Microsoft, as the original $1 million dollar sponsor of the 2016 Halo World Championships, made a canny move in opening up the sponsorship in a global crowdfunding initiative earlier this year – it paid off, boosting the available prize money to $2.5 million, and the appeal of the contest to both eSport spectators and top …
It’s debatable whether legal counsel for the Georgia Lottery Corporation, Joseph Kim, sought the opinion of state Attorney General Sam Olen on daily fantasy sports because the lottery was considering DFS as a business, or whether it wanted to kill off a potential source of competition…either way, the answer came back this week: in the …
Romanian operator SuperBet has taken on a suite of virtual sports from Vermantia. SuperBet will initially launch Vermantia’s Virtual Games Suite of 12 plus games through it online channel followed by its Retail Network of 500 points of sale. Vermantia’s virtual football, horse racing, cycling and motor racing products will be the first to roll-out. …
Genesis Gaming has previewed a new release titled “The Great Cashby”, a 25-line, 5-reel video slot themed on the roaring 20’s. The game, available in Flash and HTML, features a back room bar bonus that invites players into a hidden speakeasy where a bartender offers up to X48 multiplier. Other features include stacked Wilds and …
Closely following the completion of the integration of Playson titles on Quickfire, powered by Microgaming (see previous report), the Malta-based developer has announced a further integration of its content on Iforium’s GameFlex and Mr Green’s gaming platforms. “Iforium have built an excellent relationship with the Playson team which helped secure a rapid integration and I …
Novomatic and Sazka Group, who represents Czech investment groups KKCG and EMMA CAPITAL, have agreed to join forces in a long-term strategic partnership of equals that will see their respective shares in Casinos Austria AG and Austrian Lotteries – already acquired or to be acquired – pooled into a joint-venture company. The agreement, which complies …
Payment services provider SafeCharge has been named preferred payments partner for online deposits and withdrawals by major Romanian sports betting operator SuperBet. Under the terms of the deal SafeCharge’s complete Personalised Cashier will be integrated into SuperBet’s platform. “SuperBet demonstrates their trust in SafeCharge by partnering with us to take their existing land-based business to …
Virtual sports provider Inspired has launched its Virtual Sports products with Novomatic Group’s Admiral Interactive in Italy. Admiral, who has over 50 shops across Italy, will offer eleven of Inspired’s games including football, horses, greyhounds and motor racing products. In related news, Inspired is said to be heartened by recent changes to Italy’s betting legislation …
Neill Garfield has left BoyleSports where he served as chief marketing officer for just over a year. Garfield has seemingly struck out on his own and is listed as an Independent Executive Problem Solver catering to “a wide set of clients” in the platform audit, Market Go/No and acquisition marketing audit areas, on LinkedIn.
Gambling giant Paddy Power Group was humbled by a very public statement and a hefty monetary contribution to the UK Gambling Commission in relation to failings in its anti-money laundering and social responsibility controls identified in a report released today (Monday). The UK Gambling Commission cautioned other operators saying they would be wise to learn …
Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, welcomed its latest development partner Playson following the completion of technical integration of a range of HD slot titles. “It is great to have Playson on board as a Quickfire development partner. Following a rapid and hassle-free integration, Quickfire now has access to their high quality catalogue of games which are …
It appears that the Scheinberg family – the previous owners of the Oldford group who sold to the Canadian company Amaya Inc. for $4.9 billion – remain adamant that they are not going to release money from an escrow account required by Amaya to fight expensive legal disputes . Our readers will recall that the …
Attempts by Australian online betting groups to liberalise betting laws, especially those concerning in-play betting (see previous reports) seem to be running into increasing opposition that includes the political establishment. Reports in major Aussie newspapers over the weekend warned that expanding gambling could have negative consequences for politicians in an election year, and reproduced the …
The Australian online daily fantasy sports and betting company TopBetta has secured valuable publicity and advertising opportunities through a deal with media giant Fairfax giving access to its Australian Community Media network of 140 websites, which serve 3.4 million readers. Analyst Morgan Stanley estimates there are around 1.4 million fantasy players in Australia. TopBetta chief …
The major Russian betting software company First Gaming – Rub90 reports following an analytical review that on average Russian punters in 2015 spent less than half what they staked in the preceding year. In a statement, the company commented: “In 2015, an average bet decreased by half in dollar terms compared to the previous year. …
The Nevada regulator has released the state’s January gambling numbers, reporting that casinos won $925 million last month, down from almost $953 million in the first month of 2015. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said that $82 million of the win found its way into the state’s tax coffers – up around 19.6 percent. Board …
Shock reports late Friday are that former Bwin top executives Norbert Teufelberger and Manfred Bodner have been accused with six others of corruption, money laundering and breach of trust offences in a filing last month by the public prosecutor in Vienna, Austria. The charges are apparently based on an alleged attempt to offer bribes during …
The Vermont state Senate approved the regulation of daily fantasy sports Friday, voting 19 vs. 6 in approval of SB 223 and forwarding the measure to the state House. The vote exercises the state’s prerogative to make its own decisions on fantasy sports, despite the genre’s federal exemption from the provisions of the federal Unlawful …
The publication Legal Newsline reports that almost 80 class action cases filed in Massachusetts against daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel have been ordered consolidated to one state federal court by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The six-member panel selected the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to handle the …
The online poker industry furore over the award of a Nevada gaming supply licence for Iovation’s geo-location technology perhaps failed to note that the Commission cautiously added a few conditions to the award. The release of these conditions this week prompted some industry sources to observe that perhaps the regulator had taken the controversial UltimateBet …
Scientific Games Corporation has reported its Q4 and FY 2015 results, noting that Q4-2015 revenue grew 10 percent quarter on quarter to $737 million driven by increased land machine orders and an 18 percent q-o-q increase in interactive revenue to $60 million. Q4 EBITDA rose to $293 million on margin of 40 percent, whilst over …
Following predictions last week that the UK p.o.c. tax would adversely impact William Hill plc’s results (see previous reports) the UK’s largest land and online bookmaker confirmed the hit Friday with the release of its latest set of (FY-2015) numbers. The figures show a hefty 22 percent drop in operating profit to GBP291.4 million on …
Isle of Man-based online gambling gamed and software provider Microgaming has announced the release of two new slots simultaneously across all delivery channels, identifying the new releases as Wild Orient and SunTide. Set deep in the Asian wilderness, with some of the world’s most endangered animals, Wild Orient takes players on a jungle safari. The …
The Israeli newspaper Globes reports that its six-year investigation into the online gambling-associated activities of Israel Credit Cards-Cal has resulted in two out of seven defendants entering plea bargains in a Tel Aviv court. The newspaper names businessman and startup entrepreneur Shay Ben-Asulin, an owner and partner in several online credit merchant acquisition companies, and …