The Australian and New Zealand gambling group Totalisator Agency Board – better known simply as TAB – is facing a growing row in New Zealand over the apparently careless discarding of a confidential company document with details of excluded problem gamblers. The publication Stuff reports that the 33 pages of supposedly confidential information were left …
Last year’s brand and assets sale to Unibet of the online gambling interests of Gibraltar-based bookmaker Stan James (see previous report) carried with it a grace period giving the retail operations of the previous owners a timeframe within which a new brand could be developed and implemented. Six months later, and with 12 months of …
The November 2015 numbers on China’s giant lotteries – made up chiefly of the China Welfare Lottery and the China Sports Lottery – have been released by the Ministry of Finance and show a 10.2 percent decline in sales to RMB 30.6 billion (US$4.7 billion) compared with the same month in 2014. That means that …
The UK online gambling group 888 Holdings has been doing some brand switching in its business to business division, giving more emphasis to the CasinoFlex brand and relegating the formerly dominant Dragonfish identity to B2B poker and bingo. The division sees the CasinoFlex turnkey product as a solution for smaller operators, but one which has …
White label online gambling supplier EveryMatrix has signed another content deal, this one with virtual sports and numbers game developer Global Bet, which is to supply its products to enhance the EveryMatrix sportsbetting offer. The content will be made available on a single wallet, omni-channel basis, a spokesman revealed Thursday. EveryMatrix CEO Ebbe Groes said …
The Nigerian online and retail sports betting operator NairaBet.com, a company regulated by the Lagos State Lotteries Board under the company title Get Altitude Nigeria Limited, has awarded a contract to software developer Optima for the setup of a new multi-channel gaming suite platform that includes the Margin Maker 2 system and new web, mobile …
The pre-announced appointment of Kristof Fahy as chief marketing officer at Ladbrokes took practical effect Thursday when he took up his responsibilities at the UK gambling group. With wide marketing experience in senior positions at the Telegraph Media Group most recently and, prior to that, at William Hill, Fahy will head all brand and marketing …
With the International Casino Expo (ICE) show just around the corner, online gambling games developers have kicked off the new year with several new offerings. Play’n Go, Yggdrasil and NetEnt have joined Microgaming, Kiron Interactive, Inspired and NYX in providing refreshing new games , and the release of what is likely to be a blockbuster …
One of the owners of a new online lottery set for launch in Brazil this year – Pop-u-Lotto – says that many lotteries around the world are risking the alienation of punters through the ridiculously low chances of them scoring a big win. Dan Engel, co-founder of Pop-u-Lotto points to the UK National Lottery in …
Wisconsin, a US state where the constitution bans many forms of gambling, may be among the first to formally legalise daily fantasy sports, if Republican state Representative Tyler Vorpagel has his way. This week a spokesman for the lawmaker confirmed to the Wisconsin State Journal that he is drafting a bill to legalise and protect …
Immediately prior to the January 6 California Assembly Government Organisation Committee meeting on daily fantasy sports, the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) issued a press release expressing disappointment that chairman Assemblyman Adam Gray had not included the legalisation of online poker in his committee’s deliberations. Steve Stallings, chairman of the trade association, commented: “We …
Wednesday’s meeting of the California Assembly’s Government Organization Committee was encouraging in one aspect, but disappointing in another; whilst the daily fantasy sports bill AB 1437 advanced with amendments, two other key bills – AB1441 on sports betting and AB 167 on the legalisation of online poker – were pulled from the agenda without explanation …
Malta-licensed online gambling group Apollo Entertainment – owner of the Golden Tiger Casino – has been rapped over the knuckles by the UK Advertising Standards Authority over an email promo that omitted important details of a GBP 1,500 free bonus offer. The welcome bonus offer failed to make clear that a betting requirement applied before …
Online gambling group Betfair has launched seven of Inspired’s virtual sports following an agreement signed last year (see previous reports). The launch includes: Rush Football, Rush Horses, Rush Greyhounds, Rush Motor Racing, Rush Speedway, Rush Cycling and Rush Tennis. Steve Rogers, chief commercial officer for digital games at Inspired, said: “Virtual sports have become a …
Virtual games specialist Kiron Interactive has signed a deal to offer its full suite of games via independent technology provider Comtrade Gaming. Using its recently launched Betman Online RGS solution, Kiron will make its portfolio available to Comtrade’s sports betting and casino clients on an omni-channel basis via the iCore gaming platform. Steven Spartinos, co-CEO …
The Ireland-based domain registry operator Afilias has announced that applications from eligible trademark holders are now open for the new .bet domain and will remain so through February 4. In a press release, Afilias advises that .bet is the best Internet address for sports betting, gambling, various games of chance and all other online and …
Microgaming, the Isle of Man-based online gambling software and games provider, announced Wednesday that it is to kick off the new year with the launch of four new games. Heading the list with a January launch date is an Asian-themed 5×3 reel slot, with 9 selectable pay lines titled Lucky Twins. Representing protection, the Fortune …
Australian online sports betting operator TopBetta has gained a useful lead on rivals by inking an exclusive 12 month partnership agreement with the new digital radio platform launched by Eon Sports Radio. The deal calls for TopBetta to provide the medium with fantasy sports betting, race and sports wagering services. Eon, has also secured exclusive …
Online gambling content provider and developer NYX Gaming has announced improved penetration in the Italian regulated market following a deal to supply online casino games to Italian operator Betpoint through its Game 360 platform . NYX recently acquired the Italian-facing platform (see previous report) to improve its reach in the burgeoning Italian online casino market, …
Online gambling industry game developers Big Time Gaming and NetEnt are off to a fast 2016 start, releasing previews of two upcoming online slots titled respectively Dragon Born and Multiplier Mayhem. Big Time Gaming’s Dragon Born features the company’s patented Megaways engine that delivers up to 117,649 ways to win on any given spin. The …
Paddy Power’s Australian subsidiary Sportsbet has joined the controversial in-play betting trend, taking a slightly different technological approach to play it safe with the relevant legislation. Our readers will recall that the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act restricts in-play betting to personal transactions at betting shops or through landline or cell phone lines. Major companies operating …
Thirty-year-old Royal Panda Casino player Harrie is celebrating the new year in style and will be making big plans for 2016 after scooping a major win of $122,289 on mobile video slot Fruit Shop Touch, casino management announced Tuesday. Just four spins and a combination of classic fruit, high card and wild symbols netted Harrie …
Teddy Sagi’s SafeCharge International financial powerhouse has partnered with Asian payment services provider 2C2P in a deal which spokesmen say will give Asian retailers access to the European and North American B2C e-commerce markets, estimated at $985 billion a year. Both companies have integrated each other’s payment services into their own offerings to merchants and …
Remember C-290, the Canadian attempt to legalise single-game sports betting which was unanimously approved by the Lower House of the Canadian parliament but was stalled for years and finally snuffed out by the Senate? It is on its way back in 2016, again as a private member’s bill authored by Windsor West NDP MP Brian …