Online gambling group 888 Holdings has announced the launch of a new online slots gambling website titled Wink Slots, a slots and games oriented sister site to Wink Bingo offering over 200 slots games, available on both desktop and mobile devices. The games include longstanding classics such as Cleopatra Slots, Starburst, and Millionaire Genie, as …
The Australian media is starting to pick up on criticism of online bookmakers by Chris Scaddan, ABC program manager for the popular music broadcasting station TripleJ, who has complained that betting firms are offering betting facilities on the Hottest 100 hits competition being run by his station. Scaddan says that many of the station’s young …
A Yorkshireman in his 30s has become an overnight multi-millionaire after landing a GBP 2,065,627.64 mobile jackpot with online casino Casumo.com…and the lucky winner scooped the massive win from a stake of just GBP5! The North Yorkshire resident currently lives with his parents and has vowed to share his winnings with his family, before purchasing …
SafeCharge has inked another collaborative deal, this time with South Korean online games billing and payment solution company Payletter. In a press statement, SafeCharge noted that by embedding Payletter, the service will give game developers access to a comprehensive billing and payments platform that is easily integrated and player-friendly. SafeCharge chief operating officer Yuval Ziv …
The major French gambling group Francaise des Jeux has put up an initial Euro 2 million as the first sponsor for France’s Paris bid committee chasing the right to host the 2024 Olympic Games. The company is to launch a suitably themed lottery scratch card game in 2017 to help further fund the Paris bid, …
Online gambling behemoth Amaya Inc., published an update today (Thursday) to its 2015 full-year financial guidance as previously announced on November 10, 2015. Amaya said it anticipates full year 2015 revenues and adjusted earnings per share at the upper end of previous guidance, but that the adjusted net leverage ratio may fall within the lower …
The recently appointed CEO at BetVictor in Gibraltar, Andreas Meinrad, has bolstered his top management team with five new appointments announced this week. The new appointments, which come following a period of sustained growth for the company, include one internal promotion and four external hires. Sarah Wood was the sole internal promotion, having joined the …
ARJEL, the French online gambling regulator, has reported on the industry’s performance in the ring-fenced French market through 2015, noting that betting volumes have shown growth, but profits have remained under pressure. Sports betting continued to lead the market with wagering up 30 percent to Euro 1.44 billion, and a particularly good fourth quarter when …
The Gibraltar-based online casino group 32Red has reported another record operational year in a trading update that showcased a year-on-year rise in net gaming revenue of 51 percent at GBP48.6 million. The company attributed the record performance to focused marketing, growth in its core business, and a hefty GBP 5.2 million contribution from its July …
The Swedish online gambling software and games provider NetEnt has finally released its much-anticipated new online slot Guns ‘N Roses following a branding deal last year with the legendary rock band of the same name, describing the game as the company’s biggest branded offering so far. Development of the new rock ‘n roll slot involved …
William Hill’s Australian operations have seen a massive 258 percent year-on-year increase to in-play gambling activity during the first two days of the Australian Open tennis competition, which has been the centre of attention over the past few days following a BBC and Buzzfeed expose on match-fixing in tennis (see previous reports). Figures obtained by …
The Australian operations of William Hill has demanded a retraction of inaccurate comments on its in-play betting offer contained in a Herald Sun article recently. The article alleged that William Hill has found a loophole in gambling laws to allow punters to place in-play bets online, and claimed that the Australian Federal Police is examining …
Official statistics released Thursday by the Chinese Ministry of Finance show that lottery sales in the country declined 3.8 percent in 2015 on a year-on-year basis. The Chinese news agency Xinghua reports that the lotteries achieved sales of 367.88 billion yuan (US$56.1 billion ) over the year, with Welfare Lottery sales down by 2.2 percent …
The lack of a value prize in a social casino game meant that the action did not constitute gambling, a federal court ruled last November, according to a report just published in the National Law Review. The report concerns a class action seeking recovery of monies paid to a social casino game provider on the …
High profile international poker ace Phil Ivey is branching out from poker into the daily fantasy sports vertical and plans to launch his own PhilIveyDFS site next (February) month through the iTEAM network, according to a presser sent out this week. The press statement reveals that iTEAM Network will launch PhilIveyDFS on its dailt fantasy …
The London-based creative advertising agency Tricycle celebrated its ninth year of handling the Foxy Bingo brand with the launch of a slick new television advert this (January) month, evoking memories of the recent smash hit movie The Grand Budapest Hotel. Tricycle agrees that the entertaining movie inspired its new advert for Foxy, in which the …
Online gambling software and games developer BetSoft will be previewing at least three new games at the upcoming International Casino Expo in London, a spokesman said this week. Among the games to be showcased are Rise of the Dragon, 4 Seasons and Frankenslot’s Monster, he said. Rise of the Dragon tells the story of Hana, …
The Irish media are reporting a court case this week in which an online gambler from Nottingham in England successfully litigated against an Irish online spread betting firm despite an Irish law disallowing the recovery of gambling debts. Gambler Simon Morehen filed against Dublin firm Sports Spread Betting (Ireland) when the company closed his account …
In his eighth and last gubernatorial State of the State address Wednesday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon called for the regulation and taxing of online fantasy sports leagues. The governor claimed that lobbyists wanted to keep fantasy sports unregulated, but opined that the vertical constitutes gambling and could be used to raise millions of dollars for …
UK-based games provider Colossus Bets has launched ‘FreePlay6’, claiming it is the world’s biggest online free-to-play predictor game, offering an impressive GBP1 million weekly jackpot prize. The correct score game follows a similar format to Sky’s popular ‘Super6’ game, but includes the firm’s partial cash-out feature, enabling Colossus players to take cash profits on ‘live’ …
Ladbrokes has taken on a suite of HTML5 desktop games from CORE Gaming following the signing of a multi-release agreement. “This deal will further strengthen our position online and fits in with our strategy to work with best-of-breed suppliers,” Richard Poole, head of product and commercial for Ladbrokes Digital, said. The agreement kicks off with …
Former Gala Coral Group head of product Robert Fell has been appointed vice president: product by Gibraltar-based lotto-outcome betting firm Lottoland. Fell spent under a year with Gala Coral as head of product prior to which he served almost two years as head of mobile product development. He also spent a couple of years with …
Online casino operator ComeOn has integrated a range of Genesis Gaming content across Flash and Mobile via the Relax Gaming platform. Initially, ComeOn customers will be able to play Genesis Gaming’s Mystic Monkeys, Dragons Rock and Dinosaur Adventure. “We have a great relationship with ComeOn, and we have plans for some exciting new games for …
Yggdrasil Gaming has launched Incinerator, a fast-paced avalanche reel game where players control the biggest incinerator in the universe. Incinerator™ features a high max bet of Euro 200 per spin and interesting normal and super wild pattern features. When a player lands the first three wins in a row, a group of symbols will turn …