California-based game publisher Bonanza Media LLC launched a free-to-play, 5-reel mobile offer titled “Shrek Slots Adventure” this week. The game, available on iOS and Android, offers players a journey through Far Far Away as Shrek spins the reels of wickedly enchanted slot machines through 80 themed levels. Players earn coins, hit jackpots, play mini-games and …
Betfair is the latest to announce a betting partnership with English Premier League football club Arsenal FC. Arsenal FC joins Sunderland AFC and Leicester City in Betfair’s sponsorship portfolio . Under the terms of the agreement, Betfair will receive a brand presence across Arsenal FC’s digital platforms and within Emirates Stadium on LCD displays. Arsenal …
Online betting and gaming services provider BetConstruct has been awarded a Class 4 Remote Gaming Licence by the Malta Gaming Authority(MGA) for its sportsbook product. In related news, Vivaro, an online and terrestrial gaming operator, is BetConstruct’s first sportsbook partner to be granted a Class 2 Remote Gaming License from the MGA. And last, but …
Sports betting data services provider Betradar has launched its Live Channel Online with Intralot Italia S.p.A. Betradar’s broad media rights portfolio offers around 5,000 live events per year, along with betting-relevant content. “The integration of our Live Channel Online into the [Intralot] website will strengthen Intralot’s in-play portfolio significantly,” Lorenzo Caci, director sales at Betradar …
More football sponsorships were announced in the lead up to the new 2015-16 season across top flight English and European football clubs. Online betting exchange Smarkets partnered Queens Park Rangers Football Club as global betting partner. The sponsorship involves a number of jersey, digital and on-site stadium marketing opportunities. Bet-At-Home.com was named main sponsor of …
Online sports betting and gaming provider Bet-At-Home.com AG Group reported on its first half 2015 showing good growth despite increased tax burdens. Key performance highlights for the first half 2015 period include: – EBITDA increased to Euro 16.0 million, up Euro 7.2 million (HY1/2014: Euro 8.8 million). – EBIT was up by Euro 7.1 million …
Escorted through the Guangdong airport by two burly plain clothes Chinese police officers, the fugitive Chinese online gambling chief Wang Bo has arrived back in China after being deported by the Philippines Secretary for Justice last Thursday (see previous reports). Chinese media report that Wang Bo is suspected of involvement in a series of large …
The gambling regulator in the Canadian province of Alberta is currently preparing a presentation on online gambling for provincial politicians to consider, according to Alberta Gaming and Lottery Commission president Bill Robinson. Speaking to local media, Robinson said this week that millions of dollars are spent by Albertans gambling online with offshore “grey market” operators, …
The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, which owns and operates Fantasy Springs land casino in California, has rolled out a new mobile app and web-based program allowing players to practice playing online slots for free when they’re away from the casino. Paul Ryan, general manager of Fantasy Springs, said the virtual slots are the same …
Caesars Interactive Entertainment, the digital division of land casino giant Caesars, has turned in another successful second quarter with year-on-year growth continuing across key parameters: * At $186.2 million net revenue was up 28 percent on a y-o-y basis; * Adjusted EBITDA increased almost 60 percent to $69.5 million; * A loss of $4.4 million …
The name Ray Lesniak will be familiar to anyone involved in the online gambling business as a respected and feisty supporter of legalisation and the main driver behind the successful legalisation of online gambling in the US state of New Jersey. Senator Lesniak’s legal and political maneuvering skills, allied to a tenacious focus on his …
NYX Gaming Group Limited announced Friday that it has entered into a long term global agreement to provide online poker and related casino games to planetwin365 and the SKS365 Group, one of the biggest operators in the Italian market, for a minimum of five years. The partnership will start with the planetwin365 branded site which …
Erik and Jan Harald Portocarrerro, two brothers busted back in June 2013 on racketeering and illegal online sportsbetting charges in the Macho Sports federal sting operation (see previous reports) were sentenced this week in a California federal court, paying a painful price for their illegal activity. The Los Angeles Times reports that on Friday US …
Q2-2015 results from the US social gaming group Zynga this week were better than expected, although hardly stellar; the company reported: * Q2 revenue up 30 percent to almost $200 million; * Net loss lower at $26.9 million (Q2-2014: loss of $62.5 million); * Advertising expenditure up 7 percent on the preceding quarter, but 70 …
The bidding war for ownership of Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment continued Friday with a new offer from GVC Holdings plc as it attempts to beat rival 888 Holdings, the current favoured bid by the Bwin board of directors. In its second raise in the last two weeks, GVC, backed by US private equity firm Cerberus Capital …
Amid a wide-ranging initiative to better control a very active overall gambling market, the Czech government is looking at how online gambling should be tackled, according to a lengthy report at: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/marketplace/new-rules-to-clampdown-on-gambling-industry-or-just-move-it-online General gambling controls accepted by the cabinet but unlikely to be implemented before 2017 include restrictions on non-stop gaming bars, obligatory pauses for …
Alleged illegal Chinese gambling ring head man Wang Bo has lost his running battle with the Philippines Bureau of Immigration to stay in Manila and was deported back to China Thursday to face charges in that country. Our readers may recall that Ho’s well-funded attempts to stay in the Philippines resulted in the investigation of …
The Unibet publicly listed online gambling group has reached agreement with iGame Holding plc to acquire 100 percent of the company for an initial cash payment of Euro 59 million, with a further Euro 20 million possible in payments contingent on performance targets being met. The iGame Group is a specialist gambling operator with focus …
Online gambling software and games provider NYX Gaming Group Limited has announced the go-live of its partnership with Extreme Live Gaming for the supply of a live dealer platform into the NYX OGS offering. Online operators Mybet, Doxx and Intercasino are already live, with 9 operators signed in total. Extreme Live Gaming is providing Blackjack, …
UK online and land gambling group William Hill plc announced Thursday that it has acquired a 29.4 percent interest in online lottery and software developer NeoGames for a consideration of $25 million. The agreement gives the British company a foothold in the online lottery market and comes with an option to acquire the remaining 70.6 …
British online and land gambling operator William Hill plc has posted H1-2015 results to end June reporting a 12 percent fall in operating profit, which the company attributes to increased machine games duty and a new tax on bets made online by UK-based customers. Operating profit was GBP 155.7 million for the half-year, down from …
The new daily fantasy sports operator Fanaments has launched in the UK, offering players a slew of football competition-based games including the English Premier League, La Liga, and UEFA Champions League. It will also go live with sports including NBA basketball, Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts and PGA golf. The Malta-licensed platform, which is …
Paddy Power’s latest television advert has been launched to mark the start of the UK Premier League football season, and features a mock 26-barrel chain gun blasting potential punters with the company’s latest bonus offer. Titled “So Generous it Hurts”, the advert is the work of creative agency Lucky Generals, which returns to the Paddy …
The sale of Sky Betting and Gaming to private equity company CVC Capital has proved profitable for parent Sky Media, which clinched the deal for GBP 620 million in cash and the remainder of the agreed GBP 800 million consideration depending on performance criteria that have been set. Sky Media will continue to hold a …