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 …
Online gambling software provider NetEnt has posted another set of impressive results for the period January-March 2016, noting that revenue growth was up by more than a third and operating profit by over 50 percent. In his report to shareholders, Per Eriksson, president and CEO, commented: “We have had a strong start to the year …
UK virtual sports games provider Inspired has inked an agreement with the Bulgarian land gambling provider Decart Limited which will make virtual sports gaming available in land-based retail betting outlets, as well as over mobile and internet channels. The deal is a first venture into the Bulgarian market by Inspired. Eurobet OOD, the first private …
The power of eSports to pull big online as well as land crowds was again illustrated this weekend in the inaugural Clash Royale live tournament, organised by developer Supercell in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament drew 200 international top players who competed for a $15,000 prize pool. The event was streamed live on Twitch and Twitter, …
A new online gambling app titled BetJuno has been pragmatically designed to create a ‘one stop shop’ for punters, with winning tipsters and bookmakers concentrated in one player-serving app. Created by a group of financial industry professionals, the app is designed to simplify betting, and enables effective tipsters to participate and, if successful by player …
The merged interests of Betgenius and SportingPulse was touted in a press statement Monday as a business destined to become the prime provider of data-driven technology to sports, media and regulated betting markets. Branded Genius Sports, a merged company is a provider of sports data systems, distribution and commercialisation services. The new brand is a …