The fantasy horseracing operator DerbyWars.com is being sued in the US District Court for Central California by racetrack owner and operator of the Xpressbet online wagering site, Stronach Group. Stronach claims that DerbyWars owner, Kentucky-based Horse Racing Labs (also known as Immerse), breached the federal Interstate Horseracing Act by offering wagering activity without a California …
Online sportsbetting operator 188Bet has signed an agreement to become the main sponsor of the Lancashire Rugby League club Wigan Warriors RLFC in 2016, continuing a previous relationship with the rugby club. The agreement gives 188Bet the customary sponsorship business, branding and publicity opportunities on the club’s digital channels and stadium, and the company says …
A content provision agreement between online gambling games and software supplier NetEnt and Caesars Interactive Entertainment (see previous report) has come to fruition with the first games going live this week on CIE’s online casino site in New Jersey, USA. Backed by a recently granted transactional waiver from the regulator and completed integration work, NetEnt …
A collaborative agreement between Gibraltar-based online gambling operator BetVictor and UK games developer Realistic Games has produced an innovative and exclusive new slot themed on the high profile UK Premier League football club Chelsea FC. The slot features some of Chelsea’s greatest players, with a soundtrack that recreates the atmosphere at the team’s famous Stamford …
The British Horseracing Authority has announced a three-year deal with online betting group Betfair that makes the firm the first official Authorised Betting Partner of racing Betfair, along with 32Red and Bet365, was accepted as betting partners by the Authority in October, because the three online firms were already contributing to racing from the profits …
One of the industry’s longest established and respected gambling information portals, Casinomeister.com, has announced the launch of its new US website CasinomeisterUSA.us, detailing its mission as the provision of information on properly licensed US online casinos, crucial player tips and advice and “the resources to make waves (politically speaking).” Bryan Bailey, founder and director of …
The Victoria provincial government-commissioned study of gambling conducted by independent researcher Schottler Consulting has been published, delivering interesting results from a large telephone response base of 13,584 residents of the province. Running to 300 pages and titled Study of Gambling and Health in Victoria, the survey is the first comprehensive look at the gambling industry …
The lull in activity on Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act – a bill designed to federally ban online gambling in the United States – could be interrupted soon with another heavily biased hearing driven by Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz. John Pappas, executive director at the Poker Players Alliance action group, tweeted Wednesday: …
A Brisbane-based team of video gaming fans led by CEO Phillip Barclay has launched a new Australian eSports company titled meVu, and has plans to ultimately expand beyond the Australian and Oceanian markets. Initially set up as a community betting platform, the company combines social and gaming features, allowing meVu visitors to bet on eSports …
Sikkim, arguably the most progressive province in India when it comes to tolerance of gambling, has given Essel Group’s Playwin site and Maarm International permission to offer virtual horse racing, which launched last (November) month and has been enthusiastically supported. Both companies have confirmed plans in the near future to expand into sports betting, which …
The Chinese Ministry of Finance has released figures showing that the nation’s lottery sales have declined 2.9 percent in the ten months ended November 30 2015 compared with the same period in 2014. Lottery sales fell to 303.13 billion yuan (US$47.45 billion), according to a statement from the Ministry, which revealed that Welfare lottery sales …
The rhetoric on a proposal to legalise online gambling operated through Massachusetts land casinos ramped up this week with an article in the Sun Chronicle, which interviewed a senior member of the state Senate and a spokesman for a land casino operator licensed in the state. Republican leader in the Senate, Sen. Bruce Tarr, who …
NetEnt is back in the headlines with news of another jackpot win, this one on its Mega Fortune Touch, mobile video slot. The win makes history as the biggest jackpot award via mobile and it was a 30-year-old Swede who hit the Euro 8.6 million jackpot playing a Euro 1.50 bet at ComeOn Casino’s mobile …
A complaint laid with France’s competition authority, L´Autorité de la concurrence, by Betclic Everest in 2013 has progressed with the news that Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) will separate its online horserace betting business from its retail sector as of December 10, 2015. At the time, Betclic claimed the former monopoly had a competitive advantage over …
Having heard proposals from Clubs Australia earlier today (see previous reports), Australian offshore gambling review chairman Barry O’Farrell listened as Facebook, Google and Twitter, under the Digital Industry Group (DIG) umbrella association, weighed in on the workability of blocking illicit websites and cutting off access to payment processors. “We consider there to be fundamental flaws …
HM Revenue and Customs has won a tax avoidance in a British court against Ladbrokes involving GBP 54 million. The First-tier Tribunal ruling means Ladbrokes cannot reclaim £54m in tax,” HMRC said. “Another three similar cases are worth £112m of tax.” According to HMRC, the tax avoidance scheme, which was promoted by accountancy firm Deloitte …
According to UBS analyst, Tal Grant, Playtech may be considering acquisition bids on OpenBet and Inspired in line with a focus on strengthening its sports business. The report in the UK Evening Standard puts a GBP 500 million price tag on both companies who are reportedly up for sale. “While a £500 million price tag …
The Ukraine Finance Ministry is proposing the legalisation and regulation of all forms of gambling in the country from retail to bricks and mortar casinos to online gambling. The proposal, published on the Ministry’s website this week, calls for the establishment of a national service for gambling, coordinated by the Finance Ministry’s Cabinet of Ministers. …
A Unibet Maria Casino player has hit a huge jackpot on NETENT’s Mega Fortune Dreams of SEK 42.1 million (Euro 4.5 million). The Swedish player in his 40’s won the life-changing sum after placing a SEK 20 (Euro 2.15) bet. Earlier this year, an unnamed Betsson mobile customer from Hessen won Euro 3.1 million and …
Online betting operator BETWAY expanded on its recently announced three-year sponsorship of the International Tennis Federation’s Davis Cup and Fed Cup (see previous reports), putting its name to a new quick-fire Tie Break Tens tennis tournament featuring Davis Cup heroes. The inaugural Tie Break Tens tournament will take place this weekend at the Royal Albert …
Clubs Australia, the organisation representing Australia’s 6,500 licensed clubs in a A$7 billion business sector, has urged the Australian government’s review of online gambling to recommend a ban on further expansion of online gambling services; the imposition of a place of consumption tax on internet operators; and to reject representations from the online sector to …
Annual statistics quoted at a recent meeting in Brussels by Juan Espinosa, chief of the Spanish regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego reveal that sports betting still rules in the online environment, with 60 percent of Spanish internet and mobile punters wagering on sports events. Other interesting demographics included a total online gambling population …
British bookmaker Ladbrokes has entered into an advertising and sponsorship agreement with German club SV Werder Bremen, with the first signage going up over the weekend at the football team’s home ground. The deal, set to run until the end of the current Bundesliga season, marks Ladbrokes’ first foray into the German sports market, according …
Macau’s Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, has announced that next year will see the updating of the gambling island’s cyber and anti-internet crime legislation, along with the establishment of a new cyber security centre similar to those operating in neighbouring Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland. The Macau Judiciary Police will operate the …