Alice Springs accountant Johannes Joubert has been convicted in the Alice Springs Supreme Court of stealing A$780,000 from Aboriginal organisations across Central Australia over a four-year period in order to feed an out-of-control online gambling habit. Joubert worked as a bookkeeper for a local accounting services firm and is alleged by the prosecution to have …
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has unleashed a new weapon in its fight against illegal gambling, directing telecommunication companies to terminate more than 8,000 telephone numbers for spreading Short Messaging Services (SMS) for gambling purposes. The Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Datuk Jailani Johari said MCMC had received 416 complaints from the …
US land casino operator Penn National has launched a new Open Wager-powered social casino app titled Hollywood Slots. The app is available for download from the App Store and Google PlayStore and includes exclusive content, along with bonuses focused on Penn National assets and promotions. Virtual hostess Holly presides over a website that offers 40 …
It seems hardly a day passes without some mention of the booming vertical that is eSports, with various predictions on the future of the business and its continued impressive growth. The latest of these studies comes from the respected PricewaterhouseCoopers international business and professional services group’s US offices, and immediately grabs the reader’s attention with …
The Betsson gambling group has posted its Q1-2016 results, flagging revenue growth of 18 percent in the quarter despite a burden of SEK 44.7 million due to exchange rate fluctuations. The group reports that Europe-Bet’s online business increased 37 percent in constant currency, and that strong organic growth in the consumer brands of 21 percent …
Chinese gamblers be warned…online payments provider AliPay – a subsidiary of internet e-commerce giant Alibaba – has threatened to permanently disable accounts repeatedly involved in gambling. The warning came in a company social media post on Weibo, and is associated with Alipay’s latest initiative to crack down on illegal activities that include gambling. Alipay users …
The Caribbean Premier League has confirmed that online gambling group Unibet has approved the extension of its cricket sponsorship agreement and will remain the League’s official betting partner for the next two years. The deal will also see Unibet continue as an official sponsor to the Zouks franchise, which includes international stars such as Shane …
In an advisory bulletin earlier this week New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement director David Rebuck outlined the regulator’s policy regarding the acceptability of licence applications. In summary, he drew a distinction between applicants who have knowingly and deliberately operated in environments they knew to be clearly illegal (i.e. “black markets”) and those where the …
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has added to its civil proceeding claims currently filed in the Federal Court of Australia against Tabcorp’s NSW and Victorian wagering businesses. Our readers will recall that in July last year AUSTRAC filed papers against three Tabcorp group companies, accusing them of “extensive, significant and systemic non-compliance with …
The alleged ringleader of an illegal online sports betting operation, Anthony (Skinny) Santoro, will soon know whether he is to walk free or face jail time as his three-month trial in the Manhattan Supreme Court draws to a conclusion. The court is due to charge the jury this (Wednesday) morning before the panel retires to …
The Oakland, California-based mobile i-gaming platform provider CashBet has announced the appointment to its board of Stephen Race, a highly experienced US businessman with long associations in the video gaming and financial services industries. Race is currently a portfolio manager at Strategic Turnaround Fund, a hedge fund focused on micro-cap US companies. Prior to STG, …
The US state of Kentucky has never been a fan of online gambling (remember the brazen attempt to seize over almost 150 international operator domains?), but it appears that when it comes to lottery ticket sales a different set of morals and rules applies. The Kentucky Lottery announced Tuesday that it has launched ticket sales …
Online gambling games developer Play’nGo has announced the forthcoming launch (on April 21) of two new differently themed online slots titled Golden Caravan and Sails of Gold. RTPs in excess of 96 percent have been promised on the 10 pay-line games which feature an ocean navigator theme and a desert Marco Polo-style treasure hunting adventure. …
Players at the Noxwin online casino were taken by surprise Tuesday when they received emails advising them that with immediate effect the enterprise was exiting the UK market. They were also arbitrarily told that their accounts and positive balances have been transferred to another online casino, Flamantis.com, where they would be welcomed with the same …
Macau’s security chief, Wong Sio Chak, has additionally been appointed a commissioner in the gambling island’s Gambling Commission, joining eight other regulators, four of them government officials, according to the Reuters news agency. Founded in 2000, the Commission’s current mandate is to research, monitor and implement regulations for the island gambling industry The Macau gambling …
GVC Holdings, the (relatively) new owner of Bwin.Party could find itself in the London courts this July unless a settlement can be found with a Swiss national who claims he was not compensated for his efforts in what he alleges was a joint Canadian venture with Sportingbet in 2014. The plaintiff is a former Swiss …
The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba continued to show interest in online gambling this week with a $1.5 million investment along with the Handnice Capital in Chinese digital sports data company LeidaSports. The new deal follows last September’s formation of Ali Sports in collaboration with media corporation Sina and private equity firm Yunfeng Capital (see previous …
The Bitcoin-denominated online casino Coinroll has confirmed independent reports from security specialist MacKeeper last month that information from over 4,500 of its player accounts has been found on an internet database not associated with the company. The accounts info was linked to over 9,500 bitcoin wallets, the publication Softpedia reported. According to Softpedia, MacKeeper staffer …
The Tipico gambling group has enjoyed success in its legal challenge against the German government’s arbitrary restriction on the number of sports betting licenses available. In a finding handed down late last week, the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden confirmed that under EU law the government has no authority to cap the number of sports betting …
The Connecticut Attorney General may have thrown a major spanner in the daily fantasy sports approval works Monday with his warning that legislation allowing the vertical to operate in the state presents a danger to Connecticut’s lucrative revenue-sharing compact with two tribal land casino groups. AG George Jepsen’s opinion was requested earlier this year by …
The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling action group is apparently spending more of donor Sheldon Adelson’s plentiful supply of dollars in hiring yet another Washington DC lobbying firm, according to The Bottom Line column in the publication The Hill. The column reports that The Keelen Group will join the efforts of Squire Patton Boggs, a …
The US land casino trade body, the American Gaming Association has boosted its year-long “Stop Illegal Gambling – Play it Safe” campaign with the launch late last week of a new website titled stopillegalgambling.org/. The AGA has also announced a partnership that will look at training law enforcement, reviewing laws and communicating concerns, claiming that …
Online gambling games provider Habanero has gone back to nature with the launch of its latest title, Arcane Elements. This 50-line game allows players to enter a colourful world in which the elements Fire, Earth, Water, and Air rule supreme. Wilds representing the four elements, depicted as super hero fantasy figures, are chosen randomly in …
Omni-channel gaming platform provider Mediatech Solutions has agreed a deal with SKS365 to launch its PlanetWin365 brand in Spain. The agreement has seen Mediatech integrate SKS365’s existing in-house pre-match and live betting sportsbook into the Mediatech platform, ensuring that PlanetWin365 is tailored to the specific regulatory requirements of the Spanish market. PlanetWin365 will offer slots …