The latest online slot from Play’nGo has a rather macabre but authentic theme based on Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration…this one accompanied by the music of a mariachi band, whose members play a key role in player rewards. Features in the Grim Muertos game include Expanding and Extra ( El Marco Siniestro) Wilds, El …
Online betting group Paddy Power is in trouble with the UK Advertising Standards Authority again following a number of complaints regarding its Cheltenham horse racing television advertisement in the “Fonejacker” series fronted by Kayvan Novak portrayed as a complaints line responder. The regulator found that a claim in the advert that a Cheltenham betting promo …
Online gambling provider Pariplay Ltd. has announced a partnership with Jumpman Gaming which will see the latter’s entire portfolio of bingo brands integrated with Pariplay’s Fusion content aggregator network, providing the operator with access to a range of online bingo, keno and casino games developed by Pariplay and other software providers. As Pariplay’s development studio …
Online gambling games developer SoftSwiss has released its latest slot, with a theme that salutes the medieval legends and traditions of Romania as that country opens its regulated and licensed market. SoftSwiss has been among the first to licence in Romania in partnership with local firm Superbet (see previous report). Titled Domnitors, the news release …
One of the pioneers in eSport fantasy betting, Vulcun, has announced that effective July 5 it is to switch its focus to the Twitch streaming sector through TwitchAlerts.com, an enterprise that it acquired last year. The company’s eSports activity ceased July 5, giving players six days to claim any refunds due, and all user data …
Empire Global Corp. a Toronto-based company providing regulated online and offline gaming and wagering through licensed subsidies in Italy, has announced the completion of acquisition deals on two key gaming companies for an undisclosed consideration. The companies, which are not identified in the company statement, are a gaming software development company and licensed betting platform, …
The UK online and land gambling group Betfred has posted its results for fiscal 2015 ended September 27 2015, reporting that increased taxation and some pro-punter sports betting results have put a dent in its performance. The company reported an operating loss of GBP 76.7 million, a substantial decline year-on-year from the profit of GBP …
Caesars Interactive Entertainment social casino subsidiary Playtika is reportedly the target in an acquisition move by South Korean online games developer Netmarble Games which the Korea Herald and Reuters outlets claim will be the “largest acquisition deal made by a South Korean game company since No. 1 player Nexon and NCSoft jointly attempted to takeover …
Betfred’s 1,360 retail betting shops will soon be carrying seven Sky Sports television channels following a new partnership deal between the two UK companies. The content will be presented using Betfred’s in-house TV channel, with coverage to include football’s English Premier League, golf’s Ryder Cup and the Formula 1 motor-racing championship. Betfred retail managing director …
Online betting group Dafabet has extended its sponsorship of the EPL Sunderland football club in a new agreement that takes the partnership through to 2019. The company will play an active role in club promotions to its fans such as the Ha’way the Flags initiative, where it will donate a giant crowd-surfer flag showing a …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has launched a new six reel, 40 pay-line slot titled Charms and Clovers, with the sixth reel giving access to four bonus features. The game is the most recent addition to BetSoft’s 3D range of online slots and has an Irish mythological theme based around the ancient stories of the …
Online social bingo provider Zitro has launched Tournaments in World of Bingo, a unique mode in social video bingo casinos available on Facebook. Zitro’s aim with this new initiative is to promote socialisation in the game, adding a strong relational component to the well-established game-playing content of Zitro’s bingo games, said director Rais Busom of …
Davy, a financial advisory corporate based in London, has issued a rather pessimistic note in the wake of the Brexit vote, opining that listed gambling operators in the UK could be impacted as the economy endures months of fiscal and legal uncertainty. The note foresees the possibility of a decline in performance of large online …
Online and retail gambling group Cherry has announced that it is to issue a four-year senior secured bond in the amount of Euro 50 million, with maturity on July 11, 2020. The net proceeds will be used to partly finance the acquisition of 49 percent of the shares in ComeOn Malta Ltd with an option …
Full details are not yet available, but the news broke Monday that a Swedish mobile player identified as “David” hit the Mega Fortune jackpot over the weekend on the progressive slot Book of Ra Deluxe Mobile for a win of Euro 2.971,469 on a stake of just Euro 1.25…and he did it on his first …
With Aussie political elections in full swing, the online sports betting operator Sportsbet offered a market on what colour tie 9 News television political commentator Laurie Oakes would wear…but the prop bet backfired heavily when Oakes changed his tie six times during a broadcast, forcing the gambling company to admit defeat with good grace and …
Online gambling operator NetBet has joined a surge in sponsorships between internet gambling companies and football clubs, extending its shirt sponsorship agreement with the French Ligue 1 club Saint-Etienne through the 2017 season and into 2018. The partnership gives NetBet branding opportunities at the team’s Geoffroy-Guichard stadium and across the club’s digital and social media …
Online gambling group GVC Holdings has delivered on its pledge to secure a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (see previous report), reporting Monday that it had been accepted, and taking a step closer to its ambition of entering the FTSE-250 series by September this year. The new listing is effective August 1, the …
Prague-based online gambling games developer Endorphina has announced a new content deal with major Latin American gaming operator BetMotion. The agreement requires Endorphina to provide its suite of games, including popular online slots like Jetsetter, Satoshi’s Secret and Safari, along with other successful releases such as 4 of a King, Blast Boom Bang and Chimney …
Following closely on a set of troubling performance results (see previous reports), the UK-based but Chinese-facing online lottery company DJI Holdings has announced a conditional placing of 30.5 million new ordinary shares with the goal of raising GBP 29 million in fresh capital. The company said in an announcement that the funds raised will enable …
Thailand media reports indicate that the nation’s lottery could be going online, quoting sources who have revealed that the Ministry of Finance is about to propose a bill to government which will include the licensing of online lottery vendors. Work is already well advanced on the project, with the ministry collaborating with the Council of …
With the legalisation of online gambling a definite possibility (see previous reports), an industry exec has warned state lawmakers not to expect an immediate surge of tax revenue, and against making Pennsylvania too costly to encourage operators. Matthew Katz, the chief executive of industry services suppliers CAMS and Verifi told the publication Players Advantage over …
The Cabinet statement by new Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte this week that he wants to see an end to online gambling and licensing activities by PAGCOR (see previous report) prompted the licensor to impose a moratorium on further licensing and sent local gambling company shares reeling….but it also created a competitive advantage for Caribbean licensor …
Nevada, and specifically Las Vegas, stands ready to embrace the burgeoning eSports vertical beyond mere hosting of its events…gambling groups are reportedly seeing the potential of regulated and licensed betting on the video-gaming contests that have so captured millennial demographic attention. The publication CDC Gaming reported over the weekend that eSports involvement may soon spread …