with Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) in which Evolution’s core Live Casino games omni-channel offering will be added to OEG’s online gaming websites including Olybet.com which may also, potentially, converge with services at OEG’s land-based venues. OEG, with its subsidiaries, is a market-leading provider of gaming …
Online gambling games developer Play’n GO has unveiled Super Flip, its latest premium title which has hitherto been exclusive to the Unibet group. The five-reel game is simultaneously released in mobile and flash, and features wild and Super Flip scatter symbols across 20 fixed pay lines, in addition to a free spins feature. During the …
In an advisory notice to the London stock exchange Tuesday Sportech plc revealed that it has entered into exclusivity with Burlywood Capital LLP on the proposed sale of its subsidiary The Football Pools for a total cash consideration of GBP 97.25 million on a debt free/cash free basis. Burlywood’s management team proposes to apply for …
Affiliate marketing publisher Catena Media remains firmly on the acquisition trail and revealed this week that it has raised Euro 50 million through a bond issue, the proceeds of which will be invested in more acquisitions. With a floating 6.75 percent interest rate and three year duration, the bond clearly appealed to investors impressed by …
The CEO of daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings, Jason Robins, used his address to the TechCrunch Disrupt conference last week to announce the launch of a new app by his company. Titled DK Live, the app aggregates National Football League news and statistics on League players in real time to aid DFS fans in their …
Years after shuttering the Canadian online betting ring and punishing some of its leaders, the event was back in the courts this week when Gordon Baird (59) pleaded guilty to bookmaking and contributing to the activities of a criminal organization whilst he was the technical manager and administrator of the Cdn$103 million, allegedly Mafia and …
San-Francisco social games developer GSN Games launched its new “Wheel of Fortune® Slots: The Ultimate Collection” on Google Play today (Monday). The free app, which offers up to $100,000 in cash prizes daily, is hosted by American TV personality and Wheel of Fortune TV version presenter, Vanna White. Several distinctively themed Wheel of Fortune slot …
Spanish social bingo content provider Zitro Interactive has expanded its World of Bingo portfolio with the addition of Beetle Bingo and Bingo Dream. Both games are currently available on the Facebook web version of World of Bingo but are expected to go live across the Android and iOS mobile platforms in the near future. The …
Gala Coral has launched a three-month-long multi-channel ad campaign to support the launch and growth of its newly released Coral Vegas App. The campaign, devised by UK creative agency Cravens, was undertaken in collaboration with Moving Picture Company (MPC), attributed with the creation of the Sher Khan character in The Jungle Book. The face of …
International Game Technology (IGT) and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) have partnered up to launch Northern America’s “first omni-channel jackpot” with a prize pool upwards of $1 million. “Powerbucks” links the jackpot pool from the land-based “Powerhits™” slot games at BCLC’s 33 gaming facilities, the mobile and desktop versions of which are found on …
Malta-based platform provider Relax Gaming has been granted a B2B supplier licence from the Romanian gambling regulator for the provision of casino games through its Silver Bullet gaming platform, as well as bingo and poker via its operating partners. “Moving into new regulated markets is a natural step for Relax and part of our growth …
The seemingly endless debate on single sports betting in Canada could be resolved later this month when parliament gets back to work, with a private member’s bill again on the agenda in the Commons and calls for prime minister Justin Trudeau to permit a free vote on the issue. The Canadian Criminal Code at present …
A mass market recovery, touted by many analysts as the solution to Macau’s problems, is almost in place according to a Deutsche Bank analyst who has conducted extensive research and interviews with experts. Analyst Karen Tang points to increasing gaming spend per visitor, with VIP players starting to return as ‘premium mass players’ heralding the …
There must have been a few red faces at ESPN over the weekend when the company’s fantasy sports app crashed and was down for hours on the opening Sunday of the new NFL season. The incident achieved wide social and other media coverage, with ESPN apologising to punters and attributing the debacle to a “backend …
With its sights clearly set on the younger demographic familiar with augmented reality via cellphones and the currently trending Pokemon hunt concept, 888Sports launched its own clever version of the concept in the UK this week, inviting punters to participate in its Free Bet Hunt promo. The FBH app triggers whenever punters are close to …
Online gambling software supplier GamingAccount Network (GAN) has confirmed earlier reports that it has contracted to set-up a European regulated markets-facing online casino in an extension of an existing partnership with one of its unidentified US clients (see previous reports). In a stock market advisory Monday GAN advised that the deal includes a $1.4 million …
Ladbrokes marketers appear to have a problem in getting to grips with acceptable advertising requirements; barely a week after being rapped over the knuckles by the UK Advertising Standards Authority for its Iron Man email promo (see previous report) the online and land gambling giant found itself in trouble with the Authority again this week. …
The Malta-based online gambling games developer Playson has announced that its omni-channel HD slot Art of the Heist has gone live. In an imaginative theme, the new game takes players on a night-time raid through Townsville Fine Art Gallery in the company of the great art thief, Vincenzo. Vincenzo shows players how to rob the …
The Democratic Party Representative for Laredo in Texas, Richard Raymond, has announced his intention to introduce a bill in the state legislature next year that will declare daily fantasy sports to be a legal, skill-based activity within the borders of Texas. If he is successful, his proposed bill will supercede the opinion issued in January …
The eSports league tournament organiser ESL has reached out to the traditional sports world as it expands ever faster, and has inked a deal with US sports event company AEG, according to a report in VentureBeat. AEG operates more than 120 venues around the globe, including the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and Oakland’s Oracle Arena, …
The owners of the fantasy sports information site FantasyWired have entered the operational side of the DFS vertical with a new fantasywireddfs.com real-money site powered and hosted on the iTEAM Network. The company assures players in its launch publicity that the iTEAM membership of FantasyWired DFS ensures a wider range of games and prize pools, …
A 30-strong raiding party made up of Thai anti-money laundering and police officials considerably outnumbered the six people arrested when police shut down an illegal online gambling venue in Bangkok’s Bang Khunthian district Friday. Police reported that the raid followed a month-long investigation into the operation, which they claim was associated with online sports betting …