With the prospect of new regulatory developments in Swedish online gambling ahead following government’s impending review of the industry (see previous reports), trade associations for the local digital, television, print and publishing media are talking about self-regulation in what appears to be a pre-emptive move. Relations between the media and government regulator Lotteriinspektionen have hardly …
Artificial intelligence has been disturbing gambling consortiums in Las Vegas, the publication Extreme Tech claims, reporting that Microsoft’s AI engine, Bing Predicts, recently bested the Las Vegas odds in predicting winners for week one of the NFL season. It wasn’t a flash in the pan, either; the system correctly predicted the outcomes of all 15 …
It’s been a bumpy road strewn with delays, but Summit Ascent’s Tigre de Cristal casino resort has launched in the Russian Primorye gaming zone to considerable local fanfare, and looks set to succeed – some say to Macau proportions. The Moscow Times reports that the Far East Russian resort opened Thursday night, with executives pointing …
Did the Christian right wing inadvertently trigger the massive demand for daily fantasy sports betting is the question raised in an interesting opinion piece in the Observer Thursday, written by one-time Washington political staffer Ari Rabin-Havt, who served as an adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as well as on Al Gore and John …
More pressure was heaped on the beleaguered daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel Thursday when a class action was filed against them by a Kentucky resident – the second such action following a ‘bait and switch’ class action claim filed in Florida last year but since abandoned (see previous report). The new litigation was …
White label gaming solutions and platform provider EveryMatrix is consolidating its infrastructure by deploying F5 Networks technology in order to handle a growing number of clients, the company revealed in a statement Wednesday. F5 Networks’ advanced solutions can manage a large number of multiple connections, while maintaining high security over the network resources upon which …
The venerable British Broadcasting Corporation has followed ESPN in signing up for eSports coverage, with a huge crowd expected at the League of Legends World Championship quarter finals at London’s Wembley Arena from October 15-19. The broadcaster will livestream all four days across its BBC Three and BBC Sport online networks – platforms previously used …
Greek online betting firm Stoiximan has signed a two-season shirt sponsorship deal for an undisclosed fee with major Greek football club Olympiacos, the reigning Greek Super League champions. The deal includes exposure throughout Olympiacos’ Karaiskakis Stadium and digital and social elements. Stoiximan also sponsors the Panathinaikos basketball team.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who Our readers will recall has been reviewing the legality of DFS in her state, gave the daily fantasy sports business a fillip Wednesday when she told the Boston Globe that she’s not pursuing any criminal inquiries into Boston-based DraftKings Inc. The AG has had the company under review since …
Online gambling group Amaya Inc., which recently entered the daily fantasy sports sector with its StarsDraft (formerly Victiv) site, has commented on the need for state regulation of the sector in a statement this week following the “insider” furore involving a DraftKings employee. Eric Hollreiser, communications chief for the group, which also owns Pokerstars and …
The launch of ICE Totally Gaming 2016’s campaign invites expo-goers to ‘Enter The Gaming Technopolis’ from 2-4 February 2016 at London’s ExCel Centre. Building on the theme of its 2015 show ‘Discover the World of Gaming’, ICE will continue its focus on the attraction of innovation and advances in gaming technology for professionals in the …
Isle of Man-based online bingo and casino operator Cladstone Limited has announced that it will be closing down at the end of October and has consequently curtailed all new registrations and deposits. Players who fail to use or withdraw their account balances by then will find they have been pooled and donated to Gamcare. The …
Earlier this year land-based slot developer Live 5 signed a content provision agreement with HTML5 games provider CORE Gaming to supply its popular land-based slot The Sky’s The Limit for online use, and this week the deal came to fruition with the launch online and for mobile of the air travel-themed game. The 20 pay-line, …
Posting a trading update in respect of the nine months to end September 2015 this week, online gambling group GVC reported a strong performance and declared a second interim dividend of 14 Euro cents a share. Dividends declared so far this year amount to 56 Euro cents per share, an increase over the 55 Euro …
Online gambling content provider and Novomatic subsidiary, Greentube, has announced a content agreement with online gambling group Unibet plc. In a statement Thursday Greentube said that the agreement expands the market reach of Unibet by offering Novomatic interactive content that includes blue chip slot games such as Book of Ra deluxe, Lucky Lady´s Charm deluxe, …
Live dealer technology and content provider EntwineTech and Angelnlive have announced a strategic partnership in which EntwineTech will licence Angelnlive to use its new live casino platform “n2-Live”. Angelnlive will focus its marketing activities on the various app stores utilising the brand name. Entwine Tech spokesman Ian Dunning said Thursday: “This is a significant step …
Malta-licensed online gambling provider Game Lounge has announced the launch of its second white label online casino, a Finnish-facing site branded Suomicasino.com. Game Lounge CEO Jonas Cederholm said Wednesday that the enterprise had been created in collaboration with the Cherry Group. “Expectations are high, with a clear vision to quickly establish ourselves in the Finnish …
Swedish sports betting solutions provider Betting Promotion is set to be acquired by operator Nordic Leisure in a shareholding deal that will see the latter acquire 74.4 percent of the company. Financial details of the deal with major shareholders were not disclosed, and the agreement still has some way to go in terms of due …
Former William Hill plc marketing manager Kristof Fahy has been appointed chief marketing officer responsible for both retail and digital activity at UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes plc, the company announced Wednesday. Immediately prior to his Ladbrokes appointment Fahy was CMO responsible for digital channels at Telegraph Media Group, having joined that company …
Under a hail of criticism and political interest, fantasy sports company FanDuel has permanently banned employees from playing fantasy sports games on its own and competitors operations. The company has gone so far as to extend the ban to competitor employees playing through its own website, requiring customers confirm that they are not an employee …
Online gaming firm NetBet has become an official partner to Romanian Liga 1 football club “Steaua Bucuresti”. Under the partnership, NetBet will receive a strong brand presence on field, digital platforms and in promotional campaigns. NetBet already supports other high profile football clubs that include West Bromwich Albion, Saint-Etienne and VFL-Gummerbach.”
Leading on from its entry into the e-sports arena, online gambling firm Betway will sponsor the Electronic Sports League’s (ESL) UK Premiership. The eSports league, operated by Turtle Entertainment in Cologne, boasts 5 million strong registered members comprising over 1 million teams in 50 different games. “Betting is already a huge part of the CS:GO …
Reel Island, owned by Flip Gaming, is White Hat Gaming’s newest client offering a range of games and live casino from NetEnt, NYX Gaming, Leander, Thunderkick and Ezugi. “We worked extremely hard to create a brand with an outstanding design and layout that lends itself to the modern player and we feel we have achieved …
UK bookmaker William Hill has rolled out its new in-house developed sports betting platform under the Project moniker Trafalgar. Project Trafalgar has been two years in the making and features a new website infrastructure and mobile application with wide capability for future development. Customers will experience a clean, responsive layout, fast and seamless navigation enabling …