There has been a top management reshuffle at Gamesys, with Noel Hayden exchanging his CEO seat for one as executive chairman of the board, and chief operating officer Lee Fenton succeeding him in the CEO role. The company has been quick to assure the market that the changes will make no difference to company’s association …
Online gambling firm Condor Gaming has partnered with Play’n Go Gaming to introduce a wider array of games across its brands: b-Bets, Sieger and Rembrandt. This adds to a portfolio of new games released on a weekly basis from major suppliers NetEnt and Microgaming.
The Canadian province of Quebec says it still plans to move forward with its promise to block internet gambling websites it considers to be illegal, and that take business away from the state-owned and exclusively licensed Loto-Quebec site Espacejeux, according to the CJAD radio station, which approached the provincial government for comment. Our readers will …
Global online gaming business Mansion Group has been confirmed as the official main sponsor of Crystal Palace FC in a move that will see the company working closely with the Premier League team, across a broad spectrum of commercial activities. Sagi Lahav, CEO of Mansion Group, said: “At Mansion we are proud to be working …
Swedish online gambling software developer NetEnt has posted another impressive quarterly, with Q2-2015 highlights flagged as: * Revenues increased by 32.3 percent to SEK 271.2 (205.0) million; * Operating profit of SEK 92.7 (56.7) million, an increase of 63.3 percent; * Operating margin was 34.2 (27.7) percent; * Profit after tax came in at SEK …
The Australian row over whether a computer microphone that is switched makes in-play betting via the internet legal (see previous reports) produced an interesting “wait-and-see” response this week from the Northern Territory Racing Commission, which acts as regulator for some of the companies using the ploy. Approached by The Australian newspaper for comment on the …
HTML 5 games developer SidePlay Entertainment has selected the Odobo Developer Program for its expansion into the i-gaming commercial sector. The company has produced over 160 instant win games for lotteries and operators around the world over the last 12 years. SidePlay’s first release via Odobo is an interactive oceanic adventure featuring pirate ships and …
Online gambling group 888 is exiting the Portuguese market this week, according to an email notification addressed to its affiliate marketers, which reads: “We are writing to inform you that due to recent regulation changes in Portugal, we have decided to terminate the offering of our services to players from Portugal. “We have therefore stopped …
Darren Lovern, formerly the head of online sports book operations at Paddy Power, has been appointed chief marketing officer of the Czech online and land betting company Fortuna Group. Lovern spent over eight years at the Irish bookmaker, two as online operations manager and six as head of online sports betting. Prior to his Paddy …
Surprise news this week is that the Gibraltar-based online operations of respected bookmaker Stan James have been sold to online gambling group Unibet for GBP 19 million. The deal includes full rights to the valuable Stan James brand. Unibet chief executive officer Henrik Tjärnström said Friday that the acquisition will strengthen his company’s position in …
After reviewing the circumstances around an online software video slot flaw, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation has confirmed it will pay a total of Cdn$1.1 million to nine online punters prejudiced by the fault. The Province newspaper reports that the error was found in a progressive jackpot in the online slot-machine game the Wizard of …
Online casino operator Casino777 and offline partner Casino de Spa have teamed up with live dealer provider Evolution Gaming to launch a range of live table games. The games are presented 7 days a week between 18:00 and 2:00 by French and Dutch speaking dealers from Spa, the picturesque Belgian town famous for its thermal …
Plus500, the contracts for difference financial firm targeted for acquisition by Playtech has issued a trading update covering the six months to June 30, highlighting the following key points: * H1-2015 revenue up from $106.2 million in the comparative period in 2014 to $127 million this year; * New customer registrations signups are up 19,544 …
UK software provider Openbet has confirmed Asian reports yesterday that it has been contracted in a seven year deal to provide sports betting products and services to Singapore Pools. OpenBet was selected from an open Expression of Interest (EOI) exercise initiated by Singapore Pools in February 2014 to replace its ten-year-old sports betting system. “Signing …
EveryMatrix has partnered Swedish games developer QuickSpin in a content supply deal that will see a range of its games integrated into the company’s CasinoEngine. “We are constantly working on increasing our CasinoEngine portfolio with quality games from the very best producers,” commented Ebbe Groes, Chief Executive Officer of EveryMatrix.
Sven Ivo Brinck will leave the mybet Board prematurely and will be replaced by Zeno Ossko who has been with the company for over a decade. For the past few years, Ossko has been responsible for the management of operative affiliates but is an expert in sports betting, mybet said. Brinck will continue to support …
Aristocrat named Patrick Ramsey as its new chief digital officer, succeeding Craig Billings who leaves the company at the end of September 2015 to “pursue other opportunities”. Managing director, Australia & New Zealand Trevor Croker will lead the digital business from late September as Ramsey fulfils his non-compete obligations until January 1, 2016. Ramsey leaves …
The Rank Group Plc has lost a Supreme Court appeal by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) regarding an overpaid VAT claim on certain types of amusement machines between 2001 and 2005. Following a Court of Appeal ruling against the Company in October 2013, Rank repaid GBP 25.2 million in May 2014 of the GBP …
In an effort to restrict individual states over and above New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada from legalising online gambling, US politicians seeking a federal ban on the pastime may be developing a plan to impose a moratorium on further legalisation drives, using the excuse that a Congressional study of the phenomenon is required. It is …
Genesis Gaming has announced that its Norse-themed popular online video slot Ragnarök is now available on Microgaming’s Quickfire network. “Ragnarök is one of our most successful and popular games of the past 18 months,” the company’s statement claims. “Having gone live with Unibet in April 2014, Ragnarök featured in the operator’s all-important top 10 for …
Internet giant Yahoo has unveiled a retooled version of its fantasy-sports mobile app that allows users to wager real money daily and weekly against their friends and in major online tournaments. The publication Cnet reports that Yahoo hopes to score by expanding its already popular app. into daily fantasy sports; previously, Yahoo’s service offered only …
Online gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment has released a pre-close trading update (its six-month results are due end August) confirming that it has received an offer of 110p a share in an acquisition bid by rival gambling group GVC Holdings. The update highlights the following developments: * Gaming revenue in the three months to 30 …
The Mr Green Casino group has announced a strengthening of its management team with the appointment of Jan Tjernell as its General Counsel and Frida Adrian as Head of Investor Relations. Both positions are newly established, and the appointees will take up their responsibilities in the autumn. Tjernell has extensive experience as a company solicitor …
Coingaming.io, a software provider for white-label Bitcoin casino solutions, announced Wednesday that it is the first ever licensed Bitcoin-only gaming platform to integrate and launch NetEnt casino games. NetEnt’s games offering provides the Coingaming Bitcoin only casino platform with access to 150+ HTML5 games. It also includes 30+ mobile games, including Gonzo’s Quest, Starburst, South …