The Betfair-Paddy Power merger cleared another important hurdle this week with the announcement that the UK Competition and Markets Authority Merger Clearance committee has approved the deal, scheduled to complete in Q1-2016 . Companies in mergers that involve valuations of over GBP 70 million, or where the company controls more than 25 percent of a …
The Armenian National Assembly has adopted on first reading new legislation prohibiting advertising of online gambling games via radio, TV and other media. The Armenpress news agency reports that 91 MPs voted in favour and one abstained when voting for a package of bills making changes and amendments to gambling and advertising laws. A government …
UK independent online game designer Betdigital plans to launch more than 30 games next year, almost a third more than the company released in 2015, as it pursues a growth strategy. Heath Samples, Betdigital CEO said Thursday: “We’ve secured fantastic growth this year, launching successful integrations with the likes of IGT, NetEnt and William Hill …
It appears that the rumours earlier this week that multi-billionaire land gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson is the man and the money behind the recent $140 million acquisition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal (see previous reports) are true. Breaking the story of Adelson’s involvement late Wednesday, Forbes magazine, citing “multiple sources familiar with the situation,” named …
Prague-based online gambling games developer Endorphina has announced the signing of another content supply agreement, this one with gaming platform supplier Singular Gaming, which counts Adjarabet and Bet2win among its quality client operator list. Endorphina Sales VP Jan Urbanec said Tuesday that the Singular client list was growing rapidly and constituted another valuable expansion opportunity …
Less than two months after inking a deal with Swedish online gambling software developer NetEnt, New Jersey-licensed online gambling operator Resorts Digital has announced the release of the first two NetEnt slots games, Gonzo’s Quest and Starburst, on ResortsCasino.com and MoheganSunCasino.com. Mark Giannantonio, president and CEO of Resorts Casino Hotel, which also has partnerships with …
37 Entertainment, a Canadian marketing company, has reportedly filed an arbitration claim with the International Chamber of Commerce, alleging that online gambling group GVC Holdings reneged on a business agreement, failing to deliver promised services for the launch of two white-label online gambling sites, which were to be operated jointly by the two companies. GVC, …
The multi-billion dollar Canadian cinema operator Cineplex, which claims an 80 percent market share, looks set to branch out into the daily fantasy sports tournament sector, according to reports in the Globe and Mail newspaper. The company recently spent $10 million acquiring an eighty percent share in daily fantasy sports company World Gaming and is …
This week saw the winding up of an inconclusive informational hearing by the California Assembly’s Committee on Governmental Organization, chaired by pro-DFS Assemblyman Adam Gray. The committee heard testimony from witnesses for and against that covered much the same ground as has been the case in other state hearings, but did not produce any really …
Despite being granted a UK Gambling Commission licence, daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings will not launch in the UK as planned this month, and has postponed the initiative to an unspecified date early in 2016. A company spokesperson was unable to provide Bloomberg business news with an explanation for the delayed launch, which observers have …
The British Horseracing Authority, which just weeks ago threatened that online bookies who do not contribute to its levy will be excluded from racing sponsorships at associated racecourses (see previous reports) has relented in the application of its controversial new Authorised Betting Partner initiative. Although several major online bookie companies like Betfair, Bet365 and 32Red …
Swedish gambling monopoly operator Svenska Spel has been awarded a three year (rather than the usual two) licence to offer lottery, betting, casino, slots and poker gambling both offline and online in Sweden. The award comes as Sweden comes under growing pressure from the European Commission to reform its gambling system in order to comply …
HTML5 games developer Core Gaming and internet gambling content provider SIS have announced a further tightening of their business relationship in the form of an agreement to partner up in software development. The two companies, who are working together on several projects, began their association with the release, last week, of a suite of on-demand …
SBTech has inked a deal with live dealer provider Evolution Gaming that will see it add the gaming variant to strengthen its turnkey gaming solution, Charmeleon360. Evolution’s live gaming solutions will be integrated into SBTech’s e-gaming platform, which offers operators a 360 degree spectrum of management and control of their entire operation across multiple gaming …
Malaysian police in Maraudi have successfully carried out the latest raids in the current drive against illegal gambling, this time targeting dual-purpose “mini” land casinos that also offer online gambling services. The night time raids involved members of the Sarawak provincial CID, police spokesman Chief SAC Dev Kumar Sree Shunmugam told local reporters, revealing that …
Joingo, a California-based provider of loyalty programs for the casino gaming industry, has inked a deal with e-gaming casino platform provider Big Stack Technologies that will give the latter a comprehensive mobile loyalty service Big Stack, whose e-gaming platform has 27 proprietary online social casino games, says in a statement that it selected Joingo for …
With a final approval deadline just weeks away at the end of December, it now appears likely that the current version of the Italian Stability Bill will be approved for implementation early next year. This week the national Budget Committee cleared the proposal in one of its final hurdles, opening the way for approval by …
Scientific Games Corporation has announced the forthcoming promotion of Michael Quartieri to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the group. He will be based at the group’s Las Vegas global headquarters, reporting to CEO and president Gavin Isaacs. Quartieri joined Scientific Games last month as Vice President and Corporate Controller. He recently …
Tuesday’s televised Republican Party presidential candidates debate held in major party donor Sheldon Adelson’s Venetian Casino (a point noted by Democrats) mainly and predictably focused on national security and foreign policy issues…apart from attempting to take front-runner Donald Trump down a peg or two….but in individual interviews with the Las Vegas Review-Journal candidates were cautious …
The proactive monitoring of individual gamblers through big data analytics – motivated by the need to identify and protect problem gamblers – has been questioned by Sweden’s Data Inspection Board, even where such surveillance is conducted with players’ implied consent. Focusing on the anti-problem gambling Playscan software developed and deployed by state gambling monopoly Svenska …
Swedish online games developer Quickspin has wound up a busy year with the release of Second Strike, a ten pay-line online slot with a theme inspired by the classic fruit machines of old, but with an up-to-the-minute bonus feature. The feature, from which the game derives its name, adds symbols to the reels if the …
Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment and GVC Holdings issued simultaneous statements Tuesday advising the public that their respective shareholders have at separate extraordinary general meetings approved the agreement for the two groups to merge under GVC management. The statement notes that completion of the acquisition remains subject to satisfaction or waiver of certain other conditions set out …
Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act came in for yet another media panning this week when the Washington Times ran an article by Bruce Fein of the Liberty Perspective. Attacking Chaffetz’s claim that the commerce clause in the US Constitution justifies federal interference in states’ rights to control gambling activity within their borders, …
Pennsylvania House staffers working for Representative John Payne have advised the online publication Card Player that Payne’s HB649 online gambling legalisation proposal, held up by state budget disagreements and late amendments will not be voted on this year despite having successfully progressed through the committee stage (see previous reports). The bill is now on the …