With Pennsylvania lawmakers still unable to explain Sunday how they would pay for a roughly $31.5 billion spending bill it has approved (see previous reports), Gov. Tom Wolf moderated his demand that they deliver a sustainable funding plan and said he would not stop it from becoming law. Wolf changed his stance during a Sunday …
Roskomnadzor, the Russian internet regulator, has widened its censorship of illegal online gambling websites to embrace news and sports betting data-providing enterprises as well. It is not clear if affiliate webmasters will also be targeted, but given their promotional nature this is likely. Local media reports are that sites such as Championat, Bookmakers’ Rating and …
Police in the Vietnamese province of Dong Thap reported over the weekend that they have detected three football betting rings during the UEFA Euro 2016, which has just ended in a 1 – 0 victory to Portugal in its final against France. Raiding parties shuttered the rings and arrested 30 individuals, seizing equipment, cash and …
The SlotsMillion online casino operator has announced the successful integration of 60 mobile and desktop games from Malta-based games developer Pragmatic Play. Many of the games offer unique, innovative features, and this latest integration means that SlotsMillion now offer players a choice from more than 1,000 games. SlotsMillion, co-founder Alexandre Tomic said in a statement …
Justice Department officials in the state of Delaware, one of three US states that has legalised online gambling, have opined that in the absence of state laws specifically declaring daily fantasy sports to be lawful, the genre has a significant element of chance and is therefore construed as illegal gambling where cash prizes are offered. …
Australian online sportsbetting operator Sportsbet, a subsidiary of the Paddy Power land and online gambling group, has identified the burgeoning eSports vertical as a vehicle through which it can grow market share, launching a new eSports portal for Australia branded Respawn. The company already accepts bets on eSport competitions, having entered a sector which can …
The major British football club Manchester City has made its first move into the rising eSports market by signing up eighteen-year-old professional player Kieran “Kez” Brown A report in The Guardian newspaper claims that the young professional will play the Fifa 16 game for the team, live streaming on Twitch and making YouTube videos. He …
Betdaq, an online betting exchange in the Ladbrokes online and land gambling group has inked a three-year agreement to provide strip for the London-based first league football club Charlton Athletic, replacing the University of Greenwich as shirt sponsor. The club suffered relegation last season but hopes to make a comeback. The usual branding and courtesy …
Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands gambling group faced another court fight this week following a Clark County Court filing by shareholder William A. Sokolowski alleging that decisions largely made by Adelson and current and former board members have violated fiduciary duties to shareholders. Invoking the provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy …
The merger of online and land gambling groups Ladbrokes and Coral, already incomplete despite the passage of a year since agreement was reached, could be further delayed following the latest organisation to put a spoke in the wheel. This week the British Horseracing Association filed with the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), protesting that …
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 …