Canadian online gambling giant Amaya Inc. has announced that it is to become the major sponsor for the Start-up Open House scheduled for Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver on October 29 and in Waterloo and Quebec City on November 5. The event is designed to bring together Canadian business and the public to promote small Canadian …
The industry trend toward consolidation reached Italy this week with media reports that Lottomatica and Sisal Italia have recommenced merger negotiations that could lead to the creation of Italy’s biggest online and retail betting group with a value of over Euro 1.5 billion. La Repubblica, a major Italian newspaper, reported that Sisal has reconsidered its …
Analysts at Numis are predicting a bright future for online gambling group 32Red.com after the company posted a positive set of H1-2015 results despite the ravages of the UK’s point-of-consumption tax. The respected Numis analyst Ivor Jones raised his target price on the firm’s stock by a third from 120p to 160p, saying that he …
Online gambling platform supplier Gaming Realms has reported a strong first half to end June 2015 with revenue up y-o-y by 89 percent to GBP 8 million, thanks to success in its b2b endeavours. EBITDA in the period still reflected a loss of GBP 2.7 million, attributed to marketing spend (up at GBP 5.1 million) …
Online gambling software and games developer NetEnt has released a preview of a new slot scheduled for release on November 12 titled King of Slots. The new game is a 3 row, 25 pay-line video slot that deploys 15 different reels and is carried by a traditional fruit-machine style theme. Features include Sticky Wins, Scatters, …
Following complaints from major international online and land gambling and advertising firms of unfair competitive conduct, Belgium’s Loterie Nationale has agreed to pay a fine of Euro 1.9 million assessed by the European nation’s Competition Authority. The punishment is in respect of the lottery’s actions in launching its online sports betting product Scooore.be in 2013, …
Paddy Power’s marketing chief, Gav Thompson has announced the appointment of WE ARE Pi as the betting group’s advertising agency. The announcement coincides with the release of new television adverts promoting Rugby World Cup action which play on the recent scandal in which an American dentist cum amateur hunter shot the legendary lion “Cecil” in …
Isle of Man-based Global Betting and Gaming Consultants has produced two new reports investigating African sports betting and emerging trends in virtual betting as part of its latest Global Gambling Report research publication, now in its tenth edition. GBGC CEO Warwick Bartlett said this week, “Tax and regulation have put pressure on operators’ profits in …
Daily fantasy sports market leader DraftKings has disclosed that it plans to expand into the burgeoning eSports sector by offering its members action in the League of Legends World Championship, which kicks off in October. The company also revealed that it has negotiated deals with six eSport teams for in-event promotion initiatives, and plans to …
Greek mythology and the powerful god Zeus form the theme for Zeus 1000, a new online slot launched today by WMS-Williams Interactive and developed from a popular land casino predecessor. Pay-outs in the slot involve the achievement of matching symbols including letters and ancient Greek artefacts, and there are bonus games to keep players engaged, …
NYX Gaming Group will boost the Royal Panda Casino game portfolio with the integration of a full suite of games via NYX OGS. The suite of games will include online slots, online blackjack and online roulette games, as well as scratch cards and virtual betting ensuring customers have a “royal good time”, said Mark Podd, …
Nevada-based social and mobile casino games developer Ruby Seven Studios has entered into a strategic partnership with Delaware North for the development of a series of new social casino games. Delaware North will offer a new free-to-play mobile gaming experience early in 2016 to its customers expanding and complementing its existing business. “Delaware North is …
“Hook’s Heroes” is NetEnt’s latest release which introduces a new scatter symbol feature. It’s a 5-reel, 20-payline graphic and audio-rich game set to a Caribbean-style soundtrack and pirate-themed cartoons. Free spins offer three different features including single feature spins and wild substitutions. If players land two or more scatter symbols, they will be able to …
Kim Ga-ram (37), the founder and CEO of South Korean social casino games developer DoubleU Games, has reason to be happy with his decision to target the global market for his company’s products….in just three years from start-up the developer’s first Facebook-based social casino game, DoubleU Casino recorded 16 million users from 220 nations; posted …
In the United States, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has made a clear statement on daily fantasy sports betting, warning college athletes that they will be penalised if found betting on daily fantasy sports websites like market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel. The warning came from the NCAA’s vice president for regulatory affairs Oliver Luck, …
Italian media reports, confirmed by expert legal and tax sources, suggest that the spectre of “point of consumption” defined internet taxation is about to be resurrected in Italy over two years after a similar motion was rejected. The imposition of such a tax could impact Italian online gambling operators, a point confirmed by its chief …
The Resorts Digital-branded online operation of Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino Hotel has been fined $7,187 by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement for allowing a self-excluded player to open an account and play. The fine includes $1,187 the casino won from the self-excluded gambler. The mishap apparently occurred as the result of a “computer …
According to NJ.com, Wynn Interactive has withdrawn its online license application, approved earlier this month by State regulators for the New Jersey market. Wynn’s legal representative reportedly submitted a formal request to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement at the beginning of September saying that it “does not wish to proceed with its application.” …
California-headquartered Gamblit Gaming has clinched a partnership with Playboy Enterprises for the development of real-money mobile wagering games. The partnership will release new games in 2016 in the skill-based category for the United Kingdom mobile market as well as U.S. land-based casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. “Playboy is an incredible company with a …
HollywoodBets’ sponsorship of the South African KwaZulu Natal Provincial Cricket team Sunfoil Dolphins is the first of its kind in professional South African Cricket. The three-year deal will strengthen the financial position of the regional union and the Sunfoil Dolphins franchise as they prepare for a competitive 2015/16 season, a press statement said. “There has …
Online gaming developer Spin Games LLC will facilitate the online interactive distribution of popular Konami Gaming social and for-wager video slot games through the build and launch of a new HTML5 technology-based remote gaming server (RGS). Konami games including Dragon’s Law, China Shores and Solstice Celebration will be made available across a range of online …
Genesis Gaming has launched it latest slot title “The Final Rose”, a video slot based on American hit TV show The Bachelorette. The Final Rose is a five-reel, 25-line slot game featuring handsome men, bushels of red roses and champagne flutes on the reels leading to opportunity for Scatters, Free Spins, Wilds and Random Multipliers.
German gaming firm mybet Holding SE has warned of a higher than expected loss in earnings for the current financial year than previously disseminated. mybet now expects EBIT for the current financial year to be negative by “a single-digit million euro” amount as the company feels the impact of the introduction of a new technology …
New Jersey state Representative Frank Pallone was in the headlines again this week, criticising the US national sports leagues for their opposition to wider legalised sports betting through their support of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, and their allegedly hypocritical actions in doing business with the daily fantasy sports industry. The question of …