Online gambling games developer Genesis Gaming has released a new and innovative online slot titled Temple of Luxor and featuring two 50-line reel sets that combine to form a massive 11-reel and a hundred pay-lines. The format includes 4 Wild reels in the bonus round, generating a new game experience and diverse winning opportunities. Wins …
The Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888 Holdings has issued a pre-close trading update ahead of posting preliminary full year 2015 results, expressing confidence that the year’s performance will meet high expectations in the market. The company said that following strong first half results its divisions have continued to deliver a very encouraging performance in line …
Virtual games specialist Kiron Interactive has struck a deal to supply its popular virtual sports products to Best Gaming Technology (BGT). The agreement will see the provider’s games made available on over 8,000 self-service betting terminals in regulated markets including Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Italy, Holland, and Spain. Among the products to make their debut in …
This weekend saw the second edition of the eSports Game Awards unfold, hosted at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles before a noisy audience. French Team EnVyUs and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maven Kenny Schrub was voted the Player of the Year, besting some of the world’s top e-gamers like Syed Sumail Hassan, Lee Sang-hyeok, Peter …
Australian media reports have flagged the launch of prosecutions against major online gambling operators by the provincial government of New South Wales. The Liquor and Gaming provincial regulator is spearheading the prosecutions against Tabcorp Holdings Ltd, Bet365, CrownBet Pty Ltd, and UniBet, accusing the companies of publishing gambling inducements in NSW, and warning that it …
Ukraine’s first moves towards lifting a six-year ban on gambling, including internet activity (see previous report) do not offer much cause for optimism; the first draft of the enabling legislation published this week suggests that licensing and operational costs will be high, although it should be noted that these are early proposals and adjustments may …
The ease with which a seventeen-year-old British teenager was able to execute a Distributed Denial of Services attack on a large and still unidentified online gambling site two years ago was in the headlines again this week when the teenager came up for sentencing in the Nottingham Crown Court. Max Dean Whitehouse escaped lightly with …
A seminar on daily fantasy sports hosted by a New Jersey law firm Friday produced some interesting perspectives, especially from Jeff Gural of the Meadowlands Racetrack. Gural supports New Jersey’s bid to overturn the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which restricts sports betting to just four US states and is being legally challenged …
The respected Moody’s Investor Service has published a review on the future prospects of the gaming industry in Europe, noting that companies with greater online gaming exposure are likely to experience higher growth next year. However, most rated companies are highly exposed to mature segments of the gaming industry, which is expected to remain broadly …
This (December) month is a critical time for online gambling group GVC Holdings plc in its bid to acquire rival Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment plc…on December 15 shareholders will gather at an extraordinary general meeting to vote on whether the board should progress the agreements reached by directors of the two companies. GVC chief executive Kenneth …
Provincial lawmakers in Argentina’s Misiones province have approved online gambling activity managed by the provincial lottery and casino authority (IPlyC) and Misiones-based private company Integrated Systems SA. This week the partnership launched MisionBet, which offers a range of online gambling variants to Misiones residents, including sports betting, casino and poker action. Eduardo Torres, who heads …
Macau’s reputation as the biggest gambling hub and entertainment mecca in the world has been leveraged by William Hill plc on its new Macau-themed online casino targeting Asian online punters living in Europe, and early reports indicate that the new site is proving as popular as the company’s Vegas-themed site launched last year (see previous …
UK online gambling group Sky Betting and Gaming has announced the appointment of Giovanna D’Esposito to head up its Italian operations as managing director of Sky Bet Italia. D’Esposito previously held a similar post with Paddy Power Italy between 2011 and mid-2015, and was hailed by Sky Betting and Gaming chief executive Richard Flint as …
In a planned replacement, the post of chairman of the board at Ladbrokes has been taken up by former Coral founder and CEO John Kelly following the resignation of Peter Erskine. Kelly, a senior non-executive director on the Ladbrokes board, will also serve as chairman of the proposed merged corporate group Ladbrokes Coral. Kelly has …
Online gambling group GVC Holdings issued a trading update Friday, showcasing a strong financial performance during the first months of its fourth quarter ended 30 November 2015. Highlights of the update included: * Net Gaming Revenue for the two months was 11.7 percent higher than the same period in 2014 averaging Euro 716,000 per day; …
There could be a daily fantasy sports storm brewing in Texas following the news that state Republican Rep. Myra Crownover has asked the state Attorney General for an opinion on the legality of the genre in Texas. Crownover’s letter to Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton notes that Texas law has “generally criminalized gambling.” Texas …
Just three months after signing a content provision agreement with New Jersey online gambling operator Golden Nugget, Swedish internet gambling software developer NetEnt reports that its games are now live on the desktop and mobile facilities of the operator. NetEnt has received a transactional waiver from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and completed …
The stars were certainly aligned just right for a Californian lottery punter last week, who won $1,000 on a scratchcard, reinvested the winnings, and moments later scooped a $10 million jackpot. Modesto, CA resident Rodney Meadows said he initially bought one of the $30 California Lottery 30th anniversary scratch cards from his local Fast Mart …
Once high-flying Hong Kong online lottery seller 500.com has undoubtedly been feeling the pain of the Chinese government’s ten month “temporary” ban on online lottery sales (see previous reports) and this week started what appears to be a diversification program. The company has announced an agreement to buy a controlling 63 percent interest in the …
The big money that eSports companies are prepared to pay to get mainly youthful players on their teams has again been illustrated by the hire of Korean League of Legends ace Lee “Easyhoon” Ji-hoon….at an annual salary of $860,000 and benefits. “Easyhoon” left his well-paid position on SK Telecom T1 to sign for the Chinese …
The Dallas-based Internet marketing and events firm Cataboom has announced a partnership with New Jersey online gambling operator Resorts Digital Gaming LLC that will see the creation of $5 million jackpots on the operator’s ResortsCasino.com and MoheganSunCasino.com websites. Our readers will recall that Resorts is the preferred New Jersey partner for PokerStars and NYX Gaming. …
US online gambling expert Michelle Minton has published another of her factual articles designed to rebut some of the misinformation on the genre pushed out by opponents of online gambling like Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. In a piece published this week on the Competitive Enterprise Institute website, Minton says that in heated …
Further light has been thrown on the Restoration of America’s Wire Act Congressional hearing scheduled for December 9 (see previous report), and the title given to the hearing by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, Jason Chaffetz, is revealing. Chaffetz, now notorious for stacking the deck against online gambling with his selection of biased …
The request for an injunction against daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings made early in November by the New York Attorney General’s Office (see previous reports) has brought to light some interesting information about actions against DFS in another state. In its submission to New York Judge Manuel Mendez, the AG provides details of an eight …