PayPal US has updated its user agreement effective June 25, 2016 saying it will no longer offer purchase protection on payments made to crowdfunding websites, gambling or gambling websites, gift cards or government agencies. PayPal’s purchase protection facility currently provides customers with a safety net if a purchased item does not arrive or if on …
RealTime Gaming (RTG) has sneak peeked its third six reel, 729-all ways slot game titled “Super 6”. This Asian-themed game is set in an oriental garden and features grouped wilds, scatters, free spins, mega grouped wilds and multipliers. Symbols include Chinese lanterns, koi fish, Chinese dragons, scrolls and lucky red envelopes.
Sportsbook platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has appointed Garry Pattenden as its new operations director, with the firm bolstering its operational delivery team to help service the ten new B2B licensees it signed last year. Pattenden, who joins FSB Tech having spent more than a decade as commercial director of mobile technology company Safari …
Online and mobile casino games developer iSoftBet announced a partnership deal Monday that will see its full suite of games used by Merkur Interactive Services. The suite comprises slots and table titles in HTML5 and Flash, and MIS will also be using iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform to access an impressive range of third party content. …
The legislature of the central Russian province of Tatarstan is currently considering a proposed bill that would, like Washington state laws, criminalise online gamblers along with parents whose offspring become addicted to internet gambling. The publication RT reports that the draft legislation contains amendments to Russian federal laws on gambling, and proposes that starting from …
Scientific Games’ SG Interactive subsidiary has launched its Play4Fun Network social gaming platform across mobile and desktop channels for seven Eldorado Resorts Inc. casinos in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Nevada. The Play4Fun Network, branded as Play Eldorado, will seamlessly integrate with Eldorado’s existing SG Universe Mobile ConciergeTM app which went live in February of …
Betfair US is scheduled to take the U.S.’s first exchange betting offer out of beta testing and into full operation with Monmouth Park racecourse in New Jersey today (Tuesday). Action is expected to be limited for the first few days, says Daily Racing Form, due to a paucity of live racing signals and the narrow …
“We are very excited about adding IGT and Quickspin to our game portfolio. With over 900 titles in total we are now offering an extremely rich and diverse game selection and trustworthy service in a friendly and regulated environment to give our players the best gaming experience they might be possibly searching for,” commented Lazar …
Sky Bet has expanded an already impressive sponsorship portfolio with York Racecourse becoming the new sponsor of the Group Two Lowther Stakes for the next three years at York’s Ebor Festival held in August. Sky Bet already holds sponsorship agreements for York Racecourse’s Group Two Sky Bet York Stakes and the Sky Bet Dash Handicap …
Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) delivered a robust first quarter 2016 report reflecting a strong period of expansion through its acquisition strategy. Key performance indicators for the three month period ending March 31, 2016 include: – Revenues of Euro 7.9 million (Q4/2015: Euro 6.4 million), up 24 percent. – Gross margin of 84 percent (Q4/2015: 80 …
Greentube has renewed its content supply agreement with Konami Gaming for the supply of gaming content to Foxwoods Interactive’s new social casino (see previous report). Through the renewal of the contract, Foxwoods players will continue to enjoy Konami games which are now available across multi devices and platforms. “We wanted to make sure that player …
Big changes at top management level have been announced by the UK division of land and online gambling giant Genting, with local president Paul Willock emphasising a focus on multi-channel delivery through a restructuring of the executive team. Mark Sergeant, formerly md of Gala Coral UK Casinos, will head Genting UK’s casino estate and online …
The English Premier League football club West Ham United is clearly keeping a close eye on the burgeoning eSports vertical, announcing Monday that it has signed up professional Fifa video game star Sean ‘Dragonn’ Allen. Allen hails from Essex and was runner up to Danish player Mohamad Al-Bacha in the eSports FIFA Interactive World Cup …
Professional staff turnover at the Las Vegas Review Journal, a Las Vegas newspaper purchased for a reportedly inflated price of $140 million last year by the Adelson family (see previous reports) continues to be brisk, with Jennifer Robison the latest respected journo to depart. Robison, who is leaving to work in communications for PG&E in …
The UK online gambling games developer Realistic Games has released The Fruit Machine, the company’s first truly multi-channel slot. The five reel, 20 line B2/B3 slot, which boasts a unique Reel Runner bonus round and a gamble feature, is now available to Ladbrokes’ retail players via the terminals in the land and online gambling group’s …
Online gambling investors and operators in France will be encouraged by positive first quarter industry results released Monday by regulator ARJEL. The figures show that sports betting remains the principal contributor to the market with impressive gains compared to Q1-2015 in both growth and the amount wagered. The regulator commented that an increase in betting …
In a sly move that could rank with the 2006 passage of the UIGEA attached to a security bill, failed presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham has inserted language from the rapidly failing Restoration of America’s Wire Act in a massive federal Appropriations Bill in the Senate Appropriations Committee. RAWA is widely believed to be the …
John McAfee, the often colourful founder of the eponymous cyber security software giant bearing his name, has been appointed CEO of mobile gambling company MGT Capital Investments and returned to the public markets this week around five years after selling McAfee to Intel Corp. for $7.68 billion. He will be particularly focused on MGT’s planned …
Haden Ware (41), a pioneer in online sports betting who evaded prosecution for more than 13 years by staying out of his native United States until recently, has successfully weathered the gambling conspiracy prosecution, emerging with a 6-month probation but no jail time. Ware’s involvement with World Sports Exchange brought him wealth but also the …
Haden Ware (41), the indicted co-founder of the now long-shuttered online sportsbook World Sports Exchange (WSEX), was handed down sentence by Manhattan court judge William Pauley for his role in the Antigua-based sports betting operation. Ware returned to the U.S. to face the music earlier this year, pleading guilty to conspiracy after fourteen years of …
The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) has launched a new self-regulatory code for the betting sector which will come into effect on July 1, 2016. The AANA Wagering Advertising & Marketing Communication Code is a wide-ranging guide that emphasises a responsible approach to betting advertising with specific mention of problem gamblers and young people. …
EveryMatrix has launched a new reality check product to customers via its CasinoEngine in line with the UK Gambling Commission’s newly published requirements. The facility allows customers to set a pre-determined time before a “reality check” window pops up at certain intervals in their gaming window. The window can only be dispensed of when the …
Betsoft Gaming has released “Birds!” to its 3D video slots portfolio, a 5-reel 25-payline slot featuring comical birds and an interesting reel style. Eleven stylised birds, each with its own personality, fly in from the left to settle on telephone wires representing the reel symbols. Winning combinations of birds fly away while others settle into …
Betfair-owned American horse racing operation TVG were left red-faced after “botching” betting on the Kentucky Derby, one of the sports biggest betting days of the year, according to the New York Post. TVG’s online horse racing site crashed just before the annual race at Churchill Downs, only re-emerging online an hour and a half later. …