The Amaya online gambling group has joined the rush into the new Romanian regulated online gambling market, announcing that subsidiaries Pokerstars and Betstars have secured licensing after introducing software changes to ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements. The licensing becomes effective from September 1 this year, enabling PokerStars.ro, BetStars.ro and Full Tilt to ditch temporary …
The traditional post-interim results media conference by Playtech executives this week provided some interesting insights into the company’s future plans and present priorities; among the revelations by chief executive officer Mor Weizer were the following: * Weizer confirmed that Playtech has ambitious international expansion plans and is interested in operating in the growing number of …
The predominantly online and mobile nature of fantasy sports is about to change following the announcement this week by US-based EagleStrike Fantasy Sports that it is ready to launch a new daily fantasy sports platform offering short-term fantasy sports contests via proprietary Fantasy Sports Terminals located in sports bars, restaurants and fraternal lodges. Virginia will …
US entertainment media reports indicate that daily fantasy sports will soon be the subject of a major movie studio production, noting that TriStar Productions has recently secured movie option rights on an upcoming book on DFS titled “The Big Game: Daily Fantasy And The High Stakes Battle For Fans, Fortune And Survival.” The book is …
The increasing focus on eSports by two major online sports betting companies – Danske Spil and Sky Betting – was the subject of media reports on Bloomberg this week, with Sky Betting’s Adam Smith going so far as to predict: “This is the future of sports, and we have to focus on that so we …
Italy-facing online gambling operator Newgioco Group, Inc. (formerly the OTC-listed Empire Global Corp.) has issued an update on its recent achievements, presumably to maintain share price momentum. The press statement details the company’s acquisition of two Austrian entities – software development and platform provider Odissea Betriebsinformatik Beratung Gmbh, and retail gaming distribution group Ulisse Gmbh…both …
The content deal between UK games start-up Gamevy and online gambling group Betsson (see previous reports) came to fruition this week when Gamevy’s skill and strategic games went live across the gambling group’s sites. Initial response to the new instant win games has been positive, emulating that of lottery and sportsbook players in Germany, Austria, …
The ‘season long’ fantasy gaming space is becoming more crowded following moves by daily fantasy sports market leaders FanDuel and DraftKings into the sector. This month FanDuel has launched Friends Mode, a bold new feature that takes on the bigger, more entrenched “season-long” fantasy sports providers by allowing users to set up private, recurring leagues …
Rival Gaming announced the launch of its new Megawins online slot Thursday, describing the game as a classically styled 3-reel, 5 pay line slot with traditional slots icons – Bars, Sevens and Cherries. Players can bet from 1 to 3 coins per line and bet on 1 to 5 lines. With coins valued from $.01 …
Following a partnership deal, NSoft virtual sports games will soon form part of the selection offered by iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform. The GAP facility already hosts a library of more than 120 third-party games from over 20 software providers, and will now add NSoft’s portfolio of virtual games, including draw-based games Lucky Six and Lucky …
Fortuna Entertainment, the Central and Eastern Europe-facing gambling group in the news earlier today with its platform deal with Playtech (see previous report) has posted its H1-2016 numbers, claiming improvements across core metrics. Highlights of the report include: * Total Gross Win of Euro 80.5 million, on turnover up 24 percent year-on-year at Euro 511 …
NYX Gaming Group Limited announced Thursday that it has launched its NYX Open Gaming System, or OGS, to TonyBet for the regulated markets of Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark and UK. This is the first operator launch for NYX Gaming Group in the regulated market of Lithuania, which gives NYX the ability to deliver its market leading …
Antigua-licensed VGambling Inc has reported that it is well advanced in its preparations to launch into the online gambling market with a dotbet website that will also offer eSports gambling internationally, with the exception of the United States. VGambling has entered into a betting gaming platform software agreement with Swiss Interactive Software GmbH to provide …
The 2016 Gaming Report from Adobe Digital Insights reveals that the social following of eSports is growing faster than almost all other traditional sports. The social following of eSports is now larger than the National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball and trails behind only the National Basketball Association. Adobe Digital Insights …
The Central and Eastern European online gambling group Fortuna Entertainment Group N.V. announced Thursday that it has signed a contract with online gambling software and games provider Playtech plc for the supply of a multi-channel betting and gaming platform. A company spokesman said in a statement that the Playtech platform will provide Fortuna with the …
Professional business services provider KPMG has announced that its seventh annual Isle of Man e-Gaming Summit has been scheduled for September 8 and will include expert speakers Paul Richardson (Head of M&A at Rank), Fiona Palmer (Head of Compliance and Social Responsibility at Sky Betting & Gaming) and Errol Larson of Derivco among others. Topics …
Online gambling software and games provider Microgaming has announced that its latest online slot is ready for launch, a 5 reel, 25 pay-line game titled Jungle Jim. The game takes players deep into the heart of the jungle in search of El Dorado, the legendary city of gold. Armed with his bag of high-tech gadgets, …
The Cherry online and land gambling group has released its H1-2016 figures, highlighting the following second quarter stats: * Revenues grew up 80 percent at SEK 191.7 million; * Online made up 81 percent (63 percent in Q2-2015) of the group revenues; * Profitability improved and EBITDA amounted to SEK 14.8 million (Q2-2015: loss of …
Platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has assisted in the launch of Black Type, a new online sports betting site with a specialist focus on horse racing. The site is the creation of founders Dave Gowers and Craig Nicholson, who oversaw the resurgence of 888sport’s racing products while working at Kambi, in conjunction with Mylo …
A games supply contract signed between Swedish online gambling games developer NetEnt and the online gambling arm of Rank plc in June this year (see previous report) has been rapidly implemented, with the supplier announcing Thursday that the games are now live across Rank assets. Enrico Bradamante, managing director of NetEnt Malta Ltd. said that …
Online gambling and financial group Playtech plc posted an impressive H1-2016 report Thursday, flagging a strong performance and delivery on its strategic objectives. Highlights of the six-month period, which ended on June 30, include: * Total revenues up 18 percent year-on-year at Euro 337.7 million; * 24 percent revenue growth on a constant currency basis; …
Shares in the embattled Philippines online gambling company Philweb received a fillip Thursday, climbing a remarkable 50 percent (albeit from a low base) following more positive comments from the national president on the previous day. President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to moderate his hard-line stance against online gambling by saying that as long as operators paid …
Successful trial during Euro 2016 football prompts online betting operator to launch Le Jeu de l’Entraineur. The French online gambling operator Winamax has entered the daily fantasy sports space with a new game titled Le Jeu de l’Entraineur (The Coach’s Game). The launch follows a successful trial during the Euro 2016 football championships, and makes …
FanDuel has responded to this week’s news that rival DraftKings is to offer MLB-themed tournaments with guarantees of over $5 million by announcing that it is to invest $1 million next month as a prize pool guarantee for an MLB-related event branded Big Swing. The new tournament follows the conclusion of FanDuel’s 2016 World Fantasy …