Australian payment processor eMerchants Payments Solutions Ltd. has expanded an existing cash card solutions deal with Bet365 for the Australian market to launch with Bet365’s customers in the UK market. Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Bet365’s UK customers will be provided with a branded Emerchants card that provides them immediate access to their …
Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GIG) has acquired the assets of a Swedish-based affiliate network from Magenta Media in a deal that includes a four-figured number of referral sites, an experienced team of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts and recurring revenues from the existing portfolio of affiliate accounts with partnering operators. The mainly Swedish casino market-focused …
Would be Russian online sports betting operators are reeling from the shock implications this week of an increase in taxation not ten times higher as previously reported (see our bulletins), but up to 100 times greater. Reporting on the increase, the Russian business daily RBK claimed that it has seen a draft of the new amendments …
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, which our readers will recall recently suggested it may be the time for omnibus legislation covering all forms of intrastate gambling, may be about to broaden its interest to include the social free-to-play online offerings of Penn National Gaming’s Plainridge Park. A report in the Boston Globe newspaper Tuesday confirmed that …
A newly formed coalition of the smaller fantasy sports business and vendor sector says it will fight the duopoly comprising FanDuel and DraftKings who support proposed New York State legislation that would see prohibitive licensing fees of $500,000 and a tax regime of 15 percent of gross gaming revenues effectively put small operators out of …
Microsoft Malta will provide its latest Customer Relationship Systems (CRM) to the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) in an agreement announced this week. The new CRM system will automate the MGA’s gaming and licencee management processes via a dedicated and secure web portal. According to the MGA, the project will “transform the way the MGA interacts …
Kansspelautoriteit, the Netherlands gaming authority, has revoked a Euro 180,00 fine imposed on Total E Soft, XKL and its directors in June 2015 (see previous reports) following an appeal lodged by the company against the decision. The administrative fine which was imposed for the provision of online gambling without a license, was reassessed by Kansspelautoriteit’s …
Microgaming has teased an amusing take of the perennial nursery rhyme, Bah Bah Black Sheep, an upcoming omni-channel release. The game titled “Bar Bar Black Sheep” is a 5×3 reel, 15-fixed-payline slot launching on April 6, 2016 as spring breaks in the Northern Hemisphere. It offers wilds, scatters and a retriggerable free spins feature that …
Intertain-owned online operator Botemania was named a key sponsor of La Liga football club Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (RCD Espanyol) for the duration of this season. As a result of the partnership, Botemania will gain a strong multi-platform presence in Barcelona’s Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Stadium, home ground to RCD Espanyol, along with exposure …
GAN, previous Gaming Account Network, has clinched its tenth multi-year simulated gaming contract in the U.S. market, this with an undisclosed customer described as a major, established US casino operator whose property generates in excess of $500 million in annual gross gaming revenues. This client is situated in the North Eastern region of the US, …
Respected online gaming operator Mr Green will go live on Playtech’s Open Platform (POP) gaining access to over 600 plus in-house and premium branded omni-channel content, business intelligence capabilities and enhanced bonusing tools. “We’re delighted Mr Green is joining the industry’s most dynamic and accessible Open Platform,” said Shimon Akad, chief operating officer for Playtech. …
Former Atomic Kittens songstress and British television celebrity Kerry Katona is the latest entertainment luminary to launch an online gambling site with her Bingo With Kerry website, operated by Virtue Fusion and powered by Playtech. The female-targeted website is licensed by both Alderney and the UK Gambling Commission, and Katona is reportedly ‘putting in the …
Chairman and chief executive officer of Amaya Inc., David Baazov has stepped down temporarily taking an indefinite paid leave of absence in the wake of numerous charges laid against him by the Quebec securities regulatory authority, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). Baazov will use the time to further developments regarding an offer for the company …
In the United States, radio program production company D2 Holdings has launched litigation against MRC, which produces the now famous television political drama series “House of Cards” starring Kevin Spacey. D2 Holdings claims that it owns the trademark for the phrase “house of cards” which it plans to use for a radio program on gambling. …
According to weekend reports on Yogonet, the French government’s Digital Republic Bill may carry significant benefits for the booming eSports industry, including the expansion of the definition of an athlete to include eSports professional players, government interaction with the industry, and government social benefits. Under French laws, eSports events are currently classified as illegal gambling …
Over the weekend the Canadian investment publication Motley Fool examined rumours that online gambling group Amaya Inc. is mulling an acquisition offer on Intertain, and appeared to come to the conclusion that recent regulatory events may have overtaken the possibility. Motley noted that share prices in the two companies, which surged on the speculation that …
Rep. David Baram, co-chair of the Connecticut state legislature’s Joint Committee on General Law has been promoting the legalisation of DFS over the weekend, telling local media that the project could result in an extra $7 million for state coffers. Baram’s committee introduced Senate Bill 192 last month (see previous report) and the measure is …
Online casino, live casino and sportsbook operator Jetbull has debuted a selection of QuickSpin games augmenting an already substantial offer from other top-tier games providers NetEnt, Microgaming, NYX and Play’nGo. The first Quickspin titles to go live on Jetbull include Firestorm, Sinbad and Hidden Valley.
Gaming developer BetSoft has launched “Frankenslot’s Monster”, a graphic-rich offer featuring a second screen bonus round triggered by landing three scattered bonus symbols which provides players an opportunity to win 25X the stake. Other features include up to three Electrified Wilds added to each free spin and lucky punters who land three Scatters during any …
A furore erupted at the start of the Easter weekend when someone at online gambling firm BetBright sent out a marketing email suggesting that players shouldn’t let Jesus “spoil your fun on your day off” and that he “probably won’t mind anymore”, followed by a link to the wagering site. It is not clear whether …
Our readers will have already noted the steady stream of news items reporting new football sponsorships by gambling companies throughout Europe, and the trend has been backed by hard numbers from research outfit Repucom, which claims that football shirt sponsorship in the region soared in 2015-2016 by 180 percent compared to the preceding year. The …
Betica Technology Solutions Limited, an online gambling quality assurance and auditing services provider headquartered in Asia and founded in 2011, has been accredited by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission as a software testing facility. In a statement Friday the company advised that the accreditation empowers it to assist gaming operators who hold licensing …
On Friday Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey officially filed her regulations to oversee the daily fantasy sports industry, with the content much the same as her earlier publicly circulated drafts (see previous reports).. Operators serving fantasy and DFS fans in Massachusetts are expected to implement any necessary changes by July 1, the regulations stipulate. Massachusetts …
Professor Keith Miller, a respected law expert at Drake University in Iowa, has published an op-ed article in the Des Moines Register, appealing to lawmakers to take a cautious approach to the legalisation of fantasy sports (including daily fantasy sports) by first commissioning a study by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. The state has …