The Casumo online casino has issued a press release on the Euro 2,971,469.49 jackpot hit last week by one of its Swedish players, identified only as “David”. Our readers may recall that the player was on his mobile device playing the Book of Ra Deluxe Mobile slot when he hit NetEnt’s Mega Fortune jackpot on …
The next NetEnt online slot, due for release on August 24, features the popular undersea theme and is appropriately titled Secrets of Atlantis. The theme of the 5 reel, 40 pay-line game is inspired by the mythological tale of a city that slipped beneath the waves in antiquity, which players view as the action on …
Online gambling group Playtech plc has announced the appointment as a non-executive director of Claire Milne, who will join the Remuneration Committee, Risk & Compliance Committee, Audit Committee, and Nominations Committee. Milne is a recognised industry expert in e-gaming and technology law and regulation, with 20 years’ experience advising gaming and financial services clients as …
Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has moved quickly to implement consumer protection regulations being insisted upon by a number of US states, notably distinguishing experienced “sharks” from amateur “fish” among its players. The company has rolled out two new initiatives designed to improve the recreational player gaming experience: * The introduction of distinguishing badges on-site …
Online casino operator SpinEmpire has announced that it has added 292 additional games to its already bulging games inventory following deals with providers like IGT, Spigo, Leander Games, OMI Gaming and World Match. 85 new games have been supplied by IGT, 38 from Leander, 7 from OMI, 10 from Spigo and 77 from World Match. …
The lower house of the Dutch parliament voted in support of a motion this week that the national regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) should become more involved in questions around the operation of online gambling licensing and regulation on the Caribbean islands of Curacao and St Maarten – both constituent countries of the Netherlands. The motion was …
The UPI news agency reported this week that North Korea has an army of 6,800 computer and IT specialists engaged in everything from hacking and mayhem making to selling software and operating (unidentified) online gambling websites. The news agency was reporting on an address by former Korea National Police University researcher Yoo Dong-ryol to the …
Nagaland, one of two Indian provinces that have legalised online gambling, has published its regulations under the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Rules, 2016. The regulations make it possible for the government to press ahead with the issue of licenses, and operators who wish to licence in …
According to media reports emanating from Thailand Friday a combined investigation by the Royal Thai Police and the Anti Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has broken up an online gambling ring that documentary evidence suggests was pulling in Baht 500 million (Euro 13 million) a month. Four at present unidentified websites were involved, along with local …
The lower house of the Dutch parliament finally passed a bill to regulate online gaming in the country on Thursday, giving momentum to a remote gambling measure that has been delayed repeatedly over the last several years. The bill now moves to the national Senate, where observers expect it to pass, opening the way for …
Mor Weizer, the seasoned and respected CEO of online gambling group Playtech plc, gave an insight into just one of the pressures top management can face from shareholders this week in his address to the World GES conference in Spain. Discussing the industry trend toward consolidation, Weizer revealed that there is sometimes inappropriate pressure on …
Brazil, and Rio de Janeiro in particular, will be the centre of attraction this summer as host of the next Olympics, and online gambling games developer Nuworks is exploiting the opportunity by releasing Wild in Rio, a Brazilian carnival-themed slot game. Wild in Rio is a 25 line real money online slot game where three …
The Danish Superliga football club Esbjerg has signed a two-season sponsorship deal with German online sportsbetting operator Tipico. The terms of the agreement will see Tipico become the official betting partner of the club, receiving branding exposure at the Blue Water Arena, digital publicity and social networking privileges. In return it will sponsor the teams …
Online sportsbetting operator Betway has entered into strategic partnerships with five Bundesliga 2 clubs, the company announced Thursday. The individual agreements with the five German clubs, St. Pauli, Union Berlin, Eintracht Braunschweig, Karlsruher SC and Dynamo Dresden, will see the online bookmaker designated as the official betting partner ahead of the new season that kicks …
The Portuguese regulator Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) has awarded its second online sports betting licence to Bet Entertainment Technologies Ltd., an operator powered by SBTech software. Undeterred by the heavy turnover-based taxation imposed by Portugal, the Malta-based operator has opened an office in Lisbon to service clients and …
Jackpot Rising, a well-named Dallas, Texas start-up that provides progressive jackpot technology to real-money skill game developers, has secured $3 million in venture funding from an undisclosed investor. Founder and CEO William Webb (28) said this week that his company offers technology which enables developers to plug the software into their products, explaining that it …
The Hong Kong Police has reported what they believe is the breakup of the biggest Euro 2016 online football gambling ring yet, involving around HK$400 million (Euro 47 million) in illegal online bets. The police raids that dismantled the ring just hours prior to the semi-final between Portugal and Wales also resulted in the arrests …
The UK online gambling games and software provider iSoftBet has announced an agreement with Malta-based games developer Pragmatic Play in which the developer’s games will be integrated with the iSoftBet game aggregation platform, joining games from over 20 other third party suppliers. In a statement Thursday iSoftBet’s head of business development, Michael Probert, said that …
Online gambling games developer Everi Holdings has inked a content distribution agreement with fellow developer and games distributor Spin Games in which the latter company will integrate gaming content from Everi with its HTML5 remote gaming server for distribution to North American and European online gambling markets. A spokesman for Everi said Thursday that the …
The Estonia-based online gambling platform provider Relax Gaming has announced that it is to distribute games from UK HTML5 developer Push Gaming as part of its Silver Bullet online casino program. The agreement, which has already helped Push launch its games with European online casino brand Mr Green, is designed to take the supplier’s games …
With a few ethical missteps by mainly young eSports personalities recently flagging the dangers of unguided and unregulated activity, a group of eSports folks representing UK companies involved in everything from hardware manufacture and game development to competition organisation has come together to form a not-for-profit organisation titled Esports Integrity Coalition, which has the goal …
Swedish interactive fan engagement platform 123on and eSports professional player Team Dignitas have partnered up to enable the team to increase its international reach and improve revenues. Team Dignitas is one of the world’s major eSports teams qualified to play the ESL One Cologne Major this weekend with their CS:GO lineup. 16 CS:GO teams are …
The Belgian House of Representatives voted on July 1 to remove the broad-based value-added tax exemption enjoyed by the online gambling sector, according to a report in the publication Tax-News. The change appears to be discriminatory; it would make all gambling and games of chance that take place online subject to VAT in the future, …
Core Gaming, an HTML5 gambling software house, has signed a content distribution deal with UK online and land gambling corporate Rank Group plc which will see Core provide games through Rank’s range of online sites from later this month. The mobile games supplier will initially launch nine titles, each of which are optimised for both …